News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #73

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 how ITV2's newest physically challenging game show, Almost Impossible Gameshow, performed in its first night out, GSN's record-breaking third quarter performance in nearly all of its demographic ratings, Canada's Smartest Person returning for another season and a few GSN ratings updates.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #70

This week'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. Updates include TLC's Labor Games returning this month, Jenny Ryan beginning her tenure as one of the resident Chasers on ITV's The Chase some of the latest news from GSN. All syndication ratings are from the week ending August 21.

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. 

Quick Reviews of "Geeks Who Drink", "Race To Escape" & "Freeze Out"

Since I have been a bit behind on my reviews on some the latest game shows to premiere in the U.S. and the U.K., today’s article will be dedicated to briefly reviewing three of the latest shows to hit the airwaves: Geeks Who Drink, Race To Escape and Freeze Out. Geeks Who Drink premiered July 11 on SyFy with host Zachary Levi, Race To Escape made its debut July 25 on Science Channel with comedian Jimmy Pardo hosting and Freeze Out began its brief summer run last Monday with Mark Durden-Smith at the helm. 

SyFy Picks Up "Geeks Who Drink" To Debut July 16

SyFy is looking to bring back game shows to its lineup with the network's recent acquisition of Geeks Who Drink. Zachary Levi (Chuck, Less Than Perfect) will host and executive produce the series through his production company, The Nerd Machine. Geeks Who Drink is based on the nationwide pub trivia phenomenon and will have two teams comprised of three "trivia geeks" and a celebrity captain answering a series of questions in varying categories from sci-fi to pop culture. The series will also be produced by Kinetic Contact and Conde Nast Entertainment. Stay tuned for the series premiere of Geeks Who Drink July 16 on SyFy. I hope the show will be just as successful as Total Blackout and not become an afterthought like Exit. 

UPDATE: The show premieres July 16 at 11:30pm ET.