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Posted Sep 8th 2009 1:01PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Game Show, Reality-Free
At first I thought that a new
Let's Make A Deal wouldn't go over well in these oh-so-hip, ironic times. Who wants to go on television in front of millions of people dressed like a hot dog or a robot and embarrass themselves? And then I remembered that people go on TV nowadays to eat bugs, frolic naked in hot tubs, and showcase their children to the world, so dressing up like food products and fire hydrants will probably seem quaint now.
Continue reading New Let's Make A Deal starts filming next week
Posted Aug 3rd 2009 6:54PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: TV Royalty, Daytime, Game Show, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free
Once the panel for the
new Let's Make a Deal was announced, you knew that at some point someone was going to ask Wayne Brady if he was going to have to choke a bitch.
That line, from
the hilarious Chappelle's Show bit where Brady made fun of his squeaky-clean image, came up halfway through, when a critic asked Brady the question, "submitted from one of our readers on Twitter." I wonder if that reader was one of us critics, who all burned up the Twitterverse with the line as soon as we heard Brady would be here today.
Brady, who can improvise a song on the spot, just sat there in semi-silence. "That was a great choice of question," he said sarcastically. He isn't running from the bit, he said, and he's heard ten-year-olds try to say the line back at him at airports. But he's promoting a daytime, family-oriented show and just wanted people to talk about that.
Continue reading Does Wayne Brady have to choke a critic? The Let's Make a Deal panel - TCA Report
Posted Aug 3rd 2009 11:27AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Game Show, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Game show fanatics will be pleased to learn that network game shows are returning to daytime television. Finally, people who take actual sick days will have something else to look forward to other than another mind-bending dose of NyQuil.
CBS has confirmed they are replacing the outgoing
Guiding Light with a remake of the classic
Let's Make a Deal.
The ex-Tiffany network has already shot a test pilot of the updated show with smiling crooner Wayne Brady in the host's chair. Brady hasn't officially won the job, but he's the front-running favorite. CBS executives are expected to make Brady's deal official later today at
the Television Critics Association hoedown, unless, of course, he chooses to go for what's behind Door Number Two. Don't do it Wayne! It's just a lifetime supply of goat feed!
Continue reading CBS makes a deal for Let's Make a Deal with Wayne Brady
Posted May 5th 2009 8:28PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Daytime, Game Show, Reality-Free
First there was word that a new
$25,000 Pyramid could replace Guiding Light when it ends in September. Now comes word that CBS might do
an updated Let's Make A Deal instead (or perhaps "too"). Monty Hall is even doing host auditions this week.
What would you like to see replace
Guiding Light? And no, "keep
Guiding Light on" is not an option.
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