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Title: NBC will air all 5 "Deals"
Post by: ChrisLambert! on December 03, 2005, 12:42:44 PM
thefutoncritic.com quotes NBC's press release - an ep of DoND will air M-F, Dec 19-23 at 8 pm.

NBC has also released contestant names, (http://\"http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/listings.cgi?sort=series&code=deal_or_no_deal\") so if any of you recognize them from other shows, flaunt your vast knowledge now.
Title: NBC will air all 5 "Deals"
Post by: Matt Ottinger on December 03, 2005, 05:34:10 PM
[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 01:42 PM\']NBC has also released contestant names, (http://\"http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/listings.cgi?sort=series&code=deal_or_no_deal\") so if any of you recognize them from other shows, flaunt your vast knowledge now.[/quote]
Amy Dittbrenner?  THAT Amy Dittbrenner?
Title: NBC will air all 5 "Deals"
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on December 03, 2005, 05:51:03 PM
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 05:34 PM\']Amy Dittbrenner?  THAT Amy Dittbrenner?
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Ohmygosh, Amy DIttbrenner!  She was the cute girl who wore a red low-cut shirt on the 12/6/90 episode of The Challengers!!
Title: NBC will air all 5 "Deals"
Post by: sshuffield70 on December 03, 2005, 06:00:57 PM
[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 05:51 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 05:34 PM\']Amy Dittbrenner?  THAT Amy Dittbrenner?
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Ohmygosh, Amy DIttbrenner!  She was the cute girl who wore a red low-cut shirt on the 12/6/90 episode of The Challengers!!
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Zach, quit inhabiting Mark's body!
Title: NBC will air all 5 "Deals"
Post by: JayDLewis on December 03, 2005, 10:08:44 PM
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 05:34 PM\'][quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 01:42 PM\']NBC has also released contestant names, (http://\"http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/listings.cgi?sort=series&code=deal_or_no_deal\") so if any of you recognize them from other shows, flaunt your vast knowledge now.[/quote]
Amy Dittbrenner?  THAT Amy Dittbrenner?
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I know Amy Dittbrenner. And you, sir, are no Amy Dittbrenner.
Title: NBC will air all 5 "Deals"
Post by: Don Howard on December 04, 2005, 01:31:19 PM
[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 10:08 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 05:34 PM\'][quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 01:42 PM\']NBC has also released contestant names, (http://\"http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/listings.cgi?sort=series&code=deal_or_no_deal\") so if any of you recognize them from other shows, flaunt your vast knowledge now.[/quote]
Amy Dittbrenner?  THAT Amy Dittbrenner?
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I know Amy Dittbrenner. And you, sir, are no Amy Dittbrenner.
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Anyone know when her 100th birthday will be?
Title: NBC will air all 5 "Deals"
Post by: uncamark on December 06, 2005, 04:43:28 PM
And there's Darryl Johnson--but you doesn't have to call him Johnson.  His name is Darryl J. Johnson, Jr., but you can call him Dar--or you can call him Jay...
Title: NBC will air all 5 "Deals"
Post by: Steve Gavazzi on December 06, 2005, 11:37:44 PM
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Dec 4 2005, 01:31 PM\'][quote name=\'JayDLewis\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 10:08 PM\'][quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 05:34 PM\'][quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 01:42 PM\']NBC has also released contestant names, (http://\"http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/listings.cgi?sort=series&code=deal_or_no_deal\") so if any of you recognize them from other shows, flaunt your vast knowledge now.[/quote]
Amy Dittbrenner?  THAT Amy Dittbrenner?
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I know Amy Dittbrenner. And you, sir, are no Amy Dittbrenner.
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Anyone know when her 100th birthday will be?
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100 years after she was born, I'd think.
Title: NBC will air all 5 "Deals"
Post by: Brig Bother on December 07, 2005, 05:27:20 AM
Five episodes? Pah, amatuers.

The UK version has just been recommissioned to run six days a week for the entirety of the next year.
Title: NBC will air all 5 "Deals"
Post by: Jimmy Owen on December 07, 2005, 10:59:59 AM
The US is becoming more like the old British TV model with short-run series and "seasons" of 5-8 episodes, while the UK is adopting 52 week committments, like American TV used to do.
Title: NBC will air all 5 "Deals"
Post by: uncamark on December 07, 2005, 03:52:11 PM
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Dec 7 2005, 09:59 AM\']The US is becoming more like the old British TV model with short-run series and "seasons" of 5-8 episodes, while the UK is adopting 52 week committments, like American TV used to do.
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Not true for scripted programming, though--and as writer-driven as scripted programming in the UK is, that's not going to change any time in the foreseeable future.

For purposes of comparison, how many series does "Countdown" usually do a year and how many episodes per series?
Title: NBC will air all 5 "Deals"
Post by: Brig Bother on December 07, 2005, 03:55:40 PM
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 7 2005, 08:52 PM\'][quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Dec 7 2005, 09:59 AM\']The US is becoming more like the old British TV model with short-run series and "seasons" of 5-8 episodes, while the UK is adopting 52 week committments, like American TV used to do.
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Not true for scripted programming, though--and as writer-driven as scripted programming in the UK is, that's not going to change any time in the foreseeable future.

For purposes of comparison, how many series does "Countdown" usually do a year and how many episodes per series?
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Two series a year generally and it's on every weekday without breaks (except over Christmas, I think.)

It used to be two series sharing it's timeslot with 15-1, then they were both on all year round and Countdown had four series, now they do two longer series per year.