What is 2010’s highest new entry going to be in the new all-time list? Are we going to be plunged into constitutional CRISIS?
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Also: Louise Noel from Show Me the Money is now a primary school teacher. Who knew? Good stuff.
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I think I was misinformed about Louise Noel. Wikipedia’s “Show Me The Money” article claims she’s a secondary teacher at a really freaky church school in Bournemouth (well, it doesn’t say it’s a really freaky church school – I had to download its prospectus to find that out), but… who knows? Well, apart from her, obviously. I think she’d probably know. Unless they’ve drugged her and keep her in a cellar.
Currently watching The Perfect Minute on Sat.1 (since when their logo moved?) and it proves the Germans can make good television without adapting the US original and tries not to copy The Cube. So what do we know…
– Bigger studio than the one NBC uses and has the entire audience sitting all around the main play area. There are no camera/screen tricks to show extra audience members.
-There are no special effects (steam etc…) , game agents or the use of bullet time. Instead, they only use an action replay once the game has been won.
-The host doesn’t remind the contestant how much time is left but actually speaks to the viewers at home, like O’Brien and Tudor-Pole on Crystal Maze.
-They still use the floor clock around the play area.
-The contestant introductions are done in the style of Schalg den Raab and see them actually practicing the games.
-Games are the same, 10 games for €250,000, safe level at game 5 for €25,000.
In a nutshell, Sat.1 produces a game show that is not even looks like or tries to copy The Cube.
“Minute To Win It” continues to evolve. Some would say that’s because they didn’t have all their ideas in place when they began broadcasting. Others wold say it’s a sign of adaptability.
In the USA, May is a “sweeps month”, when the local stations try to get the highest ratings so that they can charge more to advertisers. Networks co-operate by putting on their most attractive programming.
“Minute To Win It” is putting on some special, themed programs. (They have already done so during April, with one program having firefighters as contestants.) They are making tremendous hay out of the appearance of one of the Jonas Brothers (currently very hot with the teenagers) playing for charity.
The show’s ratings have been low, but remarkably consistent, getting between 5.5 and 6.0 millions of viewers. This suggests that the show may be a “cult hit”. NBC is currently so desperate that they either must accept having a cult hit, or else invest in Greek bonds!
So far, there hasn’t been any jets of steam. The “game agents” have appeared, but they do serve a useful function, installing any special equipment (belts with tissue boxes at the rear, blindfolds, whatever) on contestants. Well, somebody’s gotta do it, and it might as well be two mildly attractive girls.
Nothing in the show–especially the demeanor of the host, contestants, and the audience–suggests that there is sincere flattery directed at “The Cube”. US gameshow fans are waiting for CBS to announce whether they are greenlighting “The Cube” for US presentation. Here’s hoping. . .
Total Wipeout: 3.3m (21.2%)
Over The Rainbow: 5.5m (25%)
In It To Win It: 4.1m (16.5%)
The Whole 19 Yards: 4.4m (20.0%)
Britain’s Got Talent: 10.6m (42.9%)
The Prisoner: 1.6m (6.7%)
Britain’s Got More Talent: 2m (8.7%)
Another good night for Prime Minister Simon Cowell. The Winton also got respectable figures against the PM but the series will be aired after BGT finishes so it should climb come then. Whole 19 Years got another 20% share, well done them. The reason Ratings Bear has mentioned The Prisoner as ITV actually lost out to Britain’s Got More Talent.