Preview the Button

By | February 10, 2011
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Mmm, Ant and Dec have popped up with some interesting news regarding Push the Button on Saturday:

  • Dave is back with a different format.
  • There is an opportunity for families to add to their totals.
  • Most interestingly, it’s going to be winner stays on.

Will this and the live element be enough to make it a bigger success second time around?

Meanwhile Nasty Nigel Lythgoe has already decided Secret Fortune (starting on BBC1 tomorrow) is a hit and wants to bring it to the US. Show discussion posts for Secret Fortune and Push the Button will go up tomorrow, I’m likely to be out so will watch and comment later in the evening.

And don’t forget it’s The Million Pound Drop this evening (editing this in on the Friday) and tomorrow also.

It’s BotherSOP Sunday on Sunday

By | February 9, 2011
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Once again, I shall try and gee you up into coming to play poker with us on Sunday at 8pm, which I shall do through the medium of linking to Andrew Smith’s highlights package of the previous game:

As a game the chat is as friendly as they come and we want you to come and play whether you have an interest in winning the league or not. As it stands, there is nothing stopping you setting up a free Full Tilt account where you can mess around on the play money tables no deposit required. If you decide you want to come and join us, then you can make a deposit – you will find having a VISA card the easiest way (Mastercard is a bit more fiddly, especially when it comes to withdrawal), and you should pay attention to the minimum and maximum deposit and withdrawal amounts for each method so you can make an informed choice (my hint to you is deposit in a multiple of $11). You do not need to sign up to anything specific to be a part of the league – turn up and earn points. Provided you’re old enough legally.

The full details can of course be found on the BotherSOP page. Basically I’m doing quite a good job of winning other people’s money at the moment and want to maximise it as far as possible.

[Upside down exclamation mark] Hola!

By | February 8, 2011
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Oh God, if I didn’t already have too much to do and too little time, I’ve discovered that TVE have have got some interesting stuff in their archive, including A la Caza del Tesoro from 1984 (That’s Treasure Hunt). The theme tune is quite Depeche Mode.

Anyway, do have a look around and see if you can see anything interesting. I know La noche de los castillos is likely to fall into the “sort of thing we like” section.

Also if you missed Joe’s thing, the new show where the host tries to put off the contestants is called Control although it sounds like it’s been reswizzed a bit – Christine Bleakley is fronting it, but it soiunds like she’s not really the baddy, Control is. Not, presumably, the Control off of the old Fry and Laurie sketches ha ha ha HA, two pilots film in a fortnight.

They (I) said it wouldn’t happen…

By | February 7, 2011
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… but it looks like Fort Boyard is coming back for its 22nd season after all in it’s native France. As one of France’s biggest exports, is it simply too big to fail?

Most interestingly given it completely tanked in the ratings last year literally anything could happen. Will it stick to two teams? Civilians? Celebrities? Old school? New school? It’s going to be an intriguing Summer.

In the meantime, Patrice Laffont’s first episode of GSN original dating show Baggage begins – when else? February 14th on a channel I’ve never heard of NRJ.

Edit: I’ve just heard it’s going back to the old-school one team style. So there we are.