CBS Commits To "Something"

[mystery7]

Variety reports that CBS is in development with Ryan Seacrest and Embassy Row to bring the mobile game Draw Something to TV. No host, airdate, etc. yet. Article says Seacrest won't host. Something tells me that despite the obvious similarity in concept to Win, Lose Or Draw, Vicki Lawrence won't be hosting either. Deets:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118055570

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Variety reports that CBS is in development with Ryan Seacrest and Embassy Row to bring the mobile game Draw Something to TV. No host, airdate, etc. yet. Article says Seacrest won't host. Something tells me that despite the obvious similarity in concept to Win, Lose Or Draw, Vicki Lawrence won't be hosting either. Deets:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118055570

It will only be authentic if words repeat in the same show.  Or "buy a color".

[Fedya]

Nothing in the show that woooooooos me.

[aaron sica]

Nothing in the show that woooooooos me.

Well stick around and it may show....

[Jimmy Owen]

Farmville could be adapted to TV.  Answer questions, get money to buy cows, etc.  Biggest farm wins.

[aaron sica]

Farmville could be adapted to TV.  Answer questions, get money to buy cows, etc.  Biggest farm wins.

And then when it tanks, in a last-ditch effort to save the show, "Celebrity Farmville". They'll trot out the Hatfields and McCoys again...

[Clay Zambo]

Well, of course it looks like WLoD and Pictionary.  It *is*.  But hey, why not?  And the second-screen aspect is not uninteresting, especially if they find a way to do it live and interactive.

What I find interesting about DS (the game, not the proposed TV show) is that I keep forgetting that the game isn't timed; there's no bonus for speed.  It's not Draw Something Quickly--and that's why there are all those spectacular drawings floating around.  I wonder how (if at all) they'll take advantage of that aspect.

[clemon79]

What I find interesting about DS (the game, not the proposed TV show) is that I keep forgetting that the game isn't timed; there's no bonus for speed.  It's not Draw Something Quickly--and that's why there are all those spectacular drawings floating around.  I wonder how (if at all) they'll take advantage of that aspect.

I'm guessing they won't, unless they use pre-made drawings as toss-ups or something. Always tickled me, because when I was playing DS (and what's REALLY funny is that I was Over It about the same time that a) Zynga paid out the ass for Omgpop and b) the official Kindle Fire version finally shipped (I had been playing the sideloaded version along with every other Fire owner on the planet)) I was the king of Getting The Point Across Using Only Crappy Stick Figures, because that's really the extent of my freehand drawing ability.

[aaron sica]

I'm guessing they won't, unless they use pre-made drawings as toss-ups or something. Always tickled me, because when I was playing DS (and what's REALLY funny is that I was Over It about the same time that a) Zynga paid out the ass for Omgpop and b) the official Kindle Fire version finally shipped (I had been playing the sideloaded version along with every other Fire owner on the planet)) I was the king of Getting The Point Across Using Only Crappy Stick Figures, because that's really the extent of my freehand drawing ability.

At least you tried to play.....I went full-tilt cheat and drew words as clues...

[clemon79]

I went full-tilt cheat and drew words as clues...

Yeah, you're the reason I refused to even bother trying to play with random people.

[TLEberle]

What I find interesting about DS (the game, not the proposed TV show) is that I keep forgetting that the game isn't timed; there's no bonus for speed.  It's not Draw Something Quickly--and that's why there are all those spectacular drawings floating around.  I wonder how (if at all) they'll take advantage of that aspect.

Turn it into a panel game, or a comedy quiz hybrid that England seems to go bonkers over.

/One of my life's goals is figuring out how to turn Would I Lie To You? into a decent party game.

[aaron sica]

I went full-tilt cheat and drew words as clues...

Yeah, you're the reason I refused to even bother trying to play with random people.

Considering I can't draw much more than stick figures and that's what I turned to, the game got old real fast. So did "Words With Friends". I played that one straight, but then you have people who cheat at it...

[clemon79]

Considering I can't draw much more than stick figures and that's what I turned to, the game got old real fast.

Neither can I. Part of the fun was in figuring out creative ways to make that work anyhow. Basically we all got sick of repeating words around the same time.

[SamJ93]

What I find interesting about DS (the game, not the proposed TV show) is that I keep forgetting that the game isn't timed; there's no bonus for speed.  It's not Draw Something Quickly--and that's why there are all those spectacular drawings floating around.  I wonder how (if at all) they'll take advantage of that aspect.

I'm guessing they won't, unless they use pre-made drawings as toss-ups or something.

Perhaps they could solicit drawings from home viewers/users for the show? Sort of like Trivial Pursuit: America Plays.

[PYLdude]

I went full-tilt cheat and drew words as clues...

Yeah, you're the reason I refused to even bother trying to play with random people.

A lesson I unfortunately haven't learned as I have just gotten into Draw Something.

Admittedly I can't draw Nirvana or Tina Fey either, but still...

(I did draw Ozzy though.)