Buzzr Discussion

[BrandonFG]

I'd forgotten about that, but yes, something like that or the USA/Family Channel game breaks from the mid-90s, minus the 1-900 number.

[chad1m]

Since this seems to have become the Buzzr catch all, it might be a good idea to alter the subject a bit?

The Buzzr website has launched, but at the moment is just a "soon!" splash: http://buzzrplay.com/

You can also get a social media head start by following them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

[chad1m]

The first preview video from BUZZR is out! Highlights include Dawson Family Feud, two eras of Let's Make a Deal, Match Game, Super Password, TattleTales, Perry Card Sharks and Press Your Luck.

https://t.co/VbI64nt5Ov

[parliboy]

Highlights include Dawson Family Feud

Above emphasis is mine.  Certainly many of us would like a bit more variety (that's just who we are), but that's at least a differentiation.

[jjman920]

I like how they refer us to the website for more information...that isn't there, yet.

I also like how they make seem that people rang in on Tattletales.

This is exciting. It's like watching GSN launch again.

[TLEberle]

I also like how they make seem that people rang in on Tattletales.

They did, briefly.

[jjman920]

I also like how they make seem that people rang in on Tattletales.

They did, briefly.

I was legitimately wondering that before I posted but, for the life of me, I couldn't remember it at all.

[TLEberle]

I was legitimately wondering that before I posted but, for the life of me, I couldn't remember it at all.

Because the "buzz in and relay a charming story" format lasted all of a month, according to Wikipedia. The "you're stranded on a desert island, would you prefer to have a supply of books or a supply of music?' format lasted for the remainder. So yes, they rang in, but it's not as if that was a long-running element at all.

[WarioBarker]

Well...not quite. The "quickie" (either-or) questions were there from the start, but quickly became the norm as you said. Shame, too, since I liked the original format (held over from the show's predecessor He Said She Said) a bit more.

Also, something of note in that montage: the "classic" Let's Make A Deal clips have a yellow/green curtain in the back, which as far as I know was only on the ABC version (and then only prior to the syndicated debut). If I'm right, this is an interesting sign of things to come.

[TLEberle]

What's not quite?

[BrandonFG]

I also like how they make seem that people rang in on Tattletales.

Fits in nicely with the name of the network though. Oddly enough, I can't think of too many Fremantle or Goodson-Todman shows that required contestants to buzz in*, outside of the shows in the commercial. Pickins were already kinda slim, when you think about it, esp. considering G-T didn't even have that many straight Q&A trivia games.

*/At least any that weren't obscurities that only ran for <six months

[TLEberle]

Fits in nicely with the name of the network though. Oddly enough, I can't think of too many Fremantle or Goodson-Todman shows that required contestants to buzz in*, outside of the shows in the commercial. Pickins were already kinda slim, when you think about it, esp. considering G-T didn't even have that many straight Q&A trivia games.

That's brilliant synergy, like how next season Millionaire is doing a salute to bachelors. And you're right, there just aren't all that many of those shows from the Mark-unt-Bill stable that had face-offs or jump-ins.

[chad1m]

Oddly enough, I can't think of too many Fremantle or Goodson-Todman shows that required contestants to buzz in

Well, there's at least one that Fremantle owns now that many of us would like to see continued...

[WarioBarker]

Oddly enough, I can't think of too many Fremantle or Goodson-Todman shows that required contestants to buzz in*, outside of the shows in the commercial.

Now You See It (Goodson), He Said She Said (Goodson), and Scrabble (Grundy) all come to mind. Concentration (Goodson) also had a buzz-in element, but the franchise is owned by NBC.

[Fedya]

Ahem.

Blockbusters.