Every show on the list was in production during the last decade. This betrays the writer's youth and lack of knowledge of television's 60+ year history.
That's exactly what I thought as well. Soon as I finished the list I asked myself how many are actually on the air right now, and I think it's all but three (technically four with
5th Grader's upcoming cancellation).
But
5th Grader is an incredibly poor choice. The concept of grade-school trivia could work if done correctly...unfortunately they took the lazy money/trivia ladder and helps route that just about every other trivia game has used since
Millionaire.
Password's a great option, but if they want to use shows of the last 5 years, then how about
Cash Cab?
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What sets Jeopardy apart from other game shows is the fact that contestants have to be very smart to win very little money.
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Perhaps she should define very little...if she means the $1,000/2,000 consolation money, I'd argue that at least
J! offers some money. Otherwise, her argument doesn't hold a lot of water. Average champ takes home about what, $15-20K a day or so? Even the $1,000 is a thousand more than I had an hour before.