TPIR Primetime Specials to Return

[Thunder]

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[clemon79]

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Who better to know?

[parliboy]

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Welcome to "Whose Board Is It Anyway?", the game where everything's paid up, and the points don't matter.

[weaklink75]

The dates for the show airings have been announced- all three shows will air over three nights, all at 8pm Eastern:

Monday 5/23: Survivor-themed ep
Tuesday 5/24: Big Brother-themed ep
Wednesday 5/25: Amazing Race-themed ep

http://www.tvinsider.com/article/80010/cbs-sets-person-of-interest-season-premiere-plus-returns-season-finale-dates/

[jimlangefan]

The dates for the show airings have been announced- all three shows will air over three nights, all at 8pm Eastern:

Monday 5/23: Survivor-themed ep
Tuesday 5/24: Big Brother-themed ep
Wednesday 5/25: Amazing Race-themed ep

http://www.tvinsider.com/article/80010/cbs-sets-person-of-interest-season-premiere-plus-returns-season-finale-dates/

I don't know if it's been mentioned, but am I correct in assuming these will also be Million Dollar Spectaculars as well?

[TLEberle]

If it hasn't been mentioned as such then my assumption is that it is unknown as to whether they will be MDSes as well as primetime specials.

[Jeremy Nelson]

If it hasn't been mentioned as such then my assumption is that it is unknown as to whether they will be MDSes as well as primetime specials.

My guess is that they'll probably just be bigger budget shows- there's no way they would have neglected to mention a million dollar prize in any of the blurbs.

[That Don Guy]

Apparently, the contestants will consist of "superfans" teaming up with contestants from the shows in question.

Survivor:
Natalie Anderson, Season 29 winner
Joe Anglim, Seasons 30 and 31
Rupert Boneham, Seasons 7, 8, 20 and 27
Jeremy Collins, Seasons 29 and 31 (winner)
Cirie Fields, Seasons 12, 16 and 20
Woo Hwang, Seasons 28 and 31
Rob Mariano, Seasons 4, 8, 20 and 22 (winner)
Kelley Wentworth, Seasons 29 and 31
Tina Wesson, Seasons 2 (winner), 8 and 27

Big Brother:
Frankie Grande, Season 16
Britney Godwin, Seasons 12 and 14
James Huling , Season 17
Will Kirby, Seasons 2 (winner) and 7
Janelle Pierzina, Seasons 6, 7 and 14
Rachel Reilly, Seasons 12 and 13 (winner)
Da'Vonne Rogers, Season 17
Jeffrey Schroeder, Seasons 11 and 13
Ian Terry, Season 14 (winner)

The Amazing Race (competing as pairs):
Leo Temory and Jamal Zadaran, Seasons 23 and 24
Tyler Oakley and Korey Kuhl, Season 28
Erin Robinson and Joslyn Davis, Season 28
Joey Buttitta and Kelsey Gerckens, Season 27 (winners)
Natalie "Nat" Strand and Katherine "Kat" Chang, Season 17 (winners)
William "Bopper" Minton and Mark Jackson, Season 20
Tiffany Chantell Torres and Krista DeBono, Season 27
Brook Roberts and Claire Champlin, Season 17
Nathaniel "Big Easy" Lofton and Herbert "Flight Time" Lang, Seasons 15, 18 and 24

Source

[TLEberle]

Rachel Reilly, Seasons 12 and 13 (winner)

"And for that reason, we're out."

[WhammyPower]

And apparently, they get their own section of the audience.

/In the back, where they belong.
//And there's apparently more people there than are listed.
///Makes me believe those listed are the ones that make it to the row.

[dale_grass]

Rachel Reilly, Seasons 12 and 13 (winner)

"And for that reason, we're out."

Just for this special can we swap the U.S. Rachel Reilly for the U.K. Rachel Riley?  Pleeeeeese?

[clemon79]

Just for this special can we swap the U.S. Rachel Reilly for the U.K. Rachel Riley?  Pleeeeeese?

Just for this special? Hell, I don't even know who the U.K. Rachel Riley *is* and I'd make that trade every day of the week and twice on Sunday, full stop.

[TLEberle]

Just for this special? Hell, I don't even know who the U.K. Rachel Riley *is* and I'd make that trade every day of the week and twice on Sunday, full stop.

She's the Numbers Gal on Countdown, taking over for Carol Vorderman. And she is indeed pleasant to the eye.

[TLEberle]

Derp level was low, theme integrated well with lots of little touches sprinkled through the episode, overall a fun time. I was pleased that Jeff Probst enthusiastically threw himself into the hour. I hope the TAR episode makes use of the pit stop mat during the SCSD.

Thing I thought I noticed was that all of the contestants came from the left or center sections of the audiene in order to coordinate the meet-up before reaching Contestants Row.

[aaron sica]

I said it before and I'll say it again - I know that there are many "Barker Fanbois" who want nothing to do with the show since he left (even though it's been almost 10 years now - hard to believe!), want the music to stay the same, the look of the games, the set, etc.

The fact is, the show under Barker was pretty much the same show with little change. I really like what they've done with the show since - theme shows, crossovers with other shows, cameos by CBS stars...A good way to keep a nearly 45-year-old show fresh.