Happy Wednesday everyone! Today's article is dedicated to keeping you updated with the latest in game show news, from special themed game show episodes to a National Television Award-nominated game show being recommissioned for two more seasons. I'm sure you will enjoy what's in store in the world of game shows. Here we go!
The 28th Annual Jeopardy! Teen Tournament will kickoff today through February 12.
Check your local listings. Last year’s Teen Tournament champion, Elyse Mancuso,
won a record-breaking $79,600.
You could win a 10-day trip to South Africa by entering into
Jeopardy’s South African Tourism
Sweepstakes on Visit South Africa’s Facebook page. The contest ends on February
10.
TBS has recently acquired reruns of ABC’s Wipeout to air on the weekdays at 2:00pm
EST. TBS is the second cable network to air Wipeout
reruns, with TruTV being the first in 2011.
Australia’s Seven Network
has officially cancelled The Price Is
Right after running for eight months.
Nominate for your favorite
game shows, game show fan sites, game show hosts, and more in About.com's 2013
Readers' Choice Awards. Nomination ends February 11.
Congratulations to Let's Make A Deal's Tiffany Coyne on expecting her first child!
On February 1, NFL Network football analysts Rich Eisen and
Eric Davis will stop by the set of The
Price Is Right to present a Super Bowl-themed Showcase, which will include
a trip to New Orleans.
Millionaire
will be airing a special celebrity episode on February 1 featuring Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz
from History Channel’s American Pickers.
The duo will be playing for America’s Vetdog.
Wheel of Fortune
will kickoff NBA Week beginning on February 4.
During the series of special NBA-themed shows, contestants will a chance
to partner up with NBA stars like Chris Paul and Grant Hill.
Let’s Make a Deal will
be airing a special Grammy-themed episode on February 8 in honor of the 55th Annual Grammy Awards, which will air live from Los Angeles on February 10 on
CBS.
The Price Is Right
will be taping its first ever Kids Special on March 25. On this episode,
children between the ages of 8-14 will have a chance to play pricing games with
their parents for prizes.
ABC has green-lit eight episodes of Bet On Your Baby, hosted by Melissa Peterman. The show has parents betting
for or against their toddler for $50,000 towards their child’s college
education.
CBS daytime game shows The
Price Is Right and Let’s Make A Deal
have been renewed for the 2013-2014 season. TPIR
will be heading into its 42nd season and LMAD
will be heading into its fifth season.
TBS has ordered six episodes of Bam Margera’s game show, Bam’s Bad Ass Game Show to air in 2014.
The show features contestants performing stunts while answering questions for
$10,000. Sound familiar?
The hit ITV daytime game show, The Chase, has been renewed for an eighth and ninth series through
2014. A total of 324 episodes (150 per series and 24 celebrity specials) have
been ordered by ITV.
BBC One has picked up six episodes of Reflex, produced by Objective Productions. The program, hosted by
Shane Richie, has two teams play five games that test their speed and reaction
time for £20,000.
Sources:
Broadcasting & Cable, BuzzerBlog, About.com, Game Show News Net, Sitcoms
Online, Digital Spy, On-Camera Audiences, Newcastle Herald, People, Facebook
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