The Game Show Forum
The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: weaklink75 on October 18, 2006, 03:33:56 PM
-
Here's A NY Daily News (http://\"http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/ent_radio/story/462595p-389169c.html\") article on the sub call for Viera....let the fantasy casting/speculation on whether she's going to leave begin...
-
My money's on Rosie O'Donnell being among the guest hosts.
--Jamie
-
Good news is that the ratings are up this season.
-
It's highly unlikely to happen, but wouldn't it be something if they called upon some of the classic hosts to fill in for Meredith? I can see either of the brothers Narz, for example, doing a fine job with this. Also, since they seem to value host-contestant interaction highly on the daytime show, even Bob Barker--now there's a really long shot (and yet another T.K. reference)--would be a good choice.
Yes, I know: ain't gonna happen. It does, however, have the advantage of not putting in Meredith's shoes anyone likely to be auditioning for the job on a permanent basis.
EDIT: By the way, what was the last game show to employ a substitute host (other than for April Fool's Day stunts on WoF and J!)? Was it The All-New LMAD?
-
[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' post=\'134881\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 04:25 PM\']
EDIT: By the way, what was the last game show to employ a substitute host (other than for April Fool's Day stunts on WoF and J!)? Was it The All-New LMAD?
[/quote]
I'm thinking maybe it might have been "Hollywood Squares" (the 1986-1989 version), when Jm J. Bullock filled in for John Davidson.
-
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'134883\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 01:33 PM\']
I'm thinking maybe it might have been "Hollywood Squares" (the 1986-1989 version), when Jm J. Bullock filled in for John Davidson.
[/quote]
Naw, 'cuz that's trumped by Goodson hosting TTTT91.
-
Would Peter Marshall's stint on the Bergeron H2 count?
-
[quote name=\'DrBear\' post=\'134890\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 05:20 PM\']
Would Peter Marshall's stint on the Bergeron H2 count?[/quote]
No, I think they're talking about guest hosting when the main host is genuinely unavailable, not stunts like Marshall for Bergeron or the fruit-basket-turnover GSN did a few years back.
-
[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' post=\'134881\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 04:25 PM\']
EDIT: By the way, what was the last game show to employ a substitute host (other than for April Fool's Day stunts on WoF and J!)? Was it The All-New LMAD?
[/quote]
The April Fool's Day stunts on the GSN originals. :P
In terms of a sub host for Millionaire, I'd like to go off the board and pick Pat Kiernan for $50. He's Davies' new best friend, right?
-
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'134893\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 05:29 PM\']
No, I think they're talking about guest hosting when the main host is genuinely unavailable, not stunts like Marshall for Bergeron or the fruit-basket-turnover GSN did a few years back.
[/quote]
That's the way I understood and answered the question too, which if he means it that way, also knocks out the GSN April Fools' shows as well.
-
Peter Tomarken's last GSN sub-host job was for Marianne Curan on Super Decades in 1998.
--Jamie
-
My money's on them trying to lure Regis in for a few episodes.
-
[quote name=\'Jimmy Fiono Coyne\' post=\'134873\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 03:49 PM\']
My money's on Rosie O'Donnell being among the guest hosts.
[/quote]
If so, I hope I'm a contestant on that day cuz she'd see to it that I got all the money anyway plus a brand new car.
-
[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'134894\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 05:29 PM\']
In terms of a sub host for Millionaire, I'd like to go off the board and pick Pat Kiernan for $50. He's Davies' new best friend, right?
[/quote]
I don't know that they're getting manicures together or calling each other at night to coordinate wardrobes, but Kiernan would be wonderful at WWTBAM.
-
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'134886\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 04:40 PM\']
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'134883\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 01:33 PM\']
I'm thinking maybe it might have been "Hollywood Squares" (the 1986-1989 version), when Jm J. Bullock filled in for John Davidson.
[/quote]
Naw, 'cuz that's trumped by Goodson hosting TTTT91.
[/quote]
This sounds like the winner to me (and shame on me for forgetting it!). All the April Fool's stunts and the Marshall/Bergeron stunt don't count as I have phrased the question. I was indeed talking about times when the host genuinely isn't available. In these days of taped shows it's a rare occurrence. TPIR, for example, hasn't had a guest host since Dennis James filled in for Barker during a week back when Dennis was hosting the evening version. Syndie WoF and J! never have had guest hosts, except for stunts. Neither has FF or WWTBAM? (until now). Guest hosts were necessary back in the days of live TV; the tradition continued to some degree even when they went to tape, but it's pretty well petered out in the last couple of decades. Even in the 1980s it was pretty rare.
-
[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' post=\'134964\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 11:25 AM\']
Guest hosts were necessary back in the days of live TV; the tradition continued to some degree even when they went to tape, but it's pretty well petered out in the last couple of decades. Even in the 1980s it was pretty rare.
[/quote]
That's also true in the land of late-night talk shows. Once upon a time, I looked forward to the guest hosts that would turn up on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. (This was before either Joan Rivers or Jay Leno became "regular" guest hosts.) Nowadays, they just throw in a rerun, except in extraordinary circumstances.
-
Lynn Swann "guest hosted" a couple of days for Alex on the last week of TTTT91, though Lynn didn't know he would be billed as a guest host when he taped the shows.
In the late '80's Jamie Farr filled in for Tom Kennedy on "WordPlay" and Sally Struthers subbed for Vicki on WLD. Monty was billed as "guest host" as well on the Orlando LMAD.
-
Add to that Jim Peck substituting on Joker's Wild fairly frequently.
-
Maybe I'm off the mark, but I have a feeling WWTBAM is going to make a hard push to get Jeff Probst to host a week of shows.
Probst's name was mentioned as a potential host of daytime WWTBAM before the show premiered, and he's a regular sub host for Regis on *Live*. Depending on when the next *Survivor* tapes, he may be available to tape five shows.
As far as Regis goes, I have a funny feeling WWTBAM will have a better shot getting Kelly Ripa than Philbin.
Anyone know how many weeks of shows will be targeted by this?
James
-
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'134971\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 11:49 AM\']
In the late '80's Jamie Farr filled in for Tom Kennedy on "WordPlay" [/quote]
And he was awful. Mercy, was he awful.
All those shows he played on where he'd say, "Let ME host this. I can do this".
Wrong! You were putrid. Hear me? And you were putrid when you hosted the Ohio Lottery anniversary special. It was so obvious you were reading from cards I quickly longed for the good old days of Gib Shanley before he started burning flags. Answer me, Farr! You! Can't! Host!
Did Jm. J. guest host The New Hollywood Squares before or after the Shadoe Stevens week (when Howard Stern was guest announcer and hit on Dr. Joyce Brothers)?
-
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'135006\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 02:12 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'134971\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 11:49 AM\']
In the late '80's Jamie Farr filled in for Tom Kennedy on "WordPlay" [/quote]
And he was awful. Mercy, was he awful.
All those shows he played on where he'd say, "Let ME host this. I can do this".
Wrong! You were putrid. Hear me? And you were putrid when you hosted the Ohio Lottery anniversary special. It was so obvious you were reading from cards I quickly longed for the good old days of Gib Shanley before he started burning flags. Answer me, Farr! You! Can't! Host!
Did Jm. J. guest host The New Hollywood Squares before or after the Shadoe Stevens week (when Howard Stern was guest announcer and hit on Dr. Joyce Brothers)?
[/quote]
Around the same time, Farr was on "Game Show Host Week" on Scrabble...he was introduced as the host of "Double Up"..... which never saw the light of day... to this day, I can't help but wonder if his run as guest host on WordPlay didn't put the nail in that coffin....
-
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'134971\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 11:49 AM\']
Lynn Swann "guest hosted" a couple of days for Alex on the last week of TTTT91, though Lynn didn't know he would be billed as a guest host when he taped the shows.
[/quote]
Weren't those reruns? And if not, how did you know Lynn didn't know...was he upset about it ?
-
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'135009\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 02:16 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'134971\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 11:49 AM\']
Lynn Swann "guest hosted" a couple of days for Alex on the last week of TTTT91, though Lynn didn't know he would be billed as a guest host when he taped the shows.
[/quote]
Weren't those reruns? And if not, how did you know Lynn didn't know...was he upset about it ?
[/quote]
Those were shows which were pre-empted in early 1991 because of NBC News' special coverage of the crisis in Iraq. With cancellation looming, those babies got burned off days before being replaced by repeats of an ABC sitcom.
-
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'135011\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 02:19 PM\']
Those were shows which were pre-empted in early 1991 because of NBC News' special coverage of the crisis in Iraq. With cancellation looming, those babies got burned off days before being replaced by repeats of an ABC sitcom.
[/quote]
I would love to know how it happened that NBC decided they would run reruns of a sitcom from a competing network.
-
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'134950\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 07:35 AM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Fiono Coyne\' post=\'134873\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 03:49 PM\']
My money's on Rosie O'Donnell being among the guest hosts.
[/quote]
If so, I hope I'm a contestant on that day cuz she'd see to it that I got all the money anyway plus a brand new car.
[/quote]
If Oprah hosted, I'd want to be sitting in on the taping because she'd give everybody in the AUDIENCE a new car as well, plus some cash!!!
-
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'135008\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 02:14 PM\']
Around the same time, Farr was on "Game Show Host Week" on Scrabble...he was introduced as the host of "Double Up"..... which never saw the light of day[/quote]
That was odd to me also. Even if it had sold, the show was at least ten months away from premiering. And Bill Rafferty was introduced as "from Card Sharks" which no doubt confused people who didn't think Bill looked anything like Bob Eubanks. The Jim Lange/Jeff MacGregor match-up could've been plugged as the battle of the Dating Game hosts, but there was only time for one word between the two of them before the Speedword sounder was activated. There wasn't even a mention of Jim's Dating Game connection. His intro only mentioned the recently discontinued $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime.
And, yes, I do realize that Charlie Tuna was simply reading from the copy provided.
-
There was a NBC Saturday game show titled "Double Up," but was hosted by J.D. Roth.
As far as "Full House" on NBC, it was set to go to local syndication that fall, so Warner Bros. managed to squeeze a few dollars out of it that summer. The definition of humbling would be to be replaced by reruns and humiliation reruns of another network's show. Well, at least it starred a future NBC game show host. :)
However, NBC running daytime repeats of another network's primetime show has one precedent that I can think of, "Make Room for Daddy," which was on CBS first run while on NBC in the daytime. That might have been because NBC Films had obtained the syndication rights and had them until the Justice dept forced the networks out of the syndication business in the early '70's.
-
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'135021\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 03:00 PM\']
However, NBC running daytime repeats of another network's primetime show has one precedent that I can think of, "Make Room for Daddy," which was on CBS first run while on NBC in the daytime. [/quote]
In late night, while Quincy, M.E. was in its final season on NBC, reruns were shown weekly on The CBS Late Night Movie. Likewise, as the final season rolled for Police Woman on NBC, encore editions of previous seasons' eppys were being presented once a week on ABC Late Night.
Kinda sorta back to topic, anyone know the insanity behind Jimmie Walker's guest-hosting stint on Matchmaker? I recall one show from that substitution period. On the screen it said Matchmaker Starring Jimmy Walker (which I deduce to be an incorrect spelling of King Dyn-O-Mite's first name). Upon being introduced by Bill Armstrong, Jimmy/Jimmie entered the stage by spinning around and around and around, like a human wheel of fortune. I dismissed it all as a bad dream and mercifully, Dave Hull was back the following week.
-
[quote name=\'colonial\' post=\'134994\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 12:54 PM\']
Maybe I'm off the mark, but I have a feeling WWTBAM is going to make a hard push to get Jeff Probst to host a week of shows.
Probst's name was mentioned as a potential host of daytime WWTBAM before the show premiered, and he's a regular sub host for Regis on *Live*. Depending on when the next *Survivor* tapes, he may be available to tape five shows.
As far as Regis goes, I have a funny feeling WWTBAM will have a better shot getting Kelly Ripa than Philbin.
Anyone know how many weeks of shows will be targeted by this?
James
[/quote]
While I know he guests on "Live" occasionally, I think more people see Probst as Alex's replacement.
-
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'135016\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 01:33 PM\']
And Bill Rafferty was introduced as "from Card Sharks" which no doubt confused people who didn't think Bill looked anything like Bob Eubanks. [/quote]
At the time, there was no other reason Rafferty qualified, as his version of BLOCKBUSTERS got canned 4+ months earlier.
Come to think of it, his version of CS also bit it right around that time.
So why exactly was he booked? Jim Perry wasn't available?
/Yes, I realize Tomarken was also booked, and PYL had been cancelled a year earlier.
Doug
-
The Jimmie Walker week of "Matchmaker" always came off to me as Syndicator's Last-Ditch Effort to Save Show--if he came off OK, they could can Hull and pitch him as next season's replacement, if he didn't, well, hasta la vista.
I had to feel that considering that the whole show was based on a bit on Hull's radio show and that he was an owner of the show, either he was very displeased or he thought that if Walker was any good, perhaps he was going to see some more money off of the whole venture.
-
I would love to know how it happened that NBC decided they would run reruns of a sitcom from a competing network.
I think the studio that owned the show must have offered them a good deal. I always thought networks had first claim to daytime reruns of primetime shows they ran, but maybe that wasn't actually the case (even though it worked out that way most of the time) - unless they also owned a piece of the show. Case in point: in 1968 when Bewitched moved to daytime, there was a TVGuide article explaining how ABC had paid $9 million for the daytime rerun rights to the show. I guess if ABC hadn't wanted to pay that much, they could have wound up on another network.
That probably explains the few instances where this was the case.
-
in 1968 when Bewitched moved to daytime, there was a TVGuide article explaining how ABC had paid $9 million for the daytime rerun rights to the show.
Yikes! That's $173,000 per week in 1968 dollars. They WAY overpaid.
If I were king of the networks, I would have been putting on sitcom reruns in the mornings starting in the early '90s and paying zero compensation rather than abandoning mornings altogether. Then I would have started dabbling in the current rage, courtroom shows. Now all of that business is going to syndicators.
-
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'135036\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 04:17 PM\']
I think the studio that owned the show must have offered them a good deal. I always thought networks had first claim to daytime reruns of primetime shows they ran, but maybe that wasn't actually the case (even though it worked out that way most of the time) - unless they also owned a piece of the show. Case in point: in 1968 when Bewitched moved to daytime, there was a TVGuide article explaining how ABC had paid $9 million for the daytime rerun rights to the show. I guess if ABC hadn't wanted to pay that much, they could have wound up on another network.
That probably explains the few instances where this was the case.
[/quote]
That makes sense. I wonder if ABC had any thoughts of adding it to *their* daytime schedule, although really, there wasn't much room at the time - the morning shows consisted of a full hour of "Home", followed by "Match Game" in 1991, until July, when MG was canned and "Home" expanded to 90 minutes. ABC could have put FH on at noon for a few months, as FH did (as mentioned before) hit syndication that fall.
-
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'135036\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 03:17 PM\']
Case in point: in 1968 when Bewitched moved to daytime, there was a TVGuide article explaining how ABC had paid $9 million for the daytime rerun rights to the show. I guess if ABC hadn't wanted to pay that much, they could have wound up on another network.
[/quote]
You have to understand that daytime reruns of successful nighttime shows were still powerhouse ratings grabbers and chewed up a surprisingly high number of game shows. ABC made itself a major player with Bewitched, which if I recall was their first top five prime time show ever. I'm sure they saw a golden opportunity to bring that (for lack of a better term) magic to its daytime lineup, and with that and Let's Make a Deal that's what they did.
-
[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'135047\' date=\'Oct 19 2006, 04:58 PM\']
in 1968 when Bewitched moved to daytime, there was a TVGuide article explaining how ABC had paid $9 million for the daytime rerun rights to the show.
Yikes! That's $173,000 per week in 1968 dollars. They WAY overpaid.
[/quote]
Especially considering Dick Sargent hadn't joined the show yet.
I just remember how annoying it was to find out that yet another game was being dumped to punch in a sitcom rerun. Losing two to get CHiPs on the air really set me to the bin.
-
"Bewitched" reruns in the daytime are a nice memory for me. In 68 I was in 3rd grade. We didn't have a cafeteria in our school, so I had to walk home for lunch everyday. Mom would have lunch waiting for me and we would watch "Bewitched." (The NBC station had inserted a local news at noon, kicking J! to 1 p.m.)
Back to topic, Is Tom Bergeron still sour on game shows? If not, he'd be my choice.
-
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'135105\' date=\'Oct 20 2006, 09:10 AM\']
"Bewitched" reruns in the daytime are a nice memory for me. In 68 I was in 3rd grade. We didn't have a cafeteria in our school, so I had to walk home for lunch everyday. Mom would have lunch waiting for me and we would watch "Bewitched." (The NBC station had inserted a local news at noon, kicking J! to 1 p.m.)
Back to topic, Is Tom Bergeron still sour on game shows? If not, he'd be my choice.
[/quote]
If it's just filling in, he may just do it to keep nice with his bosses at Disney, who obviously see him as Duncan the Wonder Horse.
I'd like to see them try Samantha Harris--outside of the obvious reasons, she brings a lot of energy to her "Dancing" gig and seems to be able to handle egos wel, which would make "WWTBAM" easy. I would hope that Friedman might consider her for "TJW" or "Combination Lock," if he's getting pressured from Sony and CBS Paramount to put in a newcomer.
-
[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'135251\' date=\'Oct 21 2006, 04:34 PM\']
If it's just filling in, he may just do it to keep nice with his bosses at Disney, who obviously see him as Duncan the Wonder Horse.[/quote]
"If ABC needs a host -- and Regis has the flu -- I'm their man!"
-
[quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'134932\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 11:34 PM\']
My money's on them trying to lure Regis in for a few episodes.
[/quote]
I have a feeling about this as well. I would not be surprised if they did.
-
[quote name=\'Timsterino\' post=\'135289\' date=\'Oct 22 2006, 04:02 AM\']
[quote name=\'MitchJoseph2004\' post=\'134932\' date=\'Oct 18 2006, 11:34 PM\']
My money's on them trying to lure Regis in for a few episodes.
[/quote]
I have a feeling about this as well. I would not be surprised if they did.
[/quote]
One person hosting two simultaneous syndie strips is not very common. I think Geraldo Rivera was the last one to do it with "Geraldo" and "Now It Can Be Told." fifteen years ago.
-
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'135291\' date=\'Oct 22 2006, 05:33 AM\']
One person hosting two simultaneous syndie strips is not very common. I think Geraldo Rivera was the last one to do it with "Geraldo" and "Now It Can Be Told." fifteen years ago.
[/quote]
Oooooo. Geraldo could guest-host WWTBAM. The chairs are bolted down, so no one will throw one at his nose.
-
Oooooo. Geraldo could guest-host WWTBAM. The chairs are bolted down, so no one will throw one at his nose.
Good thing Geraldo isn't being considered for Deal or No Deal. At the end of the game, he'd open up the contestant's case, and there'd be nothing in there... :)
-
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'135329\' date=\'Oct 22 2006, 05:56 PM\']
Oooooo. Geraldo could guest-host WWTBAM. The chairs are bolted down, so no one will throw one at his nose.
Good thing Geraldo isn't being considered for Deal or No Deal. At the end of the game, he'd open up the contestant's case, and there'd be nothing in there... :)
[/quote]
You get a gold star.
-
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'135329\' date=\'Oct 22 2006, 04:56 PM\']
Oooooo. Geraldo could guest-host WWTBAM. The chairs are bolted down, so no one will throw one at his nose.
Good thing Geraldo isn't being considered for Deal or No Deal. At the end of the game, he'd open up the contestant's case, and there'd be nothing in there... :)
[/quote]
Wow, ouch. Okay, one for Ian.
-
Bravo, Ian!
-
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'135329\' date=\'Oct 22 2006, 02:56 PM\']
Good thing Geraldo isn't being considered for Deal or No Deal. At the end of the game, he'd open up the contestant's case, and there'd be nothing in there... :)
[/quote]
Ladies and gentlemen...
[font=\"Times\"][color=\"green\"]LINE[/color]
[color=\"red\"]OF THE[/color]
[color=\"green\"]DAY![/color][/font][/b]
-
Ladies and gentlemen...
LINE
OF THE
DAY!
Thank you. It's the first time I've been awarded that!!
-
Tom Bergeron says that he will be a guest host
He tells the "Good Day LA" folks this near the end of this video clip (http://\"http://tinyurl.com/y927sh\") broadcast 10/26.
Tim H.
-
Call me crazy, but I miss those three nutheads.
-
Bergeron hosting ? Excellent. Anyone in the know know when those will be taped?
Oh, and...
[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' post=\'135759\' date=\'Oct 27 2006, 09:03 AM\']
Call me crazy, but I miss those three nutheads.
[/quote]
You're Crazy.
-
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'135762\' date=\'Oct 27 2006, 06:30 AM\']
You're Crazy.
[/quote]
Hah! I know! (LOL!) (AWOL!) (WWTBAM!)
(he called them "nutheads", fer Chrissakes.)
-
Digging this one out of mothballs for some important info...
At the end of this video, Tom Bergeron makes an announcement....
http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/Enterta...mp;pageId=7.5.1 (http://\"http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/Entertainment/Detail?contentId=1291830&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=7.5.1\")
...also known as he will host a week of "Millionaire".
-
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'136984\' date=\'Nov 5 2006, 12:41 PM\']
Digging this one out of mothballs for some important info...
At the end of this video, Tom Bergeron makes an announcement....
http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/Enterta...mp;pageId=7.5.1 (http://\"http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/Entertainment/Detail?contentId=1291830&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=7.5.1\")
...also known as he will host a week of "Millionaire".
[/quote]
Hey , look! It's the same video clip as the one THREE POSTS ABOVE YOURS!
You're getting really old, fast.
-
Now, now, Matt. Let's be fair here...
It was four posts above his, not three.
-
IMHO Tom Bergeron is an excellent choice as a substitute host. I look forward to watching his week of shows.
Tim :-)
-
They could acutally do a theme type thing, TV's greatest hosts fill in for Meredith...
How about Ben Stein for a week? Wink Martindale? Peter Marshall?
-
[quote name=\'Terry K\' post=\'137092\' date=\'Nov 6 2006, 06:14 AM\']
They could acutally do a theme type thing, TV's greatest hosts fill in for Meredith...
How about Ben Stein for a week?
Wink Martindale? Peter Marshall?
[/quote]
Ben -- Too serious for the show.
Wink -- Out of the three, the best chance -- but a very dark horse.
Peter -- Has Pete ever done a show *without* celebs?
Bergeron is not a bad choice at all.
-
First off, I apologize for posting the link again without checking.
Second, with Bergeron hosting, wouldn't this give us a good look at how he would host without celebs for something like TPiR? I know that TPiR and Millionaire are two different breeds of game show animal, but wouldn't this show how he can interact with just a player/contestant?
-
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'137105\' date=\'Nov 6 2006, 10:06 AM\']
First off, I apologize for posting the link again without checking.
Second, with Bergeron hosting, wouldn't this give us a good look at how he would host without celebs for something like TPiR? I know that TPiR and Millionaire are two different breeds of game show animal, but wouldn't this show how he can interact with just a player/contestant?
[/quote]
Well, I did hear that they were going to add a new lifeline, "Ask Martin Mull", so no, this wouldn't apply.
Wow.
-
Bergeron wouldn't be taping shows until he's clear of his "Dancing With The Stars" commitment. However, I do know that Meredith is taping shows this week. She's also taping a Conan O'Brien this week which I think is her first appearance on that show since joining the NBC family.
-
Bergeron's a good choice. He's also based on the East Coast, which may be a minor factor.
I can't see Regis being involved unless Live and Millionaire don't run against each other... well, anywhere.
-
[quote name=\'calliaume\' post=\'137187\' date=\'Nov 6 2006, 06:38 PM\']
I can't see Regis being involved unless Live and Millionaire don't run against each other... well, anywhere.
[/quote]
Where would it? Does Millionaire really run at 9:00a in some markets?
-
Well, but Live isn't shown at 9 AM in all markets. (Even in the East--there's one station in my area that airs it at 10.)
-
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'137195\' date=\'Nov 6 2006, 10:34 PM\']
[quote name=\'calliaume\' post=\'137187\' date=\'Nov 6 2006, 06:38 PM\']
I can't see Regis being involved unless Live and Millionaire don't run against each other... well, anywhere.
[/quote]
Where would it? Does Millionaire really run at 9:00a in some markets?
[/quote]
To name the markets would be a little Zachy, but yes there are some markets that run the show at 9:00 a.m. local time, either as their sole broadcast or as the double-run show.
-
[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'137208\' date=\'Nov 7 2006, 05:40 AM\']
Well, but Live isn't shown at 9 AM in all markets. (Even in the East--there's one station in my area that airs it at 10.)
[/quote]
I'm sure there's more than one, but the only one that comes to mind for me is WBAL from Baltimore - being an NBC affiliate, they run "Today" until 10am and then "Regis and Kelly".
-
KYTV in Springfield,MO runs Live at 10am because of Today as well.
-
In Cincinnati, WKRC 12 runs Millionaire at 9:00am, followed by the Feud at 9:30am. Meanwhile on WCPO 9, Regis and Kelly runs at 9:00am.
Thought I'd beat him to the punch.
-
[quote name=\'CJBojangles\' post=\'137520\' date=\'Nov 10 2006, 12:29 PM\']
Thought I'd beat him to the punch.
[/quote]
Probably won't matter. He tends to not read what's posted previously in a thread.
-
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'137527\' date=\'Nov 10 2006, 11:43 AM\']
Probably won't matter. He tends to not read what's posted previously in a thread.
[/quote]
There, fixed that for you. :)
-
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'137532\' date=\'Nov 10 2006, 04:36 PM\']
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'137527\' date=\'Nov 10 2006, 11:43 AM\']
Probably won't matter. He tends to not read what's posted previously in a thread.
[/quote]
There, fixed that for you. :)
[/quote]
Thanks, looks much better after that adjustment. :)
-
[quote name=\'calliaume\' post=\'137187\' date=\'Nov 6 2006, 09:38 PM\']
Bergeron's a good choice.[/quote]
Having attended the noon tapings today, which Bergeron hosted (his first 3), I'll agree with that statement. I felt that for his first time hosting the show (though he mentioned doing rehearsals yesterday), he did a good job. He added more humor to the show than Meredith (which was a nice change of pace) and had nice interaction with the contestants. One complaint I did have, though, was his reading of the 4 choices - at times, he seemed to pause (longer than normal) between words. But overall, I think he was a worthy substitute for Meredith. And I enjoyed the taping, my first (although I would have enjoyed it more had I passed the audition test).
BTW, the shows taped in the noon session today will air M-W 6/25-27 (I'm guessing the Th, F eps were taped in the later session).
-
[quote name=\'scottua1\' post=\'139153\' date=\'Nov 29 2006, 09:30 PM\']
BTW, the shows taped in the noon session today will air M-W 6/25-27 (I'm guessing the Th, F eps were taped in the later session).
[/quote]
6? June? They're taping six months in advance?
-
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'139154\' date=\'Nov 30 2006, 12:50 AM\']
6? June? They're taping six months in advance?
[/quote]
Yeah - according to what we were told, they're airing that week in June.
-
A friend of mine just got back from New York where she attended a taping that Al Roker was hosting. She had high praise for the weatherman, said the shows sped along in pretty much real time, and also mentioned that they wouldn't air until June.
-
Is there a list somewhere where it shows who's hosting when? I would have loved to see the Berg eps, yet didn't know they were taping yesterday....
-
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'139165\' date=\'Nov 30 2006, 10:28 AM\']
A friend of mine just got back from New York where she attended a taping that Al Roker was hosting. She had high praise for the weatherman, said the shows sped along in pretty much real time, and also mentioned that they wouldn't air until June.
[/quote]
I never would have thought of Al Roker as a candidate to be a game show host, but the more I thought of it he would seem to meet and exceed all minimum requirements to be a good game show hosts.
Personally, I think Roker would do a better job at hosting TPiR than that other national morning show weatherman whose name escapes me at the moment... :-P
-
I think Al might have hosted a game show before...but I can't seem to Remember This name for the show...
-
Weathermen have historically made for good game show hosts. After Dave Price gets TPIR, it creates a weatherman opening at CBS Morn. News, a nice low-profile position from which to build a national presence.
-
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'139174\' date=\'Nov 30 2006, 10:34 AM\']
Weathermen have historically made for good game show hosts. After Dave Price gets TPIR, it creates a weatherman opening at CBS Morn. News, a nice low-profile position from which to build a national presence.
[/quote]
I'd bet money that when Dave gets TPIR, he won't give up the morning show.
-
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'139182\' date=\'Nov 30 2006, 11:45 AM\']
I'd bet money that when Dave gets TPIR, he won't give up the morning show.
[/quote]
I'd bet he wouldn't even be given the option. CBS would love to have that cross-promotional opportunity to bump the Early Show's viewers (Hey come see the host of your favorite game show hanging with Hannah and Chenbot!)
-
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'139154\' date=\'Nov 30 2006, 12:50 AM\']
[quote name=\'scottua1\' post=\'139153\' date=\'Nov 29 2006, 09:30 PM\']
BTW, the shows taped in the noon session today will air M-W 6/25-27 (I'm guessing the Th, F eps were taped in the later session).
[/quote]
6? June? They're taping six months in advance?
[/quote]
After December, they shut down taping until summer/fall.
-
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'139168\' date=\'Nov 30 2006, 09:53 AM\']
Is there a list somewhere where it shows who's hosting when? I would have loved to see the Berg eps, yet didn't know they were taping yesterday....
[/quote]
I'm guessing not (publicly, at least) because the workers were keeping Tom's identity secret in the line outside to get into the building - they mentioned a guest host but didn't say who (other than to shoot down the multiple people who were guessing Regis).
-
[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'139171\' date=\'Nov 30 2006, 10:21 AM\']
I think Al might have hosted a game show before...but I can't seem to Remember This name for the show...
[/quote]
And he should've been the man tapped for the Let's Make A Deal revival in 2003.