[quote name=\'davidbod\' date=\'Jun 22 2003, 01:07 PM\'] I would be disappointed if UK shows are off topic.
The Countdown set is one of things where they stick around for years and you hate whatever they put in its place. The current one was designed by Andy Walmsley of Millionaire fame. I like it better than the "dead pigeon" look they had last time.
I doubt Playing for Time will make a US appearance, although the similar Grand Slam (where former game show "professional" contestants pay £1000 to play) might.
David [/quote]
Ok - I personally hate it, but not in a \"I hate the new Pyramid set because I'm a traditionalist and how dare someone follow trends\" way, but in a \"god, that's ugly\" way. I will agree that it is more interesting than the set they had before (even though I don't understand the dead pigeon reference).
The original blue set will always be my preference. One nifty feature of the new set, however, is that one of the camera shots used finally enables viewers to see what the clock looks like when it is completed. Before, they always cut straight to Richard when the clock hit :30
As for Grand Slam, the format is fast paced and with good playalong value, and I would like to see the \"past GS winners\" idea come to the US - but are there enough quiz shows to support it? Once you go through J!, WWTBAM, and WBSM, there aren't any hard quizzes left. Even then, I doubt that a $5000 WBSM winner who got home with $3000 would put up one third of that for a chance at the big prize.
