"Taskmaster" was the British version--an American version had already
failed on Comedy Central. The CW was looking for Covid programming but
didn't have the patience here.
I would think that with the Kings ("Good Wife/Fight," "Evil") on board as
producers, this might have a chance. It's still Saturday night and the
C-Dub's going to be bought out by Nextstar soon, so who knows.
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On Sun, Apr 3, 2022 at 12:55 PM 'Bradford Harvey' via TVorNotTV <
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> Why not? They had such a success with Taskmaster.
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> (Yes, I’m still mad about that one.)
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> *From:* 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Sunday, April 3, 2022 1:31 AM
> *To:* TVorNotTV <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* [TV orNotTV] CW to try American version of "Would I Lie to
> You?"
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> Aasif Mandvi will host the CW's Americanization of the British panel show,
> premiering April 9th.
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> https://deadline.com/2021/12/would-i-lie-to-you-aasif-mandvi-matt-walsh-sabrina-jalees-to-lead-the-cw-adaptation-of-british-format-1234868258/
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> For those who haven't seen it (segments and full episodes are available on
> the YouTube), contestants are given a statement they haven't seen until
> that very moment, and assert its truthfulness (whether it is or not). The
> opposing team asks questions to see if they can poke holes in the story.
> An example:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16WIwgW_fuY
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> The team captains - Matt Walsh of Veep and Sabrina Jalees of Carol's
> Second Act - are regulars while various other performers will fill out the
> teams in each episode.
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> I love the British version, currently hosted by Rob Brydon with team
> captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell. They have been doing it forever,
> though, so I would try to give the U.S. version some time to find its
> footing. I have no sense of Jalees, but I think Mandvi and Walsh have the
> skills to make it work.
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> David
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