[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'159329\' date=\'Aug 1 2007, 03:29 PM\']I personally said on my blog today that "5th Grader" should be airing on Fridays at 8 PM during the fall and winter seasons.[/quote]And you also like to play along with Without Prejudice, apparently.
Sniping besides the point, why on God's green earth would you take a show that is doing great business for them, and put it in the slot that killed so very many other shows?
I suspect your silence is my answer.
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'159331\' date=\'Aug 1 2007, 03:48 PM\']Your opinion. The show (somehow) performs very well in its current time slot. [/quote]I've been working on this topic for a while, and now seems as good as any time to bring it up.
In terms of watching a show such as Millionaire, once you get to the really big money, the play-along factor starts to dwindle. Personally, I enjoy seeing questions such as asking for the name of the King suppressed the Olympics, declaring them a Pagan festival. Most people are going to look at that question, squint, look again, and flip over to something else. While I don't like the money that ...Fifth Grader? waves around, it offers material that just about anyone can try to answer.
If the market likes this sort of show (and by extension, Deal or No Deal and Set for Life, then the producers are doing the right thing by their countries in producing them, even if they're done poorly, have no game to speak of, and we would rather watch something else.