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weaklink75

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« on: May 02, 2006, 01:55:25 PM »
Endemol.... So what's the over/under on when one of these shows start (other than Gameshow Marathon, of course)?

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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2006, 03:33:04 PM »
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Good heavens, Variety-speak is friggin' annoying.

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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2006, 03:48:21 PM »
[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' post=\'117533\' date=\'May 2 2006, 12:33 PM\']
Good heavens, Variety-speak is friggin' annoying.
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This is why I seethe whenever it gets pulled out around here.

If you're using it because Variety is paying you to, that's one thing.

If you're using it in any other case, non-mockingly, it doesn't say "I'm inside", it says "I'm a jackoff."
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« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2006, 03:49:44 PM »
"Show Me the Money"... there's a timely title.

When did "gameshow" become one word? Granted, this is a Variety article, but even in the title of "Gameshow Marathon," the show treats it as one word. Both Merriam-Webster and dictionary.com don't recognize "gameshow" as being correct, so is just this the new thing to do?

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« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2006, 04:10:57 PM »
Just because it came up:

The Animaniacs' "Variety Speak."
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« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2006, 04:21:44 PM »
I don't understand why A- ABC won't renew Millionaire or, if they lost the rights to it B- Just pick up the rights again unless someone else already did it.  It's a proven ratings getter, but what do I know.

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« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2006, 04:26:41 PM »
[quote name=\'itiparanoid13\' post=\'117543\' date=\'May 2 2006, 01:21 PM\']
I don't understand why A- ABC won't renew Millionaire or, if they lost the rights to it B- Just pick up the rights again unless someone else already did it.  It's a proven ratings getter, but what do I know.
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Well, what we _don't_ know is the price Celador might be demanding for the rights. Perhaps they have an inflated value of the concept's worth and they are asking for too much money.

Or perhaps The Mouse is being cheap (see L, NH).
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« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2006, 04:27:25 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'117536\' date=\'May 2 2006, 02:48 PM\']
"I'm a jackoff."
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I didn't know you still talked to Brett Pasternick...

Anyhow...was WWTBAM ever on the ABC O&Os?  If so...how would this move effect that?
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« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2006, 04:53:19 PM »
Perhaps the current administration of ABC doesn't want to greenlight a former administration's show.
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« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2006, 05:02:57 PM »
From TFA:

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As part of its pitch to networks, Endemol stages mock versions of its ideas for execs so that they can actually play the game and see how it works.

Bears repeating.
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« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2006, 05:12:23 PM »
One thing that could impede the progress of Millionaire for a bit is that it's probably going to Endemol also.  I never know.  Millionaire was the first game show I ever really liked, and I don't get the syndicated version.  I'm always just hoping I can see new episodes eventually.

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« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2006, 09:10:15 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'117550\' date=\'May 2 2006, 05:02 PM\']
From TFA:

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As part of its pitch to networks, Endemol stages mock versions of its ideas for execs so that they can actually play the game and see how it works.

Bears repeating.
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My goodness, yes.  What a novel concept!

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« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2006, 10:31:17 PM »
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'117545\' date=\'May 2 2006, 04:27 PM\']

Anyhow...was WWTBAM ever on the ABC O&Os?  If so...how would this move effect that?
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WWTBAM airs on at least one ABC O&O, WABC.

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« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2006, 11:58:11 AM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'117550\' date=\'May 2 2006, 04:02 PM\']
From TFA:

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As part of its pitch to networks, Endemol stages mock versions of its ideas for execs so that they can actually play the game and see how it works.

Bears repeating.
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With the news of Endemol's new/recent formats, and now this piece of information, I'm starting to think that Endemol, as of late, is morphing from the trash-heap of "reality" show producers into the next Goodson-Todman.

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« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2006, 12:53:15 PM »
Endemol the new Goodson-Todman?  I dunno. I liked it better when the all the game show companies were named for the owner. Bob Stewart, Ralph Edwards, Heatter-Quigley, Hatos-Hall, etc.  Is there a Mr. Endemol?
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