Look it’s hot alright?
- Boom! started in the US last week (you can always tell when someone can’t remember the exact date) on Fox and did pretty badly. If it was a straight port of the Israeli show this would be to be expected (I think it’s a bit boring despite the premise) but it’s been localised by game show supremo Bob Boden and chums and the result is… a bit better – questions don’t go on for ages, the money works differently (I would suggest there’s something not *quite* right with the mega money bomb, gambling half to make four times as much is a no brainer – gambling makes for exciting television but there’s no real decision here), host Tom Papa is pretty good… it’s just like Benchmark in that it’s clever and I can see what it’s doing but I’m ultimately not that bothered by what happens. Still though, get on a VPN and check it out on the Fox site (or indeed other dark magicks you might use). Perhaps the problem is me.
- Family Feud under Steve Harvey is now basically the biggest show on television.
- Battlebots is on as well. It’s doing alright. Perhaps someone will try a Robot Wars revival one day what with it being the ORIGINAL and BEST yeah?
- US Millionaire is reverting to a modified money tree and Chris Harrison from The Bachelor is going to host and oh God Millionaire is so boring and probably should have been cancelled by now.
- We might get English subs for episode one of The Genius on Wednesday.
Here’s The Desert Forges in German because nothing represents the heat of the desert better than a remix of Phil Collins’ In The Air Tonight:
Ooh! Barnstorm Games releasing a new app on Thursday!
I’m inclined to agree with you about Boom. I both like and dislike the question mechanic, surprisingly un-American with how little time they spend on the answer reveals which work in its favour, but at the same time stinks of ‘asking the contestant to talk too much about their thought process’ which felt to me more like it got in the way of the gameplay. It works on, say, Million Pound Drop where they have to discuss the options between themselves to agree on an answer, but here with just one player it feels a bit forced.
On the plus side though, no ‘Coming up…’ before ad breaks and unnecessary recaps after.
French news : Qui est la Taupe ?/ Mol starts today. Looks promising compared to the other international variants.
Also, two France 2 gameshows celebrated milestones last week – Motus being on air for 25 years, and TLMVPSP airing its 3000th episode !
Yep, Qui est la Taupe is on RIGHT NOW! If you want to watch it, you can at http://www.freeintertv.com/view/id-2232 .
The bigger question is: Is there anyone out there kind enough to make a subtitled version for us?