Game Show "Channels" On Roku,...Etc... Thread.

[ChrisLambert!]

Thanks for the knowledge, Chad! Time to get back to my ‘70s TTTT fix!

[colonial]

While watching the most recent episodes of Pop Culture J! on Prime Video, I discovered that Prime Video has a few new UK and Australian game options to watch on the streamer. They include ...

-- The current incarnation of Aussie DOND
-- The first three seasons of ITV's "Limitless Win" with Ant & Dec
-- Episodes from the first three seasons of Britain's "Eggheads" from the 2000s, as well as early episodes of "Celebrity Eggheads."


JD

[TimK2003]

While watching the most recent episodes of Pop Culture J! on Prime Video, I discovered that Prime Video has a few new UK and Australian game options to watch on the streamer. They include ...

-- The first three seasons of ITV's "Limitless Win" with Ant & Dec

Tapped into the first episode of LW, and even though I'm not a fan of shows with a plethora of suspenseful pauses:

1) The pauses for this particular UK show seem to be noticibly shorter than most of your average US shows.

2)  Dang, it's a fun show to watch, and very challenging as well. It would be nice to see a US version, but I'd be very afraid  of what they'd do to it in the states with choice of host(s), pacing and/or the overall Americanized format of the show.

[SamPrainito]

Family Feud Classics on Roku has added some Dawson 94 episodes.  Caught a Carol Burnett/Betty White episode in late night tonight.

[bwood]

Family Feud Classics on Roku has added some Dawson 94 episodes.  Caught a Carol Burnett/Betty White episode in late night tonight.

I wouldn't be surprised if those are the only episodes from that run in rotation on there.
Buzzr has run them multiple times for specials and they're being aired again for Winning Women this weekend.

[clemon79]

I'd be very afraid  of what they'd do to it in the states with choice of host(s), pacing and/or the overall Americanized format of the show.

I watched a couple episodes, and it got old for me pretty quick, but I did enjoy the concept well enough. And, I mean, Ant and Dec.

Make no mistake, the US would absolutely MUTILATE that show. And Bert Kreischer or whatever flavor of the month they got in there is no Ant and Dec.

[SwohS Emag]

Here in NYC, Relatively Speaking was regulated to 2:30 am, the same time slot given to Kennedy's TPIR a few years earlier.

I've been working through Relatively Speaking recently and found that episodes labeled 71-90 on FAST sites are markedly different in pacing and format than the previous episodes.  Their runtimes are 1-2 minutes shorter from the already <20 minute timing (likely because prize and promo plugs were excised), with two of them clocking in just over 17 minutes.  However, they have added an additional round to the show (4 guests instead of 3), eliminated the punny clues hinting at who the relative is, and the questioning moves at an absolute breakneck pace compared to the previous shows.  References to prizes for the non-celeb guests are gone altogether and there is no more reference to a "Super Stumper Jackpot."

Anyway, what would cause a show to make a shift like this so soon toward what would be the end of its run?

[Allstar87]

The latter episodes are a lot less fun because of that; the slower pace allowed everyone more time to shine. It was fun hearing the stories about growing up with the celebs, showing the family photos...by the end there were some episodes where the contestant left immediately after their connection was discovered. (It's also kinda silly to take the prize plugs out, especially when the transition is "Let's see what you won!" -fade to black, immediate fade in- "Thanks for playing!")

Anyway, what would cause a show to make a shift like this so soon toward what would be the end of its run?

My guess is that they knew they weren't gonna get a second season and couldn't find as many people for the final round as they'd liked, so they blasted through the remaining contestants as quickly as they could to ensure everyone at least got a chance to play.