Can you give me a Second here?
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Game Show Live is on! Today.....
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I'd like seconds, but I want a second.
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If I wantto be one of the Avengers, why can't you have Geena Davis as a judge?
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and can you give rather than receive?
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The most important blog of the week begins..........now.
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.
If at first you don't succeed, well, Jeopardy! will give you another shot!
The venerable game show revealed on Tuesday the 18 contestants returning for the first-ever Second Chance tournament, which will air over two weeks beginning Oct. 17.
The contest finds players who didn't become Jeopardy! champions in their initial appearances returning for what Sony Pictures Television is dubbing "an unprecedented opportunity to change history." Each of the two weeks will feature three semifinal games and a two-day final. The winner of each week's mini-competition will earn a spot in the upcoming Tournament of Champions, which kicks off Monday, October 31
The roster includes only contestants who played since the last Tournament of Champions in May 2021. Herewith are the contenders…
Week 1 (October 17-21)
- James Fraser, a naval aviator from Newport Beach, Calif. (Season 37)
- Aaron Gulyas, a community college history instructor from Grand Blanc, Mich. (Season 38)
- Molly Karol, a certified public accountant from Austin, Texas (Season 38)
- Tracy Pitzel, an accountant from Ellensburg, Wa. (Season 38)
- Renée Russell, a branch office administrator from Baltimore, Md. (Season 38)
- Pam Schoenberg, a dentist and entrepreneur from South Salem, N.Y. (Season 38)
- Jessica Stephens, a statistical research specialist from Nashville, Tenn. (Season 38)
- Erica Weiner-Amachi, a teacher from Philadelphia, Pa. (Season 38)
- Cindy Zhang, a user experience designer from New York, N.Y. (Season 38)
Week 2 (October 24-28)
- Sadie Goldberger, an interpreter from Columbia, Md. (Season 38)
- Alicia O'Hare, a social worker from Long Beach, N.Y. (Season 38)
- Do Park, a sportswriter from Minneapolis, Minn. (Season 38)
- Tom Philipose, a writing professor from Forest Hills, N.Y. (Season 38)
- Nikkee Porcaro, an educational consultant and business owner from Silver Spring, Md. (Season 37)
- Jeff Smith, a music educator from San Diego, Calif. (Season 38)
- Sarah Snider, a teacher from Fishers, Ind. (Season 38)
- Rowan Ward, a chart caller, writer, and editor from Chicago, Ill. (Season 37)
- Jack Weller, a law student from San Diego, Calif. (Season 37)
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But in this next segment, one chance to make means you can get high marks or blow chunks and vomit. It's the Yay & Yawn of October.
The Yay: Dish & Game Show Network. They finally kissed and made up. Fans were depressed when they split up and now they're giving themselves joy.
The Yawn: Idiotest. After being stranded on weekends every single week, it disappeared forever. No more tests we've already seen before after going away for 4 seasons.
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If your aim is true, then you can be a marksmen. The story after we shoot this poison arrow through a tree.
Bullseye!
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Colbi: Some members of our viewing audience will receive......
A gift card from Spirit Halloween. Spirit Halloween can give you such costumes, plus decorations, collectibles and more. Get to one today before the calendar flips to November. Right Now! Here's the man who can make it different, Pierre Kelly!
Me: And you are back with more of the show that is somehow live. And that IS Game Show Live!
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Where will we be without podcasts? Well, there's NPR and books on tape and old Kid Stuff albums with books. Remember those? Well, they don't compare to podcasts which updates every day and we call this next segemnt...........
The HISTORY(R) Channel is set to premiere the new competition series "Mountain Men: Ultimate Marksman" hosted by trained welder, outdoor enthusiast and three-time "Survivor" contestant Colby Donaldson and World Champion shooter Mark Romano on Thursday, November 3 at 9:30PM ET/PT. The eight-part series tests some of the world's top marksmen and markswomen by using centuries-old historical weapons like primitive knives, bows and firearms. Competitors will navigate several distance, precision, and obstacle challenges - each designed and based off of the history of the American frontier. It's a showdown that will put their weapons knowledge, accuracy skills, and unique techniques to the ultimate test with competitors on a mission to earn the title of "Ultimate Marksman" and win $10,000.
Throughout history, those who wandered the wilderness of the West needed to rely on handmade weapons and survival tools to maintain life on the mountain. Surviving harsh weather and hungry predators often came down to one shot. The knowledge and expertise they displayed with these frontier weapons are still being honored today. "Mountain Men: Ultimate Marksman" is an extension of the network's popular "Mountain Men" franchise with the new competition series aiming to revisit the pioneer spirit and way of life on the old frontier.
"Mountain Men: Ultimate Marksman" tests skilled weapons experts like never before - from using a bow and arrow to hit bullseyes while balancing in a moving river to firing historic rifles through a 12-foot wall of fire. The series incorporates fascinating facts about American history with explaining how weapons were made for successful survival for living off the land. Each weekly, one-hour episode brings together four talented competitors to a ranch in Montana as they strive to become the "Ultimate Marksman," a title achieved only by completing three rounds of precision-based challenges. Each competitor must use a different centuries-old weapon and technique to effectively hit targets. The challenges also present a unique twist requiring competitors to move through the landscape in a way that only mountain men and women would. At the end of the third and final round, the marksman or markswoman with the highest total points earns the coveted title and walks away with a grand prize of $10,000.
For more information, please visit: https://www.history.com/shows/mountain-men-ultimate-marksman
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ABC announced its holiday programming today in anticipation of the most wonderful time of the year, which includes a lineup filled with merriment, beloved classics and uplifting new specials.
Two dazzling specials featuring some of the biggest names in music will bring melodies in December: "A Very Backstreet Christmas" celebrates the holidays with The Backstreet Boys, and "Finding Harmony" is an uplifting story featuring EGOT winner John Legend and David Brown, founder of the Columbus-based Harmony Project in Ohio.
Disney will kick off its 100th anniversary celebration during "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2023."
More highlights include Disney's new stop-motion holiday special, "Mickey Saves Christmas"; the return of "CMA Country Christmas" from Nashville; holiday-themed episodes of ABC's favorite comedies and game shows; and Wonderful World of Disney movies that families can enjoy, including a special airing of "Home Alone" on Christmas Eve. ABC News is also set to air "Love Actually: 20 Years Later - A Diane Sawyer/ABC News Special" and "The Year: 2022." A magical new season of "The Great Christmas Light Fight" also returns, along with news of a season 11 pickup for 2023.
In addition, prepare for a night of holiday-themed game show with episodes of "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune", "Press Your Luck", and "The $100,000 Pyramid" on December 6.
The full schedule is below (dates/time subject to change)....
MONDAY, NOV. 28 8:00-10:00 p.m.
"The Great Christmas Light Fight" - Season Premiere - Ready, set, glow. The most wonderful time of the year is here as ABC's hit decorating competition series, "The Great Christmas Light Fight," returns for its 10th season with back-to-back episodes across the first three weeks of the Christmas season. The next installment of the "lit" series showcases America's brightest houses with the help of celebrity judges and Christmas décor aficionados - lifestyle expert Carter Oosterhouse and famed interior designer Taniya Nayak. In each merry and bright episode, the Christmas classic takes viewers across the country to the most elaborate and awe-inspiring holiday displays in the nation as viewers will once again see four fantastic families face off in each one-hour episode and compete to win $50,000 and the coveted Light Fight Trophy. "The Great Christmas Light Fight," which also received a season 11 pickup, is produced by Fremantle. Brady Connell, Max Swedlow and Felicia Aaron White are executive producers for the series. (8:00-10:00 p.m.)
TUESDAY, DEC. 6 8:00-9:00 p.m.
"Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" - "Jack Black, Kal Penn and Sasheer Zamata" - This special holiday episode of "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune," hosted by pop-culture legends Pat Sajak and Vanna White, takes a star-studded spin on America's Game(R) by welcoming celebrities to spin the world's most famous Wheel and solve puzzles for a chance to win more than $1 million. All of the money won by the celebrity contestants will go to a charity of their choice. This episode's celebrity contestants include Jack Black (playing for 24th Street Theatre), Kal Penn (playing for Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project) and Sasheer Zamata (playing for SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition). (8:00-9:00 p.m.)
"Press Your Luck" - "Press Your Luck's Holiday Extravaganza" - In a special holiday-themed episode, our merry players compete to outwit the WHAMMY and take home some festive holiday prizes on "Press Your Luck." Host Elizabeth Banks is joined by contestants Angie McPherson (hometown: Newport News, Virginia), Ben York (hometown: Queens Creek, Arizona) and Yvette Rubio (hometown: Redwood Valley, California). (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
"The $100,000 Pyramid" - "Jason Alexander vs Bobby Moynihan and Rosie O'Donnell vs Pete Holmes" - In an all-new holiday-themed episode of "The $100,000 Pyramid," it's a battle of comedians when Seinfeld's Jason Alexander goes head-to-head with Bobby Moynihan ("Lightning Wolves"), and later, even more laughs with comedians Rosie O'Donnell vs. Pete Holmes. "The $100,000 Pyramid" is produced by SMAC Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television, and executive produced by Michael Strahan, Constance Schwartz-Morini and Vin Rubino. (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
MONDAY, DEC. 12 8:00-10:00 p.m.
"The Great Christmas Light Fight" (season finale)
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Blake Shelton and Carson Daly are bringing the fun and games to Nashville. The friends and The Voice castmates are both starring in and executive producing USA Network's Barmageddon, premiering on Dec. 5.
The game show that will take place in Shelton's Music City bar, Ole Red, is hosted by WWE Hall of Famer, Nikki Bella, and the three stars invite their celebrity friends to battle it out in a slew of creative bar games.
"Barmageddon is a show where the celebrities you love give viral video sensations a shot at redemption, playing some crazy games," Daly explains in the exclusive trailer above. "It's a show that's shot right here in Nashville, Tennessee, in Blake's bar, Ole Red. This is your home. This is your bar."
"I have literally slept here," Shelton quips.
Daly then introduces Bella, the host who gets a front-row seat to the "ludicrous" shenanigans.
"It's so much fun seeing all of these celebrities letting loose," says Bella.
Since no party is complete without great music, Shelton performs the "Barmageddon" theme song written just for him and the show by his friends and fellow hit makers Jimmy Buffett and Mac McAnaly.
Celebrity guests competing against each other are:
· Gwen Stefani vs. Sheryl Crow
· Elle King vs. Chris Young
· Clint Bowyer vs. Jimmie Johnson
· Sasha Banks vs. Brie Bella
· Jay Pharoah vs. Martin Kove
· Trace Adkins vs. Coach Mike Vrabel
· Blake Shelton vs. Kane Brown
· Lil Rel Howery vs. Malin Akerman
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Fremantle has today announced a co-development deal to develop a new gameshow format with Japan's commercial broadcaster, Kansai TV.
Kansai will produce and broadcast the entertainment show, with Fremantle handling global distribution, though details of what the format will entail are still under wraps.
"We have started to exchange ideas with Fremantle's development team," said Miho Okada, executive managing director at Kansai TV. "We hope the format will travel to many countries and regions."
Fremantle has tapped the Japanese market before, notably when it formed an alliance with broadcaster Fuji Television to create formats such as Hole in the Wall, Total Blackout and The Noise.
"Japan is such an interesting and creative market," said Vasha Wallace, executive VP global acquisitions and development at Fremantle. "We look forward to sharing more about this exciting format soon."
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Ready to rock?
Former SBS music trivia show RocKwiz will make a comeback in 2023 with new episodes commissioned by Foxtel after seven years off air.
Host Julia Zemiro, adjudicator Brian Nankervis, human scoreboard Dugald, and a new look RocKwiz Orkestra will all feature on a new look set in 30-minute episodes filmed in front of a live studio audience.
The new RocKwiz Orkestra will feature Peter Luscombe (Musical Director and drums), Clio Renner (keyboard and backing vocals), Bill McDonald (bass guitar), and Olympia (lead guitar and backing vocals).
Eight episodes will see RocKwiz hosts and Orkestra joined by contestants and two surprise musical guests who will each perform solo before finishing the episode in the traditional RocKwiz duet.
RocKwiz ran for 14 seasons on SBS from 2005 – 2016 but has continued to tour in sell-out stage shows.
Executive Director of Entertainment at the Foxtel Group, Marshall Heald, formerly of SBS, said: "RocKwiz offers a clever combination of music trivia, comedy and live music that is inherent to its broad and long-lasting appeal. We are thrilled to be working with the team at Renegade to bring this beloved format back to Australian screens."
Julia Zemiro said: "It's not often you get a second bite at the cherry. RocKwiz hasn't been on TV in a long time, but we will be back on screens to celebrate our music genius contestants.
"I can't wait to welcome back new and established musicians to join in the quiz and surprise us with an unexpected duet."
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And it's time for a Mistplay Game Break. Can you name this movie monster?
ID that monster after we invite Svengoolie once more to the Spotify Soundstage.
And the monster you had to ID was.............Slimer. Peronally I liked the cartoon version.
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Not in a good mood to do a shout out. OK, actually I'm about to right now.
A big special shout out goes to...............
Raymond Felilciano. An air force veteran and an Air National Guard retiree, Raymond is a native of West Virginia who has written this book.......
His dedication to writing and love of science fiction forced him to launch............
Every week, Raymond talks to many illustrators, writers, and other people of the fandoms to share about their craft or love of something they have their passion for and fields questions from a live chat audience. On some episodes, some of his live chat audience go into the main show for a chat about their lives and each other. It's such fun to be with friends who are other Youtubers that have their own pop culture shows both on and off social media together. The link for live shows is:
https://www.youtube.com/c/KingDolphinTV?app=desktop
A reminder that this Saturday will be the 100th episode and also.......his birthday. Coicidence? Think not. huzzah!
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It's time to celebrate..................
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