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Great short-lived shows
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: The Ol' Guy on August 11, 2024, 02:17:09 PM ---A vote for Every Second Counts.
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With GSN unafraid of reviving obscure but fondly-remembered shows, this is one that fits their style perfectly. You could replace the married couples with simply pairs who know each other. Much as I liked the bonus round with all the prizes, they could just as easily do the standard $10K top prize, where completing a tier simply stops the clock a la America Says. While I have better ideas, I get that GSN has a template to follow.
tvwxman:
--- Quote from: SamJ93 on August 09, 2024, 01:03:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: Neumms on August 09, 2024, 12:48:07 PM ---Money Maze (which should come back in prime time)
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You know what? I had never thought about it before, but in the wake of The Wall, The Quiz With Balls and their ilk, I could see this working. The only problem is that we'd now be treated to a 5-minute video blurb about how badly the couple needs the money and a 30-second "suspenseful" pause before revealing the value of every prize column.
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Somehow somewhere someone is trying to turn "Perplexus" into a game show.
(I'd watch.)
(Once.)
tvwxman:
Another vote for "Double Dare". Didn't someone say recently that it was retuned as "The Spoilers" for a pilot? (I think some game play cards were found?)
Blockbusters should be on somewhere. And yes, I love the Big Showdown in terms of strategy.
Here's one I haven't read yet : "Knockout" . Great little show.
TLEberle:
--- Quote from: tvwxman on August 12, 2024, 07:40:23 AM ---Another vote for "Double Dare". Didn't someone say recently that it was retuned as "The Spoilers" for a pilot? (I think some game play cards were found?)
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Correct, sir!
I think there are tweaks to the game that could make it work as a daily half hour, maybe to focus completely on the Spoiler Minds, but the drip-drip-drip puzzle isn't exactly a lost art anymore.
It's something of a shame that Game Show Network, via Sony, has accrued so many different rights to formats and such, and they just sit, unused, so we can get more internally developed shows that tread familiar ground. Maybe we can get a game where players are shown the top card of a Euchre pack and have to guess whether the next one off the top will be red or black.
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: tvwxman on August 12, 2024, 07:40:23 AM ---Blockbusters should be on somewhere. And yes, I love the Big Showdown in terms of strategy.
Here's one I haven't read yet : "Knockout" . Great little show.
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It’s interesting how many examples I’ve seen listed in this thread that came and went in the US, but went on to varying degrees of success in the UK. Blockbusters and Knockout come to mind, along with Every Second Counts.
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