Bullseye is already integrated into the show, so I don't see why it needs to be added again.

My bet is either some weird Fast Money rules or Occam's Razor.

Huh?

Color me confused, but hubbalawha? When was Bullseye already integrated?

I think he's referring to the sudden death tiebreaker played if no one reaches 300 after the triple round. That's the only thing I can think of that's remotely close.

Yes Bullseye as sudden death.

Occam's Razor argument being that it's either $30K or $5/point in the endgame.

Um, okay. One would think that the Occam's Razor argument would be "build your bank in Bullseye" what with the Twitter announcement, but whatever floats your boat...

Agreed. No one really needs to speculate anymore, since they clearly said, "Bullseye's coming back" and referred to it as "retro."

Hmm... well either it's a poor choice of words on Twitter (which would only be about the 81,245,179th time that's happened,) or maybe they're paying out $10K up-front for Bullseye, and another $20K in Fast Money, which would be kinda... odd.

Yeah, I suspect nobody's editing whoever is doing the Twittering for Fremantle, or they don't care.

I'm not really a fan of Bullseye coming back, but my brother Andrew probably would like that.

Well, I know there's only one small set change needed to accomodate Bullseye, and that's the podium scoreboards, but I wonder if anything else is gonna be added with it. Are they gonna change the podiums, just add a new scoreboard, EDIT or just use the space where the family name is located, like Bert's FF did?

That seems sensible.

MOSHER
$22,000

I'd much prefer to see a new scoreboard for Bullseye in place of those useless eggcrates displays.

Maybe then they could just take a shot of the main game scores on the big board like they did for 17 years.

Oh, don't get me started on that issue- I was peeved when they re-added those scoreboards. Because there's more black in/on/around the set this season, they blend in a little better, but they still look out of place to me


For Bullseye on Bert's FF, IIRC, they replaced the family names with the Bullseye banks. Since it was only used during celebrity games, though, it didn't matter, since you'd probably be able to identify the players' association without a moniker hanging above.

Loved the Aussie version of the show, but their implementation of Bullseye really did suck.

Just read up on how they did it - yowza. "So in short, as long as your first player gets at least one top answer in Fast Money, this will all have been an incredibly pointless exercise."

Or better yet, dump the eggcrates and go back to the Ferranti displays.

Meh. Nostalgia is what it is and all, but everything on that set is lit up and decidedly non-dot-matrix. The old-time displays would be just as much of a sore thumb, if not moreso. Just put another flat-panel monitor in there so everything matches.

I thought I had read here previously that the proportions of the current set are different from the '76-'94 sets, so the camera angles involved in displaying the teams' scores on the back wall just aren't doable. Thus, the decision a few episodes into the O'Hurley era to shove the eggcrates into the family desks.

/First person to suggest switching the survey board to Solari panels gets a prize!
//It's a brand new punch in the face.

Wasn't looking at it so much from the nostalgia standpoint--I just prefer the way the Ferranti displays look compared to the Eggcrates.

/Oh, and nice work Sunday.

Put me down for a couple of eggs...er...eggcrates. After seeing them on game shows practically my whole life, I'd miss them if they weren't there! It's disappointing to me that shows like Wheel of Fortune stopped using them - there aren't too many shows around now that still use them.

Exactly- it would have been better if they had just added the Bullseye bank to the final fast money total.


My only big gripe with it was the fact that they used such out of place scoreboards.....they could have used flat panel screens and it would have been fine- at least those would have matched the set.

BTW, I went back a few tweets on the Feud page, and it says they start taping on June 7th, so hopefully we get a sneak preview on Youtube soon!

I was thinking of having the Bullseye bank as the base for no top answers, and then going 2x-3x-4x-5x-$100K.

Any other SWEET TWEETS from the Feud people?

/Watched Conan.

Per their last two tweets:

Hmm...we are working on what kind of car to give away...one thing for sure, it will be American made!

SCOOP! Family Feud will be traveling to 5 major cities to hold auditions.!! Soooo cool!! Details to be tweeted soon! ;-)

Back to your regularly scheduled program.

Those last two tweets sound like they were written by a squealing teenager. I doubt that's the demographic they're pressing for, but I wonder if that's the intended effect.

Cripes; like it really matters anymore.

So in other words, a Toyota... :p

Don't they want people to WANT to win it?

These tweets, sir, are just the tip of the iceberg- it really is like the PR person for Feud/Fremantle convinced their 15 year old daughter to handle the Twitter account. I'm surprised that there's not more about ponies and stickers and rainbows and Myspace.

You left out the Jonas Brothers.

Not to mention Facebook. Call me old-fashioned, but I don't dig this "tweet" stuff.

Some people gathered in a room and thought, "What if we built a social netowrking site built around Facebook's status box?"

I only use it because some companies tend to break news there before it hits the real news.

Um...that kinda went down the other way around. Facebook revamped their site because they desperately wanted to look MORE like Twitter.

"For being our five time champions, you've won a brand new caaar!"

Total retail value: $7,000!

Wow! The car in the 1980's version of Press Your Luck was valued at....

$6273 !!

I facepalm'd.

A new tweet (at 12:25am Eastern time?..) links to "spy photos" of the new intro backdrops. I never realized those were called "coves".

Or that game shows had spies.

See here and here.

Not sure what was up with the first photo, but the 2nd one looks homely to me.

How quickly we forget...

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Hmm.....they did last night when I looked at them. Wonder what's up there.

The first one looked kinda 60's and the second more "luxury". Two totally different themes for the "coves".

If I was going to be a contestant on the new season of the Family Feud With John O Hurley, my strategy at winning would definitely to be in the retro cove. Also, I hope that if I were to win the show for five days straight, I would win a Chevrolet Malibu. My Uncle Skip, who would be team captain, would get to have the car on Mondays and Saturdays. I would be in the next position, which would obvioulsly mean I got to have the car on Wednesdays And Sundays. My Aunt Sally, in third position, would get the car on Tuesdays. My cousin Debby in Fourth position would get the car on Thursdays and Fridays, but only because Grandma, who is in the last position, won't drive anymore, because she says there are too many Mexicans on the road.

Approves

As much as I like Matt's idea, my plan has me owning everything but the transmission. This ensures that I get the car and everybody else gets the shaft.

Gold stars to the three above. :)

/Fix the music. That's all I want.

It's a spoiler, so follow the link if you want news about some FF winners.

http://twitter.com/Family_Feud/status/2071730113

The "cove" pics are working again for those who couldn't see them earlier. Hopefully they keep the "spy" pics coming (or maybe do some new YouTube vids) and we can see what's up with the Bullseye round.

Well, according to a tweet in between the coves and the spoiler, the car they're giving away this season (or at least to start it off) is an 09 Chrysler 300. I'll take Cars With Massive Blind Spots for $1000, please.

I don't think I'm too keen on the car idea. It seems to be executed poorly. If your team is Mom, Dad and three kids who live at home....then right on and more power to you. When it's Mom, Dad, Grandma, Uncle Joe and Cousin Bob then I see a problem. Like people on here have said, it's hard to split a car. When I originally heard this news I was thinking one for every member (which would be fair), but from a budget standpoint that could get expensive, even if it's not won that often. From my viewing standpoint, I would have been content with them giving away 5 SmartCars though. I think those are pretty darn neat and basic ones don't have a huge sticker price.

/Don't know if I can fit in a Smart Car
/I'm 6'5" tall
/Even though I hear they are surprisingly roomy

Unless I miss my guess, is that bright sea-greenish light near the top of the first cove (and nearly cut off of the top of the picture of the second cove) the device that rear-projects the family name onto the screen? Pretty cool that it doesn't look like a big, bulky projector.