Showing posts with label battle of the decades. Show all posts
Showing posts with label battle of the decades. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Halftime Highlights: Top Game Show Moments From January-June 2014

As we enter into the early beginnings of the third quarter of the year 2014, The Blog Is Right is going to take a look back at some of the key moments that occurred during each month of the first half of the year. Think of this as somewhat of a halftime show without the cheerleaders, mascot races, monkeys riding dogs or Chris Berman voicing over the highlight reel. Keep these number one monthly moments in mind as they will more than likely reappear in this year’s end-of-the-year Top 10 Countdown list.

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.

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.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Stay Tuned!: Game Show Highlights For The Next Two Weeks

For the next two weeks, things will begin to pick up in the world of game shows. Among the highlights are Hollywood Game Night returns to its original time slot as the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi came to a close Sunday evening, Minute To Win It finishing its first season run on GSN by airing its remaining episodes beginning this Tuesday and the now infamous Arthur Chu returning to defend his championship title on Jeopardy! this week. Today’s article will keep you up to date on the what’s new on game shows all across the television medium.

Monday, January 27, 2014

Stay Tuned!: Jeopardy! "Battle of The Decades” Tournament To Kickoff Next Week

Starting next week, Jeopardy! will be kicking off its biggest tournament yet: The Battle of The Decades tournament. During the next three and a half months, 45 of the best players to ever grace the Jeopardy! set in the show’s lengthy 30 year history will be competing in a series of games from past tournament winners to "undefeated" 5-day champions. These games will lead up to the Tournament Finals, where one contestant is guaranteed to win $1 million on Friday, May 16, the last day of the tournament. Unlike the “Ultimate Tournament of Champions” over 8 years ago, the tournament weeks will not air consecutively until May 5th when the remaining contenders play in the quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds in a two-week period. The first week of the Jeopardy! tournament will be dubbed as “1980s Week”. Listed below are the contestants who will be competing in the first five games of the special competition as well as a scheduled breakdown of what will be happening in each week of the Battle of The Decades tournament. 

Thursday, January 23, 2014

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #44

Tonight's article will be highlighting some of the latest game show news and updates and reviewing some news headlines already featured on The Blog Is Right Facebook page this week in 200 characters or less from the set date for Jeopardy's upcoming historic tournament of all-time champions to season renewals. All ratings for syndicated game shows are from the week of January 12.