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This week......
(augmented TV shows Lucky 13 set)
Even the ghost of Wink Martindale won't save a cancelled show....
(Switches screen to the Monopoly Go! app)
Why dentists are staying away from watching Kpop Demon Hunters and Candy Land.....
(Switches screen to Just for Men gel)
and we're in the gray haired era. How?
Let's................ Get................... Lit!
Amy Irons: From around the world....across the country....and in your neighborhoods, NOW......in its 8th consecutive year, this is.................................
And now, the (Nearly) world-famous contestant...Pierre Kelly!
Me: Welcome to Game Show Live! Let's get right into it with.......
The Talking Through The Medias opening toss up story.
Suppliers that helped produce Lucky 13 have been asked to provide evidence of their debts following the collapse of the UK production vehicles behind the ABC game show.
Lucky 13 was produced under a novel greenlight model, under which producer Studio 1 pre-funded the series in return for half of ABC’s ad revenue and 100% of product placement sales. But the venture went sideways when the revenue from 30-second ad spots fell well below projections, with ABC later canceling the series.
Lucky 13 Holdings and Studio 13 Entertainment, the special-purpose companies set up to house Lucky 13, were effectively declared bankrupt last year, and an administrator was appointed to wind up their affairs. They were run by Studio 1 CEO Adrian Woolfe. Millions of dollars were owed to financiers, the presenters, contestants and suppliers. ABC eventually stepped in to pay host fees and contestants at least $460,000 in winnings.
Studio 13 Entertainment still owes unsecured creditors as much as £890,974 ($1.2 million), according to a filing by Menzies, the UK accountancy firm overseeing the administration process. They have now been asked to prove their debts by October 20, even though Menzies has said it is unlikely they will be repaid.
These creditors include the likes of post-production house Suite (owed £113,264); Nest Productions (owed £163,914), a production services company; and media law firm Lee & Thompson (£27,000).
SMC Speciality Finance, which helped fund Lucky 13, was owed around $4.6M after the collapse, but pocketed the $881,994 in ABC ad revenue generated by the show. SMC has taken control of the Lucky 13 rights and other IP owned by Studio 13 Entertainment including Dancing With Horses, a show piloted for Fox with Sarah Ferguson starring.
Lucky 13 tested contestants’ knowledge with 13 true-or-false trivia questions but with a twist: just how well do they know what they know — and, just as importantly, how well do they know what they don’t know? If they accurately predicted how successfully they’ve answered 13 questions, they could take home a $1M cash jackpot. It became ABC’s most-watched summer series premiere when it launched last July with 2.7M viewers. Lucky 13’s season finale was also ranked No. 1 in its time period.
Woolfe created the show and served as showrunner. Actor Kevin Bacon was an executive producer alongside Mark Wells, Glenn Coomber, Aaron Stone, Alastair Burlingham, Gary Raskin, David Schiff, Scott Henry and GW Wright. O’Neal executive produced alongside Colin Smeeton and Michael Parris for his Jersey Legends Productions, while Rodriguez executive produced via her I Can & I Will Productions.
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Before we head for break, somebody wanted thoughts on a Catch 21 reboot and here it is.
Some things in life just hit differently, like how reboots and spin-offs work differently from their original counterparts. When they’re done right, they remind us of what made the original so sharp, lean, and enjoyable. When they’re done wrong, they end up feeling like overproduced spectacles where branding overshadows gameplay and the heart of the format gets lost. That’s why a blackjack-based show like Catch 21 stands out. it’s simple, half-suspenseful, and timeless.
Unfortunately, not every studio seems to understand this. Fremantle’s track record in the last few years has been disappointing; Match Game 2K16 got canceled after 5 years of being on TV, Card Sharks '19 was axed just as it found its stride with a solid three seasons, NCIS lost steam after Mark Harmon left, and AGT is buried under sob stories, Golden Buzzer gimmicks, and Simon Cowell’s unnecessary bullshit. Not every reboot works. But Catch 21 deserves another shot, because blackjack, trivia and real sense of strategy still deliver real suspense, not some crooked custom prize and survey cringe-inducing gimmicks. In a sea of tired reboots, risking it all for 21 could feel fresh again.
And to wrap it all up, if Amazon MGM or Warner Bros. is ever interested in rebooting Catch 21, or creating a new show with a similar format, it could be a strong contender against the Match Game revival with Martin Short. Which it shouldn't have been revived in the first place considering the "Rust" accident with Alec Baldwin four (and a half) years ago and Joe Biden's presidency plus Celebrity Calamity Feud or any true crime show that's clogging up the airwaves. Please excuse if I’ve brought up things that aren't directly related to C21; I’m simply standing by what I believe and trying to support my point.
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Amy: Some members of our viewing audience will receive......
Trolli. Hey, did you know Trolli has partnered up with Mountain Dew? Yep. It now has a limited edition sour bite crawlers and the opposite with Cherry Lemon zero sugar dew soda. Try some today. Now back to the worm in your applesauce, Pierre Kelly!
ME: Hey hey, this aired 15 years ago on the tiffany network.......
I know that's cool, but the original however.....still holds up to standards. Watch and see why.
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Something we haven't seen in forever.
For $5 a month (60 bucks for the whole year!) you'll support the show and Madison's Mad Facts are BACK! Plus Fridays are Madison Trivia Days! We have behind-the-scenes goodies and more exclusives to come. LOVE YOU!
The competition to produce a Netflix game show based on iconic board game Monopoly is heating up.
Deadline reports that three companies – Studio Lambert, Wheelhouse and Endemol Shine North America – are vying for the right to produce the show as part of a large-scale bake-off.
The bake-off was the talk of the unscripted town earlier this summer with around 50 companies understood to have submitted creative ideas for the adaptation with around 30 pre-approved by the streamer.
Studio Lambert is behind series such as Peacock’s The Traitors, for which it recently won another Emmy, and the All3Media-owned company is in business with Netflix on series such as Squid Game: The Challenge. It also produced The Circle, Dance 100 and Surviving Paradise for the streamer.
Wheelhouse has also worked with Netflix on a number of projects including Million Dollar Secret, the Peter Serafinowicz-hosted game show that was recently renewed for a second season, as well as Buying Beverly Hills, which ran for two seasons and King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch.
Endemol Shine North America is behind series such as ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, CBS’s The Summit, Fox’s MasterChef and Lego Masters and NBC’s Deal or No Deal Island. On the scripted front, it produced Ripley, which aired on Netflix. Endemol Shine North America Sharon Levy told Deadline earlier this year that the streamer was “biggest target for ’25”.
Netflix struck a deal for the rights to Monopoly from Hasbro Entertainment earlier this year. Gaspin told Deadline earlier this summer that he was convinced to buy the project without a pitch in part due to the success of Monopoly Go!, the mobile board game from Scopely that came out in 2023. That game is thought to have had more than 150 million downloads and generated at least $5 billion in revenue.
“There’s a gameplay in Monopoly Go! that I think really will resonate with gameplay in an unscripted series,” he said. “The idea itself is still up for grabs. How do we want to approach it? Is it a giant game board? Is it in the real world? We don’t have the answer and we had so many agents and so many production companies reaching out and asking us if they can participate, and asking if we’ll consider putting them in the bake-off that we didn’t want to be restrictive. So, we said, ‘Why don’t we do a first round that’s pretty broad.’”
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The Physical:100 franchise returns bigger and bolder than ever with its most ambitious evolution yet. Today, Netflix revealed the 48 contestants of Physical: Asia - the franchise's first-ever nation-vs-nation showdown. Eight countries - Korea, Japan, Thailand, Mongolia, Türkiye, Indonesia, Australia, and the Philippines - will collide in a high-stakes competition of strength, strategy, and teamwork for nothing less than national pride.
Each six-person squad is anchored by a national superstar who embodies the competitive spirit of their homeland.
- Korea: UFC trailblazer Dong-hyun "Stun Gun" Kim leads a powerhouse squad featuring Olympic gold medalist Yun Sung-bin, Amotti (Physical: 100 Season 2 winner), Jang Eun-sil, Choi Seung-yeon, and famed ssireum champion Kim Min-jae.
- Japan: Yushin Okami, one of Asia's most decorated MMA fighters.
- Australia: Former UFC Middleweight Champion Robert "The Reaper" Whittaker.
- Philippines: Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, the only eight-division world champion in history.
- Thailand: Muay Thai world champion Superbon.
- Mongolia: Traditional wrestling star Orkhonbayar Bayarsaikhan.
- Türkiye: Four-time oil wrestling champion Recep Kara.
- Indonesia: Physique powerhouse I Igedz "Executioner".
The series blends elite athleticism with cultural tradition, spotlighting disciplines from combat sports and ball games to track and field - alongside heritage events like Korean ssireum, Mongolian wrestling, Turkish oil wrestling, and Muay Thai. Physical: Asia is more than a clash of athletes; it's a showcase of heritage, pride, and physical mastery on an unprecedented global stage.
Following acclaimed spin-offs in the U.S. and Italy, this new chapter transforms the fight for individual survival into a national team showdown. Producer Jang Ho-gi noted: "At its heart, the Physical series is about raw competition that transcends disciplines and generations. By bringing national pride into the equation, the battles will be more intense, more emotional, and more unforgettable than ever."
Uniting world-class athletes, cultural icons, and living legends, Physical: Asia marks the franchise's first true battle for national pride. The eight-nation spectacle premieres this October, streaming only on Netflix to audiences worldwide.
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Alison Irwin made history way back in 2004 when she became the first former Big Brother player to cross over as a contestant on The Amazing Race. The Big Brother season 4 runner-up grabbed her backpack and her boyfriend Donny to compete on season 5 of The Amazing Race, but their travels were short-lived, as the couple was the second team eliminated. Oh well.
Since then, however, the floodgates have opened and many Big Brother alums have tried their hand at the globe-trotting CBS series over the years, with two BB couples (Cody Nickson and Jessica Graf as well as Derek Xiao and Claire Rehfuss) winning the show. But the ultimate Big Brother and Amazing Race crossover event is finally about to take place!
Are we referring to the upcoming Amazing Race season featuring all Big Brother players and their loved ones that kicks off Sept. 25 on CBS? Of course not! We’re talking about something way more important than that. We’re talking about a meeting of the minds between TAR host Phil Keoghan and BB host Julie Chen Moonves in which they attempt to teach each other their signature moves.
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Celebrity Wheel of Fortune is returning for Season 6, but with a fresh new host and all-new celebrities. Find out who will be competing for chairty, including The Hunting Wives stars, Dancing with the Stars contestants, and more.
Ryan Seacrest will take charge of his first season of the celebrity version of the game show as well as his second season of the syndicated version.
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Season 6 will premiere on Friday, September 26, on ABC at 8pm. This means fans get Celebrity Wheel of Fortune twice this year since Sajak’s last season was delayed from fall 2024 to Spring 2025. 20/20 will air right after. The schedule is different from Season 5, which aired on Wednesday nights. The game show will stream on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers the following day.
Who is competing on Season 6 of Celebrity Wheel of Fortune? The first episode will feature Dancing With the Stars‘ Jenna Johnson Chmerkovskiy, Derek Hough, and Bruno Tonioli. Other celebrities competing for charity include actor and comedian Alex Borstein, director and producer Paul Feig, actor Michael Zegen, The Hunting Wives stars Malin Akerman, Katie Lowes, and Jaime Ray Newman. Joey McIntyre will also spin the wheel, along with author and actor Retta, Oliver Hudson; WNBA champion and author Candace Parker, NBA Hall of Famer Dwight Howard, sportscaster and radio host Rich Eisen, Big Sean, 2 Chainz, and Tori Kelly.
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It's official.
Big Brother is having a splashy summer on CBS. Season 27 is averaging 5.1M viewers per episode in 35-day multi-platform viewing across linear and streaming, up 23% from last year, per a combination of Nielsen data and internal data from parent company Paramount Global.
So far, viewers have watched more than 8B minutes of Big Brother this summer between full episodes and live feeds on CBS, Paramount+ and Pluto TV. That’s a 27% lift from last year’s 6.61B.
Per Paramount, live feed streaming alone is up 35% year-over-year. In terms of full-episode viewership, Season 27 is boasting Big Brother‘s best average minute audience ever.
The Season 27 two-hour live finale airs Sunday, September 28 from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and Paramount+.
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The much-anticipated Season 4 return of television's #1 game show, The Floor, will premiere on FOX on Wednesday, September 24.
New this season, "America Duels". Two contestants will represent each of the 50 states and we talked with one from Utah, Frank. He says he's hoping to be the final contestant who gains control over The Floor and take home $250,000! The Floor is hosted and produced by Emmy Award nominee, Rob Lowe.
100 contestants face off in head-to-head duels where the winner take control of their opponent's square, while the loser goes home. They stand their ground on a massive, interactive LED game floor featuring 100 squares, each representing a different trivia category.
Contestants this season range from reality stars to influencers athletes.
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Sorry Steve Harvey but......
“Jeopardy” maintained its status as the most-watched syndication series on television in its premiere week, debuting with 7.5 million viewers. That’s a 4% increase from its premiere week viewership the year before, according to Live + Same Day data from Nielsen.
The Sony Pictures Television-produced trivia show was one of seven distributed by CBS Media Ventures to make the top 10 most-watched syndicated series during the week of Sept. 8-14. The other six were “Wheel of Fortune” at No. 2, “Inside Edition” at No. 4, “Entertainment Tonight” at No. 5, “Hot Bench” at No. 6, “The Drew Barrymore Show” at No. 8 and “Flip Side” at No. 9.
Of those seven, five achieved year-over-year premiere week growth. Along with the 4% bump for “Jeopardy,” “The Drew Barrymore Show” increased 8% to 1.3 million viewers, becoming the No. 2 syndicated talk show after “Live With Kelly and Mark.” “Hot Bench,” the top syndicated court show, achieved its best premiere week in four years, improving on last year by 15% to reach 2.1 million viewers. “Inside Edition” led syndicated newsmagazine series, growing by 1% to reach 3 million viewers, and “Flip Side” jumped by 17% from its first season to reach 1 million viewers.
It should be noted that preemptions were significant throughout premiere week, with syndicated series bumped to make room for Monday Night Football and the 24th anniversary of 9/11, which are standard at this time of year, in addition to as coverage of both the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Without those factors, viewership of syndicated series would have been higher.
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For the majority of its first 16 seasons, the “Shark Tank” natural habitat was at Friday night on the ABC schedule. However, Season 17 is set to premiere Wednesday night alongside “The Golden Bachelor” — but the business-savvy team welcomes the changing tides.
“We used to be on a different night and ABC moved us to Friday. At that time, nobody watched TV on Fridays and I distinctly remember having a conversation with ABC executives asking, ‘You say you love the show, why are you moving it there? It’ll die there!’ ” executive producer Clay Newbill told TheWrap at ABC’s Summer Soirée earlier this month.
“I was wrong, they were right. So, honestly, I trust them — a lot of effort and work and thought goes into it before they make a move like that. Plus, the interesting thing is our lead-in will be ‘The Golden Bachelor,’ which if you look at the demos, both reality.”
“We like to keep the show pretty uniform with the formula, but how we really mix it up is with the Guest Sharks,” fellow EP Yun Lingner added. “That’s a really important component of the show, because everybody has a different perspective about business and the entrepreneurs that come in every season are really a natural reflection of what’s going on in business. Like at the beginning of the show, people didn’t sell on social media, right? But now that’s everything. So it’s just a natural kind of manifestation of what’s really going on.”
Some of this season’s Guest Sharks include Michael Strahan, Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines. However, another familiar face will also be seen on the show: Pete Davidson — only as an entrepreneur, not a Shark.
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CBS' new music competition series THE ROAD has revealed exciting new prizes, including a coveted performance slot on the iconic Mane Stage at Stagecoach Country Music Festival 2026 in Indio, Calif., for the grand prize winner and an exclusive Red Bull prize package. These additions join the previously announced grand prize: a $250,000 cash award and a recording contract. THE ROAD's new extended premiere airs Sunday, Oct. 19 (9:00-10:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+*.
Further details about the record deal were also announced. The winner will receive a recording contract with Country Road Records, a division of 101 Studios, in partnership with Thirty Tigers.
Red Bull will provide the winner of the competition the opportunity to perform live at Red Bull Jukebox. Additionally, the two runners-up will receive five recording sessions at Red Bull Studio Los Angeles, a state-of-the-art recording space that includes a full range of instruments and cutting-edge equipment designed to empower artists and give wings to their ideas.
THE ROAD is produced by Paramount Television Studios, Taylor Sheridan (Bosque Ranch Productions), Blake Shelton (Lucky Horseshoe Productions), David Glasser (101 Studios), Lee Metzger (Lucky Horseshoe Productions) and Keith Urban.
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And we pit stop for a fun Mistplay Game Break.
Author and film critic Leonard Maltin awarded the film two out of a possible four stars. Maltin commended the film's acting and direction, but felt that the result was "nothing special."[8]
But what's the film? Find out after we look at a time honored tradition.
And the film Maltin reviewed was.................
The idea for the film came when the producer Richard Gordon read Gerry Fernback's screenplay The Night the Silicates Came. Gordon partnered with Tom Blakey of Planet Films to produce the film.
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And let's dim the lights down for a horror story.
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It's time to celebrate..................
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