I have to say that Pointless was probably my favorite British game show of the handful I sampled when in London last fall. The panel shows weren't nearly as entertaining.
David >________________________________ > From: Steve Williams <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 11:08 AM >Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] NBC Bringing Back Fun Prime Time Game Show? > > > >Probably the biggest game show on British TV now is Pointless (I love this >piece, written from a US perspective - >http://gameological.com/2012/05/british-game-shows-pointless/) and last week >the rollover jackpot had swollen to its highest ever total (which as a daytime >show on the BBC isn't much, around £25,000, it goes up a thousand pounds a >day), but the game was still played in the spirit of it just being a bit of >fun. And that's the way I prefer it. I'm much more engaged if I like the >contestants or the questions are on a subject that interests me. I'm not >winning the money so I don't care how much they're winning. I'm more >interested if they're playing for £1000 on Manic Street Preachers singles than >£25,000 on Robert Downey Jr films. > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
