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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Home Games/Video Games Thread
« Last post by Bob Zager on Today at 09:00:38 PM »
Quote from: bwood on Today at 01:46:43 PM
Was in an Ollie's Bargain Outlet today and noticed they bought out a large amount of old stock from Imagination. Might be a sign they are getting bought out or ceasing operations. I know they also lost some rights to IP as well recently.
We saw quite a few different versions of Family Feud (Kids v Adults, Bachelorette, Regular, etc) as well as the bigger box game versions of WoF and Jeopardy. Saw some more Supermarket Sweep as well. SS Game was $4.99, the rest seem to be priced at $9.99.

I'd never seen their WOF, nor J! games in those full size boxes.  All the games I saw have thin cardboard, and the top apron opens, instead of requiring you to lift the whole box top.
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The Big Board / Re: Best Game Show Finales – Your Picks?
« Last post by SRIV94 on Today at 04:33:01 PM »
Quote from: BrandonFG on January 04, 2025, 04:52:30 PM
Which reminds me, I'd also like to add $ale to my list. Jim gave a similar heartfelt thank you to the viewers on the Christmas '88 episode which makes me think they knew it was only a matter of time. IIRC they got an unexpected 13-week renewal in January '89.
One of my previous signatures referred to a late January 1989 episode where Don Morrow does a contestant plug, and Jim responds with "We'd love to have you come down here.  Call quick."

That would seem to corroborate the unexpected part of the renewal, although the 13 weeks ended up being 10-11 weeks (two weeks for At Rona's, and I'm not sure if we're counting New Year's week as one of the weeks of the renewal).
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The Big Board / Re: Fremantle acquires TV rights to "Scrabble"
« Last post by steveleb on Today at 02:00:18 PM »
From my sources, this effectively paves the way for the legacy scrabble to be utilized by BUZZR much like the settlement with NBC allowed Classic Concentration (and I believe the Narz version as well) to finally show up on a Fremantle-owner service.  I can attest that neither title was even offered to me during my buyer days.

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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Home Games/Video Games Thread
« Last post by bwood on Today at 01:46:43 PM »
Was in an Ollie's Bargain Outlet today and noticed they bought out a large amount of old stock from Imagination. Might be a sign they are getting bought out or ceasing operations. I know they also lost some rights to IP as well recently.
We saw quite a few different versions of Family Feud (Kids v Adults, Bachelorette, Regular, etc) as well as the bigger box game versions of WoF and Jeopardy. Saw some more Supermarket Sweep as well. SS Game was $4.99, the rest seem to be priced at $9.99.
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Game TV - Q1'25 Stuff
« Last post by snowpeck on March 05, 2025, 07:43:14 PM »
Quote from: Ian Wallis on March 05, 2025, 05:15:45 PM
Just FYI:  after airing the 6/12/75 and 6/13/75 episodes of Tattletales the past couple of days (the first two of five shows with Sugar Ray Robinson), Game TV aired the 6/16/75 episode with Bob Newhart, Dick Martin and Anthony Newley today.

When CBS originally aired these, the last three days of the Sugar Ray Robinson week were saved until July 7th, 8th and 9th.  I guess they wanted to start off in their new time slot with complete weeks, rather than changing the panelists half way thru.

I expected Game TV would just continue with that week because they've usually aired them in production order, but they've aired this group in original broadcast order instead.  A bit surprising.  It'll be interesting if they jump back to that week eventually (if their episode lease lasts that long!)
They're airing in episode number order so it makes sense. The Sugar Ray Robinson shows are numbered 331-332 and 348-350. The Newhart week is 333-337.
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Game TV - Q1'25 Stuff
« Last post by Ian Wallis on March 05, 2025, 05:15:45 PM »
Just FYI:  after airing the 6/12/75 and 6/13/75 episodes of Tattletales the past couple of days (the first two of five shows with Sugar Ray Robinson), Game TV aired the 6/16/75 episode with Bob Newhart, Dick Martin and Anthony Newley today.

When CBS originally aired these, the last three days of the Sugar Ray Robinson week were saved until July 7th, 8th and 9th.  I guess they wanted to start off in their new time slot with complete weeks, rather than changing the panelists half way thru.

I expected Game TV would just continue with that week because they've usually aired them in production order, but they've aired this group in original broadcast order instead.  A bit surprising.  It'll be interesting if they jump back to that week eventually (if their episode lease lasts that long!)
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The Big Board / Re: New book about old stuff
« Last post by Mike Tennant on March 04, 2025, 07:37:18 PM »
Quote from: mmb5 on March 04, 2025, 05:59:59 PM
Quote from: Bob Zager on March 03, 2025, 03:42:21 PM
I think the ultimate book on this subect would be "Prime Time and Misdemeanors: Investigating the 1950s TV Quiz Scandal A D.A.'s Account" by Joseph Stone, who was involved with the case.  This book was published over 30 years ago, and is no longer in print, but anyone interested in it may find a used copy someplace,

You can find a used copy on my bookshelf.
I read it on archive.org after the 2023 passing of Robert Noah, whose novel on the same subject was also available there.
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The Big Board / Re: New book about old stuff
« Last post by mmb5 on March 04, 2025, 05:59:59 PM »
Quote from: Bob Zager on March 03, 2025, 03:42:21 PM
I think the ultimate book on this subect would be "Prime Time and Misdemeanors: Investigating the 1950s TV Quiz Scandal A D.A.'s Account" by Joseph Stone, who was involved with the case.  This book was published over 30 years ago, and is no longer in print, but anyone interested in it may find a used copy someplace,

You can find a used copy on my bookshelf.
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Home Games/Video Games Thread
« Last post by Bob Zager on March 04, 2025, 01:06:12 PM »
I saw this seventeen second video at tiktok, and in the last couple seconds you see a demo of their "Skip it," toy, near a display for their WOF and PCJ! games, complete with a life-size cutout of Ryan Seacrest:

https://www.tiktok.com/@justplayproducts/video/7476873600839011614

EDIT: Now here is a somewhat better view from instagram (near the end of the video):

https://www.instagram.com/thetoyinsider/reel/DGrbwjhsQdB/

My apologies if there is any problem.

P.S.--A closer view on my part: It looks like Ryan Seacrest is pictured on the box cover.  Of course, things can change along the way!
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The Big Board / Re: Fremantle acquires TV rights to "Scrabble"
« Last post by NickintheATL on March 03, 2025, 05:47:00 PM »
Quote from: DoItRockapella on March 03, 2025, 03:17:39 PM
I should make clear - I am far from an industry insider. That said, I read the linked article, and two items jumped out at me:

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Fremantle is betting big on letters, acquiring international production and distribution rights to “Scrabble,” the gameshow adaptation of Hasbro and Mattel’s iconic wordplay board game that has been performing well for The CW since its October launch.

This seems to me to be saying that Fremantle bought the rights to try to sell the CW Scrabble format outside the US, and that this deal has nothing to do with the show Chuck Woolery hosted.

My mistake. Guess I got too excited and jumped over that vital detail.

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The acquisition bolsters Fremantle’s portfolio of legacy game show formats, joining other recognizable titles like “The Price is Right,” “Deal or No Deal,” and “Family Feud.”

Fremantle owns Deal Or No Deal? Did I miss something?
Yeah.... I don't know about that one. I thought Endemol owned that format.
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