Back On The Shelf: HLN & Channel 4 Pull “Heads Up” & “The Million Pound Drop”

Two surprising updates surfaced earlier this week regarding HLN’s upcoming game show Heads Up and Channel 4’s popular game show The Million Pound Drop. Both networks have announced they will not be airing any new episodes of their respective programs in the near future. With Heads Up, this is an odd decision considering all 65 episodes of the first season have already been taped with host Loni Love and were ready to air daily from Monday through Friday. Alison Rudnick, a spokeswoman for HLN, confirmed the network’s preemptive cancellation. According to Variety, the last-second yank concerning the show, based on Ellen DeGeneres’ eponymously named mobile game and talk show segment, is the latest signal that CNN is rethinking HLN’s objective and direction.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #58

Even though it has been about a month since I have published one of my weekly "News In A Flash" updates in lieu of the recently instated "Morning/Afternoon/Evening News" updates, the article's premise remains the same in covering 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 another season of The Winner Is kicking off in Nigeria to another contestant winning big on Million Dollar Minute. All ratings for syndicated game shows are from the week ending July 13.

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. 

Afternoon News Updates For June 27, 2014

Happy Friday, game show fans! Today's early afternoon updates will take a look at what international and U.S. television audiences can look forward to today, tomorrow, next week and further in the future. Some of the game show news headlines include audience ticket and casting call information for Celebrity Name Game, tonight's series finale of Celebrity 15 to 1 and the upcoming series premieres of Tipping Point: Lucky Stars and The Million Pound Drop.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #55

Good afternoon, game show fanatics! Today’s article, as with every "News In A Flash" article, will cover many game show news headlines and updates featured throughout the week in 200 characters or less along with some that may have been already covered on The Blog Is Right Facebook page from contestant calls to a mobile platform puzzle game (similar to Boggle) possibly being brought to life as a television game show. All syndication ratings are from the week ending May 18.