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pownster

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Temptation returns to Aussie TV next week!
« on: November 27, 2008, 01:41:31 AM »
it has been revealed that "Temptation" is going to play out over the summer "silly" season in it's normal timeslot (7pm weeknights) in all new episodes - starting Monday, 1st December. It's unusual for the networks here to run locally-made, first-run shows here during the summer, and "Temptation" is not exactly the cheapest show to produce ($70,000 an episode apparently). The cost factor was one of the reasons it was dumped this year for "Two and a Half Men" (which cost $20,000 an ep to broadcast here). In any case, I for one will be very pleased to see "Temptation" back on our screens!
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BrandonFG

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« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2008, 01:55:01 AM »
Well, if there's a version that deserves to continue, it's the Australian version.

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trustno1

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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2008, 02:45:12 AM »
I cannot wait to see this again.
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Kniwt

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« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2008, 03:08:29 AM »
[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'202456\' date=\'Nov 26 2008, 11:45 PM\']
I cannot wait to see this again.
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I hope and trust that our Aussie friends will make this series available through the usual means.
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Game Show Man

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Temptation returns to Aussie TV next week!
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2008, 03:08:50 AM »
It's about bloody gawddamn time.  The Australian Temptation was (and is) the best game show on television anywhere in the world today.

Welcome back Ed and Liv!
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« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2008, 08:17:54 AM »
[quote name=\'Game Show Man\' post=\'202458\' date=\'Nov 27 2008, 03:08 AM\']
It's about bloody gawddamn time.[/quote]QFT.
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« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2008, 09:52:14 AM »
Despite my 11-hour shift at work today, I now have another reason to be thankful.  Awesome, awesome news.

A question, though: since I've moved and my IP has changed, will I need to register a new Diwana account?
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ChuckNet

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« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2008, 10:35:56 AM »
Great to hear it's returning...maybe that will help ease the painful memory of last year's Godawful US version.

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« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2008, 02:36:35 PM »
Rossi sends you Aussies lots of love.
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« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2008, 03:11:42 PM »
[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' post=\'202464\' date=\'Nov 27 2008, 10:35 AM\']
Great to hear it's returning...maybe that will help ease the painful memory of last year's Godawful US version.

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I agree with that!

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Kniwt

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« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2008, 03:58:56 PM »
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...05-2902,00.html

Here's a long-ish news story from Australia about how "quiz and game shows are on the nose. In just 18 months, the axe has fallen on several prime-time programs," not just in Australia but worldwide.  There's a bit of space given to Temptation, getting a few quotes from Ed Phillips and acknowledging its return as a summer replacement series:
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The fate of Temptation and Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? is more worrying. Both shows are top quality. The Phillips/Nixon combination clicks on the former and Rove McManus and the six children shine on the latter.
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Another possible explanation for the game show slump is that the most recent batch are dumbed down compared to their forerunners -- concentrating far too much on pop culture and trivia than general knowledge.
Ed has a good comeback:
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"That's where Temptation has the strength,'' Phillips says. "If you go through and win four or five nights, you've got to be smart. There's no bluffing it.''
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trustno1

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« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2008, 02:03:54 AM »
All true Kniwt.  
I think in my opinion the networks are more interested in profits rather than programmes.  And there's only one place where the profits go to-the shareholders.  It is these shareholders that really run the networks.
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« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2008, 11:09:05 AM »
[quote name=\'trustno1\' post=\'202486\' date=\'Nov 28 2008, 02:03 AM\']I think in my opinion the networks are more interested in profits rather than programmes.[/quote]
And that concludes this holiday edition of Matt Ottinger's Masters of the Obvious.
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Setsunael

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« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2008, 04:19:29 PM »
Don't be too happy -- it's the episodes taped something like six months - one year ago .. before Nine announced not renewing the contract.

http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/11/a-summ...temptation.html


Still, can't wait too to watch it again. Maybe they'll do another series if ratings are good again, after all.
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tpirfan28

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« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2008, 06:31:51 PM »
[quote name=\'Setsunael\' post=\'202502\' date=\'Nov 28 2008, 04:19 PM\']
http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/11/a-summ...temptation.html[/quote]
Wow.  Comments made my head asplode.  Serve 'em some Rossi love...then they'll be begging for Ed.

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regarding your post on the invision game show forum yesterday about temptation returning to aussie tv screens, what the heck does qft mean?

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