'Million Dollar Password' @ Five Years

[Jimmy Owen]

As a sidebar to MTCesquire\'s post, what would it take to entice honest-to-goodness A-listers to appear on celebrity game shows nowadays?

Some of the primetime shows like the Glee gym teacher\'s show have A-listers (or their friends).  The upcoming Craig Ferguson show sounds promising..

[BrandonFG]

As a sidebar to MTCesquire\'s post, what would it take to entice honest-to-goodness A-listers to appear on celebrity game shows nowadays?

I think it would depend on the exposure of the show, and where it\'s airing. Hollywood Squares had some big names here and there when it came back in \'98, and I\'m thinking Whoopi\'s name had something to do with that. However, I remember a fair bit of buzz when the show returned, and even after she left, the last two seasons still had some decent names, Probably wouldn\'t call them A-list, but there were some names in there too.

 

Hollywood Game Night is another good example, but being it was a primetime show on a Big 4 network, I\'d like to think you want big names there, and not just the Wacky Next Door Neighbor from That One Wednesday Night Sitcom. Again, being on NBC helped; I guarantee you wouldn\'t get those caliber names if it was on GSN, or even a basic cable channel like FX or TBS. Although AMC\'s Celebrity Charades had a few big names for the one week it aired, no?

[Unrealtor]

AMC\'s Celebrity Charades had a few big names for the one week it aired, no?

 

 

Wasn\'t that helped by the fact that it had a producer who was also a big name more or less going \"Hey, we do this in my living room anyway, would you mind dressing up this time so we can record it for TV?\"

[BrandonFG]

Correct. It was Hilary Swank and Chad Lowe basically getting their friends together at their NYC pad...

[clemon79]

Although didn\'t Corey Feldman do Wordplay at the height of his popularity?

 

Insofar as he had popularity to achieve a height, yes. (I think someone posted one of his episodes the other day, when Jamie Farr filled in as host.)

[alfonzos]

MDPw was no fun to watch. I don\'t miss the series at all.

[Jimmy Owen]

On a somewhat unrelated, but ironic/coincidental note, I found it amusing to have Ryan Seacrest on his NBC quiz show throwing it to regulars of The Voice and America\'s Got Talent to be guest question readers.  Shows that are copies of his Fox show that are now are more trendy than AI.

[Matt Ottinger]

On a somewhat unrelated, but ironic/coincidental note, I found it amusing to have Ryan Seacrest on his NBC quiz show throwing it to regulars of The Voice and America\'s Got Talent to be guest question readers.  Shows that are copies of his Fox show that are now are more trendy than AI.

 

No, shows that are copies of his Fox show are on NBC.

 

Seriously, I\'m beginning to think Lemon may be right about you.

[Jimmy Owen]

 

On a somewhat unrelated, but ironic/coincidental note, I found it amusing to have Ryan Seacrest on his NBC quiz show throwing it to regulars of The Voice and America\'s Got Talent to be guest question readers.  Shows that are copies of his Fox show that are now are more trendy than AI.

 

No, shows that are copies of his Fox show are on NBC.

 

Seriously, I\'m beginning to think Lemon may be right about you.

 

I guess if someone says something often enough, you start to believe them.

[Matt Ottinger]

I guess if someone says something often enough, you start to believe them.

 

 

Repetitiveness of behavior is certainly what I\'m talking about.

[TLEberle]

Welcome to the club, Matt. Someone will be by to take your drink order shortly.

[JMFabiano]

At the time, I thought, well at least it\'s an alternative to DoND and hey, they remembered Betty White.  Other than that, what others have said: not original Password, Pyramid without the pyramid, you could have got better players, etc. 

 

 

/Oddly, Pyramid without the pyramid would also describe the Andy Richter pilot of The Pyramid.