[quote name=\'Thad Dixon\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 06:36 PM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 02:55 PM\'][quote name=\'Thad Dixon\' date=\'Jan 13 2004, 02:43 PM\']
To get this thread back on its original topic, I
STILL say H2 should be renewed instead of cancelled! Unlike Davidson's version and the MG/HS Hour, it is
AS GOOD AS the Marshall original, so it should be allowed to stick around for AT LEAST
AS LONG AS the Marshall original did, regardless of cost
AND ratings!
I would rather they cancel Oprah and Dr. Phil instead, then take all the money they've made off of
those shows, and put it into the budget for
H2 next season! [/quote]
With a theory like that, you'd be laughed out of every TV executive's office in this country. [/quote]
NO, I WOULD NOT!
I would be doing so very well every TV executive in the country would start to
worship me and put up a picture of me somewhere in their office!
Do the show regardless of cost? They've already scaled down the bonus round prizes...instead of a $20,000 car, you now play for a $10,000 vacation on the first try. Second try is $10,000 cash instead of $25,000. At this rate, by next season, we'd have a bargain-basement H2, where the car offered is a Kia Rio.
That's what you think!
I envision a seventh season of H2 going like this:
Matches are still straddled, but now use a
Password Plus-style scoring system: up to four games per match with the first two games worth $1,000 each and the third and fourth games worth $2,000 each; the second $1,000 game of each match is
still a Secret Square game, with the progressive jackpot from seasons 2-5 reinstated; first player to amass $3,000 or more wins the match and plays the bonus round.
In your first crack at the bonus round, you once again play for a $20,000+ car!
If won, your next crack is worth $25,000 in cash once again!
If won that time, your next crack after that is worth $50,000!
If you win on that level, then it's on to $75,000!
And then, once you win that amount, every crack you get after that is worth......
$100,000!!![/b]
A bit like what it was in season 5, except this time there is
no vacation involved. And yes, you
could get more than one crack at the $100K this time; that's because, just like
Jeopardy! started doing this season, contestants would no longer have to retire after winning five matches; they could keep right on playing as long as they keep winning! THE SKY'S THE LIMIT ON H2
AND JEOPARDY!
Also, I hate to bear bad news, but I don't think King World will touch Oprah or Dr. Phil, considering they're the two highest-rated talk shows. I don't watch neither one, but I know a hit show when I see it.
In 1976,
another game show that used nine celebrities and had a host named Tom, got high ratings yet
it got the ax after all of 15 weeks. Has any
talk show in TV history ever met a similar fate? Oprah and Dr. Phil would be the first two, if not. If King World would rather see them stay on, however, I can only think of
one other way to cover production costs on H2:
sell the syndication rights for Oprah and Dr. Phil to
another syndicator and do it for a whole heap of money! [/quote]
(sigh) Why am I bothering?
The last two seasons, HS/H2 offered their $100,000 bonus rounds (in the case of the latter, you'd work your way towards $100K). It did nothing for ratings. Honestly, Wheel's ratings haven't really gone up or down since THEY offered the new bonus wheel. Now, unless you're Dr. Evil (or Dr. Demento), how the hell do you expect to pull in viewers, when seasoned producers couldn't even do it?
