The Winner Is... Not coming back.

[TroyG]

NBC plans to fill repeats of "Hollywood Game Night" for the remainder of the summer TV season. Wish they bring back "Parks & Rec"-ASAP... I love that show.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

...which means that Hollywood game night is doing really well. Instead of so many reruns, maybe they should splurge and go two nights a week with all new episodes.

 

[Robnoxious]

Over saturation to offset other programming failures is the exact reason why game shows in prime time burn out so quickly.

See also: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (Regis run), The Weakest Link, Million Dollar Password, Deal Or No Deal and 1 vs 100.

Call me Kreskin, but we will soon add Hollywood Game Night to the list.

 

[TroyG]

Can't wait for "The Million Second Quiz", which happens to be huge major TV event for The year 20-13. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest ("American Idol"), The game show will be played over the next 11 days, starting on September 9th in New York City. I Just signed up to become a contestant on "The Million Second Quiz". Wish me luck...

 

[DToTheJ]

@Robnoxious: Don't forget Chuck Woolery's "Greed" and "Winning Lines," the vehicle hosted by the late Dick Clark.

 

[mgsports]

Yes Greed,Wipeout the Game Show,Hollywood Squares should come back. Sports versions of Jeopardy and Millionare,Family Fued would be good.

 

[crainbebo]

Good luck Troy! I wonder if you have to stay up 24/7 for 11 days straight, answering questions, eating meals, and being tortured...

-crainbebo

 

[anotherguyTN]

The networks don't want game shows to be a hit. They've gone to using them for filler in the Summer and holiday seasons and could care less about if they last any time. The last game show to be a long term hit was Deal or No Deal. Hollywood Game Night might be a hit now, but if NBC picks it up again, it will either be as short term filler again, or it will be put in a dead end time slot where it will fail.

 

[mgsports]

The Bible Challenge on GSN is a hit.

 

[anotherguyTN]

I meant the Big 4 OTA networks when I said they don't want game shows to be hits. GSN definitely wants hit game shows on their level.

 

[1069_KIFR]

Combine Hollywood Squares with Match Game. Have 9 "Stars"

 

[1069_KIFR]

So The Winner is A Loser? Not The Biggest Loser.

 

[TroyG]

Combine Hollywood Squares with Match Game. Have 9 "Stars"

I Think They've done that back in the '80s...

 

[anotherguyTN]

Combine Hollywood Squares with Match Game. Have 9 "Stars"

I Think They've done that back in the '80s...

Yes, NBC had it and it lasted less than a year. Most people thought it was a disaster and it will probably never be done again.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

@Robnoxious: Don't forget Chuck Woolery's "Greed" and "Winning Lines," the vehicle hosted by the late Dick Clark.

Actually, Greed was "Prematurely cancelled" and it only aired once a week on a Friday night. They (Fox) should bring that back!