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Winkfan

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« on: May 29, 2004, 04:44:18 PM »
Here's another 'Best and Worst' for you:

Not counting 'off-network or off-syndie' repeats, what was the best game show to ever air on ABC Family? (Mind you, this includes the channel's previous incarnations as Fox Family, the Family Channel, and yes, even as far back as CBN!)

As far as I'm concerned:
BEST: Paranoia, Second Honeymoon, and Shopping Spree.

WORST: Outrageous!

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Jamey Greek

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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2004, 05:01:26 PM »
Best: Lange NTT, Face The Music, Crosswits '86, Trivial Pursuit, Boggle, Shuffle, Jumble, and Split Second 86!

Worst: I Can't believe you said that!
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Dbacksfan12

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« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2004, 05:13:28 PM »
[quote name=\'Jamey Greek\' date=\'May 29 2004, 04:01 PM\'] Best: Lange NTT, Face The Music, Crosswits '86, Trivial Pursuit, Boggle, Shuffle, Jumble, and Split Second 86!

Worst: I Can't believe you said that! [/quote]
 Did you not read the post? She specifically said excluding repeats.

My favorite: Shopping Spree
Least favorite: Wait 'Til You Have Kids (1st series)
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The Ol' Guy

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« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2004, 05:14:08 PM »
Best: Paranoia, maybe Trivial Pursuit. Didn't have cable for quite a while and missed many of the others.

Worst? - Let's choose "weak". Turning Shuffle, Boggle and Jumble into all-interactives with just a few slap-on items to change the face of the same podiums was cheesy. Boggle and Jumble could have been solid standard game show formats by themselves if they hadn't altered the basic formats too much to milk the home-viewer cash-cow with the call-in stuff. If just Pursuit and maybe one other, like Shuffle, were interactives and the other two classic formats, perhaps they might have stayed on longer?

Also missed the no-rerun item and originally posted Chain Reaction. I was grateful to then-CBN for letting me see the original show for the first time. Still one of my favorites.
« Last Edit: June 01, 2004, 10:11:39 AM by The Ol' Guy »
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JayC

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« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2004, 05:26:47 PM »
Best- Paranoia
Worst- Family Challenge
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Jamey Greek

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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2004, 05:54:23 PM »
Sorry, Let's Try Again

Best-Trivial Pursuit and Boggle Shuffle and Jumble

Worst-I can't believe you said that
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Mario500

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« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2004, 08:15:54 PM »
Best: Masters of the Maze (Family Channel)

Worst: Nope.............


Hard to believe how much this channel has changed.
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Don Howard

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« Reply #7 on: May 29, 2004, 08:39:09 PM »
BEST: Paranoia
RUNNER-UP FOR BEST: Trivial Pursuit

WORST: The 700 Club
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sshuffield70

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« Reply #8 on: May 29, 2004, 11:21:50 PM »
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'May 29 2004, 07:39 PM\'] BEST: Paranoia
RUNNER-UP FOR BEST: Trivial Pursuit

WORST: The 700 Club [/quote]
 The original post said worst game show.  This poster happens to be a fan of the host of "The 700 Club".  There was no need to bring it up in this thread.
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BrandonFG

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« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2004, 12:32:53 AM »
BEST: Trivial Pursuit, Shopping Spree (tie)

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Boggle and Jumble. If both hadn't been so adamant about the interactive elements, they would've been cool, with some tweaking. I'd love to see Boggle brought back, but maybe make it a 2 contestant game.

It Takes Two was also a pretty good show, but the rules just seemed so complicated. It took me forever to understand the "come within 20% of the actual number" bonus round.

WORST: Small Talk (I really think this is the first game show to superimpose the logo as a bug in the corner of the screen...ugh)

HONORABLE MENTION: Shuffle...nothing more than a 30-minute Fastest Finger round. Snooze.
« Last Edit: May 30, 2004, 12:33:43 AM by fostergray82 »
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« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2004, 09:14:25 AM »
BEST: "That's My Dog!" & "Small Talk"
WORST: "Family Challenge" & "Wild Animal Games"
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bandit_bobby

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« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2004, 10:32:21 AM »
Best: Shopping Spree and Trivial Pursuit

Worst: Any other FAM interactive game(Boggle, Shuffle, Jumble).
« Last Edit: May 30, 2004, 10:32:41 AM by bandit_bobby »
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Jimmy Owen

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« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2004, 11:31:40 AM »
Fave: "It Takes Two." Unfave: "Baby Races."
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Don Howard

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« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2004, 11:56:30 AM »
[quote name=\'sshuffield70\' date=\'May 29 2004, 10:21 PM\'] [quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'May 29 2004, 07:39 PM\'] BEST: Paranoia
RUNNER-UP FOR BEST: Trivial Pursuit

WORST: The 700 Club [/quote]
The original post said worst game show.  This poster happens to be a fan of the host of "The 700 Club".  There was no need to bring it up in this thread. [/quote]
 And this poster is not.
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ChuckNet

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« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2004, 12:42:26 PM »
Quote
The original post said worst game show. This poster happens to be a fan of the host of "The 700 Club". There was no need to bring it up in this thread.

To be fair, while my general opinion of Pat Robertson is prolly the same as Don's, he did green-light the GS reruns that populated CBN/FAM's afternoon lineup in the mid-80s and 90s, as well as the original games that aired on FAM from 95-97.

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