NBC Orders “Ellen’s Game of Games”

NBC has officially given the green light to Ellen DeGeneres’ new series, Ellen’s Game of Games, with a six-episode order. The primetime game show, produced by Warner Horizon Television, is comprised of games featured on Ellen’s daytime talk show including What’s In The Box?, Know Or Go? and Heads Up! – the latter which was picked up as a series on HLN only to be shelved months later. DeGeneres will serve as host and as an executive producer through her studio-based production company A Very Good Production. Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Andy Lassner, Kevin Leman, Jeff Kleeman and David A. Hurwitz will also serve as executive producers. Excited for her new primetime series, DeGeneres said, “We’re pulling out all the stops — gigantic sets, hilarious games. It’s going to be like a combination of ‘American Ninja Warrior,’ ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ and a water park. OK, it’s nothing like that, but you should still watch.” No word yet on when the show premieres.

NBC Orders “5 Gold Rings” Pilot Based On ITV Format

This morning, the network has announced its decision to greenlight a pilot episode of 5 Gold Rings based on the UK format developed by Possessed (part of ITV Studios) and Talpa. The US adaptation will be produced by ITV Entertainment. The game is played on an interactive LED floor and teams must answer questions against the clock while placing the five gold rings within the proximity of the correct answer. As the game progresses, the questions get tougher and the rings get smaller. Each incorrect answer costs a team a ring and the team with the most rings after five rounds wins the game. The show is also developing a play-along app for home viewers. 

"The Wall" Review

Set Design- 9

Gameplay- 5

Show Flow- 7

Potential Viewer Ratings- 8

Play-Along Factor- 7

Host- 10

Overall Rating- 7.6

NBC Renews "Hollywood Game Night" For Fifth Season

During the peacock network's 2016 upfront presentation earlier this week, NBC announced its renewal of the primetime party game show Hollywood Game Night. The show is scheduled to return during the 2016-17 mid-season toward the end of the year. Hosted by Emmy Award-winning host Jane Lynch, Hollywood Game Night pits two teams of three stars and a civilian contestant against each other in a series of party games for a chance to play the "Celebrity Name Game" end game for $25,000. Since this news had just been recently announced, there is no word yet on which stars will be featured for the show's fifth season.

“Hollywood Game Night” Returns For Fourth Season In January 2016

NBC’s veteran hit game show Hollywood Game Night will be coming back to NBC early next year for its fourth season on January 5 at 8:00pm ET. Hosted by Jane Lynch, the series will once again give civilian contestants a chance to play various puzzle and word association party games with some of their favorite celebrities for up to $25,000. Last season, Hollywood Game Night averaged a respectable 1.5 rating among the key Adults 18-49 demographic and an equally laud-worthy 5.3 million viewers overall. The show had also thoroughly defeated its network competition by taking the top spot in every Tuesday 10:00pm time slot last season during the summer.

NBC Orders Ten Episodes of Game Show Based on “QuizUp” App

The network announced their acquisition of the eponymous game show yesterday afternoon. QuizUp will have in-studio contestants attempt to win eight trivia battles against home viewers who play via the mobile app. In order to qualify to compete as a in-studio or home contestant, players will have to pass a weekly trivia quiz. Defeating all eight home-viewing contestants wins the in-studio contestant the $1 million grand prize. Contestants who win their games at home will receive the money attached to the round. The format was created by Jeff Apploff (Don’t Forget The Lyrics) and Wes Kauble (The Newlywed Game) and developed in-house by Universal Television in partnership with Plain Vanilla Corp., the Icelandic game studio that created the game. QuizUp will be shopped by NBCU International Formats at MIPCOM next week. Viewers will have a chance to play-along with the show through the NBC QuizUp live interactive app by answering the same questions as displayed on the broadcasts, even if they don’t qualify for the show. Head to the QuizUp's website for more information on how you can download the addicting social trivia game to your mobile device. INTERNATIONAL UPDATE: ITV has ordered a pilot of QuizUp from NBC Universal International Studios. The show was ordered by Elaine Bedell, ITV's director of entertainment and comedy.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #65

Today's article will cover some of the latest game show news headlines from the past week in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. Today’s updates include Jimmy Fallon getting involved with a new NBC comedy game show format that shows some resemblance to Make Me Laugh, one of the most difficult quiz shows on U.K. television returning for a second civilian series and information on how you can watch your favorite GSN game shows in person. All syndication ratings are from the week ending September 21.

DVR Watch List For The Week of July 7-July 12

Good afternoon, game show fans! This afternoon's brief article will quickly review some of the shows you should watch throughout the week including new episodes, season premieres and special theme shows, nationally and internationally. Make sure to set your DVRs (or VCRs) if you are not able to watch some of these shows, especially the ones on the daytime schedule. 

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.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #47

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.

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.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #45

Happy weekend, everyone! I have a lot of updates in store for you this evening. Tonight's article will be highlighting some of the latest game show news and reviewing some news headlines already featured on The Blog Is Right Facebook page this week in 200 characters or less from a plethora of Hollywood Game Night . All ratings for syndicated game shows are from the week ending January 26.

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.

"Best of 2013" Top 10 Game Show Moments Countdown

Happy New Year’s Eve! This year was another incredible year for game shows with all-time records being broken left and right, numerous contestants became overnight millionaires and hundreds of thousands of dollars richer within minutes and classic favorites returned to television. With thanks to everyone who voted for their favorite game show moments to be placed in the #10 and #9 rankings, I have once again complied a list of the ten most memorable and unforgettable game show moments that happened in 2013. Considering all that happened this year, It was tough putting the list together (especially with yesterday’s historic moment on a certain Daytime show that made its way onto the list at the last minute). Without further ado, I present to you the final article on The Blog Is Right for 2013 and the “Best of 2013” Top 10 Countdown list. Here’s to 2014!