Afternoon News Updates For Tuesday, November 18

Good afternoon, game show fans! Today's brief batch of updates include the current state of the 2014 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, Ten Network's Family Feud building upon the success of its show by unveiling a new home game, Million Dollar Minute making a "game-changing" adjustment to its format and GSN airing a retrospect honoring classic game shows.

Facts On "The Feud": Australian "Family Feud" To Premiere Monday, July 14

In less than a work week, Family Feud returns to Australian television on Ten Network with former Million Dollar Minute host Grant Denyer. Hoping to emulate the success of the U.S. version hosted by Steve Harvey, the show will air daily at 6:00pm AST. Denyer has already expressed his excitement of the revived series by stating it is "a fantastic show that the entire family can truly sit down all together and enjoy." With over 7,000 families appearing for the casting call a few weeks ago, I think its safe to say that the public shares Denyer's sentiment in regards to the show making a comeback. Today's article will quickly review what you need to know about the updated series.

Grant Denyer To Host “Family Feud” Revival

While multiple Million Dollar Minute champions have been making headlines recently, so has the show’s former host Grant Denyer. Upon Denyer’s contract ending with the Seven Network last week, Channel Ten acquired him on within a few hours and signed him to hosted the network’s revival of Family Feud. Beverley McGarvey, Network Ten’s Chief Programming Officer, stated “[Family Feud and Grant] will make a great combination and will give us a fun, exciting and entertaining show for the 6pm Monday to Friday time slot.” He described the switch between networks as a “fresh start” after struggling this past year of he and his wife going to rehab to seek treatment for their crystal meth addiction while losing his $750,000 Seven Network contract in the process.