Monday, March 31, 2014

Six Impact Players To Watch In Jeopardy's Battle of The Decades "2000s Week"

March Madness might be coming to an end, but the Battle of The Decades tournament is just starting to heat up. This week on Jeopardy!, the final 15 contenders in the show’s current tournament will compete all next week during “2000s Week”. After this week concludes, the remaining 15 contestants who survived the preliminary round will return to compete in the Quarterfinals beginning on May 5th and will be one step closer to winning the tournament’s $1 million grand prize. Today'a article will highlight some of the key players to watch for throughout this week, including the longest reigning Jeopardy! woman champion and the second highest all-time Jeopardy! champion.

Saturday, March 29, 2014

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #49

Today's article will be highlighting some of the latest game show news this week in 200 characters or less from game show ratings to a new host named to take the helm of an upcoming Nickelodeon game show. All ratings for syndicated game shows are from the week ending March 16.

Friday, March 28, 2014

"Disney's Win, Lose or Draw" Review

Set Design- 8
Gameplay- 9
Show Flow- 9
Potential Viewer Ratings- 7
Play-Along Factor- 10
Host- 8
Overall Rating- 8.5

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #48

Today's article will be highlighting some of the latest game show news this week in 200 characters or less from the latest GSN news concerning renewals and new developments to the debut of the very first Bitcoin-exclusive game show. All ratings for syndicated game shows are from the week ending March 9.

Trading Places: Drew Carey and Craig Ferguson To Swap Shows on April Fools' Day

Frequently on April Fools' Day, The Price Is Right has observed the holiday by pulling unusual, crazy pranks and stunts on the show to “trick” the home viewers and studio audience. Past stunts include Carey’s fictional nemesis, Mimi Bobeck, taking over the show, the “10,000th” special and last year’s “Models Rule!” episode. This year, late night host and comedian Craig Ferguson will be joining in on the fun. On Monday’s episode of The Late Late Show, Drew Carey and Craig Ferguson announced the two hosts will be “switching jobs” for April Fools’. Carey will be hosting The Late Late Show on Tuesday, April 1 at 12:37 AM ET/PT and Ferguson will in turn be hosting The Price Is Right in the daytime at 11:00 AM ET/10:00 AM PT.

Friday, March 14, 2014

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #47

Today's article will be highlighting some of the latest game show news this week in 200 characters or less from Simon Cowell developing a new game show that seems to resembles CNBC's short-lived series Crowd Rules to Arthur Chu's championship tenure coming to an end. All ratings for syndicated game shows are from the week ending March 2.

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

BREAKING NEWS: Host Geoff Edwards Dies at 83

For die-hard game show fans, it hasn't been the best of weeks as another veteran game show has passed away. Former game show host and actor Geoffrey Bruce Owen Edwards has died at the age of 83. According to his agent, Fred Westbrook, Edwards died of complications of pneumonia earlier this afternoon at a Los Angeles area hospital. Plans are currently being made for his funeral. Edwards had been married to his actress wife, Michael Feffer, since February 13, 1973 and had two children together.