NEW PYRAMID CASTING.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'SteveR\' post=\'217295\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 11:22 AM\']There's no way they could be thinking the million as the aggregate of what you'd win in each stage along the way, is there?[/quote]Not if they don't want to be mocked mercilessly.

[Jeremy Nelson]

[quote name=\'Strikerz04\' post=\'217290\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 12:04 PM\']Is a million truly necessary for a regular series, or are they touting this as the pilot?[/quote]
Wait....was Donny's Pyramid piloted as Million Dollar Pyramid, or just the $100K Pyramid?

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'217304\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 04:42 PM\'][quote name=\'Strikerz04\' post=\'217290\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 12:04 PM\']Is a million truly necessary for a regular series, or are they touting this as the pilot?[/quote]
Wait....was Donny's Pyramid piloted as Million Dollar Pyramid, or just the $100K Pyramid?
[/quote]
There was a $1M, IIRC as an NBC primetime pilot. I wanna say Jason Alexander might've been tapped for that one.

ETA: Apparently, Sony wanted to do a daytime (syndie) version for $100K, then primetime for $1 mil. From November and December 2000.

[TimK2003]

I think however way you slice it, it's gonna be tough to give away $1 million dollars for the following reasons:

1)  If you do go a multi-week qualifying period with a Million Dollar Tournament of the top players, is there gonna be any guarantee that the show will NOT get canceled before they reach the tourney weeks??  

13 weeks minimum used to be the norm (and wasn't Blackout the last 'short-lived' game show on CBS daytime???), but will CBS be as quick to pull the plug on a CBS Daytime show as they would a floundering primetime show?

2)  How many "Good" celebrities are there out there who:

     A) Can play the game consistently well?
     B) Are willing to be a celebrity contestant on a daytime show, with the possibly of being a semi-regular?
     C) Can be recognized without a chryon with their name & show being put on the screen every 3 minutes?

Donnymid had shown who is in the 21st Century "celebrity pool", for the most part, and how qualified they are (although those responsible for the categories and judging are equally to blame).  Not to mention how we have seen how well the "celeb pool" can play Slow-Motion Pyramid (aka $1M Password).

Not to sound like a Debbie Downer, but those who are going to be creating the show, even for a smaller daytime audience, are gonna have to work their arses off to make this show fly.  It probably won't take much for affiliates to preempt MDPyr for a higher-rated syndicated show if the network's offering is losing to MyNetwork in midday.

[Jimmy Owen]

In Saginaw, the show will probably end up on the My Network digital subchannel anyway.  They are currently clearing Guiding Light at 10am, rather than the co-owned CBS affil.  As far as identifying the celebrities, if the stars resist name tags, maybe CBS could supply that info to the on-screen listing services and you could find out who they are with a touch of the remote.  If you want celebs familiar to daytime audiences, the cast of GL is in town and available.

[Don Howard]

Len Berman could host.

[chad1m]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'217324\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 11:28 PM\']In Saginaw, the show will probably end up on the My Network digital subchannel anyway.[/quote]<Mid-Michiganders>It might be my wishful thinking, but with the prominence of a big title coming back, maybe they can move Tyra to 9 and simply keep that horrid Better Mid-Michigan show on the My channel, if it's still around in the fall.</Mid-Michiganders> I don't get the subchannel on my DirecTV (they say it's bandwith issues), so anything to keep it on the main channel would be awesome.

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'217327\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 11:44 PM\']Len Berman could host.[/quote]I was hoping for Wayne Cox.

[xavier45]

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'217328\' date=\'Jun 6 2009, 12:07 AM\'][quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'217324\' date=\'Jun 5 2009, 11:28 PM\']In Saginaw, the show will probably end up on the My Network digital subchannel anyway.[/quote]<Mid-Michiganders>It might be my wishful thinking, but with the prominence of a big title coming back, maybe they can move Tyra to 9 and simply keep that horrid Better Mid-Michigan show on the My channel, if it's still around in the fall.
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Isn't Tyra moving to The CW in the Fall? If it is, maybe TV5 could move Dr. Phil to 10am and then the new shows at 3pm. But as you said, it is wishful thinking.

[chad1m]

[quote name=\'xavier45\' post=\'217329\' date=\'Jun 6 2009, 12:19 AM\']Isn't Tyra moving to The CW in the Fall?[/quote]Ooo. You sir, are correct. So there we go. Empty space at 10 am, filled by the Pyramid/Deal/Dating (pick two) block which goes there anyway.

[HYHYBT]

If you want celebs familiar to daytime audiences, the cast of GL is in town and available.

Though if the cast of GL were all that familiar to viewers there wouldn't be a slot opening up for Pyramid.

[BrandonFG]

Didn't one of the posters get an appointment to attend a runthrough at the Embassy Row offices? If so, any details?

[chad1m]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'217569\' date=\'Jun 8 2009, 10:19 PM\']Didn't one of the posters get an appointment to attend a runthrough at the Embassy Row offices? If so, any details?[/quote]It was a commenter at Buzzer and there hasn't been much follow up.

[BillCullen1]

I got an e-mail from Onset Productions, the company giving out the tickets. A photo is required, but it will not help or hurt your chances of getting tickets. Also, nobody but the "casting directors" see your photo. Hmmm . . .

I tried calling Embassy Row and left a couple of voice mails. No response so far.

[Don Howard]

As I near my 45th birthday, I wonder if I would be given consideration as a contestant if I can play the game well.
Since the contestants are being "cast" for this "job", I wonder if the speed limit age I'm approaching will work against me.
The Ohio to New York commute would not inconvenience me in the slightest.

[Mr. Game Show]

Per the ticket website, the 4 Pilots will be taped next Tuesday and Wednesday, at Kaufman Astroria Studios. It says the audience will be on Camera, so it would appear we are looking at a Power of 10 type / Password type set. I'm starting to wonder if they will use remnants of the Power of 10 / Password Sets (as they both taped at Kaufman Astoria) to save money on the Pilots. I was hoping Mr Davies would avoid that look for Pyramid, but it may not be the case.

Is anyone planning on attending any of the tapings in person ? It would be great to hear about them !