News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #88

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 news highlights include ABC 7 taking a sneak peek of the Jeopardy! set in Washington D.C., Logo's new game show premiering tonight, The Price Is Right revealing the mistakes made in a special episode earlier this month, Idiotest returning this week and Hasbro searching for the next great board game.

So Long Summer!: 2015 Summer Game Show Highlights

As the 2015 summer television season is slowly coming to a close within the next few weeks, today’s article will take a retrospective look at the highs, the lows and everything else in between of the game shows that have aired within the past three months. Some of game show highlights include moments from Celebrity Family Feud, BattleBots, 500 Questions, Geeks Who Drink and Race To Escape. 

"BOOM!" Review

Set Design- 10

Gameplay- 10

Show Flow- 10

Potential Viewer Ratings- 7

Play-Along Factor- 9

Host- 7 

Overall Rating- 9.0 

FOX, Keshet DCP & Screenz Debut "BOOM!" Live Play-Along Mobile Game

A couple of days ago, FOX announced its debut of the play-along mobile version of its new game show, BOOM!, which is set to premiere tonight at 8:00pm ET with host Tom Papa. The mobile app is now available for free for iOS and Android devices and features two game modes: Play With TV and Practice modes. The app was developed in partnership with Screenz, an award-winning global digital entertainment company, and Keshet DCP. Like with NBC’s Million Second Quiz game, the second screen Play With TV mode gives viewers a chance to play along with the live broadcast and answer the same questions on the show. Viewers will also have a chance to test their trivial skills and nimble mind by playing the game at any time in Practice mode to get a good feel of how the game is played prior to the premiere.

FOX Announces Premiere Dates For "Fifth Grader" & "Boom!" For Summer Schedule

On Monday, FOX announced the premiere dates for their Summer series of programming including the revival of Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? and the network's recent acquisition of Boom! from Keshet DCP. Fifth Grader returns Tuesday, May 26 at 8:00pm EDT to test adult contestants to see how much general knowledge they have retained from their yesteryears in elementary school for big money with Jeff Foxworthy returning as the show's host. The revival promises "new twists" to make he game more interesting and exciting. Boom!, hosted by Tom Papa, makes its American debut Thursday, June 25 at 8:00pm EDT and has teams of three contestants defuse slime-filled bombs by cutting the wires leading to the correct answers and avoiding the wrong wires that could quickly "blow" their chances of winning the game. (See what I did there?)

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #50

Today's article will be highlighting some of the latest game show news this week including some of the news headlines already featured on The Blog Is Right Facebook page in 200 characters or less from a "hypnotic" game show hitting the U.K. airwaves to a popular CBS game show hitting an incredible milestone tomorrow morning. All ratings for syndicated game shows are from the week ending March 23.