In April, I told you about NBC's The Great American Singing Bee, a new competition series in which contestants are challenged to sing the correct lyrics to a song. Then, recently, I told you about Don't Forget the Lyrics, a show on FOX with pretty much the exact same concept.
The Great American Singing Bee was supposed to air this fall, but NBC isn't about to let FOX steal its thunder by releasing Don't Forget the Lyrics next month. What does that mean for you, the home viewer? It means that this summer, with The Great American Spelling Bee's debut bumped up to July 10 at 9:30 (and Lyrics debuting the next day), you'll have two chances to catch a premise no one really found that interesting in the first place.
Forgive me, that was presumptuous, but I maintain a show centering on strangers butchering songs is a concept that will get old rather quickly.
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6-23-2007 @ 1:17PM
LInda said...
It's a GREAT concept for a show! When I was a teen back in the day, my friends and I would take turns singing along with the radio in the car. If you messed up on the lyrics, you had to get out and walk. You really learned the lyrics, because no one wanted to get out and walk, especially in the winter.
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6-23-2007 @ 2:25PM
Gilbert0 said...
I'm glad NBC is trumping FOX. FOX will copy any concept from any reality show and give it the first run (Nanny 911 for example - I know there are others).
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6-23-2007 @ 3:15PM
Nahid said...
Who cares? This seems like the stupidest concept for a show anyway.
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6-23-2007 @ 8:17PM
David said...
How about they bring back PRESS YOUR LUCK!
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6-24-2007 @ 11:01PM
nick said...
Not only does the premise sound lame, somebody copied somebody else, which is even more lame. I suspect Fox, because they don't ever seem to have an original idea and always seem to steal whatever they can from any other source.
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8-31-2007 @ 4:45AM
Jimmy Martin said...
Dear Sirs,
LYRICSHOW.COM and LYRICSHOWS.COM (to implement as main site redirect)
could we discuss these domains and if your company would
want to acquire it at reasonable cost...
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$1700 OBO
thanks,
Jimmy Martin
Danielle Belknap
Apopka,Fl
407.358.0254
jmartin16@cfl.rr.com
jamiedomainer@yahoo.com
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