fremantle-related stories
Posted Feb 13th 2008 2:21PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Video, Game Show, Pickups and Renewals

One of my regular blog haunts is the game show news site BuzzerBlog, and when I logged into it today and saw
this post, I couldn't believe my eyes: FOX and Fremantle Media are apparently putting together an American version of the popular Japanese game show
Hole in the Wall. I was so flabbergasted that I had to see who else reported on it; sure enough, it was
right there in Variety for all to see.
If you're not sure what
Hole in the Wall is, take a look at the video after the jump. Basically, it's a game of human Tetris: contestants have to bend themselves into the shape of a cutout on a fast-approaching wall. If they do it in time, they go through the wall. If they don't, the wall pushes them into a pool of water. That's it. That's the whole game.
Continue reading FOX orders pilot for dumbest game show ever - VIDEO
Posted Feb 5th 2007 4:18PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, FOX, American Idol, Music and Variety, Alumni, News and Gossip

A new DVD,
American Idol: Unauthorized, takes aim at the
Idol juggernaut, interviewing fans, critics, experts (in what, I'm not sure), and past contestants in an attempt to dig up and reveal behind-the-scene scandals and scoops.
I haven't viewed the doc, but according to
this review, there's quite a bit of sour grapes whining coming from past
Idol rejects. Scott Savol (Season 4) claims creative editing made him appear "lazy." Corey Clark (Season 2) whines about not getting a free hairstylist. And Julia Demato (Season 2) complains that some contestants were given more attention from vocal coaches than others.
Continue reading Unauthorized Idol DVD claims show is rigged