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1. Jeopardy! Answer: From its original Art Fleming-hosted incarnation to the long-running Alex Trebek-emceed version, this quiz show has never insulted its audience's intelligence. Question: What is Jeopardy!? (You don't need to be Ken Jennings to know that one.)

Cohen did a workmanlike job, but 'Jeopardy!' should have postponed the Tournament of Champions until the show's eventual new permanent host is in place.In the middle of a season in which the show looks to replace its late legendary host Alex Trebek, “Jeopardy!” began its Tournament of Champions last Monday. In it, 15 top winners from the last year’s worth of episodes compete for a $250,000 prize. Brayden Smith, one of the last multi-day champions under the Trebek regime, died earlier this year before the tournament’s taping; Cohen honored his life during Friday’s episode.Guest hosting this year’s tournament: Buzzy Cohen,...

Because he made them feel at home, Americans welcomed Alex Trebek into their homes, night after night, for good-natured entertainment. The audience takes its seats, members murmuring amongst themselves. Some comment on how the soundstage looks smaller in person than on the small screen, an optical illusion caused by wide-angle lenses. Others note the set’s cool temperatures, intended to offset the stage lights’ heat. As the production staff provide information and instructions about what they are about to see, the guests just take it all in. Preliminaries concluded—audience briefed, crew in position—the theme music starts, the lights come up, and...

While remaining true to the show’s original premise, its tone and tempo vary significantly from the ‘Supermarket Sweep’ of a generation ago. The world contains so many examples of the old cliché that one person can make a difference. One of the more recent happens to air Sunday nights on ABC.“Supermarket Sweep,” a game show originally created in the 1960s that featured a popular 1990s relaunch, has returned for another reboot. While remaining true to the show’s original premise, its tone and tempo vary significantly from the “Supermarket Sweep” of a generation ago—due in large part to the show’s latest...

If Americans want to see people trying to look intelligent while arguing, cable news already provides numerous showcases of Smart People Behaving Badly. At this point, 2020 seems like the awful Thanksgiving dinner-turned-shouting-match that just won’t stop. On top of a COVID lockdown-induced recession, our culture has become coarser and more vitriolic than ever. Riots and protests have broken out in dozens of cities as both political parties hurl invective at each other.So, what did NBC decide to return to the airwaves in the middle of this blazing-hot zeitgeist? A remake of an insult-filled show.It seems sadly ironic that the...

Democrats are finally acknowledging what we’ve always known about them: emotion is the basis of their whole ideology, and facts are just inconvenient obstacles to their extremist ambitions. Within just a few days of each other, leading Democrats representing both the establishment and progressive wings of the party separately revealed that they and their liberal colleagues have no interest in letting facts or figures get in the way of their moral certitude. First, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly interrupted a briefing on border security by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, declaring, “I reject your facts” as Nielsen related...

With its ratings at an all-time low and its journalistic ethics almost constantly under fire, left-wing CNN is once again conceding it can no longer compete as a serious news organization with the revelation Wednesday that the production of a game show is under way. Rumors surfaced in December that CNN chief Jeff Zucker might go this way. TV Newser confirmed the humiliating news today. ... 2014 might have been the worst year for CNN of any news outlet in recent memory. We’re only 21 days into the new year, but 2015 is already shaping up to be worse.

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...

I'm watching a new version of "FAMILY FEUD" right now(with host John O'Hurley) with my son on the Ion Channel, and one of the questions the host asked the families was the following: "What Person Has Made A Difference In Our Lives?" There were 5 answers to the question, and the answers were, in order of importance, as follows: 1 - Martin Luther King, Jr. 2 - Oprah Winfrey 3 - Bill Clinton 4 - Benjamin Franklin 5 - Jesus I was aghast. First of all, I want to know who the hell they surveyed. If this show surveys 100...

The Swedish Tourist Association (STF) has launched the search for a suitable person to fill "Sweden's most Swedish job". Among the applicants is an Englishman who by his own admission is unlikely to win as he has recently turned fifty and "butchers the Swedish language". STF has launched the campaign to search for a fortunate soul to travel the length and breadth of Sweden during the summer months and "experience the best, eat the best and try the best" that the Scandinavian country has to offer. The competition is inspired by an Australian game show to find suitable applicants to...

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My top Game shows: 1.Press Your Luck 2.The Gong Show 3.Wheel of Fortune 4.Match Game 5.The Price Is Right 6.The Newlywed Game 7.Jeopardy 8.100,000 Pyramid 9.The Joker's Wild 10.Family Feud I would also like to know why you like these games.

TYLER – Don Cruz moved to East Texas thinking he'd be living in a dream – a $1.5 million lakefront sanctuary he won in a Home and Garden Television "Dream Home" sweepstakes. But the massive tax bill delivered with his winnings has blemished his utopia. Mr. Cruz, 40, moved his family into the 5,000-square-foot Lake Tyler residence last month with the hope that he could raise the money by renting out parts of the property, opening a bed and breakfast, and charging for public tours. But a city ordinance prohibiting commercial use of the land – and the Tyler City...

~snip~ But the real TV story this week has to be the undisputed 25-game reign of Jeopardy! supercontestant Ken Jennings. As of yesterday, the 30-year-old software engineer from Salt Lake City had won a total of $788,960, beating the previous record-holder, Tom Walsh, by a margin of over $600,000. Granted, this unprecedented victory streak was also made possible by this season's change in Jeopardy! rules—the term limits have been lifted, as it were, so that the run of a winning contestants may continue indefinitely, instead of being stopped after five consecutive games. But Ken is no mere beneficiary of this...

  Under a cloud: Major Ingram 'Tarrant Willed Me To Win' THREATS HAUNT TV MAJOR The army major accused of cheating on a TV quiz show has been fighting back tears as he described his "horrendous" ordeal since the claim was made.Charles Ingram, 39, accused of cheating his way to the £1m jackpot on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, told a court his pet cat was shot at, his car was vandalised and he has been abused as he has been sitting in his own garden.Ingram, who allegedly used an accomplice's coded coughs to pocket the £1m, said...