Author Topic: Fox Schedules New Reality Quiz Show (Read 4415 times)

SwohS Emag · « **on:** January 31, 2007, 12:17:35 PM »

I hope Mark Burnett knows what he is doing.

www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2007/01/fox-delays-til-deaths-new-slot-for.html

uncamark · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2007, 12:27:53 PM »

[quote name=\'SwohS Emag\' post=\'145008\' date=\'Jan 31 2007, 11:17 AM\']
I hope Mark Burnett knows what he is doing.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2007/01/...w-slot-for.html
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There, fixed that for you (so it's a hyperlink).

It's been given initially the best slot on Fox--right after "Idol." Of course, "Unan1mous" had post-result show placement and still got high ratings, but the tune-out was so massive (you're not going to hold on to all of an "Idol"-sized audience, but when more than half of that audience is running away from the next show, that's trouble) that it's not coming back for a second season. And don't tell "Arrested Development" fans, but Fox's attempt to give it an "Idol" lead-in was even less successful. Even if "Fifth Grader?" can hold on to a decent swath of the "Idol" audience, it still has to stand on its own without being propped up by "Idol." But it's going to get more sampling than a lot of other shows would get.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2007, 12:29:20 PM »

OOOH! A GS birthday gift for me from those wonderful folks at Fox. Brilliant.

Wait...Feb. 27 is a Tuesday. And House won't be on!? For this!?

leszekp · « **Reply #3 on:** February 01, 2007, 12:09:51 PM »

[quote name=\'SwohS Emag\' post=\'145008\' date=\'Jan 31 2007, 12:17 PM\']
I hope Mark Burnett knows what he is doing.

www.sitcomsonline.com/blog/2007/01/fox-delays-til-deaths-new-slot-for.html
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Unfortunately, I suspect the true title should be, "Hey - We Found Someone Dumber Than A Fifth-Grader!"

MrGameShow · « **Reply #4 on:** February 01, 2007, 12:45:06 PM »

.. With guest stars from "Beauty and the Geek" playing for charity..

clemon79 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 01, 2007, 01:28:02 PM »

[quote name=\'MrGameShow\' post=\'145058\' date=\'Feb 1 2007, 09:45 AM\']
.. With guest stars from "Beauty and the Geek" playing for charity..

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Which is pissing me off, BTW. Who do I have to kill to get Cecille and Megan booted off of that show? If there was a way to make electricity out of it, the vapid those two generate could power a small island nation.

weaklink75 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 05, 2007, 07:07:35 PM »

If you name your children Dale, Dale Jr, and Dale #3, You might be a redneck.......or a quizshow host...

NickS · « **Reply #7 on:** February 05, 2007, 08:23:44 PM »

[quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'145328\' date=\'Feb 5 2007, 06:07 PM\']
If you name your children Dale, Dale Jr, and Dale #3, You might be a redneck.......or a quizshow host...
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And as a service to some of the people of this board, I beg that you don't bitch and moan about the host before the show actually takes place.

Whether or not the game plays well, the casting of Foxworthy as host is intriguing to me.

TLEberle · « **Reply #8 on:** February 05, 2007, 10:57:38 PM »

[quote name=\'TeppanYaki\' post=\'145331\' date=\'Feb 5 2007, 05:23 PM\']And as a service to some of the people of this board, I beg that you don't bitch and moan about the host before the show actually takes place.

Whether or not the game plays well, the casting of Foxworthy as host is intriguing to me.[/quote]Excuse me? Who gave you the privilege of telling us what we could talk about? If I want to bitch and moan, by golly, I'm going to. I think the casting of Foxworthy tells us a great deal: that the show is going to be played for laughs at the expense of the adults. (Though I suppose you could have figured those things out from the title, and the fact that the show is on FOX.) If the show were to be hosted by Dick Clark, it would be full of overdramatic tension and the cheese factor would be off the charts. Not so much when you have a host whose main shtick is telling people why they might, in fact, be a redneck.

I think it was a great move by FOX, because they can draw in some non game show fans with Foxworthy. I think FOX finally got something right. You never know.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #9 on:** February 05, 2007, 11:56:52 PM »

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Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #10 on:** February 05, 2007, 11:58:45 PM »

To paraphrase Jeff "....if your daddy walks with you to school everyday because you're both in the 5th grade...you might get on this show....."

Is the show Fox-worthy? Yep!

clemon79 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 06, 2007, 12:07:23 AM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'145345\' date=\'Feb 5 2007, 07:57 PM\']
If the show were to be hosted by Dick Clark, it would be full of overdramatic tension and the cheese factor would be off the charts.
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...and I'd STILL watch it.

/Welcome to "World's Most Painful Rectal Insertion Accidents!" Your host is Dick Clark!"
//"Ooh! Dick Clark!"

Joe Mello · « **Reply #12 on:** February 06, 2007, 12:10:03 AM »

I'd rather have "Here's Your Sign" jokes than redneck jokes. Seems much more appropriate.*

Foxworthy seems to be part of the trend of hiring comedians to do game shows, although he does seem to fit the...um....vibe this show is giving off.

*Gives me an idea for a drinking game.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #13 on:** February 06, 2007, 12:16:16 AM »

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'145355\' date=\'Feb 6 2007, 12:10 AM\']
Foxworthy seems to be part of the trend of hiring comedians to do game shows, although he does seem to fit the...um....vibe this show is giving off.
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ObGameShowConspiracy: Hmmm...in the 90s, all the comedians got sitcoms. In the 2000s, they all get primetime game shows.

/It was Dennis Miller on the Grassy Knoll

clemon79 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 06, 2007, 12:23:01 AM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'145356\' date=\'Feb 5 2007, 09:16 PM\']
/It was Dennis Miller on the Grassy Knoll
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...with the Candlestick!

/has David Spade and the Lead Pipe in his hand

Author Topic: Fox Schedules New Reality Quiz Show (Read 4415 times)

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