#1 Let's Ask America. Okay survey show. Cheap as hell. Got good enough numbers to please penny-pinching Scripps execs. They replaced the much better Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune on their stations with this low-rent Skype project.
#2 The Exit List. Brit show. Don't know much about it.
#3 Pyramid. My personal fave of the new shows. But it was so much like the Dick Clark version that viewers yawned. The format is still rock-solid but needs a few tweaks to make it work again with the Nielsen Company.
#4 Figure It Out. The literally slimy I've Got a Secret for kids returned to Nick. Not a bad revival if you're into kid shows.
#5 Blockbusters. Brit show. Don't know much about this particular version. Heard that it had the same problem as Pyramid. Too slavishly imitative of the old version.
#6 The Bank Job. Brit show. Don't know much about it.
#7 Breakaway. Brit show. Don't know much about it.
#8 Hip Hop Squares. Deserves a higher place on the list, I think. The contestants were kind of clueless and the hip hoppers were drunk as skunks. My kind of show.
#9 Match Game. Canadian show and predictably cheap. Pretty close to the original and the panel was more or less bearable.
#10 American Bible Challenge. Deserves a much higher place on the list but wasn't going to get it from Alex's bunch. A really quirky and innovative idea paid off huge for GSN.
No clue how #2 and #4 got that high up. American Bible Challenge did deserve to be in the top 5, but with how Buzzerblog goes I'm surprised it got a vote (Beat the Chefs really didn't)
ReplyDeleteThe Number 1 moments was Mo Farah or someone winning big on The Cube. I can't believe that got a lot of votes. It wasn't that great
I thought about commenting on the "moments" list but I honestly didn't care enough. Didn't even read a lot of those entries.
ReplyDeleteIf the list had been confined to American shows, stuff like Total Blackout, Oh Sit, The Choice, Take It All and Take Me Out would probably have gotten a few votes. I can't see Beat the Chefs getting any support from Buzzerblog readers, no matter how the vote was set up.
I agree that Figure it Out was a weird pick. I didn't think kid shows had any fans at Buzzerblog, much less enough of them for a #4 choice. Shows what I know.