Our chums at TV Cream are reporting that Bob’s Full House hasn’t done all that well in the ratings (I did wonder) and that Challenge currently have no plans to buy more series. They are moving it to Fridays from the 22nd March.

In other news, Challenge have bought the rights to series one and two of Bullseye going out on Thursdays, 10pm from February 14th. Quite interested to see these, clips of the first series suggest there’s a few odd things going on.

Edit: We’ve had loads of people come here by searching for “do losing contestants get their money on Tipping Point?” The answer is: no they don’t. So now you know.

That’s right, The Bother Series of Poker and Mix It Up Real Good ARE BACK!!! for 2013. Come and put your card skills to the test for these magnificent prizes, and stake a claim in $175 bonus cash.

Game one of The BSOP is THIS SUNDAY at 8pm UK time. It will cost you $5.50 to play.

You will need to be a member of the Bother’s Bar Poker Club to play. Joining is free.

– If you don’t already have it, download the free PokerStars software from www.pokerstars.com

– Open the main poker lobby, then click on the Home Games tab

– Click the ‘Join a Poker Club’ button

– Enter my Club ID number: 466738

– Enter my Invitation Code: onlyconnect

I need to approve all new memberships so please don’t leave it until the last minute. Good luck everyone! Especially me.

Here we go then! Here as usual are the percentages of the top ten shows in the three main categories hidden under a cut. Needless to say, you are advised to read the report first as there will otherwise be spoilers ahead.

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OK, I don’t normally do this kind of thing but I really enjoyed the first series so why not.  Our favourite Aussie sort-of Quiz and low-budget local cable sensation 31 Questions is using Indiegogo to get some funding to make series two even better than the first one, if you’ve got a spare couple of quid going in these harsh economic times there are worse things you could do than bung a little their way.

If you didn’t watch it, here’s a sizzle reel:

And you can watch all the episodes on their Youtube channel.

About 9pm, after the Eggheads vs People Who Are Called David And Are Quite Good At Only Connect Only Connect Special, 8:30 on BBC4. Join us then!

Saturday 7:15pm UK time
Pro Sieben or dodgy internet streaming

Get your Wodka Gorbechow ready, this episode, Bother’s Bar ONCE AGAIN brings you Only Connect‘s David J Bodycombe, Daniel Peake and Lewis Murphy from Fifty 50 and myself guiding you through the evening’s Schlag den Raab – LIVE! Come back here at 7ish for a link to our live stream. We’re hoping to go on through until the close of play which could be any time between 11pm (if it’s a whitewash) and 2am (if it goes to the wire). Even if you can’t join us for the entirety of it, just tune in when you want!

And we want you to get involved! Your best way is either opening up the stream in a new window and making YouTube comments or tweeting with the hashtag #bbsdr. We’ll read out the most worthwhile ones. And some of the not-so-worthwhile ones. And we’ll be doing it LIVE.

This is the stream we are using to commentate. If you have VLC and Firefox, you can get a higher quality stream by clicking on the ProSieben VLC button. The VLC stream is around 10 seconds ahead of the non VLC stream. Our commentary will be based on that one – If you watch the non VLC stream it should work out about right for synching!

Here is our commentary! This is Part TWO, we will be there until the end.

The jackpot was won last episode so it resets to a still ginormous €500,000! The musical guests this evening ate XEVIAS, Max Raabe & the Palast Orchestra AND Ellie Goulding!

If you’re new to Schlag den Raab then welcome! I’ve included a basic FAQ under the cut.

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