PYL 2019 has a host!

[Jimmy Owen]

Did they use the same theme music package?

This might answer your question. Say "Hi" to the new whammies while you're there.

https://twitter.com/TVPressYourLuck/status/1137766306768478208

Good remake of the theme.  And a tasteful remake of the original animations.  ABC's got such a stable of retro shows now, I seriously hope that they are considering some daytime versions if the ratings are there.

The change in title from "GMA Day" to "Strahan and Sara" is probably a sign that show is not meeting expectations.  A pairing of Pyramid and Match Game in half hour versions might be okay with the affils. 

[weaklink75]

Did they use the same theme music package?

This might answer your question. Say "Hi" to the new whammies while you're there.

https://twitter.com/TVPressYourLuck/status/1137766306768478208

Nice mix of the classic whammies and some new ones- and the commercials for the show had a couple of animations that weren't on there as well....

[BrandonFG]

Good remake of the theme.  And a tasteful remake of the original animations.  ABC's got such a stable of retro shows now, I seriously hope that they are considering some daytime versions if the ratings are there.

I'm honestly surprised they didn't try this when The Chew was canceled. I know another hour of GMA is cheaper, but I would at least try a daytime game show for 13 weeks. If you break them down into half hour episodes and edit credits at the end of the first half* and new intros on the second half, you could rerun Pyramid or Match Game to test the waters.

*Or just do a "short crawl" at the end of the first episode with copyright and production company logos.

[JMFabiano]

Did they use the same theme music package?

This might answer your question. Say "Hi" to the new whammies while you're there.

https://twitter.com/TVPressYourLuck/status/1137766306768478208

And if you play HQ Trivia, you got to see the full version of two of them.  Lumberjack Whammy says, "3, 2, 1, timber!" ( Tree crushes him) "Not again..."

Bartender Whammy's dialogue : "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here."

There's another animation that I don't think was part of the Twitter video.  This one borrows from Whammy! and has a fireman Whammy being flung around by the hose.  He escapes....only to be ran over by a firetruck.

[TimK2003]

Watching the PYL promo airing during Sunday's Fun & Games,  it looks like they cleverly edited where the contestants actually "stopped" at. 

If so, then considering that many shows of late like to 'spoil' the upcoming segment(s) before the commercial break, I would like to thank ABC for giving us a peek of the gameplay without divulging the actual gameplay.

[Sodboy13]

The change in title from "GMA Day" to "Strahan and Sara" is probably a sign that show is not meeting expectations.  A pairing of Pyramid and Match Game in half hour versions might be okay with the affils.

I recently learned that there's an extra-early hour of network news programming on ABC titled "America This Morning," their website is "atm fans dot com," and boy, that's gotta feel like a real bait-and-switch for some people who come across it at the 4 a.m. airtime.

[weaklink75]

According to this article, there are 37 Whammy animations...

https://www.tvinsider.com/782837/press-your-luck-abc-reboot-changes-elizabeth-banks/

[Joe Mello]

That seems adequate? Assuming around a dozen or so get hit per episode and they're only doing one show per week, that seems okay.

I feel like even towards the middle/end of the original run there was a fixed set they used for each week of shows or something to that effect.

[tyshaun1]

According to this article, there are 37 Whammy animations...

https://www.tvinsider.com/782837/press-your-luck-abc-reboot-changes-elizabeth-banks/

Interestingly enough, in the Buzzr video of the Whammy skits, the number shown totals...... 37.

/Not that interesting

[tyshaun1]

That seems adequate? Assuming around a dozen or so get hit per episode and they're only doing one show per week, that seems okay.

I feel like even towards the middle/end of the original run there was a fixed set they used for each week of shows or something to that effect.

The first 7 weeks featured 10 Whammy skits. I think 37 is sufficient.

[BrandonFG]

That was a fun trip down Memory Lane...but I could probably pick out the original ten based on how simple they were.

/Looking at you, Jumping Whammy

[clemon79]

Interestingly enough, in the Buzzr video of the Whammy skits, the number shown totals...... 37.

"In a row?"

[Sodboy13]

Snowball Whammy didn't make the cut this time.

[weaklink75]

Here's some stills of 15 Whammies, including a few more of the new ones....

https://www.tvinsider.com/gallery/press-your-luck-whammys-abc-game-of-thrones-bachelor-oprah/#1

\nice to see Whammy giving another classic GS villain some work in that first pic 

[Jimmy Owen]

Snowball Whammy didn't make the cut this time.

Being a summer show, would it be necessary?