Posted on 09/12/2013 4:39:42 PM PDT by SMGFan
TV viewers are sophisticated. They want to be challenged. They want to analyze and ponder while they sit in front of the tube watching the primetime lineup, right? Um, no.
Obviously, there are some successful shows that really make us think, but it seems NBC’s “Million Second Quiz” has simply managed to puzzle viewers instead of intrigue them. With its viewership declining daily, the obviously pricey endeavor may be NBC’s latest programming mistake.
On its Monday premiere night, the hyped 8 p.m. hour-long game show saw only 6.5 million viewers, according to Deadline Hollywood. By 8:30 p.m., more than 500,000 viewers had changed the channel. And viewership has continued to decline ever since.
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I'm a sucker for any game show so I watched it and you are right about the questions. I counted 41 in an hour. Compare that to Jeopardy which can go up to 61 in a half hour. Then add in way too many breaks, to much silly chatting and celebrities asking questions shilling for their NBC shows. If I wanted interruptions, silly chatting and NBC shilling I would watch the winter olympics. :-)
The concept isn't that hard. The $10/second prize amounts to about $12,000 per round the player survives. The only tricky part is that only the top four winners in the king of the hill format actually will win and once per show (and apparently only during the show despite the fact that they are playing it 24 hours per day) one of those top four has to compete against the current player and risk losing all their money.
I'll watch the last few shows, but this isn't any Jeopardy.
This lengthened the communications of the Army, and in consequence retarded the arrival, deployment, and maintenance of the British troops, and consumed profuse additional numbers along the route.
Yes, Alex, I’ll take Churchill cigars for 200 pounds.. Got any bourbon ?
The Second World War? Yes we have it and I read it. The most interesting detail he pointed out (for me) was how Portugal honored a 600 year old treaty that permitted the UK to stage the invasion fleet for Operation Torch in the Azores.
THAT is honoring your word!
Joe Garagiola is actually still alive. He’s 87.
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