2 days ago, as I write this, a gentleman by the name of Terry Kneiss did the seemingly impossible.
He made a prefect bid on his Price is Right showcase. It wasn’t the first time though. It had happened once before on the syndicated, night time Price is Right hosted by Dennis James in the early [...]
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The Price is Absolutely, 100% Right
He Shat Back At JJ
In this post, I talked about J.J. Abrams and his decision to not include William Shatner (aka Captain James Tiberius Kirk) in the new Star Trek movie.
The quote got back to the Shat who has filed a video response. In the two-and-a-half minute video he:
says that he wasn’t asked to do a cameo
suggests bringing [...]
Acceptable ‘Deal’
In a moment of candor, the folks at Endemol’s Netherlands headquarters would probably admit that Deal or No Deal isn’t much of a format and that its success depends on what you do with it. What showrunner Scott St. John has done with it in its weekly American incarnation on NBC is turn it into [...]
Fringe - The Pilot
The pilot can be watched here online:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/33786/fringe-pilot#s-p1-so-i0
Fringe is a detective show with a conspiracy theory in the background. Conspiracy TV has two components: information about the conspiracy gets revealed piece by piece to the protagonist(s) and gives the satisfaction of finishing a jigsaw puzzle as the pieces fall into place, and the conspiracy causes tension [...]
Dr. Evil Week on Prime Time Game Shows Continues
Just like our friends at NBC were spoiling Deal or No Deal’s first million dollar win on Monday, our friends at Fox are spoiling in promos the fact that Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? is kicking off its second full season tonight (8 p.m. ET) with the first contestant to answer Jeff Foxworthy’s eleven [...]