Category Archives: Show Discussion

Show Discussion: Challenge Anneka

By | March 18, 2023

Saturdays, 8:50pm,Five Anneka’s back with her logistics-em-up show The Challenge Programme Feat. Anneka Rice! Last seen in a set of specials on ITV in 2006, two things remain to be seen, namely if doing it on Five has the same sort of appeal from companies offering their labour and parts as it did getting a… Read More »

Show Discussion: Cheat

By | February 28, 2023

Netflix,From 1st March We’re getting to test out a lot of my hypotheses this year, firstly that Jeopardy‘s not going to work from cold in 2023 on ITV, secondly that quiz shows hold an extremely low value on streaming services where people can choose what they want (as opposed to on broadcast TV where they… Read More »

Show Discussion: The Challenge UK

By | February 19, 2023

Weeknights 20th-24th Feb, 11pm,Channel 5 Well here’s some fun, the UK’s first domestic season of The Challenge, MTV’s demanding physical challenge with a bit of strategy and usually a bit of fighting and shagging show, comes to Channel 5 and they’re so happy and confident in it they’re putting it out over a week at… Read More »

Physical 100

By | January 25, 2023

The first two eps “dropped” on Netflix yesterday and it looks like we’re getting two eps a week, nine total. Physical 100 is the latest in the popular “Korean reality gameshow where the whole thing is marshalled by a mysterious voice” genre. The premise of this one: 100 fit people do eliminatory “quests” to determine… Read More »

Show Discussion: That’s My Jam

By | December 16, 2022

Saturdays, 9:35pm (and various after that)BBC1 BBC version of moderately-popular Jimmy Fallon spin-off musical gameshow, filmed in the US and seems to have some reasonable US guest star power to go alongside the UK celebs who will be playing. Mo Gilligan’s hosting, and if the BBC Episode Guide is correct suggests this will be going… Read More »