Author Topic: New Fox game show in development (Read 5586 times)

byrd62 · « **on:** August 14, 2007, 09:00:18 AM »

Over half a century ago, Mark Goodson & Bill Todman, with the help of Bob Stewart, conceived of a show that started as Three of a Kind, which became a Mike Wallace-hosted pilot called Nothing But the Truth, which then went to a long run through 5 different versions as To Tell the Truth.

Now, the L.A. Times is reporting that Fox has ordered a game show using the TTTT pilot's title, NBTT, but is, instead, a show based on a format that's been a hit on TV in Colombia, but was originally developed by Studs creator Howard Schultz. It involves a contestant answering incriminating questions while hooked to a polygraph. If that contestant answers 21 incriminating questions without being caught in a fib by the polygraph, $50,000 is the prize.

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Sounds sickening, wouldn't you think?

Brig Bother · « **Reply #1 on:** August 14, 2007, 09:01:33 AM »

Yep, Sky One are doing a version in the UK.

dscungio · « **Reply #2 on:** August 14, 2007, 09:23:07 AM »

[quote name=\'byrd62\' post=\'160517\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 09:00 AM\']
Sounds sickening, wouldn't you think?
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Um, this is FOX we're talking about. We are not surprised.

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itiparanoid13 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 14, 2007, 09:32:18 AM »

I knew this sounded familiar. I was digging through my BuzzerBlog archives from the Blogger era, and I found when they were originally casting this show for NBC. This was back in September 2006. Seems they passed on it, which is a good thing.

The Ol' Guy · « **Reply #4 on:** August 14, 2007, 11:15:26 AM »

Muchos years ago on America 2-Night with Martin Mull, there was a great gag interview with Sherman Hemsley of The Jeffersons hooked up to a lie detector. Paraphrased -
Barth: Nice to have you here, Sherman.
Sherm: Delighted to be here. (BUZZ)
Barth: Sorry to hear you lost out to ***** in the recent Emmys.
Sherm: Well, he deserved... (BUZZ)....he was the better..(BUZZ)....I think it was fixed!
Barth: I'm sure you wanted that Emmy.
Sherm: Well, it's not an indicator of true talent...(BUZZ)....it's just a trinket..(BUZZ)...I wanted that sucker real bad!
Jerry: But it must be great being a star. Except when you have to make all those promotional tours. It must be tough going from city to city and being stuck in hotel rooms all alone every night.
Sherm: .....(silence)....

All that to say...let's go straight to the Celebrity version. THAT I'd watch....

PS, friend Byrd - At about the same time TTTT was in development, the show People Are Funny played a game called Detecto, where a contestant questioned three people claiming to be something, such as a Southern senator. There was quite the row between G-T and John Guidel over who took whose format.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 14, 2007, 02:55:30 PM »

[quote name=\'The Ol' Guy\' post=\'160532\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 10:15 AM\']
PS, friend Byrd - At about the same time TTTT was in development, the show People Are Funny played a game called Detecto, where a contestant questioned three people claiming to be something, such as a Southern senator. There was quite the row between G-T and John Guidel over who took whose format.
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Interesting to hear, as I hadn't heard that before. Any more details? Not to mention the fact that Goodson got ticked over Bamboozle...

Fedya · « **Reply #6 on:** August 14, 2007, 03:07:01 PM »

Didn't F. Lee Bailey do this first?

Mike Tennant · « **Reply #7 on:** August 14, 2007, 03:22:35 PM »

I say we can the debates and just have each of the presidential candidates appear as a contestant on this show. It would be more entertaining and more informative.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #8 on:** August 14, 2007, 03:38:43 PM »

FOX's new slogan: "Scraping the bottom of the barrel for over 20 years!"

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 14, 2007, 04:06:27 PM »

I didn't realize Maury would be on in primetime. Learn something new every day.

uncamark · « **Reply #10 on:** August 14, 2007, 05:30:49 PM »

And how soon we forget "Hot Seat." Not the Wally George talk show, but the Jim Peck/H-Q relationship game on ABC.

byrd62 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 14, 2007, 07:37:05 PM »

[quote name=\'Fedya\' post=\'160582\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 03:07 PM\']
Didn't F. Lee Bailey do this first?
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Yes, come to think of it...just over a quarter-century ago...F. Lee and polygrapher Ed Gelb did a show called Lie Detector, but there were no cash prizes at stake then.

TLEberle · « **Reply #12 on:** August 14, 2007, 10:13:38 PM »

[quote name=\'byrd62\' post=\'160517\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 06:00 AM\']Now, the L.A. TimesIf that contestant answers 21 incriminating questions without being caught in a fib by the polygraph, $50,000 is the prize.

Sounds sickening, wouldn't you think?[/quote]No moreso than Who Wants to Win My Kidney? before we learned the jig is up. I remember hearing about this, hoping that it would die in Pilot Hell, but here we are. I'm completely unsurprised that we've come this far. I can only imagine the kind of question that they'd ask.

I suppose this would be a nadir in the cycle of the genre. I hope so.

TimK2003 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 15, 2007, 06:06:14 PM »

[quote name=\'byrd62\' post=\'160517\' date=\'Aug 14 2007, 09:00 AM\']
Now, the L.A. Times is reporting that Fox has ordered a game show using the TTTT pilot's title, NBTT, but is, instead, a show based on a format that's been a hit on TV in Colombia, but was originally developed by Studs creator Howard Schultz. It involves a contestant answering incriminating questions while hooked to a polygraph. If that contestant answers 21 incriminating questions without being caught in a fib by the polygraph, $50,000 is the prize.Sounds sickening, wouldn't you think?
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I know many of you were up all night wondering about this possible Fox addition.

Well,....it's official.

I think it should've been called, "Are You Smarter Than A Lie Detector" :-p

Brig Bother · « **Reply #14 on:** August 16, 2007, 08:42:33 AM »

And Jerry Springer is hosting the UK version! Amazing.

Author Topic: New Fox game show in development (Read 5586 times)

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