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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: weaklink75 on September 24, 2008, 12:27:17 PM
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The ratings were really bad... (http://\"http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/63310451/m/952103261/p/1\"); it tied for 4th in the 18-49 demo with 90210, for goodness sake! This could be the first new show of the fall to get the hook most likely..
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Opportunity Knocks is inane, but Dancing With the Stars isn't?
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'198063\' date=\'Sep 24 2008, 12:30 PM\']
Opportunity Knocks is inane, but Dancing With the Stars isn't?[/quote]
Fundamental rule of thumb that virtually nobody ever gets: No matter how you dress it up, people answering factual questions about their own lives just isn't interesting to anyone outside their own family. If you want people to be interested in a Q&A game, the audience has to be able to play along.
I'm sure JD gave a heck of a pitch, and it's certainly a high-concept idea. ("We take the game show to THEM!") It's just not a GOOD high-concept idea. As a group, we've been more interested in GUTS than this.
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It was a cute show, but not a lot of play-along, from the parts I noticed. Yeah, the mom should be able to identify her son's 4th grade picture, but what's in it for us? Ditto for the cheerleading moves question. It's blind guessing for the family members AND the audience.
Would make a great Saturday morning show, but for primetime? Pass.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'198068\' date=\'Sep 24 2008, 10:14 AM\']
It was a cute show, but not a lot of play-along, from the parts I noticed. Yeah, the mom should be able to identify her son's 4th grade picture, but what's in it for us? Ditto for the cheerleading moves question. It's blind guessing for the family members AND the audience. [/quote]
Honestly, I didn't mind it. It was cute, and I thought it was far more engaging than Amnesia was, because you actually got to know the family a little bit, instead of random crap being asked of a single essentially faceless person.
I agree with Brandon in that some of the questions were a crapshoot, but it really didn't bother me much, other'n asking the kid to guess what his sister's favorite shoes were. That was a little silly.
And, Mark, I don't get the appeal of Dancing With The Stars either, aside from the television genius of Tom Bergeron and the fact that I would hit Carrie Ann Inaba so hard that Bruno Tonioli would give me an 11.
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I get to be a complete yutz and say "when did this air, because I completely spaced it."
I'm assuming 8PM Eastern on Tuesday...when I was watching House?
and the fact that I would hit Carrie Ann Inaba so hard that Bruno Tonioli would give me an 11.
That was so elegant!
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'198075\' date=\'Sep 24 2008, 10:43 AM\']
I'm assuming 8PM Eastern on Tuesday...when I was watching House?[/quote]
Yes, because I was in the middle of TPiR on the Tivo when I was alerted to it.
That was so elegant!
We aim to please.
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Fundamental rule of thumb that virtually nobody ever gets: No matter how you dress it up, people answering factual questions about their own lives just isn't interesting to anyone outside their own family. If you want people to be interested in a Q&A game, the audience has to be able to play along.
Agreed. It was OK, better than Amnesia, but I doubt it will be around long.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'198065\' date=\'Sep 24 2008, 09:48 AM\'][quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'198063\' date=\'Sep 24 2008, 12:30 PM\']Opportunity Knocks is inane, but Dancing With the Stars isn't?[/quote]
Fundamental rule of thumb that virtually nobody ever gets: No matter how you dress it up, people answering factual questions about their own lives just isn't interesting to anyone outside their own family. [/quote]If that was the case, The Newlywed Game would have been 13-and-out, and Mark L. Walberg would be hosting Trivial Pursuit.
I thought it was OK. Even if you can't play along with the game, you can still watch to see how much money will be won, whether dad will buy the car instead of trying to win it, and if the family will go for the entire $250,000 instead of just doubling up.
The things I didn't like
1) the art question where Mom had to shred the not-her-son's art piece
2) the non-tempting "double or stay" or "Risk it All!" final
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3) the fact that Dad got to play for the awesome car and his daughter for the concert experience, while son and mom played for prizes for the entire family.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'198121\' date=\'Sep 24 2008, 11:43 PM\']
If that was the case, The Newlywed Game would have been 13-and-out, and Mark L. Walberg would be hosting Trivial Pursuit.
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I disagree. There's a difference between watching a family having lighthearted fun for an hour and watching marriages being torn apart right before your eyes. It's all about the controversy.
That said, I completely forgot about this show and really had no intention of watching it. It sounds decent enough from the reviews here and perhaps I'll set my DVR for next week's show to give it a look, but overall, I wasn't expecting the show to be much and it looks like I was right.
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[quote name=\'MTCesquire\' post=\'198123\' date=\'Sep 24 2008, 08:58 PM\']That said, I completely forgot about this show and really had no intention of watching it. It sounds decent enough from the reviews here and perhaps I'll set my DVR for next week's show to give it a look, but overall, I wasn't expecting the show to be much and it looks like I was right.[/quote]If you've already doomed the show to Epic Fail status, what's the point? You should at least give it one go, then bring down the hammer.
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It's not all that bad, and actually more interesting compared to some of the other "let's see what you know about your family" games. Like Chris already said, it's nice to get to know the family a little bit better than other shows of it's kind. And I admit, it is kinda nice to see a show actually promote the concept of a family, rather than tearing it apart, like The Moment of Truth.
Appointment TV? Not really. But if I'm flipping through, I'll probably stay for a few minutes.
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Ugh! I was forced to watch this show because my team was losing(figures it would be against those stinkin' Braves). Anyways, Oppurtunity Knocks was a bit better than Amne$ia ever was. The set looked kinda cool. JD Roth was decent enough as host. The idea of keeping families together is really the exception in today's society where tearing it apart is the new "normal". Honestly, we seem to be hopeless in finding shows with good tastes. No play-along value whatsoever, but the twist in the buyout offers sorta offsets that. Basically what we have here is Amne$ia^2. I'll give this one an average 6.0. If nothing else is on, I'll probably tune in.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'198124\' date=\'Sep 25 2008, 12:17 AM\']
If you've already doomed the show to Epic Fail status, what's the point? You should at least give it one go, then bring down the hammer.
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Epic Fail status? Not quite. Neither the greatest thing ever nor the worst piece of crap ever status? That's more like it. Like I said, I'll set up my DVR to catch it next week to see what it's like.
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[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'198075\' date=\'Sep 24 2008, 12:43 PM\']That was so elegant![/quote]
How elegant was it?
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[quote name=\'rigsby\' post=\'198193\' date=\'Sep 25 2008, 06:33 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'198075\' date=\'Sep 24 2008, 12:43 PM\']That was so elegant![/quote]
How elegant was it?[/quote]
Is there anything elegant about Chris hitting Carrie Ann? ;-)
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[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'198195\' date=\'Sep 25 2008, 03:41 PM\']
Is there anything elegant about Chris hitting Carrie Ann? ;-)[/quote]
You better believe it, pal. :)
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[quote name=\'rigsby\' post=\'198193\' date=\'Sep 25 2008, 05:33 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'198075\' date=\'Sep 24 2008, 12:43 PM\']That was so elegant![/quote]
How elegant was it?
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There's a bad MG question in there somewhere...
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Well, I was wrong on one thing...It's not the first of the new fall shows to get axed... (http://\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6599869\")
\I'd feel sorry for Jerry O'Connell, but he's got Rebecca Romijn to go home to....
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[quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'198284\' date=\'Sep 26 2008, 10:34 PM\']
Well, I was wrong on one thing...It's not the first of the new fall shows to get axed... (http://\"http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6599869\")
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Well, that sure didn't take long.
Is Reno 911! still in production?
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'198286\' date=\'Sep 26 2008, 08:57 PM\']
Well, that sure didn't take long.[/quote]
To give you an idea of the kind of buzz it created: I didn't even know it existed until I read just now that it had been canned.
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Wait a Minute...
FOX is the first network to cancel a bad show in a new fall season!?!?!?
This from the same network that aired/airs stuff like "The War at Home" and "American Dad" years after their shelf life expired??
Fox...Murdoch...baby, you're slipping!!!
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[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'198323\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 01:37 PM\']
This from the same network that aired/airs stuff like..."American Dad" years after their shelf life expired??
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You really don't know what you're talking about, do you?
Kinda hard to pass judgment like that on a pair of shows (one which I cut out) that have/were only on for 2 or 3 years (going on 4 with AD!).
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'198336\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 02:34 PM\']
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'198323\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 01:37 PM\']
This from the same network that aired/airs stuff like..."American Dad" years after their shelf life expired??
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You really don't know what you're talking about, do you?
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Sure he does. He's talking about his opinion. He thinks the mustard slipped off the hot dog on those shows and he's entitled.
Just out of curiosity, why was The War at Home replaced with an ellipsis?
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'198348\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 07:41 PM\']
Just out of curiosity, why was The War at Home replaced with an ellipsis?[/quote]
The ellipsis got better ratings.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'198350\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 08:16 PM\']
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'198348\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 07:41 PM\']
Just out of curiosity, why was The War at Home replaced with an ellipsis?[/quote]
The ellipsis got better ratings.
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Bravo, Matt!
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I don't think I'll be watching "Opportunity Knocks" again any time soon--unless, say, a family of my acquaintance are the contestants. It was cute enough, but without a personal connection, there's just not enough interest.
I will say, though, I rather liked the "would you like to buy this [otherwise priceless] prize, using some of your winnings?" gimmick. Not enough to build a show on, but it was clever.
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[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'198348\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 06:41 PM\']
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'198336\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 02:34 PM\']
[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'198323\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 01:37 PM\']
This from the same network that aired/airs stuff like..."American Dad" years after their shelf life expired??
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You really don't know what you're talking about, do you?
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Sure he does. He's talking about his opinion. He thinks the mustard slipped off the hot dog on those shows and he's entitled.
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It's not his opinion, but his incredibly loose grasp of time, that gets me.
I didn't even think 2 years was enough time FOR a shelf life...
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'198359\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 10:11 PM\']
It's not his opinion, but his incredibly loose grasp of time, that gets me.
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I think that's his point. The show was over as soon as it began.
\I'll let Tim handle all further correspondences.
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[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'198353\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 06:12 PM\']I will say, though, I rather liked the "would you like to buy this [otherwise priceless] prize, using some of your winnings?" gimmick. Not enough to build a show on, but it was clever.[/quote]Oh, I think it is absolutely enough to carry a show.
The Aussies seem to dig that sort of thing.
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I don't feel sorry for Jerry O'Connell. HE'S ULTRAMAN!
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'198371\' date=\'Sep 28 2008, 03:58 AM\']
[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'198353\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 06:12 PM\']I will say, though, I rather liked the "would you like to buy this [otherwise priceless] prize, using some of your winnings?" gimmick. Not enough to build a show on, but it was clever.[/quote]Oh, I think it is absolutely enough to carry a show.
The Aussies seem to dig that sort of thing.
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Too bad we American's didn't. Then again, Fremantle didn't really offer a strong enough shovel to dig with...
/I CAN fight the Temptation
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[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'198359\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 11:11 PM\']
I didn't even think 2 years was enough time FOR a shelf life...
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Hey, if you're a can of tuna, you get four years.
"Do Not Disturb" was more like a cup of rancid yogurt.
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[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'198388\' date=\'Sep 28 2008, 12:04 PM\']
I don't feel sorry for Jerry O'Connell. HE'S ULTRAMAN!
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Really? I would have never guessed his secret identity.
Ryan.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'198371\' date=\'Sep 28 2008, 02:58 AM\']
[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'198353\' date=\'Sep 27 2008, 06:12 PM\']I will say, though, I rather liked the "would you like to buy this [otherwise priceless] prize, using some of your winnings?" gimmick. Not enough to build a show on, but it was clever.[/quote]Oh, I think it is absolutely enough to carry a show.
The Aussies seem to dig that sort of thing.
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Damn shame Channel Nine doesn't seem to anymore.