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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: PYLdude on April 02, 2015, 11:55:55 PM
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I'm suddenly curious because we established the show was not renewed past this season and appears to have been in reruns for at least three weeks. Not only that, but the website hasn't been updated since November of last year (they speak of the Whiz Kids and Guinness Records weeks and nothing further).
Was there an announcement made that I missed?
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Their Facebook page is still putting out videos and Questions of the Day. Would news of the show being picked up have come already?
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I haven't seen or heard anything. I do think an announcement would've been made by now, but IIRC, Arsenio's cancellation was announced pretty late in the season last year.
(looks)
Yeah, that announcement came at the end of May of last year. So who knows? I thought all the cancellation talk was just speculation due to declining ratings?
Were Love Connection and Hollywood Squares ever confirmed for this fall?
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I'm suddenly curious because we established the show was not renewed past this season and appears to have been in reruns for at least three weeks. Not only that, but the website hasn't been updated since November of last year (they speak of the Whiz Kids and Guinness Records weeks and nothing further).
Was there an announcement made that I missed?
In their defense, the Whiz Kids and Guinness weeks are the weeks that have been rerun most recently - last week and this week, respectively.
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Also as a note, I went to the next to last taping session of the year in October, and there's still a couple of contestants we've seen that haven't aired yet. They will probably have new episodes to air for May sweeps.
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WWTBAM appears to be doing open auditions on April 22 and 23 in NYC, per Buzzerblog. A sign of renewal, perhaps?
JD
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WWTBAM appears to be doing open auditions on April 22 and 23 in NYC, per Buzzerblog. A sign of renewal, perhaps?
JD
Certainly an optimistic sign! I'll be keeping my eyes open for more dates and locations.
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WWTBAM appears to be doing open auditions on April 22 and 23 in NYC, per Buzzerblog. A sign of renewal, perhaps?
JD
Well, that's a good sign :) Plus new eps return Monday, and that's a plus.
(ETA: that would've been my confirmation, that auditioms are coming up...I remember that they usually started around this time, because I went to a couple auditions in May.)
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I was curious about that myself as to what extent having the auditions coming up equates to a guarantee on renewal. Because this isn't an official announcement, per se, and hasn't it happened somewhere in recent memory that a show made its tryout efforts for the future, only to fizzle out instead?
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I was curious about that myself as to what extent having the auditions coming up equates to a guarantee on renewal. Because this isn't an official announcement, per se, and hasn't it happened somewhere in recent memory that a show made its tryout efforts for the future, only to fizzle out instead?
Merv Griffin's Crosswords got renewed for a second season.
And the word also comes from millionairetv.com- so maybe they know something we don't? Last I heard they were pulling in better numbers for the new episodes than they had been all season (zap2it).
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The show ended its taping in November. I thought the show was a goner, I am surprised they are auditioning again. They usually start auditioning in May, and they usually start taping in the summer.
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I don't remember them doing open auditions before though.
Since that's the case, piece of advice to anyone interested: get there somewhat early just in case. The cafeteria doesn't hold a lotta people.
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I don't remember them doing open auditions before though.
I think we both know that's no sure sign of renewal, and is probably to add more people to the existing pool, if they do get renewed. Which, based upon their ratings, which have basically been a nearly flat 2.0, my pure speculation-based guess is that they get another season.
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I don't remember them doing open auditions before though.
I think we both know that's no sure sign of renewal, and is probably to add more people to the existing pool
I doubt that there's a dearth of potential contestants, even now that the ones who were in the pool with me and didn't break through have to go through the process all over again. (which surprised me, because they made it seem like the pool eligibility counted for two seasons after the initial one)
I'm not dismissing the possibility that it could just be a gauge as to whether or not there's still interest in the product, but I prefer to see it as glass-half-full is all.
ETA: then again, the host change announcement for this season came around this time a year ago...
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The show ended its taping in November. I thought the show was a goner, I am surprised they are auditioning again. They usually start auditioning in May, and they usually start taping in the summer.
Actually, I believe that they stopped taping in mid-October this season. This is what I was told when auditioned in Philly in early October.
I was really surprised that they would have an audition so close to the end of the taping season, but maybe that staffer was wrong.
While I'm here, has anyone heard of someone getting on the show the season/year after they auditioned? I'm wondering if I should get my hopes up or not... :P
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Last taping was Oct 26th. I went on the 25th, day session. Figure any auditions now are for next season.
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I think you are only in the contestant pool for the current season of tapings. If you are not selected, you have to audition again for the next season. For my appearance on Millionaire, I took the test in June of 2006, got the word I was selected in October, taped it in November, and was on the air the following April. I was in the contestant pool once previously but did not get selected.
EDITED: New York auditions have just been announced for next season. Carry on.
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I think you are only in the contestant pool for the current season of tapings. If you are not selected, you have to audition again for the next season. For my appearance on Millionaire, I took the test in June of 2006, got the word I was selected in October, taped it in November, and was on the air the following April. I was in the contestant pool once previously but did not get selected.
EDITED: New York auditions have just been announced for next season. Carry on.
No, I believe that you're in the pool for 18 months (?). It's certainly longer than one season.
EDIT: Just read the damn rules. This is definitely a Monday. :)
This should mean that I am good to go through the end of taping in 2016 (if they get that far), but who knows if they even remember/recall people who auditioned a whopping two weeks before they stopped taping for the season.
It's interesting that they ended taping this current season so early compared to prior years. It's possible they were afraid that they weren't going to be renewed (or they just started early). I wonder when this season will end...
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Well, I guess this answers THAT question! Chris Harrison to take over:
http://deadline.com/2015/04/chris-harrison-host-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-terry-crews-replacement-1201409253/
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Well, I guess this answers THAT question! Chris Harrison to take over:
http://deadline.com/2015/04/chris-harrison-host-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-terry-crews-replacement-1201409253/
I was almost going to pose the question this morning if Terry would return for a second year. Chris' name came out of nowhere, but an excellent choice.
It will be interesting to see if Terry's other show. "World's Funniest Fails" will be back in the fall as well. Fox did order 8 more episodes in February for this season, so they must be happy with the show's current ratings.
It's interesting that they ended taping this current season so early compared to prior years. It's possible they were afraid that they weren't going to be renewed (or they just started early).
It might have been logistical reasons as a result of their move to new studios in Connecticut this season and/or due to Terry's limited availability with his other 2 shows on his schedule.