On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 8:18 AM daniel anderson < [email protected]> wrote:
> I have to agree with your assessment. People don't tune into a game show > to see the host. Price is Right has done well with Drew Carey, but people > don't tune in to see him, they tune in to see the contestants win. Same > thing with Let's Make a Deal; people don't tune in to see Wayne Brady, they > tune in to see the contestants win(and on both, sometimes they win big). > ABC did the Pyramid revival just right, with a host who stays pretty much > out of the way, like Dick Clark or Bill Cullen did. > I’d say you’re partially correct. People will tune out or turn off a show if they dislike a host, regardless of whether they like the premise of the show or the contestants. > > On Friday, May 15, 2020 at 10:06:04 AM UTC-4, Tom Wolper wrote: >> >> On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 1:18 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The impression I got of Alex (who seemed to like me; YMMV) during the Q >>> and A stuff with the audience was that, if he was asked a question he liked >>> (something he hadn't been asked a lot or about his interests, charity work, >>> etc.), he was personable and charming. If he was asked something he'd been >>> asked a million times ("Do you really know all the answers?"), he could be >>> something of a dick. >>> >>> KO's not a bad choice, but I'd think he's too polarizing. Snuffleupagus >>> seems like too much of a lightweight, and I find Cooper to be just >>> bland--and polarizing (and also someone who'd probably rather not leave New >>> York). I'd expect to either see Ken Jennings or a woman.(If this were >>> thirty years ago, I'd go with someone like Linda Ellerbee,) >>> >> >> Anybody from politics or news would be too polarizing. For all we think >> of Olbermann's positives, there is a substantial number of people who would >> choose not to watch or immediately turn off the show if they saw him host. >> He also has a reputation for not sticking in one job for too long. And the >> problem with any high profile host is that you don't want people to tune >> just to watch the host. Alex never distracts from the game. Choosing a high >> profile host who already has another job means paying top dollar and having >> a host who always has going back to the old job in the back of their mind. >> >> In one of the many Jeopardy! articles I have read someone pointed out >> that Alex's best quality comes from how he acts at the end of the show. Of >> the three contestants, two people who have been through a process to show >> how good they are at playing the game have to go home. A lack of compassion >> at that moment or any condescension would be a host's undoing. >> > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/57a7f7f5-4eaa-42c6-8d6f-b0be47d8b528%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/57a7f7f5-4eaa-42c6-8d6f-b0be47d8b528%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AK7cox7p_aZmZAVoD5m%3DrLrQhCvKiQ4Y2YbcK0qQ%2BExg%40mail.gmail.com.
