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Sunday Funday

By | May 17, 2016

Doubtless you’ve noticed that ABC in the US are reviving a ton (two) of classic shows for a new Sunday night Summer gameshow block (Pyramid and Match Game aka Blankety Blank), both of which have been done several times before (and Celebrity Family Feud is a going concern) but this time they’ll work because of extra lights… Read More »

Eurovoting 2016

By | May 15, 2016

Well I’ve just got back from a party (is it a party when there’s four people?) and I think that if it wasn’t the best Eurovision ever it was certainly up there with the best. Great songs in the main, great hosts in Petra and Mans and THAT voting system. Now as the bets I… Read More »

Ran an den Mann

By | May 8, 2016

Long term readers may remember we have some history with the My Man Can, apparently a successful worldwide format based on the German show Mein Mann Kann which we did a feature on back in 2012 in prep for the UK version filming that Summer, which was allegedly so bad that despite filming six episodes they decided not to bother… Read More »

The Pools Panel

By | May 8, 2016

Right, yesterday TV’s Greg Scott uploaded something quite interesting to Youtube, an (almost) full studio recording of a 1996 panel show based around the football pools called The X Factor. Some of the younger readers might not know or understand the football pools, but basically they were the sort-of national lottery of their day, each… Read More »