"$100,000 Pyramid" primetime this summer on ABC

[Neumms]

Maybe I underestimate him, but as far as brightness goes, Strahan seems a lot closer to Donny than Dick. Gosh, Tom Bergeron, another ABC guy, would have been a great choice.

How's this for a format? One hour, four celebrities, four civilians, three games. First two games, winners play for, oh, $25,000. Third game, the winning pairs play each other. Final Winners' Circle is for $50,000...but if they won the $25,000 in their first attempt, it's the $100K grand prize. Maybe for the final it's 10 subjects in, say, 90 seconds.

[TLEberle]

How's this for a format? One hour, four celebrities, four civilians, three games.

I don't mind the idea of a bracket tournament where the night's winner goes for the prize in the title, but I mind cleaving out an entire main-bonus game segment.

[PYLdude]

I love how we're already throwing the host choice under the bus when the show hasn't even conducted auditions yet.

[TLEberle]

I love how we're already throwing the host choice under the bus when the show hasn't even conducted auditions yet.

I'm not familiar at all with any of his on-camera work so I'm standing down and being cautiously optimistic.

[PYLdude]

I love how we're already throwing the host choice under the bus when the show hasn't even conducted auditions yet.

I'm not familiar at all with any of his on-camera work so I'm standing down and being cautiously optimistic.

As am I, and I'm more familiar with the man's work (well, somewhat...Fox NFL Sunday mostly, have only seen him on the morning soiree a handful of times).

[cyclone45]

Bob Stewart and Dick Clark must be smiling up above. This is indeed good news.

I agree (oops, wrong show!)

Brian

[GG] YOU FOOL! [/GG]

[Thunder]

Occam's Razor tells me that the chances are much higher having eight stand-alone shows than a tournament format.

[BrandonFG]

In that case, I like Neumms's format. That way, ABC can air out of order if they wish (and you know they prolly will).

But with an hour-long format, could they not get four games in? Feels like there would be a lot of padding with three matches. With Celebrity Feud, you get more leeway to cut up. With civilian contestants, I think you get something like Hollywood Game Night, where it becomes more about the stars.

Also...it hasn't been confirmed that it'll be one hour. Perhaps ABC simply airs a half-hour Feud, followed by a half-hour Pyramid. Noooo...that would never work!

/FWIW, Strahan has shown himself to have some pretty solid broadcasting chops, both on FOX and his morning show
//I believe he won a Daytime Emmy for the latter

[Thunder]

We both know the business and economics rather well. Let's look at this from that higher ground that we occupy (and it's a pleasure to have this kind of business discussion with somebody like you).

Networks want to fill summer programming blocks with as little programming and promotion cost as they can. They will have already invested the capital to build the set and make the promotional material, so the costs of making a 60-minute show isn't much more than a 30-minute show. Also, a 30-minute show gives what little audience you have a chance to change the channel at the bottom of the hour. Finally, I look at the history of throwaway summer game-type programming where 60 minute shows have been the norm recently

The Razor tells me 60-minute shows.

[jjman920]

How's this for a format? One hour, four celebrities, four civilians, three games.

I don't mind the idea of a bracket tournament where the night's winner goes for the prize in the title, but I mind cleaving out an entire main-bonus game segment.

My thought was four games with the first three games acting as qualifiers, the Winner's Circle being worth $25,000. The final game features the two winners of the first three games that had the fastest time up the pyramid/the most money on the pyramid going for the $100,000.

[TLEberle]

My thought was four games with the first three games acting as qualifiers, the Winner's Circle being worth $25,000. The final game features the two winners of the first three games that had the fastest time up the pyramid/the most money on the pyramid going for the $100,000.

I didn't like it when Hollywood Squares used money won as the qualifier for the semi-final round of their college tournament. I didn't like it when University Challenge used total points scored as the qualifier for the main rounds in their special mini-series tournaments. I see no reason that I would like it here, especially when a tie-break might come down to seconds.

[BrandonFG]

My thought was four games with the first three games acting as qualifiers, the Winner's Circle being worth $25,000. The final game features the two winners of the first three games that had the fastest time up the pyramid/the most money on the pyramid going for the $100,000.

I had an idea similar to this. Since I don't think you'll have multiple Winner's Circle champions, I say use the two best Winner's Circle totals to qualify (the odd man/woman out keeps his or her money). If all three climbed the Pyramid, then you go by fastest times.

Now if there's a tie there, I dunno what you do. Best main game score? Flip a coin? Off-camera tiebreaker match?

[clemon79]

Now if there's a tie there, I dunno what you do. Best main game score? Flip a coin? Off-camera tiebreaker match?

Strength of schedule. The one stuck with Lenny Krazelburg as a partner goes through.

[Sodboy13]

Now if there's a tie there, I dunno what you do. Best main game score? Flip a coin? Off-camera tiebreaker match?

Strength of schedule. The one stuck with Lenny Krazelburg as a partner goes through.

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/feel the synergy

[tidefan12]

Now if there's a tie there, I dunno what you do. Best main game score? Flip a coin? Off-camera tiebreaker match?

Strength of schedule. The one stuck with Lenny Krazelburg as a partner goes through.

A nightmare I lived in real life in 2003 :-)