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

[Clay Zambo]

I was going to use a metaphor of one is the Isner v. Mahut endless tiebreaker and the other is your kid's elementary school orchestra recital. Jason covered the point about taking forever to describe a simple word so I won't belabor the point, but when the players are getting spun up to the point where they can't communicate it isn't fun to watch. The two strikes against are the limited run and airing shows out of order so we don't get to see the evolution of the show in the same way that we get to see the 1982 version making tweaks and changes so that the final product is Emmy-worthy.

Michael may get smoother as the episodes progress (in taping order, not broadcast order), but since the guest stars don't repeat and there aren't returning champions, I don't think there'll be any gameplay "improvements." But that's fine. For this run, the job is to be a good enough show that ABC issues a pickup order for another season or a daytime run. I believe it is.

[clemon79]

For this run, the job is to be a good enough show that ABC issues a pickup order for another season or a daytime run. I believe it is.

The thing I find encouraging is that the *middle* show in a three-hour block is the one pulling the best numbers.

[BillCullen1]

The shows airing on July 10 feature Snoop Dogg vs Martha Stewart (??) and Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken) vs. Tisha Campbell Martin. I saw the second show in person. I will say no more.

[brianhenke]

    ABC announced during tonight's Pyramid that a rerun will air Tuesday night, replacing  the canceled Uncle Buck.
 
    Brian

[parliboy]

I saw the second show in person. I will say no more.

We thank you for that, and would appreciate your inside observations tomorrow after the show has aired.

[BrandonFG]

So...if someone wins $100K in the second Winner's Circle, the money is additional, not "bumped" to a total of 100K. Tonight's contestant won $104,500.

[parliboy]

So...if someone wins $100K in the second Winner's Circle, the money is additional, not "bumped" to a total of 100K. Tonight's contestant won $104,500.

Yes, we knew this.  Top prize on offer is technically $150,000.

[BrandonFG]

My mistake. Just clarifying, that's all, since I think if that's the first time it happened this season.

[aaron sica]

    ABC announced during tonight's Pyramid that a rerun will air Tuesday night, replacing  the canceled Uncle Buck.
 
    Brian

I figured it was a late addition, but didn't bother to look up what was originally on. Thanks!

[TimK2003]

One little game show "throwback" Pyramid has that I am starting to notice and like:  The "Ka-Chunk" sound the trilons make when turning.  Just like how some people loved the noise of the trilons on the original Concentration. 

[TLEberle]

Scattershot thoughts:

The Ken/Tisha episode was my favorite so far, and Snoop/Stewart ranked dead last.

I can deal with the cutaways and the think music during the main game (are they toning that down now? It seemed much less intrusive.)

It seems to me like the difficulty for the $5,000 box is the middle row of the 80s version. None of the subjects has felt to me like those amorphous ones where you have to put together three or four things and use lateral thinking.

[gamed121683]

It seems to me like the difficulty for the $5,000 box is the middle row of the 80s version. None of the subjects has felt to me like those amorphous ones where you have to put together three or four things and use lateral thinking.

This. I was discussing this same thing with a friend of mine about how Things That Are Congested wasn't in the top box (IMO, I thought that was a killer. Of course, YMMV). Why the writers are afraid of putting a "Things That Are Cultivated" or a "Things That Are Enshrined" in the $5K square is beyond me.

[chad1m]

Why the writers are afraid of putting a "Things That Are Cultivated" or a "Things That Are Enshrined" in the $5K square is beyond me.

Because when the show is finding its legs again, playing with celebrities that may not be the best to find out who could the best, it's good to have winners now and again on medium difficulty instead of running into a roadblock 20 times in a row. At this point, I'm perfectly content with "Things That Are Congested" and "Things You Adjust" as the final two subjects to encounter.

/"Things You Encounter?"

[BrandonFG]

The sound seemed much lower during parts of last night's episode. There was a point where I could barely hear the theme song, and when one of the clues got "Cuckoo'd", it seemed kinda low.

Or do I just need to clean my ears?

[BillCullen1]

That was one exciting win for $100K Sunday evening. I was in the audience for that. The whole place exploded when that happened. Everyone was on their feet, including the opposing team and crew. Mind you, this was only the second show they had taped.

Tonight (July 12), they're showing encore eps of Celeb FF and Pyramid. The bad news is they're showing the Kellie Pickler and Anthony Anderson eps, respectively. Ugh.