 Dating Game Pilot, Anybody go or hear anything? |
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 Jul 3 2009, 09:42 AM
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Supposedly, on June 30, a pilot for The Dating Gane was done in NYC. Did anybody go to the taping or hear any details?
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Jul 3 2009, 11:36 AM
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Group: Game Show Biz Posts: 268 Joined: 19-June 03 From: Los Angeles area, California Member No.: 153 |
QUOTE (BillCullen1 @ Jul 3 2009, 10:42 AM)  Supposedly, on June 30, a pilot for The Dating Gane was done in NYC. Did anybody go to the taping or hear any details? The taping has been moved, according to this page. |
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Jul 3 2009, 12:10 PM
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Group: In the Biz Posts: 855 Joined: 21-August 03 From: Wyoming, MI Member No.: 351 |
And since the subject's up again, are there others feeling awkward with the idea of The Dating Game on CBS? I know times change and the younger demos are important, but CBS has usually been the Tiffany address for many of our favorite daytime game shows - Price, Pyramid, Joker, PYL, Password - and somehow I can't help but feel this is an odd choice. It always strikes me as an ABC, Fox, or GSN and various other cable nets show. It's probably my age - and I know it'll be surrounded with soaps far more suggestive than DG will probably be. Maybe it's the two diverse styles back to back - Pyramid and DG. I'd like to hear your thoughts.
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Jul 3 2009, 12:16 PM
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Group: In the Biz Posts: 5078 Joined: 18-June 03 From: Bay City, MI Member No.: 72 |
KNXT and WCBS used to show the off-ABC reruns. KNXT also picked up the once-a-week access version, so at least on that local level, it doesn't seem strange.
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Jul 3 2009, 12:38 PM
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Group: In the Biz Posts: 3256 Joined: 27-November 03 From: Connecticut Member No.: 455 |
Comedian (?) Jeff B Davis - who has spent time on Whose Line is it Anyway?, is doing the pilot for Dating AND Lets Make a Deal. Judging by his twitter page, he's a bit risque - which surprises me that Monty would give him the nod......
Assuming anyone at CBS cares if Monty's head is nodding in the first place. |
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Jul 3 2009, 01:09 PM
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Group: In the Biz Posts: 855 Joined: 21-August 03 From: Wyoming, MI Member No.: 351 |
Just to clarify my thoughts a bit - Dating Game would be fine in the old Tattletales time slot (especially if it were the third of a series of game shows like Pyramid-PYL-DG). And DG in prime access has never been a problem. There, affiliate managers pick shows which best suit their community's audience. I guess I'd like to see a couple of classic-style CBS games in daytime with some real meat on them before tuning in to the meat market. A nice flow - brains/brains & giggles/giggles. But we only have an hour.
And for what it's worth - Deal would be workable on CBS, but why would they consider a show that in a sense is a game they already have? Price basically cannibalized Deal's games, and super-stunt versions of Deal (Big Deal, NBC's turkey) have been rejected. And finally, speaking of PRICE - kudos to whoever sat Drew down and told him how to actually host the show! I'm now sold, and am even enjoying the show again. |
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