On Fri, 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? I, for one, was partial to shows “from the NBC Studios…” in “… beautiful downtown Burbank…” Waiting to see if Warner will put the old building to good use. I still maintain it’s the best designed facility I ever worked in. Though the numbering system for each of the studios never did make sense. > > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/3c86e4b0-3035-4350-b3c9-5261590b8831n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. 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