How many episodes of Dog Eat Dog have been taped? If this isn't a future case of a show that will be quickly ran into the ground, I don't know what is.
Best I can gather from various web sites is that 26 episodes were taped, and three never made it to air on NBC. The network pulled the plug before the second season was over. Which seems a little weird because the show was still doing halfway decent numbers for a summer offering, according to news reports at the time. The babe-o-licious second-season episode with NFL cheerleaders did particularly good numbers. Why is this not surprising?
My guess is that GSN will churn through a couple cycles of the show in the 9:00 slot, then decide if the numbers warrant grinding the show anywhere else on the schedule. Something else will have to go into the 9:00 slot unless the show proves magically resistant to rerun abuse, like Lingo. Which I doubt.
From the little I remember of the show, plus the few clips that still work on the Internet, I'm kinda looking forward to watching a few episodes. I like stupid stunt shows...Beat the Clock, Cram. The stunts seem a little more outlandish on the Dog, and the contestants (especially the female ones) wear less clothing. But I can tolerate that.
Hmm. Interesting. If this is only the most recent run [of Star Search], we could very well see some runintheground-itis. Could be a good move IF both classic and recent version are in the mix, though.
According to the GSN press release, this is only a pickup of the Arsenio version:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040505/law115_1.htmlThis show doesn't look like a long-term five-a-week staple, either, because so few episodes are on the shelf. If the show does acceptable numbers, GSN might pick up other talent contests, like the original McMahon version. I'm not big on talent contests with any host, so I'll pass.
Well, I've never watched F-A-D whatsoever, but my Mom has, (Who, by the way, is a gigantic dating show connoisseur.) and she really didn't like the show.
Chris Lambert pretty well nailed this one on his site. The show tried to be clean and naughty at the same time, and it didn't work. Plus, Joe Millionaire should find other work.