Season of Strikes
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Game Show Live is on! Today.....
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4 months. Still no end. Yet.
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2 guards of the cage protected by prizes. We'll tell you who.....
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and a celebrity talent show that decided it was time to pull the plug after a single one.
Colbi King: From coast to coast and around the world, welcome to....
Now, America's favorite contestant, Pierre Kelly!
Me:Welcome everybody to Game Show Live! where we get lit and get involved. Let's kick it off with......
The Talking Through The Medias opening toss up story.
Well now it's time once again for..........
Strike Watch.
The writers strike reached the four-month mark on Saturday, and as Hot Labor Summer moves to autumn, there is still no sign that it will be over any time soon.
The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have not talked in two weeks. Both maintain that the ball is in the other's court.
Far from resolving the strike, the parties face a delicate challenge of finding their way back into the negotiating room. The WGA is open to talking, but has let the AMPTP make the first move. The AMPTP could invite the writers back — as it did on Aug. 1 — but it has nothing new to offer.
"Obviously we're not backing down," said one writer. "They're going to have to come up with something."
On the studio side, there is continuing frustration that the writers have not made bigger concessions. The AMPTP made proposals on Aug. 11 in several areas that it had previously refused to discuss, including a second step for original screenplays, access to viewership data, and a showrunner option to hire at least two writers per show. In its Aug. 15 response, the WGA came down slightly on some numbers, but largely held to its original positions. The management side believes a further move on its part would amount to little more than "negotiating against ourselves."
"The Writers Guild isn't giving the studios much of an opportunity to find a solution," said one studio-side labor veteran. "It's one thing to say, 'OK, let's find a way to get this done.' But it takes two to tango."
In the absence of talks, both sides have nurtured hopes that the other side would break ranks under the pressure, which thus far have not panned out.
Some writers have expressed a certain restlessness, especially as Labor Day has arrived with little hope of salvaging scripted series for the 2023-24 network television season. WGA members have not received an update from the union for more than a week, leaving many with little sense of where things stand in the negotiatons.
Yet the WGA membership has remained far more united than in the 2007-08 strike, when the level of solidarity was weakening by the time the strike ended on its 100th day.
More developments...
- The financial impact of ongoing actors and writers strikes has a number on it now, or one at least, as Warner Bros. Discovery said today it's looking at a hit of $300 million to $500 million in adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) for 2023 due to the work stoppages. In a filing this morning with the Securities and Exchange Commission, WBD said "it is expecting lower adjusted EBITDA for the full year in the range of $10.5 to $11 billion, reflecting the company's assumption that adjusted EBITDA will be negatively impacted by approximately $300 to $500 million, predominantly due to the impact of the strikes."
- SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher didn't hold back Wednesday in a new interview with NPR, calling out studio bosses "making $78,000 a day" who nevertheless say the entertainment industry doesn't have the money to meet the demands of striking actors and writers. "Please do not plead poverty to me. Just make a good deal," Drescher told NPR's Ailsa Chang.
- The Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA will rally on Thursday at Amazon Studio in Culver City to highlight their push a bill that would provide unemployment insurance to striking workers in California. Striking writers and actors in New York and New Jersey are already eligible to receive unemployment benefits after 14 days on the picket line, but not in California. Senate Bill 799, if it makes it through the Legislature and is signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, would change that. It passed through the Assembly Insurance Committee last week and the Legislature has until September 14 to send it to the governor's desk for signature.
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2 people take the cage and we can't wait to see who it is.....in a minute.
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Colbi: Some members of our viewing audience will receive......
A pumpkin blondie from 7 Brew Coffee. When you get done watching the Barbie Movie, head to 7 Brew Coffee and get a Pumpkin Blondie. Perfect for Blondes, Brunettes or Black haired people. And anyone with hair color like Dennis Rodman, too. Now we stencil in Pierre Kelly!
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Can I have your attention please? If you live in the NYC tri-state area and want to book the Queen of Wonderama, this is what you do..................
And for anyone wondering, the 916 area code refers to Sacramento, home of the Kings in the NBA. Please do it now because......she may be at your next birthday party, wedding or graduation or something. Okay, moving on..........
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We have a Game Show Live! follow along on Raid the Cage.
CBS announced today that actor and comedian Damon Wayans Jr. will host the action-packed new game show RAID THE CAGE, premiering on Friday, Oct. 13 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+* (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs).
In addition to hosting, Wayans Jr. also serves as an executive producer of the series.
Emmy winner Jeannie Mai Jenkins joins Wayans Jr. as co-host of the fresh take on a format that has thrilled viewers in over 15 countries internationally. Together, the duo brings an infectious chemistry to the series, where the goal is to get in, get out and get rich. Strategy, teamwork and nerve are key to winning big in RAID THE CAGE.
In the new game show, two teams of two face off to grab-and-go prizes from the Cage before their time runs out and the doors close. Correctly answering trivia questions adds seconds to the clock, giving teammates more time to grab prizes ranging from cool trips to electronics and even a new car! After three lively rounds, the team that banks the highest total dollar value in prizes wins the game, keeps what they grabbed and plays the final round to try and "Beat the Cage" for the biggest prizes of the night.
Based on the Israeli format owned by United Studios, RAID THE CAGE is produced and distributed globally by Sony Pictures Television (SPT). Jack Martin is the showrunner and executive producer. Damon Wayans Jr. is an executive producer. Ves D'Elia and Heath Luman are co-executive producers.
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Another set of singles are entering the pods hoping to meet the love of their life. This time, in Houston.
Netflix released a trailer for Season 5 of the dating series Love Is Blind on Thursday, which promises all the typical heightened emotions, wary families, and cold feet that the reality show is known for. The streamer is calling this the "most shocking season yet" as the singles are set to face some unexpected surprises.
THe trailer linked below accompanies the cast announcement that Netflix released on Wednesday, which gives a glimpse at all 28 singles who will be entering the pods in Season 5.
Love Is Blind Season 5 will debut on September 22 with four episodes. From there, new episodes will be available every Friday through October 13. Here's how they'll be broken down:
- Week 1, September 22: Episodes 1-4
- Week 2, September 29: Episodes 5-7
- Week 3, October 6: Episodes 8-9
- Week 4, October 13: Episode 10 (weddings)
Earlier this month, Netflix released three episodes of Love Is Blind: After the Altar to catch up with the Season 4 couples and some other familiar faces from the Seattle bunch. While nothing totally major happened, it looks like all the couples are still together — including Jackie and Josh. After an emotional conversation, Micah and Paul (who had still been talking regularly, despite trying to move on from one another) finally decided it would be best to put some metaphorical distance between them. Those episodes are available to stream now.
Love Is Blind and After the Altar are produced by Kinetic Content. Chris Coelen, Ally Simpson, Eric Detwiler, Kimberly Goodman, and Heather Crowe serve as executive producers.
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Here's a different slam dunk for you.....
RuPaul's Drag Race UK Judge and Interior Design Masters Presenter, funny man Alan Carr hosts Picture Slam, a fun and fast-paced quiz where every question is a picture and every picture is worth cash. They could be anything from famous faces and places to brands and logos, films and TV shows, toys and animals or things you buy in the supermarket. In this quiz, the teams need to know something about everything to get that all important Picture Slam!
Picture Slam is the play along game that asks do you know your Eiffel Tower from your Blackpool Tower? Your Victoria Beckham from your Victoria Sponge and your Buckingham Palace from your Crystal Palace?
In each round, the three teams consisting of two contestants will be presented with a board full of pictures, each picture from a different subject, they need to correctly identify them against the clock. If they clear a full board with correct answers for a 'Picture Slam' they'll receive a cash bonus. Only the team who makes it to the final, in a challenging test of the breadth of their knowledge, will take home any of their banked cash and, if they can correctly name all the required pictures, they'll take home the £10,000 jackpot!
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So.....This happened.
Australia, are you ready? One of the most exciting and iconic sports entertainment gameshows in the world, Gladiators, is making a triumphant return to Australian screens.
Premiering in 2024, a new tribe of 21st century superhumans – the Gladiators – will wrestle, rumble, and battle brave Aussie Contenders from all walks of life, in the ultimate test of speed, strength, stamina, agility and power.
In true David vs Goliath fashion and against the breathtaking backdrop of a brand-new gladiatorial arena, the Gladiators and Contenders' skills will be tested like never before, as they take part in a series of brand-new events, alongside classic challenges including fan-favourites; Hang Tough, Duel, The Wall, Power Ball, Pyramid and The Eliminator.
Welcoming a new generation of fans to the spectacle of Gladiators with charm, wit, and sporting expertise, are iconic sporting heroes and our hosts, Liz Ellis and Beau Ryan.
Fresh from being crowned the 2023 Queen of the I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! jungle, Liz said: "I am super pumped to be hosting Gladiators with Beau who is in the gym as we speak trying to match it with our Gladiators.
"It's an iconic franchise and I'm excited about the reboot. It is set to showcase some of my favourite Gladiator challenges from the original series as well as throw up a few new ones for us to fall in love with!"
On hosting the epic battle series, Beau said: "I am beyond excited to be hosting Gladiators alongside the great Liz Ellis. Liz is a national treasure, and we are going to have a lot of fun. I grew up watching and loving Gladiators and can't wait to get into it. It's going to be spectacular."
Gladiators is made for Network 10 by Warner Bros. International Television Production and executive produced by Johnny C. Ferraro and Barry Poznick. The original Gladiators series was created by Johnny C. Ferraro and Dan Carr and produced in association with Flor-Jon Films. Gladiators is distributed by Amazon MGM Studios Distribution.
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Okay folks and friends, it's Mistplay Game Break time. Let's play
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Or False.
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The Television was invented in America. Is that true or false? While you're pondering, let's have a bit of Rachel Lipsky for you in the Spotify Soundstage.
Facsimile transmission systems for still photographs pioneered methods of mechanical scanning of images in the early 19th century. Alexander Bain introduced the facsimile machine between 1843 and 1846. Frederick Bakewell demonstrated a working laboratory version in 1851.[citation needed] Willoughby Smith discovered the photoconductivity of the element selenium in 1873. As a 23-year-old German university student, Paul Julius Gottlieb Nipkow proposed and patented the Nipkow disk in 1884 in Berlin.[12] This was a spinning disk with a spiral pattern of holes in it, so each hole scanned a line of the image. Although he never built a working model of the system, variations of Nipkow's spinning-disk "image rasterizer" became exceedingly common.[13] Constantin Perskyi had coined the word television in a paper read to the International Electricity Congress at the International World Fair in Paris on 24 August 1900. Perskyi's paper reviewed the existing electromechanical technologies, mentioning the work of Nipkow and others.[14] However, it was not until 1907 that developments in amplification tube technology by Lee de Forest and Arthur Korn, among others, made the design practical.[15]
| Celebrity | Occupation | Secret Talent |
|---|---|---|
| Clint Black | country singer-songwriter | performing comedy |
| Danny Bonaduce | former child actor | maneuvering a unicycle with members of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus |
| Sasha Cohen | Olympic figure skater | performing with the New Shanghai Circus, a Chinese acrobat troupe |
| Ric Flair | former professional wrestler | salsa dancing |
| Joe Frazier | former professional boxer | singing R&B |
| Roy Jones Jr. | professional boxer | rapping |
| Marla Maples | ex-wife of Donald Trump and co-host of The Ex-Wives Club | doing a gymnastics routine with The Anti-Gravity Troupe |
| Cindy Margolis | actress and model | performing magic |
| Bridget Marquardt | actress and model | performing trapeze with the former masters of Cirque du Soleil |
| Jo Dee Messina | country singer-songwriter | performing a hip-hop meets step-dancing routine |
| Joshua Morrow | The Young and the Restless actor | performing a rock-n-roll juggling routine with Marcus Monroe |
| Mýa | actress and singer | tap dancing |
| Sheila E. | musician and former judge on The Next Great American Band | juggling with The Flying Karamazov Brothers |
| Ben Stein | comedian, attorney and commentator | dancing the jitterbug |
| George Takei | former Star Trek actor | crooning as a country singer |
| Malcolm-Jamal Warner | former Cosby Show actor | performing an original song on bass guitar as part of a hip hop orchestra |
During the single April 8, 2008, episode, the judges uniformly expressed their preference for the performances of Mýa and Clint Black. However, the audience votes advanced Sasha Cohen and Clint Black while sending Mýa and George Takei home.
After Takei performed, Polone joked that he looked like one of the main characters in Brokeback Mountain, the Oscar-nominated film about two gay cowboys. Takei, who is openly gay, mustered a smile during the live broadcast, but in a later interview with Entertainment Tonight, he admitted to being offended. Polone did not apologize for his words.[3]
One episode down and the aftermath was this:
In comparison, the notorious flop Quarterlife, which had also been canceled after one episode by NBC several weeks earlier, had a 3.1 rating in the 10 p.m. time slot, where fewer networks broadcast. CBS then decided not to make the remaining six episodes.
That joins ABC's Turn-On way back in 1969, Osbournes Reloaded and You're in The Picture starring jackie Gleason among others as the only TV shows out of here after one program. That goes to show we won't we seeing Kaye Adams breaking dancing any time soon.
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