News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #85

This week's article will be reviewing some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. Updates include an "enriching" highlight from Monopoly Millionaires' Club, GSN Games absorbing a UK social gaming company, the latest edition of The $100,000 Pyramid looking for contestants to compete on the reboot and Jeopardy! banning Canadian contestants for the time being.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #83

This week's brief update article will cover some of the latest game show news headlines from the past few days in 200 characters or less including a few updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. News updates include Jeopardy! set to kickoff this year's College Championship this week, a Monopoly Millionaires' Club highlight clip, an author seeking to publish his book centering around the history and impact of U.K. game shows through a crowdfunding site and some of the latest game show ratings.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #81

This week's quick update article will cover some of the latest game show news headlines from the past few days in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. News updates include a plot of an upcoming episode of an ABC sitcom centering around Double Dare, Barnstorm Games debuting a new Countdown mobile game to add to their library of game show-based apps, 1000 Heartbeats star Vernon Kay hosting a new driving game show and some of the latest game show ratings.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #80

This week's quick update article will cover some of the latest game show news headlines from the past few days in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. News updates include a highlight from this weekend's episode of Monopoly Millionaires' Club, new affiliate markets picking up BUZZR, Al Roker visiting the set of Wheel of Fortune and some of the latest game show ratings. 

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #78

This week's quick update article will cover some of the latest game show news headlines from the past few days in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. News updates include recent game show ratings, big news from Monopoly Millionaires' Club, Alex Jacob's dominant Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions finals performance,  Stephen Fry receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award and an online kickstarter funding campaign which could lead to the production of a documentary based on former "controversial" Jeopardy! champion Arthur Chu. 

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #77

This week's quick update article will cover some of the latest game show news headlines from the past few days in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. News updates include game show ratings, an iconic ITV game show ending its run, Let's Make A Deal bringing back the Super Deal this week, The Game of Life creator's widow filing a law suit against Hasbro and others and Anthony Anderson discussing To Tell The Truth with Jimmy Kimmel.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #76

This week's quick update article will cover some of the latest game show news headlines from the past few days in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. News updates include BUZZR gaining virtual residence in Ohio, a Monopoly Millionaires' Club contestant possibly becoming the next American game show millionaire, former Millionaire contestants receiving a second chance to compete on the show next week and some of the latest GSN ratings. WARNING: This article may contain spoilers.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #75

This week's quick update article will cover some of the latest game show news headlines from the past few days in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. News updates include a live performance of Let's Make A Deal coming to Michigan this weekend, Jeopardy! holding a special online audition test session for Houston residents next week, TLC's Labor Games host Lisa Arch talking with WSRQ Talk Radio's Marilu Henner about her experiences hosting the pregnancy ambush game show and Showtime creating a series based on a former Barker's Beauty model.

Second Season of "Monopoly Millionaires' Club" To Debut September 12

The weekly syndicated lottery game show, based on one the world's most popular board games, will be returning for a second season next month. Host Billy Gardell and co-host Todd Newton will be back to help contestants become instant thousand-aires and millionaires. This season, Monopoly Millionaires' Club will move to a half-hour format and will have only three contestants face three $100,000 games with the top winner possibly risking all of their winnings to play the "GO For A Million" end game for up to $1 million. Like the previous season, the studio audience will consist of lottery players and their guests who won a five-day, four-night trip for two to Las Vegas, a stay at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, and a seat in the live audience to watch a taping of the show and potentially win a chance to play on stage or win a share of the competing contestants' winnings in their section.   During the show's 12-episode first season, over $5 million in cash and prizes were given away to contestants who won their way on stage by playing the Monopoly Millionaires' Club lottery game, including two million-dollar winners.

"Monopoly Millionaires’ Club" Review

Set Design- 10
Gameplay- 8
Show Flow- 7
Potential Viewer Ratings- 6
Play-Along Factor- 4
Host- 7
Overall Rating- 7.0

Game Shows To Watch For The Next 48 Hours

This week seems like a moderately busy one for game shows — well, at least for the next two days. Tomorrow,  HLN premieres its first-ever game show, Keywords, with former Figure It Out host Summer Sanders and CBS's daytime talk show The Talk revealing this year’s Daytime Emmy nominations including the nominees for “Outstanding Game Show Host” and “Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show”. On April Fools Day, both CBS daytime game shows, Let’s Make A Deal and The Price Is Right, are marking the occasion by hosting special episodes featuring the cast of LMAD kidnapping Drew Carey and legendary host Bob Barker stopping by set of TPIR. Later that evening, Idiotest returns for a second season. I also have news of a last-minute decision by GSN to pull Monopoly Millionaires’ Club.

"Monopoly Millionaires' Club" To Premiere February 7th

The new lottery game show makes its series debut a little less than a month from today on February 7 and 8 in national syndication and on GSN. Each weekly, hour-long episode of Monopoly Millionaires' Club, hosted by Mike & Molly star Billy Gardell, will have five studio audience members play games based on elements from the board game (Community Chest, Electric Company, Advance to Boardwalk...) for a chance to win up to $100,000. In the final round, the contestants must decide whether to keep their winnings or risk it all for a chance to win $1 million. Contestants featured on the show have qualified through the semi-nationwide lottery game of the same name. Each winning player and an invited guest won a five-day, four-night trip to Las Vegas to attend and potentially compete on the show filmed at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The show is executive produced by Scott St. John (Celebrity Name Game, Deal or No Deal) and Kevin Belinkoff (Family Game Night). Additionally,  BuzzerBlog revealed today that Todd Newton will be co-hosting alongside Cardell.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #67

Happy Monday, everyone! Today's update will review some of the major news headlines in the game show universe from the past week in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. Headlining updates include Bradley Walsh hosting a new family game show, GSN's Mind Of A Man possibly returning in syndication next year, and a million-dollar winner unfortunately proving that money is not always the key to happiness. All syndication ratings are from the week ending October 5.

Billy Gardell Named Host Of Syndicated “Monopoly” Game Show

It looks like Mike and Molly’s Billy Gardell will be added to the list of “comedians-turned-game show hosts”, as he will be the host of the new lottery game show Monopoly Millionaires’ Club. The weekly, hour-long syndicated series, from Scientific Games Corp. and participating state lotteries, is scheduled to premiere in early 2015. The show will air weekly and will serve as a companion television series for the upcoming, multi-state lottery game of the same name. The game tickets will go on sale beginning October 19.