Board of Excitement 19th-25th June 2011

By | June 19, 2011
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This week is SO EXCITNG if you’re American, or know how to work an American proxy server:

  • It’s The Bother Series of Poker Grand Final! Six months of exciting poker action, and it’s it’s all going to boil down to tonight’s Superstack game. There’s decent money on the table and even though you probably can’t win the league you can still get a part of it. (8pm, Tonight, Full Tilt)
  • The Amazing Race Australia (Monday, Seven Network)
  • Fort Boyard 2010 – This week at the comedy time of 8:01pm. But ignore that, they’ve just released some of the adverts for FB 2011 and they’re brilliant.
  • Wipeout – New season has two episodes this week, a “sneak peek” on Tuesday and its regular episode on Thursday. I think this has been on a downward spiral for a while, but new season, new obstacles so. (Tuesday and Thursday, ABC)
  • 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow – The US version. More action and less counting, by the sounds of it. (Tuesday, ABC)
  • The Challenge: The Rivals New season of tough and surprisingly entertaining MTV reality show. This time former rivals are paired up in Costa Rica. Oh-ho, what will they think of next? (Wednesday, MTV US)
  • Expedition Impossible – Mark Burnett’s new adventure racing series that sounds a bit like The Amazing Race. (Thursday, ABC)
  • The Krypton Factor – If the rumours are true, Challenge TV will be showing the 1995 revamp of the show from next week. This hasn’t been shown since original broadcast, I don’t think. (7:30pm, Saturday, Challenge)
  • Penn and Teller: Fool Us (Saturday, 8pm, ITV1)

I’ve probably missed a few things off the list, so feel free to share.

Show Discussion: The Marriage Ref

By | June 18, 2011
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Dermot O’ Leary becomes marriage guidance councellor with the help of three “top” celebs who attempt to determine who is right in couple’s comedy marital arguments. It didn’t do too well in the States, but I think there’s something quintessentially British in this sort of thing so it might do alright. And if it doesn’t, you can turn over and watch Lee Mack’s All-Star Cast on BBC1 at 9:40, both of these are Endemol productions, incidentally. ITV at 9pm.

Show discussion: Penn and Teller’s Fool Us

By | June 18, 2011
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This for me is the pick of Super Saturday, I really enjoyed the pilot a few months ago and is thrilled to see it’s become a series, althogh I’m not so sure this is the best timeslot for it. Magicians perform for Penn and Teller and if P and T can’t work out how the trick is done then they get to open their show in Vegas. Tonight we get to see how John Archer and Ben Earle got on with their Vegas trip after fooling the pair in the pilot, and other magicians step up to the mark. Jonathan Ross is our host who may be with or without dodgy facial hair. ITV at 8pm.

Show Discussion: Odd One In

By | June 18, 2011
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Well, the show nobody was expecting to get a second series IS BACK!!!!!

This week, home team Peter Andre and Jason Manford take on comedians Jenny Eclair and Jack Whitehall. They must try and spot who is really Welsh, who actually injured themselves while doing something with a sausage, who is the real karate champion, who has a famous voice and who won a TV talent contest in Spain.

So there we are. I’m sure it will be amiable enough. ITV1 at 7:15.

Show Discussion: Wall of Fame

By | June 17, 2011
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There’s going to be a load of Show Discussion posts today and tomorrow, and probably next week as well with all the US shows starting up again but we begin today with David Walliams’ Wall of Fame, usually the guest on a panel show this is, I think, the first time he’s hosted one properly (24 Hour Panel People notwithstanding).

The show’s unique selling point is that it’s got a video wall in it.

It’s on Sky 1 (+HD) at 9:30pm 10pmthis evening. Can’t guarantee I’ll be watching it live, but if you do and you have an opinion feel free to share.

I’ve thought and thought and thought…

By | June 15, 2011
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…but Epic Win is still a rubbish title. Still, it’s being hosted by one of the few men in television to actually have a You Bet! trophy Alexander Armstrong, and you can get tickets for it here.

In the meantime, it’s the BotherSOP final on Sunday! Even if you can’t win the league, there’s likely to be a lot of money on the table, and if you’ve got $33 going spare you can grab a large part of it.

You can also sign up now for the one off HORSE Hilarity contest for $22, and I’ve added $100 to the prize pool out of my own personal wealth (VALUE and FUN!!!), so come and sign up – Full Tilt, July 3rd, 8pm, Tournament ID#239881938 Password: onlyconnect. It’s double stacked and played to fixed limits, so you should get your money’s worth at least, even if you’re rubbish.