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byrd62

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NBC Picks Up "Hollywood Game Night"
« on: December 18, 2012, 05:45:25 PM »
Jack from Will and Grace thought playing games in a cocktail-party atmosphere would make for a great TV show.  So he convinced NBC to buy it....or could they be stealing from a Wil Wheaton idea?

http://tvbythenumber...e-night/162335/

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« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2012, 05:54:02 PM »
Anymore, the only way a celebrity game show gets noticed is to have actual celebrities, not reality show leftovers and Anthony Anderson.  And the only way to get actual celebrities is to have a celeb in charge who can ask his famous friends to participate.  Color me intrigued.
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« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2012, 09:25:00 PM »
And I Hope it will be like Family Game Night on The Hub, but NBC Could get a shot of putting Howie Mandel's Take It All to Daytime giving a Challenger for CBS to air Wayne Brady's Let's Make A Deal.

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« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2012, 09:35:48 PM »
A few years ago, I came up with seems to be a similar concept, and it would've aired late at night (11:00 hour or later), with a revolving lineup of puzzles and word games (think the call-in-and-lose shows of the mid-2000s, except in-studio). If done right, I think this could be a lot of fun, NBC or not.

When I read the concept, I thought either Friday nights or even late night after the talk shows (Poker After Dark's timeslot) or Saturday Night Live. They have some weird celeb show on after SNL now.
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NBC Picks Up "Hollywood Game Night"
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2012, 11:03:28 PM »
And I Hope it will be like Family Game Night on The Hub, but NBC Could get a shot of putting Howie Mandel's Take It All to Daytime giving a Challenger for CBS to air Wayne Brady's Let's Make A Deal.

And I could castrate myself by dumping battery acid on my crotch.

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« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2012, 11:26:17 PM »
MODS, um, is this in the right room?

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« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2012, 11:37:50 PM »
MODS, um, is this in the right room?

Wasn't.  Is now.
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« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2012, 11:56:16 PM »
Anymore, the only way a celebrity game show gets noticed is to have actual celebrities, not reality show leftovers and Anthony Anderson.

Question #1: What have you got against Anthony Anderson?

Question #2: Who is Anthony Anderson?

Answer the second question first.

BrandonFG

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« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2012, 11:59:33 PM »
Anthony Anderson (not Michael Strahan). He's done quite a few comedy movies here and there, and I believe he co-starred on one of the Law and Order shows.
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« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2012, 12:01:58 AM »
Anthony Anderson (not Michael Strahan). He's done quite a few comedy movies here and there, and I believe he co-starred on one of the Law and Order shows.

Not just any of the Law & Order shows...the mothership itself.
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« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2012, 12:04:27 AM »
I believe he co-starred on one of the Law and Order shows.
He was a detective in the last two seasons. He was great.
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« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2012, 12:11:29 AM »
Ah, so it was the main L&O? For some reason I thought it was SVU?
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« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2012, 12:20:11 AM »
How bad is NBC's comedy lineup?  We're trying to ID Anthony Anderson and we're not mentioning his current series.
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« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2012, 12:21:01 AM »
NBC has a comedy lineup? When did this happen?
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« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2012, 12:37:00 AM »