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The Big Board / Re: The "budget saver" episode
« Last post by BillCullen1 on April 26, 2024, 10:44:30 PM »
Quote from: Nick on January 19, 2024, 11:07:57 AM
Quote from: gamed121683 on January 18, 2024, 06:26:18 AM
* The Price Is Right: Every time they play Stack The Deck (Honestly, I feel whoever created that game gave it that name just to rub it in).

It is definitely a budget-saver game, and they exploit that fact, though it seems to have a disproportionately high number of contestants who play it badly as well.  The GP pricing can be tricky, but if you're fortunate to land one or two of them and you're picking either of the first two digits for your freebies, then you're asking to lose.

I also think "That's Too Much" is trotted out when they need to trim the budget.
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The Big Board / Re: The "budget saver" episode
« Last post by jcs290 on April 26, 2024, 09:41:26 PM »
Sticking with kid's game shows, I always felt that Legends of the Hidden Temple was mostly budget saver episodes except about every 8th or 9th episode where the temple run was way shorter than most and nearly guaranteed a win.  No Shrine of the Silver Monkey located in the primary path, no dead ends, temple guards located mostly in the corner rooms, more unlocked doors for a straight shot to the room with the treasure.
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The Big Board / Re: Match Game 77's ill-fated move to 11 AM
« Last post by carlisle96 on April 26, 2024, 06:58:28 PM »
Quote from: Casey Buck on April 12, 2024, 05:51:44 PM
I found a site that has scans of Nielsen Pocketpieces from 1978-June of 1988:

https://www.ratingsryan.com/p/nielsen-pocketpiece-archives.html

Looking at some of these daytime numbers, I'm wondering what rating was considered good enough to get a renewal? Some shows that met early deaths looked like they got higher numbers or comparable to shows that lasted several years, or, like Hollywood Squares, kept hanging on.
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The Big Board / Re: "Lingo" returns to CBS on May 24
« Last post by BillCullen1 on April 26, 2024, 04:07:28 PM »
Maybe they will cut Ru some slack and allow him to improvise a little this season.
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The Big Board / "Lingo" returns to CBS on May 24
« Last post by snowpeck on April 26, 2024, 02:27:09 PM »
The new season of "Lingo" starts on May 24. Of note, this season will have returning champions.

https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/lingo/releases/?view=109742-the-word-twisting-game-show-lingo-hosted-by-rupaul-charles-to-premiere-friday-may-24-on-cbs
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The Big Board / Re: “Cool a new game show!” but it’s not a game show
« Last post by Mr. Matté on April 25, 2024, 10:51:33 PM »
Quote from: BrandonFG on April 25, 2024, 07:43:46 PM
Same. Felt like a holdover from Chain Reaction.

In true Cobert fashion, it's a holdover from Supertrain:
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The Big Board / Re: “Cool a new game show!” but it’s not a game show
« Last post by Mike Tennant on April 25, 2024, 08:49:05 PM »
Quote from: SuperMatch93 on April 24, 2024, 08:15:59 PM
Not exactly an example, but when reading TV Guide at 5 years old, for some reason it didn't gel with me that "To Be Announced" wasn't the name of an actual show. I was always left curious as to what a show named that would be like.
I figured it was a show where they announced local events and such. Since it sounded very boring, I never tuned in to see what it really was.
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The Big Board / Re: “Cool a new game show!” but it’s not a game show
« Last post by BrandonFG on April 25, 2024, 07:43:46 PM »
Same. Felt like a holdover from Chain Reaction.
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The Big Board / Re: “Cool a new game show!” but it’s not a game show
« Last post by chrisholland03 on April 25, 2024, 07:19:41 PM »
And I quite enjoyed the travel music employed when they swapped contestants in the '85 version
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The Big Board / Re: “Cool a new game show!” but it’s not a game show
« Last post by clemon79 on April 25, 2024, 02:41:32 PM »
Quote from: aaron sica on April 25, 2024, 08:00:03 AM
I also was disappointed when the version turned out to be new, and not the old one.

I was too, but it got immediate points for using the Shoot For The Stars theme (where's my onion?), and Mike Darow grew on me in a hurry.
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