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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: xavier45 on October 14, 2009, 07:05:28 PM
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On March 31st, 2010, Fox Reality Channel will be leaving the air in its current form. Right now, Fox Cable Networks is figuring out what to do with the network after March 31st.
http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/new-real...-fox-cable-8664 (http://\"http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/new-reality-shaping-fox-cable-8664\")
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[quote name=\'xavier45\' post=\'228513\' date=\'Oct 14 2009, 07:05 PM\']On March 31st, 2010, Fox Reality Channel will be leaving the air in its current form. Right now, Fox Cable Networks is figuring out what to do with the network after March 31st.[/quote]
Once again making Bob Boden look like the smartest man in the business (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=18799\").
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The official replacement for the channel BTW? National Geographic Wild, a spinoff of the National Geographic Channel concentrating on natural history and wildlife...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/business...p;twt=NYTimesAd (http://\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/business/media/16fox.html?_r=2&src=twt&twt=NYTimesAd\")
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[quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'228667\' date=\'Oct 16 2009, 10:04 AM\']The official replacement for the channel BTW? National Geographic Wild, a spinoff of the National Geographic Channel concentrating on natural history and wildlife...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/business...p;twt=NYTimesAd (http://\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/business/media/16fox.html?_r=2&src=twt&twt=NYTimesAd\")[/quote]
Well, that's good news then. I was afraid, for a moment, that the people who brought us Faux News were in their conference room, dreaming up something else.
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Almost started a new thread; Thank You, Search Engine!
Those of us with Comcast Digital (at least here in the Seattle / Tacoma market) received a message this morning regarding the change (which Comcast says is "Effective 03/29/2010.")
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Oddly, here in the Non-Indianapolis Central Indiana Region (don't ask), FOXRC shows varied fictional listings through 4/3 at this point.
/Miss you already, VAL
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[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'237976\' date=\'Mar 21 2010, 05:11 PM\']/Miss you already, VAL[/quote]
This.
As much as I opine about reality television, my fiancee had me watching Solitary 4.0. Holy crap, that was addicting, tense, and (at most times) painful to watch (referring to the treatments).
A simple fix, really: just move it to Fox for a summer replacement or a tide-over for the next Idol, and go from there.
The Inquisitive One
/our time in Solitary is indeed over, sadly
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[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' post=\'237977\' date=\'Mar 21 2010, 03:51 PM\']A simple fix, really: just move it to Fox for a summer replacement or a tide-over for the next Idol, and go from there.[/quote]I can think of several channels where Solitary could be adopted and it would fit right in.
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Solitary was a brilliant show and I'm surprised it hasn't sold abroad more - I know there's a Brazillian version, but that seems to be about it.
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[quote name=\'geno57\' post=\'228680\' date=\'Oct 16 2009, 04:26 PM\'][quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'228667\' date=\'Oct 16 2009, 10:04 AM\']The official replacement for the channel BTW? National Geographic Wild, a spinoff of the National Geographic Channel concentrating on natural history and wildlife...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/business...p;twt=NYTimesAd (http://\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/business/media/16fox.html?_r=2&src=twt&twt=NYTimesAd\")[/quote]
Well, that's good news then. I was afraid, for a moment, that the people who brought us Faux News were in their conference room, dreaming up something else.
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This made me smile. :)
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[quote name=\'geno57\' post=\'228680\' date=\'Oct 16 2009, 01:26 PM\'][quote name=\'weaklink75\' post=\'228667\' date=\'Oct 16 2009, 10:04 AM\']The official replacement for the channel BTW? National Geographic Wild, a spinoff of the National Geographic Channel concentrating on natural history and wildlife...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/business...p;twt=NYTimesAd (http://\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/business/media/16fox.html?_r=2&src=twt&twt=NYTimesAd\")[/quote]
Well, that's good news then. I was afraid, for a moment, that the people who brought us Faux News were in their conference room, dreaming up something else.
[/quote]If it was as good as Solitary, that'd be fine by me. But there are some people who just can't stand the idea of Fox having a News channel.
Twitch. Twitch.
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[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' post=\'237977\' date=\'Mar 21 2010, 05:51 PM\']As much as I opine about reality television, my fiancee had me watching Solitary 4.0. Holy crap, that was addicting, tense, and (at most times) painful to watch (referring to the treatments).[/quote]
There was a Solitary 4.0? I totally would have watched that if I got that channel.
I'm starting to see why the network folded.
/Only saw one episode of Solitary.
//'Twas the finale of...2.0?
///Kinda defeated the point, I think.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'237988\' date=\'Mar 21 2010, 07:10 PM\']If it was as good as Solitary, that'd be fine by me. But there are some people who just can't stand the idea of Fox having a News channel.[/quote]
I'm fine with Fox having a news channel. And as soon as they start broadcasting one instead of the neocon propaganda channel they DO operate, someone, let me know.
/was dissatisfied with the final couple of treatments in Solitary 4.0
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'238022\' date=\'Mar 22 2010, 05:54 PM\']/was dissatisfied with the final couple of treatments in Solitary 4.0[/quote]
I thought by and large they were quite good, but something nags at me about that final treatment and it was the way the penalties seem to scale rather more harshly than normal, and I wonder if they might have been a bit more lenient if it was a male vs male finale.
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[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'238023\' date=\'Mar 22 2010, 11:00 AM\']I thought by and large they were quite good, but something nags at me about that final treatment and it was the way the penalties seem to scale rather more harshly than normal, and I wonder if they might have been a bit more lenient if it was a male vs male finale.[/quote]
Without giving it away for those interested parties who have not seen it, I thought the penultimate one was WAY skewed towards the female contestant, and the final one was not nearly as excruciating as a Solitary final treatment should be.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'238027\' date=\'Mar 22 2010, 06:14 PM\'][quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'238023\' date=\'Mar 22 2010, 11:00 AM\']I thought by and large they were quite good, but something nags at me about that final treatment and it was the way the penalties seem to scale rather more harshly than normal, and I wonder if they might have been a bit more lenient if it was a male vs male finale.[/quote]
Without giving it away for those interested parties who have not seen it, I thought the penultimate one was WAY skewed towards the female contestant, and the final one was not nearly as excruciating as a Solitary final treatment should be.
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I quite like the competitive aspect of the later treatments, but I'm in absolute agreement that the grand final should have been more... epic.
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[quote name=\'Mr. Armadillo\' post=\'238008\' date=\'Mar 22 2010, 06:31 AM\']There was a Solitary 4.0? I totally would have watched that if I got that channel.[/quote]Hulu for the win?
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'238022\' date=\'Mar 22 2010, 10:54 AM\']neocon[/quote] Double word score!
propaganda channel they DO operate, someone, let me know.
I'm sorry, could you repeat that? Keith Olbermann is blathering about whatever on MSNBC, and I wasn't paying attention.
[quote name=\'Brig Bother\' post=\'238023\' date=\'Mar 22 2010, 11:00 AM\']I thought by and large they were quite good, but something nags at me about that final treatment and it was the way the penalties seem to scale rather more harshly than normal, and I wonder if they might have been a bit more lenient if it was a male vs male finale.[/quote]Did the second-per-year-of-age and head start for women help the assault course on those years of Krypton Factor? Survivor's very first final endurance challenge was awesome because it didn't matter how strong you were, you just had to hold on. The only other two finals that came close were the one in China, where the finalists had to keep a platter level via joystick, while adding teacups and saucers on it, and the one where players had to deposit balls into a maze and use a single hand to catch them.
Having the Solitary final as a test of strength would have punished any women (had they made it so far) unduly, plus if the whole point of the game is to endure everything, it seems doubly apropos for the final game to be an endurance one too. Wheel of Misfortune was a neat idea, but it paled in comparison to the Chokey, the Chains and the Electric Cross.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'238076\' date=\'Mar 23 2010, 04:30 AM\']Having the Solitary final as a test of strength would have punished any women (had they made it so far) unduly, plus if the whole point of the game is to endure everything, it seems doubly apropos for the final game to be an endurance one too. Wheel of Misfortune was a neat idea, but it paled in comparison to the Chokey, the Chains and the Electric Cross.[/quote]
Indeed, as a concept I liked the Wheel of Misfortune, but there is very little chance of anybody completing 30+ laps of it in two minutes as a penalty, and setting largely impossible challenges isn't what Solitary is really about - normally they'd up the time limit a little bit too (especially that early on!). You lose because you can go no more. I reckon they saw the chance of a female winner and ran with it, not to take anything away from the victory.
For more fun TV endurance, I always thought it was a shame that Hercules (http://\"http://www.bothersbar.co.uk/reviews/hercules.htm\") didn't get a second series. That also used running in a giant wheel for one of its challenges, the equivilent of doing a marathon up a steep hill.
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[quote name=\'TheInquisitiveOne\' post=\'237977\' date=\'Mar 21 2010, 06:51 PM\'][quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'237976\' date=\'Mar 21 2010, 05:11 PM\']/Miss you already, VAL[/quote]
This.
As much as I opine about reality television, my fiancee had me watching Solitary 4.0. Holy crap, that was addicting, tense, and (at most times) painful to watch (referring to the treatments).
A simple fix, really: just move it to Fox for a summer replacement or a tide-over for the next Idol, and go from there.
The Inquisitive One
/our time in Solitary is indeed over, sadly
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Solitary and The Academy (Not the newer one with the firefighers, the original one with the L.A. Sheriffs) were the only two series I would watch with regularity on FRC. Hell, Solitary wouldn't work on the mother network, they would have to find another cable outlet. With its $50k prize, it certainly would fit in GSN's "if it's cheap, and we can make money off of it, then let's do it" mantra.