The man behind the long-running America's Funniest Home Videos is developing a new game show/comedy for NBC. How can a show be a game show-slash-comedy? The show is a contest between comedians who perform for a live audience that determines which comedian wins $10,000. The show mics certain members of the audience and the amount of their laughter determines the winner.Actually, the Japanese did this first. Their version was Theiromonea, in case you're storing up key words for future editions of Trivial Pursuit. The American version is going to be called Colloseum. It's going to be hosted by SNL alum Dean Edwards and British comedian Olivia Lee. Not sure when we can expect to see it on NBC, but it sounds like summer programming to me.
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12-14-2006 @ 3:01PM
chuck linker said...
Why does the public support stupid and similar game shows by the networks? Don't people realize they ore created only because they are cheapto produce and appeal to America's desire for greed? Sitcoms appeal to the mind of a 13 year old. Why? Greed in the advertising markets. It's the kids that get or have the money.
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12-14-2006 @ 6:01PM
David4 said...
Sounds just like Last Comic Standing.
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12-14-2006 @ 5:46PM
erroneous_nick said...
Sounds an awful lot like "Make Me Laugh", the 1979 incarnation is the one I'm most familiar with.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Me_Laugh
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