Despite its faults, it was an enjoyable hour. A $25,000 top prize is just right for that - it\'s refreshing to see them not trying to push a million-dollar prize. I think a million dollars has been floated around on these game shows too often in the past dozen years or so. WWTBAM did it best and it probably should have been left at that.
You\'ll note that we\'re not advocating for a seven-figure top prize; just something more than $25,000 (and when your take-home for a bonus round loss is a third of the jackpot, that\'s not awesome either.)
Who has floated a $1m prize? I can think of a few of our special people who do that regularly, but by and large the general population seems to have a good idea about the prize budget.
In fact, I wouldn\'t even mind seeing these so-called \"reality\" shows like Amazing Race or Survivor drop the prizes a bit - I always thought a million was too much for those shows.
Solitary was for $50,000. In Australia TAR is contested for $250,000, as is Beauty and the Geek which is still rolling. I think the fact that the Big Three shows offer enormous stakes makes the games therein that much more interesting.
