Should 'Feud' raise jackpot?

[LetsGoYankees]

With the success of Family Feud lately, should the show raise their $20,000 Fast Money prize, which has been in place since Louie Anderson?

 

Pros: Gain viewership, gain interest, progressive jackpot (+$5,000 a day)

 

Cons: Can they afford more than 20K? Does the top prize matter or is it all [the ratings] on Steve?

[Kevin Prather]

With the success of Family Feud lately, should the show raise there $20,000 Fast Money prize, which has been in place since Louie Anderson?

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Pros: Gain viewership, gain interest, progressive jackpot (+$5,000 a day)

1) No it wouldn\'t, 2) No it wouldn\'t, 3) Not naming a pro. \"The good thing about eating carrots is you\'re eating carrots\".

 

Cons: Can they afford more than 20K? Does the top prize matter or is it all [the ratings] on Steve?

 

That one.

[BrandonFG]

No, and if you include the Bullseye season(s?), they did offer up to $30,000. Contrary to popular belief, Mo\' Money only does but so much for the ratings. Upping the jackpot to $25,000+ is not going to do much.

 

That being said, the jackpot is fine where it is. $20,000 is still a decent chunk of money, even split.

[J.R.]

bandit_bobby, is that you?

[TLEberle]

I really can\'t get too excited over a family winning $20k, or feel that bad over losing $20k. The problem with my two favoritest ideas is that they\'d either require your audience to pay attention and remember how many top answers the lead-off batter got, or that the production company has to run shows in order (A building Super Jeopardy/Winner\'s Money Game jackpot that increases as long as you keep the championship.)

Wrong \"their\", original poster.

[SuperMatch93]

Since there are returning champions, they generally already run the shows in order.

[Jumpondees]

I had always liked the idea of what they did in Australia on Bert\'s Family Feud a few years back where the Fast Money jackpot was determined by the amount of number one answers the first player gets in their half of Fast Money.  I wouldn\'t do it here for 100k like they did down under, but if I were looking to mix things up a bit, I would dump the car for five wins bit and make the top prize in Fast Money $50,000 (Base of $25k, with $5k being added for each #1 answer given by the first player) and start pushing the \"families could take home up to $250,000\" angle.  

[DoorNumberFour]

and start pushing the \"families could take home up to $250,000\" angle.  

 

My thing is this, though: 200 points in Fast Money would never deserve a quarter of a million dollars, or anywhere near that. The excitement comes from the family inching closer and closer to 200, not the amount of money they\'re playing for.

[DrBear]

I just wish they\'d drag Fast Money into, say, the 1990s by increasing the consolation prize from $5 to $10 a point.

[Kevin Prather]

and start pushing the \"families could take home up to $250,000\" angle.  

 

My thing is this, though: 200 points in Fast Money would never deserve a quarter of a million dollars, or anywhere near that. The excitement comes from the family inching closer and closer to 200, not the amount of money they\'re playing for.

The quarter million, at least in that example, would require winning Fast Money five times. Still too much money, but not as bad as you suggest.

[PYLdude]

I had always liked the idea of what they did in Australia on Bert\'s Family Feud a few years back where the Fast Money jackpot was determined by the amount of number one answers the first player gets in their half of Fast Money.  I wouldn\'t do it here for 100k like they did down under, but if I were looking to mix things up a bit, I would dump the car for five wins bit and make the top prize in Fast Money $50,000 (Base of $25k, with $5k being added for each #1 answer given by the first player) and start pushing the \"families could take home up to $250,000\" angle.  

 

Have you ever heard of a game show called Winning Streak, which also advertised a six figure prize that would be damn near impossible to win considering the circumstances, much like your idea is doing here? 

[clemon79]

Have you ever heard of a game show called Winning Streak, which also advertised a six figure prize that would be damn near impossible to win considering the circumstances, much like your idea is doing here? 

 

Or indeed another game called The Weakest Link, whose host touted a potential seven-figure prize that no group of contesti even got 20% of the way to?

[WarioBarker]

I just wish they'd drag Fast Money into, say, the 1990s by increasing the consolation prize from $5 to $10 a point.

This, this, a million times this (and for the record, inflation says it should've been $10/point when Combs became host in 1988). It just looks cheap since Wheel, Jeopardy!, and Millionaire at least have a minimum of $1,000 to alleviate travel expenses. On Feud...there's no actual minimum.

I also wish they'd use dollars in the front game. Barring that, give losing families $1,000 as consolation, again to alleviate travel costs.

Have you ever heard of a game show called Winning Streak, which also advertised a six figure prize that would be damn near impossible to win considering the circumstances, much like your idea is doing here?

Compared to the individual maximum of quadruple said amount (which was like trying to eat the Sun) and the maximum possible Final Showdown for close to One Million Damn Dollars (you were more likely to win a three-on-one fight against Matt Ottinger, Chuck Norris, and Segata Sanshiro without suffering any injury whatsoever), getting $100,000 was easy.

Good thing Bob Stewart used cheap dictionaries.

[EDIT 5/16/15: Fixed broken formatting.]

[Jeremy Nelson]

I wouldn\'t up the $20k, as it\'s already budgeted to only be won once or twice a week as is- upping the jackpot means you\'re going to see a lot of #1 answers in the 20s. But I would ditch the car and give the family that wins the fifth day a flat $20k.

[Fedya]

I\'d up it to $20011, just because that\'s a prime number of dollars.

If you want a prime number of cents, try $20000.03.