New Fox GS coming soon: "My Little Genius"..

[davemackey]

[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'233891\' date=\'Jan 8 2010, 06:14 PM\']Dotto's producer Edward Jurist explained that the world of information was so vast that “you cannot ask random questions of people and have a show. You simply have failure, failure, failure, and that does not make for entertainment."[/quote]
Not to steer this too far afield but didn't Ed Jurist eventually wind up writing sitcoms? I think he worked on "Gimme a Break".

[wxfrcaster]

[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'233918\' date=\'Jan 8 2010, 10:41 PM\'][quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'233891\' date=\'Jan 8 2010, 06:14 PM\']Dotto's producer Edward Jurist explained that the world of information was so vast that “you cannot ask random questions of people and have a show. You simply have failure, failure, failure, and that does not make for entertainment."[/quote]
Not to steer this too far afield but didn't Ed Jurist eventually wind up writing sitcoms? I think he worked on "Gimme a Break".
[/quote]

Seems like I have seen that name on many a Bewitched episode as well.  Again, sorry for going off-topic.  But then again, Robert Q. Lewis was in two episodes as a photographer and tv producer.  

[TLEberle]

[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'233877\' date=\'Jan 8 2010, 09:57 AM\']Folks, that's the first game show scandal like this since the 1950s (most notably with "Twenty-One").[/quote]If you really believe that, then you either have zero perspective on what the quiz show scandals were, and what their effect was, or you just live in a cave.

The Scandals of the Fifties irrevocably transformed a genre. Quiz shows disappeared for years, replaced by other sub-phyla of game shows. The Our Little Genius problem will be confined to a single program. Jeopardy, Millionaire and the others will soldier on.

The problem is that we don't know the extent of the Genius issues. Mark Burnett may be incapable of creating an original quiz show, but he's no dummy. He wouldn't risk Survivor or The Apprentice just to get Genius on the map. Personally, I think MBP should stick to the "reality" and leave the quizzes to the people who know how to do 'em.

[tvrandywest]

[quote name=\'davemackey\' post=\'233918\' date=\'Jan 8 2010, 07:41 PM\'][quote name=\'tvrandywest\' post=\'233891\' date=\'Jan 8 2010, 06:14 PM\']Dotto's producer Edward Jurist explained that the world of information was so vast that “you cannot ask random questions of people and have a show. You simply have failure, failure, failure, and that does not make for entertainment."[/quote]
Not to steer this too far afield but didn't Ed Jurist eventually wind up writing sitcoms? I think he worked on "Gimme a Break".
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He went on to a zillion sitcoms and dramas... writing epsiodes of everything from "77 Sunset Strip" to "the patty Duke Show" to "Gimme A Break"... to producing "The Flying Nun".

Randy
tvrandywest.com

[weaklink75]

Per a tweet from The Futon Critic, apparently the Fox execs didn't know about the potential problems with the show until 24 hours before they pulled it- something spooked them obviously...

[Unrealtor]

Kevin Pollak reported on his internet "chat show" last night that they're planning to re-shoot and the premiere will air in early March.