Well, sometimes they do. Like when they say that game show contestants have big personalities. I've seen a few small personalities in our little genre now and then. But this casting call is for real. Minute To Win It is returning...to GSN. And why not? The NBC reruns have performed pretty well for the network, after all.
BuzzerBlog confirms the casting call, and I had heard rumblings about the possibility, too. It's doubtful that Guy Fieri will return as host. He's probably a bit on the expensive side for our frugal game show network.
Remakes on GSN have enjoyed spotty success at best. The network's Newlywed Game has endured through 88 seasons by now (slight exaggeration) but the 1 vs. 100 and Pyramid remakes went nowhere fast. And GSN may have touched its lowest point ever with the remake that shall not be named, of a certain Chuck Barris project with a gong.
It's hard to see how they could screw up Minute To Win It, as long as the stunts stay goofy enough. BuzzerBlog says the order is for 40 hour-long episodes. I always liked stupid human tricks, so good luck.
Speaking of...Wonder if Newlywed Game will get another season beyond this? It's doing pretty well, but not great. And also, they're keeping it on Thursday nights are the new eps end in two weeks, so that's a good sign.
ReplyDeleteNewlywed Game still gets okay numbers. Five runs in the latest week got north of 300K viewers. Dunno if GSN will make yet another season or if they'll just decide that they've got enough eps on the shelf to rerun forever.
ReplyDeleteSeems to me GSN is showing some decent faith in this revival, investing in so many hour shows.
ReplyDeleteI just hope they avoid the phony NBC drama, which, I think more than anything, doomed this and Deal or No Deal. Those phony "suspenseful" throws to commercials were aggravating...