The broken curse of the ceramic dalmatian
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This week......
(augmented TV shows Wheel of fortune)
An 11-year curse is broken....
(Switches screen to ballroom)
It's back to dancing....
(Switches screen to Christmas decorations)
And.........not yet.
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.
After 11 years on Wheel of Fortune, this had to happen.
Oops wrong video, although we kids of the 70s and 80s remember it as a fun segment and that $5000 space added since the start of the sydnicated days prompted bigger rewards for players giving the late Merv Griffin heart palpatations and asking people for cash only. 1987 was the change for that but back to this moment we're ACTUALLY seeing.
A Connecticut woman became the biggest winner in "Wheel of Fortune" history Tuesday night after taking home more than $1 million in prizes.
Christina Derevjanik of Stamford, Connecticut, won a total of $1,035,155, becoming only the fourth contestant ever to land the show's $1 million grand prize and the first since Ryan Seacrest took over as host, according to a press release.
Over the course of the game, Derevjanik collected $35,155 in cash and prizes, including trips to Montana and Tokyo, before advancing to the bonus round. She chose the category "Living Things" and correctly solved the puzzle, "PACK OF COYOTES." Seacrest then revealed the $1 million envelope, sparking confetti and cheers as Derevjanik celebrated her historic win.
Even Clarissa Darling herself was surprised to react to it.
So much so that Good Morning America covered it.
ANd if anyone in Los Angeles came to the taping, this is what happened.
Congratulations again, Christina, Ryan and Vanna did feel that manifestiation and here's how it got to it.
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DWTS is rising. Before I go, did you know that ads on Youtube are getting annoying to you. You're watching a rerun of Off Beat Cinema, you get to the part and.........A jet2 holiday advert interrupts it. That bites. The least you can do is sign up for Youtube Premium. It costs around $13.99/month or less for a Lite plan and frees you from all ads and can give you background play and yes, classic commericals like................this one.
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Amy: Some members of our viewing audience will receive......
Trolli. They got gummy worms, bears, unique shapes and more. Go look it up at your local store today. And we are back with Pierre Kelly!
Me: Hey you all. did you know that this program turned 25 years old?
Since 2000, CSI gave us many cases using evidence to solve them. It later spawned many spinoffs like CSI: NY, CSI: Miami,. CSI Cyber and others. CSI was and IS the one that influenced many imitators. Now when will there be a CSI Dublin? When when?
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IT all started with this..............
ABC's formidable Tuesday lineup notched another win this week with both "Dancing with the Stars" and "High Potential" continuing their upward trend. The shows' strong performances in week three pushed ABC to a resounding win for the night in entertainment among both Total Viewers (5.30 million) and Adults 18-49 (0.92 rating), with the network leading second place NBC by double digits in Total Viewers (+59% - 5.30 million vs. 3.33 million) and triple digits among Adults 18-49 (+197% - 0.92 rating vs. 0.31 rating).
"Dancing with the Stars" Season 34 continued to dazzle audiences this week with the show earning 5.82 million Total Viewers and a 1.22 rating among Adults 18-49, hitting a season high in both measures and dominating the 8-10 p.m. time period.
In a record-setting turn of events, "Dancing with the Stars" rose for the second straight week since its season premiere for the first time in 20 years - since the show's first three weeks on air in June 2005.
In addition, demonstrating strong interest in the show's festive TikTok night, "Dancing with the Stars" turned in the show's strongest performance among Adults 18-34 (1.38 rating) in over eight years (since 5/22/17).
In fact, "Dancing with the Stars" earned the best Adults 18-34 rating for any entertainment series telecast in over four years (since 8/9/21 with "The Bachelorette," excluding post-NFL telecasts), and scored the top entertainment telecast in the younger Adult demographic on any network since this year's Oscars(R) telecast (3/2/25), outperforming marquee live events including CBS' Golden Globe Awards (1.25 rating on 1/5/25), NBC's "SNL50: The Anniversary Special" (1.29 rating on 2/16/25) and CBS' MTV Video Music Awards (0.88 rating on 9/7/25).
"Dancing with the Stars" was the No. 1 most social television program across broadcast and cable, earning 2.7 million total social interactions and rising by double digits over last week's episode (+32% vs. 2.1 million).
Continuing to break records yet again, fan voting jumped week to week, reaching a new high of 39 million votes cast (+11% vs. 35 million votes cast on 9/23).
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Kicking off an exciting new season, "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" delivered 3.55 million Total Viewers and a 0.31 rating among Adults 18-49.
With Ryan Seacrest joining Vanna White as host in the show's new time period (Friday nights at 8 p.m.), "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" stood as the No. 1 program of the night, rising by double digits in Total Viewers over its previous season premiere (+17% - vs. 3.04 million).
The season premiere episode scored the show's best audience among Total Viewers since 12/13/23.
The show also scored ABC's strongest Friday performance at 8 p.m. among Total Viewers with original entertainment telecasts since 5/17/24 (with "Jeopardy Masters").
Head-to-head at 8 p.m., "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" led its closest network competition, CBS's "Big Brother," by double digits among Total Viewers (+82% - 3.55 million vs. 1.95 million).
The high-energy premiere, featuring "Dancing with the Stars"'s Derek Hough, Bruno Tonioli and Jenna Johnson Chmerkovskiy, also helped push ABC to a win for the night among the broadcast networks in Total Viewers (3.02 million).
"Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" returns Friday, Oct. 3 (8 p.m. on ABC, streaming next day on Hulu). Host Ryan Seacrest and Vanna White welcome author and actor Retta, singer and actor Joey McIntyre and actor Oliver Hudson competing to win BIG money for a charity of their choice.
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SURVIVOR season 49 and THE AMAZING RACE season 38 premiere episodes had their largest live plus 3-day viewership in both shows' history, since L+3 measurement was introduced in 2007. SURVIVOR and THE AMAZING RACE streaming alone is up +138% and +127%, respectively.
SURVIVOR and THE AMAZING RACE Premiere Episode 3-Day Multiplatform Viewership Highlights:
· SURVIVOR season 49 premiere (Sept. 24 from 8:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) grew to 6.83 million viewers (from 4.03m) with three days of multiplatform viewership, up +2% from last year's premiere.
· Streaming alone is up +138% on Paramount+ and CBS TVE (CBS.com/CBS app) from last year's fall premiere.
· This is the largest 3-day streaming audience for a single episode in the show's history.
· THE AMAZING RACE season 38 (Sept. 25 from 9:30-11:00 PM, ET/PT) grew to 4.01 million viewers, nearly doubling its Live+SD audience (2.01m) with three days of multiplatform viewership.
· Streaming alone is up +127% on Paramount+ and CBS TVE (CBS.com/CBS app) from its season 37 spring premiere.
· This is the largest 3-day streaming audience for a single episode in the show's history.
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Tom Brady and Michael Strahan’s production company is getting into the game show business.
Religion of Sports, the company they founded with Gotham Chopra, is developing a game show based on online sports trivia contest Immaculate Grid.
The firm acquired the rights to develop the project from Sports Reference, which is behind the popular game, which has scored over 6.5M users this year. The daily trivia game challenges players to fill a 3×3 grid with athletes who meet specific statistical and team criteria.
The game show will translate the format into a competitive TV series featuring sports fans, celebrities, and athletes testing their knowledge against the clock in trivia battles.
It marks the first game show for Religion of Sports, which is best known for sports and pop culture documentaries such as Prime Video’s Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues and Netflix’s Simone Biles Rising as well as Hulu’s Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story.
“Immaculate Grid is the online game to play if you’re a serious sports fan. It’s very challenging and very addictive,” said Victor Buhler, SVP of Development and Production at Religion of Sports. “We believe the game can also become a terrific show, a future favorite for sports fans of every stripe.”
“Our mission at Sports Reference is to help our users better enjoy and understand the sports they love. Religion of Sports is a perfect partner in that mission, as we’ve found a lot of common ground in our shared interest in the deeper context of sports,” added Sean Forman, President and Founder of Sports Reference. “Immaculate Grid has become a daily ritual for so many people, and our collaboration represents a major step in its evolution. We’re excited to work with Religion of Sports to expand the Immaculate Grid brand from the online space to a new television audience.”
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NBCUniversal and YouTube TV have announced a “long-term” distribution agreement, ending the threat of a blackout of NBCU networks in more than 10 million pay-TV homes.
The companies had been at odds over the past week, with the programmer running ads and social media promotions calling attention to the operator’s Big Tech DNA. On Thursday, however, the sharp-edged rhetoric was shelved as the deal was revealed, though the media industry will take time to parse all of its details before trying to handicap which side gained the most.
Under the deal, whose length and terms were not disclosed, carriage of NBCU’s full portfolio of networks is assured on YouTube TV. Distribution has also been secured for a new iteration of the NBC Sports Network, which will give viewers access to “a broad range of NBCUniversal’s robust sports programming,” as NBCU said in a statement.
NBCUniversal has started shutting down its dedicated Roku channel apps for several flagship cable networks. The move signals a decisive effort to consolidate content under its proprietary Peacock platform, aiming to streamline user experiences and bolster subscriber growth amid intensifying competition in the digital entertainment landscape. Effective immediately, apps for networks such as Syfy and USA Network will cease independent operations on Roku devices, redirecting viewers to the broader NBC or Peacock ecosystems for access to their favorite shows and live programming.
The transition reflects a broader industry trend where media conglomerates are pruning fragmented digital footprints to focus resources on centralized hubs. NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast, has long maintained separate Roku channels tailored to individual brands like Syfy for science fiction enthusiasts and USA Network for its mix of procedural dramas and sports. However, recent updates to these apps—rolled out quietly in the weeks leading up to the announcement—have transformed them into mere placeholders. Users attempting to launch the Syfy or USA apps now encounter a simple redirect screen, prompting them to download the NBC app for linear cable feeds or Peacock for on-demand streaming. This subtle overhaul, first noticed by tech-savvy cord-cutters last month, underscores the company’s intent to phase out these silos without fanfare.
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Games Global has unveiled The Price is Right™ Gold Blitz Ultimate™, a custom-built online slot developed exclusively for BetMGM, one of the leading iGaming and sports betting operators in the United States. The new title brings together the cultural influence of the legendary game show with the proven performance of the Gold Blitz Ultimate™ engine.
The bespoke release was developed by Games Global’s exclusive studio partner, Fortune Factory Studios, under BetMGM’s multi-year IP agreement with Fremantle. The collaboration has resulted in a high-energy game environment that reflects the vibrancy of The Price is Right, the longest consecutively running game show on television.
By tapping into the show’s enduring popularity, Games Global expands its portfolio with a product designed to resonate with players across the U.S. market. Gold Blitz Ultimate™, the latest evolution of the widely recognized Gold Blitz™ brand, underpins the game, showcasing its versatility and continuing to deliver value across bespoke and network-wide launches.
This release builds on Games Global’s strategy of combining global IP with established game mechanics to deliver immersive, engaging content. It also marks the continuation of a successful partnership with BetMGM, following previous bespoke table game projects and the exclusive U.S. launch of Gold Blitz Ultimate™ earlier this year.
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Now comes a Mistplay Game Break. Question here is this:
What feature film was the first to have model animation in the United States?
Figure it out after you watch this Svengoolie parody.
And the answer to that was......
Produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a major Hollywood studio at the time, the film stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger and features pioneering stop motion special effects by Willis O'Brien, a forerunner of his work on King Kong (1933). Doyle appears in a frontispiece to the film, absent from some extant prints.
In 1998, The Lost World was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.[5][6] Due to its age, the film is now in the public domain.
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It's time to celebrate..................
Don't forget to email me at kellypierre8@gmail.com, coppockonsports@yahoo.com, Pierre Kelly on FB and @Johnny_Arcade on X which is formerly Twitter. Also I'm on Snapchat as MisterGSN and Instagram as MrJackbox2. We will return next Wednesday, and until we return, Play on playas.
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