Buzzr Discussion

[snowpeck]

Full press release is coming today or Monday, but for now Variety has an article up.

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/buzzr-sets-programming-block-of-failed-game-show-pilots-1201572773/

Expect unsold pilots from Body Talk, On A Roll, TKO, Star Words and a "1992 format" of Family Feud (?)

Sold pilots will include Match Game, Body Language, Beat the Clock, Child's Play and Let's Make a Deal. There will likely be others.

[CJBojangles]

a "1992 format" of Family Feud (?)

It never occurred to me that they'd do a pilot for Feud with the inclusion of the Bullseye game, but I suppose anything's possible.

[The Pyramids]

Or it could be an hour 'Family Feud Challenge' pilot.

[JasonA1]

It never occurred to me that they'd do a pilot for Feud with the inclusion of the Bullseye game, but I suppose anything's possible.

That would be my best guess. Several of us will recall the mid-run pilot for the Break the Bank '76 rule change. I was excited once to find pilots for Jack Narz Now You See It, only to find they were three shows produced in the middle of the run to test the straddling format before it debuted on the air. It's been a bit since I've seen them, but they only messed around with the format slightly from episode to episode, reintroducing the written "bonus answer" in a few forms. Given how we can't even get a pilot for a regular series these days, it's hard to imagine. But at the time, I think it was pretty smart to use the already existing infrastructure to see if a new idea actually timed out in true-to-air conditions.

Given that, I wouldn't be surprised with Family Feud if we saw something similar-yet-different to what we got on the air. Perhaps they played Bullseye like they did at Opryland, and we'll finally see why they installed the 4-digit bank display? It wouldn't be that wild, seeing as how unused displays made their way on the sets of Password Plus and Blockbusters, albeit covered up.

-Jason

[Clay Zambo]

Exactly what I hoped for but couldn't let myself believe.  Hopefully some good collector type will record these for those of us who are Buzzrless.

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[mmb5]

I was excited once to find pilots for Jack Narz Now You See It, only to find they were three shows produced in the middle of the run to test the straddling format before it debuted on the air.

One of the NYSI promos out there must have a shot of the pilot, because there are six contestants.

[WarioBarker]

One of the NYSI promos out there must have a shot of the pilot, because there are six contestants.

The pilot was taped in October 1973, if the Television City website is any indication.

[gamed121683]

I wonder what pilot is pictured here.

https://mobile.twitter.com/BUZZRplay/status/635528882783809536

[snowpeck]

I wonder what pilot is pictured here.

https://mobile.twitter.com/BUZZRplay/status/635528882783809536

The host looks like Sonny Fox, so my guess would be Play for Keeps.

[chad1m]

Buzzr's full website has launched. Each show on the schedule has its own page with information on the show and the host. Some shows have a set of featured clips as well. The schedule is more in-depth now, with airing years or dates and special notes for certain episodes. They have subsection dedicated to the Buzzr YouTube games as well.

http://buzzrplay.com/

[Pyramid20000]

Buzzr has now launched in PHX  AZ Effective today

[Thunder]

Buzzr's full website has launched. Each show on the schedule has its own page with information on the show and the host. Some shows have a set of featured clips as well. The schedule is more in-depth now, with airing years or dates and special notes for certain episodes. They have subsection dedicated to the Buzzr YouTube games as well.

http://buzzrplay.com/

Whoever designed that website needs to understand that taking a 240 X 240 photo like this...



...and stretching it out to weird 498 X 451 dimensions makes it look like this...



That's just sloppy and bad website design.

[Thunder]

And saying that Alex Trebek hosted Card Sharks from 1980-1986 & 1990 shows me that nobody at Buzzr knows how to factcheck.

[Sodboy13]

Buzzr's been running little teases about upcoming shows, with a couple of random facts about each. The one I just saw for Tattletales included, "This show changed its format after 30 days," and the voiceover explains, "Producers felt the show wasn't working, so the changed the format to the one we all know and love." Problem is, isn't the block of episodes Buzzr's been airing on loop from that first 30 days?

[PYLdude]

Buzzr has now launched in PHX  AZ Effective today

Our long national nightmare is over.