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2024 USA Today Game Show Articles
clemon79:
--- Quote from: Kevin Prather on July 21, 2024, 10:44:38 PM ---I have several friends who have never gotten in to game shows in the past who would disagree. They are absolutely loving playing along with this game.
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Consider that the author is writing for the readers of McPaper.
JasonA1:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on July 22, 2024, 05:28:00 PM ---/Knew it was bunk when they ranked NTT and Password in the Top 5
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One of the reasons I started the thread was to see how this article's opinion aligned with ours, because it felt a tiny bit more doted upon, unlike a best hosts list that put Peyton Manning in a high position after just one episode of College Bowl aired.
I was thinking there had to be a reason Name That Tune was getting multiple seasons, but not a lot of love on this board. What about the show makes you want to rank it lower?
-Jason
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: JasonA1 on July 22, 2024, 05:34:51 PM ---I was thinking there had to be a reason Name That Tune was getting multiple seasons, but not a lot of love on this board. What about the show makes you want to rank it lower?
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I'll admit my hot take comes from only watching the first few episodes, but to me it came across as an SNL parody that was overproduced and all over the place. Dunno if that's changed since, but of the Fox musical games I prefer Beat Shazam.
JasonA1:
For the record, I don't think yours is a "hot take." If you watched more than one episode, you did better than a lot of people. And if you were turned off, hey, they had their chance to keep you as a viewer.
Lately, there's been too much made out of having a strong opinion one way or the other, as if that can't be a genuine feeling. Sure, some people get in a proverbial I Love Nothing New Camp, but I don't think people should shy away from expressing themselves on this board. Selfishly, it would be great to see what people like and don't like about modern shows.
The thing I've been trying to figure out over the years is just who loves all the contestant backstories. There must be someone. I know they have their place on a longer-form competition show. But I can't help but remember all the comments I've read and heard to the contrary -- and not just from "us."
-Jason
BrandonFG:
My theory on the backstories dates back to whenever NBC got the Olympics. IMO someone felt that because they were inspiring there, they must be needed elsewhere. I don't mind it sporadically, but when every other prime time game show or even some docuseries overuse them, it's definitely overkill.
ESPN started doing it a lot on SportsCenter too, but that all started in the early-2000s (give or take a couple years) so like you said, I dunno who the audience is for these.
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