Given that it managed to rate more than ITV’s entire output last night, I wonder if they’ve given any thought to a Sage-less series of The Krypton Factor? You could totally strip a celebrity version over Christmas (four heats and a final) as a prelude/companion to a proper civilian series, a bit like Masterchef. And… Read More »
Noel Edmonds announced on This Morning that Deal or No Deal will be going live for a fortnight in due course. They’ve probably nicked this from The Million Pound Drop, etc. I don’t know how it’s going to work – two weeks of randoms or will they continue from where they left off their last… Read More »
Dara O Briain’s University of Practical Mathematics has been picked up for an eight-week run on Dave. In it, people are challenged to solve problems – O Briain using his mathematical background and a special guest trying more practical methods. Based on a Japanese Beat Takeshi format (Comăneci University Mathematics, apparently) we’ll try and find some Youtube… Read More »
3.8m and 4.1m for Red or Black? last night. It is only fair we do a graph later. Quite enjoyed the Celeb Big Brother final last night, if you hadn’t gathered the new civilian housemates will be joining Baywatch star Pamela Anderson this evening.
The new series of Schlag den Star begins tonight (7:15 UK time) on Pro Sieben. It’s basically the same as Schlag den Raab except it’s smaller stakes, nine games and the contestant can call upon Stefan Raab to play for them once. And obviously it’s against a celebrity, and much shorter.
Here’s a story that’s doing the rounds today – English teacher currently living in Spain gets a pilot through BBC Entertainment’s Future Formats initiative, called Cloned. The show doesn’t do much for me on the description – can you spot which is the real celeb from the CGI clones by (I don’t know) watching them… Read More »