Thursday, May 29, 2014

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #55

Good afternoon, game show fanatics! Today’s article, as with every "News In A Flash" article, will cover many game show news headlines and updates featured throughout the week in 200 characters or less along with some that may have been already covered on The Blog Is Right Facebook page from contestant calls to a mobile platform puzzle game (similar to Boggle) possibly being brought to life as a television game show. All syndication ratings are from the week ending May 18.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Game Show Highlight of The Week: Julia Collins' Double-Digit Winning Streak Continues

Good afternoon, game show fans! I hope everyone had a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend. Let's get back to business, shall we? Arthur Chu’s reign of terror seems like an afterthought compared to Julia Collins rocking the Jeopardy! world with her amazing, active 16-game winning streak. Within the past four weekdays, she had surpassed Chu’s $297,000+ total, ensured her victories with four straight “locked” games and added $92,090 to her bank giving her a current running total of $337,700.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Game Show Highlights: Lisa Paton's "Million Dollar Minute" Attempt #3 and "The American Bible Challenge" Debut

The last few weeks in the game show world have been quite eventful with Millionaire's moving to Connecticut and Terry Crews signing on as the new host, the Jeopardy! Battle of The Decades coming to a close with Brad Rutter crowned the tournament champion and Julia Collins ranking third among the list of champions with longest Jeopardy! winning streak with 12 wins so far. I have a few more highlights you should look out for, particularly tomorrow, including Lisa Paton possibly becoming the first champion to win the top prize on Million Dollar Minute and The American Bible Challenge resuming its run on its parent network, GSN.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #54

Happy Sunday, everyone! As with every "News In A Flash" article, this evening's article will cover many game show news headlines and updates from the past few days in 200 characters or less along with some that may have been already covered on The Blog Is Right Facebook page from Millionaire announcing its first road auditions locations and dates to AMC adding a new game show to its future programming schedule.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Morning News Updates For May 15, 2014

Good morning, game show fans! Today’s morning news update will review some of the past, present and future events from the world of game shows including ratings updates for syndicated game shows and FOX’s new improv game show, The Price Is Right unveiling the new “Card Game” set and the upcoming season premiere of Bet on Your Baby

Sunday, May 11, 2014

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #53

Happy Mother's Day, everyone! I hope all the mothers out there have had a great day today. Once again, today's article will cover many of game show news headlines and updates from the past week in 200 characters or less along with some that may have been already covered on The Blog Is Right Facebook page from a contestant admitting to committing a crime on television to the latest cable and network game show ratings. All ratings for syndicated game shows are from the week ending April 27.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Highlight of The Week/Predictions: Jeopardy! Battle of Decades Finals Begins Tonight

Beginning this evening, the Battle of The Decades tournament will be concluding in a two-week final event, starting with the quarterfinal round. Since February, 45 of the greatest champions to ever grace the Jeopardy! stage went head-to-head-to-head against each other for a chance to advance to the next round and get one step closer to winning the $1 million top prize. We’ve seen some great games thus far in the tournament. If it’s anything like the previous games, this upcoming series of matchups will not disappoint. Today’s article will take a brief look at the games for the week as well as my predictions on who will claim the semifinal and the four wild card spots.

Saturday, May 3, 2014

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #52

Happy weekend, everyone! I have a lot a news to cover today from the past couple of days. Some of the news featured on this afternoon's article may have been already covered on The Blog Is Right Facebook page. Today's headlines include Julia Collins making Jeopardy! history, a new Jeopardy! interactive spinoff in the making and the History Channel ordered the first season of its new Pawn Shop-inspired game show. All ratings for syndicated game shows are from the week ending April 20.