[quote name=\'CherryPizza\' post=\'125584\' date=\'Jul 28 2006, 10:55 PM\']
In an act of desperation and/or overkill, the Nine network in Australia last night aired an hour-long prime-time Family Feud in addition to the half-hour afternoon show.
The "Friday Night All-Stars" were members of the football teams playing that night and their 'significant others'. The whole exercise seemed to be a combination of cross-promoting the games that Nine was going to be broadcasting that night and hoping to lure football fans into watching the afternoon version of the show.
Maybe it was because I despise football, but I'm sorry to say that the show DID NOT translate well into an hour-long format. In padding out the show, the only addition to the 'game' was a 'bullseye' round. Other than that, the extra time was taken up with little 'meet the players' videos and a bizarre guest appearance by Debbie Reynolds, talking about her concert tour in Australia and being fawned over by Bert at his sycophantic best.
Much as I love Family Feud, this show really bored the crisps out of me, and had me screaming "Why?"
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They probably could have borrowed an idea from the Dawson Feud specials (if it was possible). Each special still had four teams (two games to 300), and two FMs for $5000. The two winning teams then played one question for the right to play FM for $10000 additional. Whether that would have made a difference is up in the air. But was worth a mention.
