I tend to agree with this. I've never been crazy about "Wheel," but even if I was, Sajak's presence would turn me off to it. There are too many people with too much baggage--on both ends of the spectrum--that people will turn away from them, no matter how much they like the show.
--Dave Sikula On Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 8:24:00 AM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2020 at 8:18 AM daniel anderson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> 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. > > > >> >> 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/5a838e34-a54e-4cc7-94ad-e722be2736bb%40googlegroups.com.
