'Temptation' in 96% of Nation

[uncamark]

No time slots in particular mentioned, but one assumes good slots on the Fox-owned MyTV stations--and the hype quotes seem to indicate no "wacky trivia questions"--Hollywood Reporter article:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...7bf4ddadb095147

Nothing mentioned about Rossi's lovely sidekick yet.

[NickintheATL]

Has anyone been able to find a station list?  I've searched high and low and come up with nothing.

[Jimmy Owen]

From the quotes I read, it's going to be current events and pop culture, not trivia.

[tvmitch]

I second the request for a list of complete stations - haven't been able to find one, and my two markets (Philly and Harrisburg/Lancaster/York, PA) haven't been mentioned. (The MNT affiliate in Philly, WPHL, is owned by Tribune, so it wasn't an automatic clearance there.)

[MyronMMeyer]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'157121\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 02:33 PM\']
From the quotes I read, it's going to be current events and pop culture, not trivia.
[/quote]



My head just exploded.

-M

[Jimmy Owen]

[quote name=\'MyronMMeyer\' post=\'157132\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 04:57 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'157121\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 02:33 PM\']
From the quotes I read, it's going to be current events and pop culture, not trivia.
[/quote]



My head just exploded.

-M
[/quote]

While current events and pop culture can be trivial, it's not like having to know the six wives of Henry VIII, or who was vice president under Harry S Truman, etc.  You won't need any knowledge of the past for this show is what I'm assuming.

[SamJ93]

[quote name=\'MyronMMeyer\' post=\'157132\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 04:57 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'157121\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 02:33 PM\']
From the quotes I read, it's going to be current events and pop culture, not trivia.
[/quote]



My head just exploded.

-M
[/quote]

Why?  The 80's "Sale" was by and large the same type of material...OK, they did have history and such thrown in as well, but it was still nothing approaching the level of "Jeopardy!"

Sure, by "pop culture" they could mean an entire episode of questions about the life of Paris Hilton, but I think it's best to just wait and see what they actually do.

--Sam

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'SamJ93\' post=\'157139\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 06:20 PM\']
Why?  The 80's "Sale" was by and large the same type of material...OK, they did have history and such thrown in as well, but it was still nothing approaching the level of "Jeopardy!"

Sure, by "pop culture" they could mean an entire episode of questions about the life of Paris Hilton, but I think it's best to just wait and see what they actually do.
[/quote]
I agree. I remember a lot of entertainment-based questions on the 80s version, some about shows or movies that debuted in a recent time frame. And I think the "current events" mention will balance out the pop culture.

I think it should be fine...doesn't the Aussie version use a fair number of Aussie pop culture trivia?

[MyronMMeyer]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'157136\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 04:57 PM\']
While current events and pop culture can be trivial, it's not like having to know the six wives of Henry VIII, or who was vice president under Harry S Truman, etc.  You won't need any knowledge of the past for this show is what I'm assuming.
[/quote]

My reply to this just disappeared. So I type again...

To clarify my earlier comment, I had never before seen a definition of "trivia" that explicitly excluded current events and pop culture. It still boggles my mind.

I understand where you are coming from about the difference between this incarnation of the game and earlier versions of "Sale of the Century/Temptation."

-M

[SamJ93]

[quote name=\'MyronMMeyer\' post=\'157145\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 06:57 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'157136\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 04:57 PM\']
While current events and pop culture can be trivial, it's not like having to know the six wives of Henry VIII, or who was vice president under Harry S Truman, etc.  You won't need any knowledge of the past for this show is what I'm assuming.
[/quote]

My reply to this just disappeared. So I type again...

To clarify my earlier comment, I had never before seen a definition of "trivia" that explicitly excluded current events and pop culture. It still boggles my mind.

I understand where you are coming from about the difference between this incarnation of the game and earlier versions of "Sale of the Century/Temptation."

-M
[/quote]

Ah, I do believe I misunderstood you, then.  My apologies.

[Jimmy Owen]

I know what Myron is getting at, but, to belabor the point, pop culture is short for popular culture.  If something is so well known that it is part of pop culture, it really isn't trivia, it is more of a sort of information everyone knows, not some arcane fact from the recesses of a memory.  

The same is true, to a point, with current events, unless they are so insignificant that they are unimportant.  With age they can become trivial, but they also become past events.

[Stripey]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'157141\' date=\'Jul 10 2007, 06:25 PM\']
I think it should be fine...doesn't the Aussie version use a fair number of Aussie pop culture trivia?
[/quote]
Definitely, and just as much American pop-culture trivia, if not more.

[Joe Mello]

I find Pop Culture pretty trivial myself, but I'm only one person.

And if we're going to decide the definition of trivia based on a headcount, then we're trivializing the discussion, too.