Deadline.com: ABC greenlights "Bet On Your Baby" game show

[Nate Wesley]

New primetime game show where toddlers 2-3 years old will play games that may be either wagered on(?), or will influence cash won by the parents.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/abc...-show-for-parents-hosted-by-melissa-peterman/

Couldn't help but love one of the commenters: "I swear, everyday we get one step closer to The Hunger Games being a real thing!"

 

[anotherguyTN]

This will probably turn out like most prime time game shows are now and just be used as filler. The networks don't want another major hit prime time game show like Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Not that I would want this one to be that.  :

 

[bpatrick]

This concept reminds me of a short-lived 1968 ABC daytime show,
"The Baby Game," where couples won points for correctly predicting
how young children would behave in certain situations. That show
lasted from January to July; I'd be amazed if this one lasts that long.

 

[crainbebo]

This shows that ABC has run out of ideas. I'd rather see Roseanne reruns!

-crainbebo

 

[DToTheJ]

If current reality TV star Pete Rose were hosting, I might watch!

 

[mgsports]

Deal or No deal,1 versus 100,Weakest Link and so on were also hits.

 

[FreddyE1977]

And I thought that our Pee-Wee League football coaches having bar bets on our games
was bad!

 

[anotherguyTN]

Deal or No deal,1 versus 100,Weakest Link and so on were also hits.

They all had decent runs, but what I mainly meant was that Millionaire was the first hit prime time game show in years, and the networks don't want to use game shows for anything but filler now.