Quick Game Show Reminders For January 2017

There are quite a lot of game shows coming down the pike at the top of 2017 including season premieres, series debuts and continuing primetime shows. Listed below are a few game shows to set your DVRs for the next few weeks. All times below are in Eastern Standard Time.

Series Premieres
– The Wall: January 2-3 at 10:00pm & 8:00pm on NBC
– Big Fan: January 9 at 10:00pm & 10:30pm on ABC
– Caraoke Showdown: January 12 at 10:30pm on Spike
Divided: January 19 at 9:00pm & 9:30pm on GSN

Season Premieres
– To Tell The Truth (Season 2): January 1 at 9:00pm on ABC
– Match Game (Season 2): January 4 at 10:00pm on ABC
– Idiotest (Season 4): January 19 at 10:00pm & 10:30pm on GSN

Seasons Currently Airing
– Billy On The Street (Season 5 Continued): January 3 at 10:30pm on TruTV
– Winsanity (Season 1 Continued): January 4 at 1:00am & 1:30am on GSN
– That Awkward Game Show (Season 1 Continued): January 12 at 11:00pm on Spike

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This week's update article will take a look at the some of the latest US and international game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. Highlights include a monumental win on Millionaire last week, a new game show debuting on NBC Sports Network, pending premieres of two of ABC’s hit summer game shows, The Wall receiving an early preview date and some of the latest game show ratings.

STAY TUNED: “Canada’s Smartest Person” and “Billy On The Street” Returns & GSN’s “Window Warriors” Debuts

This week is going to be quite a busy one for game shows. In addition to Let’s Make A Deal’s Super Deal Week, Millionaire’s Whiz Kids Week and the continuation of Jeopardy’s Teen Tournament, viewers will also be treated to season premieres of returning series and a new competitive reality show set to debut on GSN. CBC’s Canada’s Smartest Person, hosted by Jessi Cruickshank, returns for its third season beginning tonight at 8:00pm ET / 8:30pm NT. In its search to find the country’s smartest and shrewdest contestant this year, the show is also giving home viewers more opportunities to play along with two new interactive features: CSP SmartPlay and  CSP Live. On Tuesday, November 15, GSN’s retail window design competition series Window Warriors premieres at 9:00pm ET with host Garcelle Beauvais and TruTV’s zany man-on-the-street game show Billy On The Street starts its fifth season at 10:30pm ET. Mark your calendars and take a look at the promos for all three shows in the videos below. 

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This week's quick update article will take a look at the some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. This week's highlights include Ken Jennings competing on 500 Questions, the Daytime Emmy Award and Webby Award winners,  the first $100,000 winner of the 33rd season of Wheel of Fortune and Match Game returning to ABC this summer.

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. 

“Billy On The Street” Renewed For Fifth Season

As the fourth season of Funny Or Die’s Billy On The Street came to a close last week after its first year on TruTV, the network announced the comedic ambush game show will be sticking around for a fifth season at the Television Critics Association’s press tour yesterday. TruTV has ordered ten episodes scheduled to air later this year along with season renewals and pilot orders to other series. The chaotic quiz show hosted by Billy Eichner has quickly risen to fame within the past couple of seasons not only because of his comical, vociferous and uninhibited hosting style, but also due to the array of celebrity guest stars who have played alongside Eichner including Joan Rivers, Will Ferrell, Andy Cohen and Chris Pratt. Last year, Eichner and the show’s producers were nominated for an Emmy for “Outstanding Short-Format Live Action Entertainment Program” for a short featuring Michelle Obama, Big Bird and his favorite contestant, Elena.

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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. 

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Today's update will review some of the major news headlines in the game show universe from the past few weeks in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. This week's updates include another quarter-million dollar win on Australia's Millionaire Hot Seat, New Zealand in talks to revive its version of Mastermind and some of the latest network and syndicated game show ratings. 

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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.