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Youtube goes to Jeopardy! one more 'gin....
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More golden tickets than the ones on Singled Out in the 90s........
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and Lamb Chop's play along just went adult.
Let's................ Get................... Lit!
Amy Irons: From around the world....across the country....and in your neighborhoods, NOW......in its 9th 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 Tubi opening toss up story.
Get ready for another round of clues, competition, and your favorite YouTube creators. Jeopardy! YouTube Edition Volume 2 premieres Thursday, Oct. 22, at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on the Jeopardy! YouTube channel.
The exclusive special is hosted by Ken Jennings and features YouTube creators Angela Giarratana, Michelle Khare, and Mythical Chef Josh Scherer competing for charity.
Angela Giarratana is a comedian, actress, and fan-favorite SMOSH cast member competing for The Trevor Project.
Michelle Khare is a creator and host of the award-winning docuseries Challenge Accepted, competing for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Mythical Chef Josh Scherer is a culinary creator, New York Times bestselling author, and host of Last Meals, competing for Project Angel Food.
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And if you want to throw a VHS party and invite somebody, it's this man................Pierre Kelly!
Me: Thanks Amy and please welcome a band who have been getting into a week of fall festivals and trunk or treats next week, they are..............Doireann Garrihy and the Irish setters!
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After a solid opening, Wonka‘s the Golden Ticket jumped up to the top overall spot in Nielsen’s streaming ratings in its second week. Netflix’s East of Eden also had a good start.
The Golden Ticket, a Netflix competition show based on the world of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (and featuring an AI-generated voice modeled on the film’s star, Gene Wilder), drew 1.08 billion minutes of watch time for the week of Sept. 28-Oct. 4. That’s a 26 percent improvement on the show’s opening week, when it finished fifth overall.
East of Eden, a limited series adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel, finished second among original shows and third overall at 782 million viewing minutes. It premiered Oct. 1. Apple TV’s Ted Lasso (750 million minutes) fell off a bit a week before its season four finale, declining by 11 percent from 842 million minutes a week earlier.
The Great British Baking Show (486 million minutes) returned to the charts a week after its latest season premiered.
Neagley, Reacher, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story and Lioness all hung onto spots in the top 10 originals as well. Toy Story 5, the previous week’s overall top title, fell off by about 55 percent but still led the movie chart with 687 million minutes of viewing.
Shot in Australia, the series sees 12 lucky golden ticket winners entering the Chocolate Factory to compete for a sweet prize: a lifetime supply of money. As the winners and their partners step through the factory gates, they face a series of series of challenges. There are games, tests and temptations designed to test the competitors physically, mentally, and morally before one walks away with the prize.
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Dancing with the Stars is still having its moment.
Tuesday night’s episode drew 6.59 million live + same-day viewers, according to Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel, up 2% from the week prior.
Dancing with the Stars led primetime on Tuesday across the major broadcasters. Super Bowl night also posted an 11% ratings increase among adults 18-49, growing to a 1.56, Nielsen reports. That marks the fourth week of growth in a row to hit not only a season high but also the show’s best non-finale episode in over nine years, since “A Night at the Movies” in May 2017.
Tuesday night’s episode saw the remaining couples compete to songs from past Super Bowl halftime performers. The show, where ESPN Monday Night Football’s Joe Buck joined the judges table as well, collected 70 million fan votes cast throughout the night.
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Well, guess what, we checked the ratings and this came up..........................................
Scarlett Johansson is getting into the reality television business.
The Black Widow star is exec producing Assassins, a new series greenlight at Peacock. The series comes from Sony’s B17 Entertainment and founders Brien Meagher and Rhett Bachner are exec producing alongside Johansson.
Assassins follows a group of players competing in a game of strategy and wit inspired by the live-action game played in real life around the world. From the moment they arrive, each player is assigned a target — one person they must eliminate before the season is out. But in this game, every hunter is also the hunted, and no one is ever safe. With shifting alliances and deception, only the most calculating player will survive to win it all, per the logline.
The game, which is popular on college campuses, is essentially a version of tag, which itself was turned into Ultimate Tag for Fox in 2020.
It is the latest competition series based on a real-life game and follows, most notably, Peacock’s own series The Traitors, which is loosely based on Mafia. NBC is currently airing The Traitors: New Blood with Peacock airing season six of the celebrity edition next year.
There have been a number of competition series where contestants are hunted; CBS aired Hunted, based on Channel 4’s British series, for one season in 2017, while The Runner, which came from Pilgrim Media Group and Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, launched on go90 in 2016.
It’s not clear how Johansson got involved in Assassins, but she becomes the latest A-list star to exec produce a reality competition, joining the likes of Brad Pitt, who exec produces Fox’s Lego Masters.
B17 Entertainment is behind series including Fox’s Extracted, ABC’s The Final Straw and Roku’s Thanks A Million.
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Fox has revealed the cast and premiere date for Next Level Baker Season 2, which is set for Thursday, November 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Gordon Ramsay, Carla Hall, and Waylynn Lucas will mentor bakers selected from across the U.S. Out of the nine contestants, only one baker will rise to the top, winning $50,000 and a HexClad prize package.
The new season kicks off with an unforgettable holiday performance by three-time Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum-selling recording artist Pentatonix.
After a surprise team reveal, the competition unfolds with festive flair, special guests and shocking mid-bake twists—while delivering the joy that makes the holidays unforgettable.
Season 2 bakers are: Ben Neumann (White Bear Lake, MN), Courtney Carey (North Tonawanda, NY), Marlina Corbin (Clarksville, TN), Pharren Evans (South Los Angeles, CA), Colby Troy (Louisville, KY), Trung Pham (Tulsa, OK), Salma Garcia (Providence, RI), Greg Mason (Wilson, NC), and Jimiah Albritton (Palmetto, FL).
Next Level Baker is produced by Studio Ramsay on behalf of Studio Ramsay Global and BiggerStage. Gordon Ramsay and Matt Cahoon serve as executive producers.
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Hulu has released the official trailer and key art for "The Mob," a new reality competition series from the executive producers of "The Traitors."
"The Mob" premieres on October 26th on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the US, and Disney+ internationally.
Hosted by Emmy-nominated actress Parker Posey, "The Mob" is a high-stakes reality competition series that sends a group of celebrities to a lavish Italian villa where they will shake down, hustle and whack their way to win up to $250,000 in cash prizes. Every episode, they will tackle mob movie-inspired jobs to survive. But every mob family needs a don, and whoever they choose will have absolute power - deciding who makes money, who stays, and who ultimately gets whacked. In a game where power demands absolute loyalty, can the don stay in control, or will the family rise up and overthrow them?
"The Mob" is produced by Studio Lambert and Primal Media (part of the STV Studios family of production labels). Executive producers for Studio Lambert include Tim Harcourt, Jack Burgess, Niall O'Driscoll and Stephen Lambert. Adam Wood and Mat Steiner, who conceived the format for "The Mob," are executive producers for Primal Media along with David Mortimer, chief executive officer of STV Studios. Host Parker Posey serves as executive producer, and Susan House serves as showrunner.
The contestants, in alphabetical order, are...
- Willam Belli ("RuPaul's Drag Race")
- Demi Engemann ("The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives")
- Maria Georgas ("Bachelor" Nation)
- Joe Gorga ("The Real Housewives of New Jersey")
- Harry Jowsey ("Let's Marry Harry")
- Chelsea Lazkani ("Selling Sunset")
- Debi Mazar ("Younger")
- Bella Palk ("Love Overboard")
- Shane Parton ("Bachelor" Nation)
- Romeo (rapper)
- Bruno Tonioli ("Dancing With the Stars")
- Aida Turturro ("The Sopranos").
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A popular quiz show is finally returning – after more than a year away from viewers’ screens.
Hosted by comedian Adil Ray, the revived version of Lingo debuted back in 2021.
Lingo has three teams of players made up of pairs and they have to fill in blanks to uncover hidden words. As the prize money increases, so does the risk and if a team doesn’t find the right word, their opponents can steal the prize.
According to TVZone, the quiz will be returning for series five from Monday, October 26.
The publication added Lingo is renewed for a sixth series – before the fifth has even aired on ITV.
The most recent “new” episode to date aired in February 2025, concluding the fourth series.
Series six will reportedly also see the return of the “winner stays on” format. This allows contestants who reach the final round to return and build their prize pot across multiple episodes.
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BBC Studios Digital Brands has commissioned The Quiz Vault, a new show hosted by creator and comedian Max Fosh, for its forthcoming Quiz and Trivia YouTube channel.
Produced by Strong Watch Studios, the series will launch in early 2027, combining celebrity interviews with a succession of quiz rounds. Each round will feature a different game, drawing on established TV quiz mechanics alongside original ideas.
The commission forms part of a wider plan to use BBC Studios’ quiz catalogue to develop new programming for digital audiences. The Quiz and Trivia channel will feature archive material from brands including The Weakest Link, A Question of Sport, Impossible, This is My House and Answer Run, alongside curated collections, play-along clips and original shows.
Developed by BBC Studios’ Digital Brands and Global Content teams with Strong Watch Studios, The Quiz Vault will also test new games with YouTube audiences, with the aim of developing the most successful into standalone formats.
Karl Warner, EVP, global creator partnerships & creative development, BBC Studios Global Content, said: “Quiz Vault shows what’s possible when iconic BBC Studios IP meets outstanding creative talent. It’s celebrating our quiz heritage while testing ideas with the potential to become the next great format, and it’s been fantastic to bring it to life with Max, Strong Watch Studios and our Digital Brands team.”
Fosh, who launched his YouTube channel in 2017, is known for comedy stunts and social experiments. According to BBC Studios, he has more than seven million followers across social media, with his videos generating more than three billion views.
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Olympic gold medalist figure skater, TV personality and sports broadcaster Tara Lipinski will challenge Christmas fanatics to create Yuletide magic on a dime in HGTV's new competition series Big Bargain Holiday Showdown, premiering Tuesday, November 10, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. In each of the festive six episodes, two teams of friends, family and neighbors will battle to prove who has the most holiday spirit without blowing their shoestring budget. With the help of DIY experts, Ashley Dixon and Clinton Tharp, the teams will have just 48 hours and $500 each to transform one room in their home into a stunning winter-themed wonderland using ingenious design hacks, custom projects and smart spending. Each deck-the-halls duel will be judged by holiday artist, designer and Glitterville Studios founder Stephen Brown and interior designer and 37th Burleigh founder Pelar Fullilove who will crown a Christmas champ and award bragging rights, a cash prize and a surprise from Santa.
"I've spent my whole life being judged on ice," said Tara. "Now I'm trading the ice for a whole new type of winter competition to prove you don't need a Santa-sized budget to make some serious holiday magic."
Fans can stay tuned for more show updates on HGTV's digital platforms at HGTV.com and via @HGTV and #BigBargainHolidayShowdown on Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, Threads and YouTube. Fans can follow Tara Lipinski @taralipinski on Instagram. Each new episode of Big Bargain Holiday Showdown will be available to stream the next day on HBO Max(R) beginning Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Big Bargain Holiday Showdown is produced by Leopard USA Ltd.
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and here is the under-budgeted Mistplay Game Break. Name the villain from these clues.
- Ari Lehman portrayed this fictional character.
- Richard Brooker later portrayed it
- Tom Morga also portrayed it as well.
- IGN named this person the Greatest Movie Slasher of all time.
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