[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'240818\' date=\'May 13 2010, 02:53 PM\']/And if you are joking, disregard everthing I said[/quote]
I
was joking. I know full-well that if a show has a good game and is well-produced, the prize budget is not really a problem (and no, the
Crosswords-
Temptation Hour doesn't count).
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'240821\' date=\'May 13 2010, 03:37 PM\']
In an era of, if you're not touting mid-six-digit and up prizes, you won't last too long?
Cash Cab. TPiR. LMaD. They all seem to be doing fine, don't they?[/quote]
I was thinking about primetime shows, actually. Should have clarified that.
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'240821\' date=\'May 13 2010, 03:37 PM\']
But, thinking about it, this could be similar to what Barry-Enright did with Concentration -- the low-ball prizes may be the point, to not arouse any suspicions of rigging.
You're joking, right?
/probably not.[/quote]
My theory was, this is Mark Burnett we're talking about -- a man who, whether he knew it or not, created a show which apparently had some rigging involved -- so he wants to make a lower-budget show that doesn't quickly give itself to having cries of "rigged".
Our Little Genius had a $1,000,000 top prize, IIRC, but this show has a top prize of "just" $50,000.
I compared it to Barry-Enright and
Concentration because, compared to the company's other games,
Concentration was pretty freakin' low on the prize scale.