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Title: Distraction- new game show
Post by: narzo on August 06, 2004, 06:22:15 PM

Comedy Central has ordered six episodes of a new primetime game show from FremantleMedia ("American Idol) in which contestants answer relatively simple trivia questions while withstanding various forms of "distractions," such as electrical shocks and body-piercing. Michael Dugan ("Trigger Happy TV") has come aboard to executive produce/showrun the project, which could air by the end of 2004. Not surprisingly, "Distraction" is based on the U.K. series of the same name, however the U.S. edition won't feature some of the more extreme stunts.

Title: Distraction- new game show
Post by: GPeefalt on August 06, 2004, 06:58:56 PM

The Chamber failed already.  How is this different?

Title: Distraction- new game show
Post by: Speedy G on August 06, 2004, 09:09:25 PM

[quote name=\'GPeefalt\' date=\'Aug 6 2004, 05:58 PM\']The Chamber failed already.  How is this different?[/quote]
It's on Comedy Central.  It'll be funny this time.  

Oh wait... I found it amusing last time, too.

Title: Distraction- new game show
Post by: whewfan on August 06, 2004, 10:29:36 PM

Oh great.... this from the producer of "Candid Camera on Crack".

Title: Distraction- new game show
Post by: uncamark on August 09, 2004, 03:46:18 PM

[quote name=\'whewfan\' date=\'Aug 6 2004, 09:29 PM\']Oh great.... this from the producer of "Candid Camera on Crack".[/quote]
And the co-creator of "Remote Control" and "Idiot Savants," IIRC.

II also RC, "Trigger-Happy TV" was also a British format (and the same guy who did the UK version also did the American version).

Seems to me that the group over in the UK wasn't too thrilled with their version of "Distraction."