Big news on the TPIR front...

[chris319]

I'm saying that it wouldn't surprise me at all for Fremantle to take much greater pains to make sure they get the type of contestants they want, up to and maybe even including advance tryouts. *I* know and *you* know and everybody here knows it's a ludicrous notion. But it's how every other game show gets its players. Can we be absolutely sure that Fremantle wouldn't consider it?

They may be dumb but they're not stupid. If they cast TPIR the same way as other game shows, you might as well start the show with four contestants on stage seated behind a desk. Heck, they've already got an emcee who looks like a rotund Bill Cullen.

All facetiousness aside, if they did away with the surprise contestant selection (and CBS allowed it) they'd basically be throwing out the baby with the bath water. It's such an integral part of the show that it would require a major lapse of sanity and judgement to the point where I really, really doubt they would do it. It would not surprise me in the least if they considered contestant selection one part of the show that ain't broke, so don't fix it.

[Terry K]

A couple of points here:


TPIR is going HD in the fall.  I think we all know it.  The MDS were definately tests of the HD waters.  

TPIR as we knew it ended when Bob retired.  

Drew's era was going to bring on change.  Everyone, including us and CBS knew it!  

Drew has come along way in a year.  

Nothing lasts forever.  Nothing.

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'Terry K\' post=\'190099\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 08:27 PM\']
A couple of points here:


TPIR is going HD in the fall.  I think we all know it.  The MDS were definately tests of the HD waters.  

TPIR as we knew it ended when Bob retired.  

Drew's era was going to bring on change.  Everyone, including us and CBS knew it!  

Drew has come along way in a year.  

Nothing lasts forever.  Nothing.
[/quote]
Thanks for adding rumor and opinion. In other words, nothing.

/Xanadu is forever. So there.

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'Terry K\' post=\'190099\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 07:27 PM\']TPIR as we knew it ended when Bob retired. [/quote]So, what do you call the episodes we saw this year with contestants, pricing games, and the showcases?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'190101\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 05:38 PM\']
Thanks for adding rumor and opinion. In other words, nothing.[/quote]
Where's the rumor? Hasn't it been positively confirmed that the show will be HD in the fall? I thought it had.

[DrJWJustice]

[quote name=\'Terry K\' post=\'190099\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 07:27 PM\']
TPIR is going HD in the fall.
[/quote]

Duh.

And all of television goes digital by February.  Have you seen all those ads advising people with analog sets to get digital converter boxes?

Back to our rumour-ridden thread ....

[tvwxman]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'190103\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 08:53 PM\']
[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'190101\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 05:38 PM\']
Thanks for adding rumor and opinion. In other words, nothing.[/quote]
Where's the rumor? Hasn't it been positively confirmed that the show will be HD in the fall? I thought it had.
[/quote]
I hadn't heard official confirmation. Hell, even the poster wrote "I think we all know it"...

Panel?

[Steve Gavazzi]

Yes, Price is going HD in the fall.  Oddly enough, it's been taping in HD since last Wednesday's show, but is still airing in SD (intentionally, I guess).

[CJBojangles]

[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'190113\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 09:33 PM\']
Yes, Price is going HD in the fall.  Oddly enough, it's been taping in HD since last Wednesday's show, but is still airing in SD (intentionally, I guess).
[/quote]
Has anyone come up with a concrete reason for doing this, other than to further distinguish Seasons 36 & 37?.. They certainly didn't wait for a new season to implement many of the recent changes. I don't see the point in shooting in HD only to turn around and show it in SD.

[Jimmy Owen]

[quote name=\'CJBojangles\' post=\'190120\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 09:53 PM\']
[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'190113\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 09:33 PM\']
Yes, Price is going HD in the fall.  Oddly enough, it's been taping in HD since last Wednesday's show, but is still airing in SD (intentionally, I guess).
[/quote]
Has anyone come up with a concrete reason for doing this, other than to further distinguish Seasons 36 & 37?.. They certainly didn't wait for a new season to implement many of the recent changes. I don't see the point in shooting in HD only to turn around and show it in SD.
[/quote]


I would guess they would show those in repeats in HD eventually.   As others have speculated, the changes may not all occur at the same time.

[ClockGameJohn]

[quote name=\'CJBojangles\' post=\'190120\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 09:53 PM\']
[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'190113\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 09:33 PM\']
Yes, Price is going HD in the fall.  Oddly enough, it's been taping in HD since last Wednesday's show, but is still airing in SD (intentionally, I guess).
[/quote]
Has anyone come up with a concrete reason for doing this, other than to further distinguish Seasons 36 & 37?.. They certainly didn't wait for a new season to implement many of the recent changes. I don't see the point in shooting in HD only to turn around and show it in SD.
[/quote]

Simple:  "Practice."

[Terry K]

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'190102\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 07:50 PM\']
[quote name=\'Terry K\' post=\'190099\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 07:27 PM\']TPIR as we knew it ended when Bob retired. [/quote]So, what do you call the episodes we saw this year with contestants, pricing games, and the showcases?
[/quote]
 
My point was the tone of the show and the direction changed the minute Bob stepped off the stage for the last time.

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'Terry K\' post=\'190141\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 10:40 PM\']
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'190102\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 07:50 PM\']
[quote name=\'Terry K\' post=\'190099\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 07:27 PM\']TPIR as we knew it ended when Bob retired. [/quote]So, what do you call the episodes we saw this year with contestants, pricing games, and the showcases?
[/quote]
My point was the tone of the show and the direction changed the minute Bob stepped off the stage for the last time.[/quote]Ah yes.  To a show that became fun again, had a friendly host, and was stripped of some of its politics (such as not offering foreign cars).  Why is that a bad thing?

[PIR85]

[quote name=\'DrJWJustice\' post=\'190110\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 08:26 PM\']
[quote name=\'Terry K\' post=\'190099\' date=\'Jul 7 2008, 07:27 PM\']
TPIR is going HD in the fall.
[/quote]

Duh.

And all of television goes digital by February.  Have you seen all those ads advising people with analog sets to get digital converter boxes?

Back to our rumour-ridden thread ....
[/quote]

Digital television in 2009 has NOTHING to do with high definition.  First of all, digital TV is simply a way of receiving input, as opposed to analog broadcast.  Cable companies already provide this, so if you are getting cable, do not fall into that myth and go get a new flat screen HDTV, because it ain't necessary.

Furthermore, not all shows will be taping in HD come 2009.  Again, it doesn't matter, because HD is not a necessary requirement for digital TV.

[Chief-O]

I'm getting a Strange Magic from this thread.