wanna bet-related stories
Posted Sep 2nd 2008 4:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
The news channels, some PBS channels, and CSPAN have coverage of the Republican National Convention all night. The networks join in at 10.- At 7, USA has coverage of The U.S. Open.
- At 8, NBC has a new, two-hour America's Got Talent.
- The CW has the series premiere of 90210 at 8.
- ABC Family has The Secret Life of an American Teenager at 8, then a new Greek.
- ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker starting at 8.
- At 8:40, BBC America has a new Gavin & Stacey.
- At 9, ABC has a new Wanna Bet?
- CBS has a new Big Brother at 9.
- There's a new Food Detectives on Food Network at 9.
- At 10, FX has the season premiere of The Shield.
- A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner at 10.
- E! has a new Pam on the Loose at 10.
- Sci-Fi has a new ECW at 10.
- Also at 10: Bravo has the season premiere of The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Aug 26th 2008 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
The networks have more coverage of the Democratic National Convention at 10 (the cable nets have all-night coverage).- At 7, USA has more of The U.S. Open.
- At 8, ABC has a new Wipeout, followed by a new Wanna Bet?
- NBC has a new, two-hour America's Got Talent at 8.
- ABC Family has a new Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, then the season premiere of Greek.
- ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker at 8.
- TCM has Touch of Evil at 8, followed by Psycho.
- At 8:40, BBC America has the premiere of Gavin & Stacey.
- At 9, CBS has a new Big Brother.
- TBS has the special World's Funniest Commercials 2008 at 9.
- Also at 9: Sci-Fi has a new Eureka, followed by a new ECW.
- At 10, FX has the minisode finale of Rescue Me.
- A&E has a new episode of The Cleaner at 10.
- Lifetime has a new How To Look Good Naked at 10.
- History Channel has a new Evolve at 10.
- There's a new Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel on HBO at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Aug 12th 2008 4:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free
NBC has Olympics coverage all night.- At 8, ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker.
- ABC Family has a new Secret Life of The American Teen at 8.
- TCM has Pushover at 8, followed by 5 Against The House.
- At 9, ABC has a new Wanna Bet?, then a new Primetime: Medical Mysteries.
- CBS has a new Big Brother at 9.
- PBS has a new Wide Angle at 9.
- Sci-Fi has a new Eureka at 9, then a new ECW.
- There's a new Flipping Out on Bravo at 9, followed by a new Million Dollar Listing.
- At 9:30, Food Network has a new Road Tasted with The Neeleys.
- At 10, FX has a new Rescue Me minisode.
- Lifetime has a new How To Look Good Naked at 10.
- Discovery has a new Smash Lab at 10.
Check your
local TV listings for more.
Posted Aug 11th 2008 8:07AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Celebrities, Reality-Free
Our Monday morning roundup of a half dozen things TV Squad readers - and TV fans in general - will be talking about this week.1. The death of Bernie Mac. He was going to star in a new sitcom on FOX, and now he's gone, at the much too young age of 50.
2. The Olympics. Did you know that many of these athletes have gone through very trying times to get to the Games? It's true! (All week on NBC, with coverage on MSNBC, CNBC, and USA as well.)
3. The new star of CSI. Producers are currently negotiating with Laurence Fishburne, but I'm really holding out hope for Andy Dick.
4. The season finale of The Mole. Is it Craig, Nicole, or Mark? More importantly, will we get another season of this show? And if we do, will ABC actually promote it? (Tonight at 10pm on ABC.)
5. The Bob Saget Roast. Expect lots of jokes about the Olsen Twins. (Sunday at 10pm on Comedy Central.)
6. ABC's Wanna Bet? Just kidding! This is actually what TV Squad readers
won't be talking about this week.
Posted Dec 8th 2006 3:41PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: ABC, Industry, Game Show, Pickups and Renewals
Count 'em off. There's
Deal or No Deal and
Show Me the Money.
Identity starts on NBC next week. CBS is developing a kiddie genius quiz show and a revamp of
Name That Tune. Howie's outing was no fluke. Game shows are back on network TV in a big way. The latest game show-related announcement comes from ABC. The
network has teamed up with the Weakest Leak production team to translate Germany's
Wetten das...? (Wanna Bet?) to US television.
Wetten das...? has dominated German airwaves for two decades. The broadcast is part musical variety show and part game show. In the game show portion, a person says that they can do some wacky stunt. Celebrity guests than take bets on whether or not the person can actually accomplish the stunt. If the celebrity loses the bet, than he or she has do something equally wacky.
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