Quick aside - and I know there are obvious logistical reasons for it - but does anyone else miss hearing "From *Television City* in *Hollywood*" during the opening credits of these revived game shows?
On Friday, August 12, 2022 at 12:22:41 PM UTC-4 M-D November wrote: > Re: Pace of play, that's actually something that I haven't found to be an > issue with the majority of the ABC revivals; "Pyramid" is effectively 2 > self-contained half-hours so it's pace is dictated by time (although I hate > the fact that, with no wraparound for champions, ties have to be broken by > time rather than a tie-breaker), and although "Press Your Luck"'s new bonus > round can go on, I don't find it to be to be overwrought for the sake of > drama, as in the case of Millionaire and its clones. > > The exceptions to this rule are "Celebrity Family Feud", which moves at > whatever the hell pace Steve Harvey decides it should move - usually > something between 'glacial' and 'snail', and the now-cancelled "Card > Sharks", whose producers didn't seem to understand that the drama of that > game was created by the speed at which decisions were made when contestants > had to call 'high/low' in the original version (and originally host Jim > Perry may have had something to do with that as well, although I feel like > the mid-80s revival hosts did a decent job with the pacing). The trivia > rounds were fine, but any time attention went to the cards, the show ground > to a goddamn halt. > > > On Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 5:06:51 PM UTC-4 Tom Wolper wrote: > >> Yeah, game play moved fast enough. My problem with prime time game shows >> has been the way they get stretched out and Password doesn’t have that >> issue. I’ll have to wait until there’s an episode without Fallon (good >> player but way too much excess energy) and watch again. >> >> On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 2:10 PM Diner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I liked it. It's got some kinks to work out, and the game (and the host) >>> are too hyper for their own good, but for a premiere I can let that slide. >>> (Haven't seen episode 2 yet.) >>> >>> But I could do without the rehearsed, fake-shocked "oooooh" reaction >>> from the audience every time the password was announced. Even Jon Hamm was >>> like "c'mon!" >>> (That crap ruined the Jane Krakowski "Name That Tune" for me - why was >>> the audience shocked that somebody said "I can name that tune in three >>> notes"?) >>> >>> On Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 1:49:06 PM UTC-4 Tom Wolper wrote: >>> >>>> I watched the first one and my only comment is on classic Password you >>>> could imagine the celebrities and contestants sitting in the green room >>>> before the show and studying thesauruses, and before this version you can >>>> imagine them sitting there and binging on cocaine. There was a lot of >>>> energy expended out there. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 11, 2022 at 1:39 PM M-D November <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I haven't watched yet, but it's nice to see a return to classic >>>>> gameplay after the atrocity that was Regis' "Million Dollar Password". >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 10:42:12 PM UTC-4 Brad Beam wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Gameplay: Ludden classic >>>>>> >>>>>> Tiebreaker: “Super”/”Plus” puzzle >>>>>> >>>>>> Bonus round: tag-team Alphabetics, with replacement clues (first >>>>>> half only) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The password is… hour-long?! >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>> 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/733efcdd-4225-47b3-9816-348acc818ec7n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/733efcdd-4225-47b3-9816-348acc818ec7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>> 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/7a6a78b2-fb2b-447e-b6ed-8615e47dd199n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7a6a78b2-fb2b-447e-b6ed-8615e47dd199n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- 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/3c86e4b0-3035-4350-b3c9-5261590b8831n%40googlegroups.com.
