The announcer still says that on "Press Your Luck" -- actually, I should say that he's back to saying it after the previous season was taped at the Studio City complex currently known as Radford Studio Center.
> On Aug 12, 2022, at 9:26 AM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3c86e4b0-3035-4350-b3c9-5261590b8831n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3c86e4b0-3035-4350-b3c9-5261590b8831n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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