Author Topic: Cedric The Entertainer: New WWTBAM Host? (Read 26433 times)

DoItRockapella · « **on:** January 30, 2013, 08:24:20 PM »

TV News Check says so...though even they don\'t seem to be SURE SURE...

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65152/cedric-looks-to-be-new-millionaire-host

\\too obvious a joke?

PYLdude · « **Reply #1 on:** January 30, 2013, 08:32:26 PM »

This oughta be interesting. Wouldn\'t be my first choice (nor I\'m sure a fair majority of the populace here), but who knows?

Flerbert419 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 30, 2013, 10:52:38 PM »

If you look at what Steve Harvey has done with Feud ratings and want to model your show after that, then Cedric is a natural choice.

/Let\'s try C, ding-dong. Final answer.

Hastin · « **Reply #3 on:** January 30, 2013, 11:53:53 PM »

Disney-ABC meeting room:

\"Okay, Feud\'s doing amazing, and we\'re holding flat, what do we do?\"

\"Return to our roots as a serious quizzer?\"

\"No! It\'s all the penises that make Feud popular!\"

\"First, let\'s get a large black man as the host, who likes to wear suits\"

\"Done.\"

\"Oh! At least three questions in each stack will be about the \'schlong\' or \'Uranus\'.\"

\"That got laughs last time!\"

\"Let\'s rename the lifeline to \'Stroke the Audeince\'\"

\"Done. What Else?\"

\"2 words: Crystal Balls\"

\"It\'s going to be the best season yet!\"

PYLdude · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2013, 01:51:49 AM »

I\'m quite certain that Cedric isn\'t really going to get the job, but as I said, it\'s interesting that his name is being tossed around here.

I mean, would Cedric be in anyone\'s top 40, much less top two or three?

TLEberle · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2013, 01:52:39 AM »

I would take anyone in the bottom quintile of guests hosts over Cedric the Hatwearer.

Marc412 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2013, 02:47:43 AM »

And if they keep the current format, after each right answer, he could ask, \"It\'s worth WHA-A-AT?\"

TimK2003 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2013, 08:31:00 AM »

Do we really need another game show hosted by a comedian? This show is about the contestant (one without the obligatory sob story), and not the host. True, there are times when Feud is just about as much about the comedic host than the families, but Millionaire is not the place for it.

\"Okay, Feud\'s doing amazing, and we\'re holding flat, what do we do?\"
\"Return to our roots as a serious quizzer?\"

\"No! It\'s all the penises that make Feud popular!\"

\"First, let\'s get a large black man as the host, who likes to wear suits\"

\"Done.\"

\"Oh! At least three questions in each stack will be about the \'schlong\' or \'Uranus\'.\"

\"That got laughs last time!\"

\"Let\'s rename the lifeline to \'Stroke the Audeince\'\"

\"Done. What Else?\"

\"2 words: Crystal Balls\"

\"It\'s going to be the best season yet!\"

\"We could add a \"Shoot the Wad\" lifeline, there the contestant plays for \'double or nothing\'. Unfortunately, it could be only be used once a show -- there is no way we can do that twice in 30-minutes.\"

\"And the displaying of the Money Ladder just doesn\'t look right any more...Any Ideas?\"

\"Let\'s make the money graphics look cylindrical and then invert the level progression starting at the top and working down...We\'ll call it the Money Pole!!!\"

BrandonFG · « **Reply #8 on:** January 31, 2013, 09:11:59 AM »

Everyone has summed up my thoughts. Just because Steve has Feud getting its best numbers since the Combs era is not a reason to go after his sitcom and movie co-star. Granted, nobody here has seen Cedric host, but Millionaire is not the type of show where a comedian really shines.

Steve can cut up on a sexual question or dumb answer because that\'s what Feud is known for (well the latter, I should say). A serious trivia game that offers a million dollars isn\'t the place for Cedric The Entertainer*.

*Yes, I know Jeff Foxxworthy hosted Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader. I\'d like to think the format there was a little looser; Millionaire is better structured IMO.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #9 on:** January 31, 2013, 09:36:19 AM »

I\'d like to see the show go back to the original format. Cedric as host will get better demos and more clearances than the show is currently getting. Expand the show to an hour and there will be enough time for Cedric to do his thing and get a couple of games in.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2013, 10:57:50 AM »

Granted, nobody here has seen Cedric host

Well, the numbers for It\'s Worth What? were pretty terrible, but surely somebody here saw it.

Marc412 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2013, 12:09:32 PM »

I did.

clemon79 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2013, 12:13:32 PM »

I\'d like to see the show go back to the original format. Cedric as host will get better demos and more clearances than the show is currently getting. Expand the show to an hour and there will be enough time for Cedric to do his thing and get a couple of games in.

9/10. Some of your better work.

toetyper · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2013, 12:24:14 PM »

And if they keep the current format, after each right answer, he could ask, \"It\'s worth WHA-A-AT?\"

DING

JMFabiano · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2013, 12:43:09 PM »

Because all new game show hosts must be former comedians now...as others said, Feud is a different case. And it works for \"party\" games like the CBS Daytime Two. This? Not so much. Plus I am not a big fan of the trend of comedians/out-of-work \'90s sitcom stars being tapped as game show hosts. I guess there\'s not so much of a demand for dedicated GS hosts now, though.