Because I’m a game show fanatic—and because I have a seven-year-old son whose face lights up whenever he sees large amounts of money on TV—I checked out the first couple of weeks of the new syndicated series Trivial Pursuit: America Plays after it started airing back in late September. It’s not a bad show, as far as these things go. Former Brady Bunch-er Christopher Knight makes a creditable host, and while the trivia questions aren’t tough, the game moves fast and translates the “pie-wedge” aspect of classic Trivial Pursuit in a reasonably clever way. My one major problem with the TV Trivial Pursuit—aside from it being a little dull—is the “America Plays” gimmick. The concept is that home viewers send videotaped questions in, which play on a screen, YouTube-style: If the contestants in...
- 10/16/2008
- avclub.com
A week before NATPE's annual Conference & Exhibition kicks off in Las Vegas, station-rep firm Katz Television Group has given the thumbs up to talkers The Bonnie Hunt Show and The Doctors, the game shows Deal or No Deal and Trivial Pursuit: America Plays as well as the gaveler Judge Karen.
The Katz programming department's recommendations are determined by market forces and industry trends and based on potential scheduling within each category. The recommendations, which include first-run and off-net shows, are intended to help Katz's 350 client stations make their programming selections, vp and director of programming Bill Carroll said.
Warner Bros.' Bonnie Hunt and CBS Television Distribution's The Doctors -- which, like the other shows recommended by Katz, already have been widely cleared for their fall launches -- received positive reviews from Katz senior programming/director of programming Greg Conklin.
"(Hunt's) background and skills make her a perfect fit for a daytime talk show," Conklin said, adding that "the show could be a long-term player, especially if she is paired with" Warners' The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
As for Doctors, Conklin is recommending the show for daytime and early fringe, particularly before 4 p.m.
The Katz programming department's recommendations are determined by market forces and industry trends and based on potential scheduling within each category. The recommendations, which include first-run and off-net shows, are intended to help Katz's 350 client stations make their programming selections, vp and director of programming Bill Carroll said.
Warner Bros.' Bonnie Hunt and CBS Television Distribution's The Doctors -- which, like the other shows recommended by Katz, already have been widely cleared for their fall launches -- received positive reviews from Katz senior programming/director of programming Greg Conklin.
"(Hunt's) background and skills make her a perfect fit for a daytime talk show," Conklin said, adding that "the show could be a long-term player, especially if she is paired with" Warners' The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
As for Doctors, Conklin is recommending the show for daytime and early fringe, particularly before 4 p.m.
- 1/21/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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