Netflix,From 1st March We’re getting to test out a lot of my hypotheses this year, firstly that Jeopardy‘s not going to work from cold in 2023 on ITV, secondly that quiz shows hold an extremely low value on streaming services where people can choose what they want (as opposed to on broadcast TV where they… Read More »
Weeknights 20th-24th Feb, 11pm,Channel 5 Well here’s some fun, the UK’s first domestic season of The Challenge, MTV’s demanding physical challenge with a bit of strategy and usually a bit of fighting and shagging show, comes to Channel 5 and they’re so happy and confident in it they’re putting it out over a week at… Read More »
The first two eps “dropped” on Netflix yesterday and it looks like we’re getting two eps a week, nine total. Physical 100 is the latest in the popular “Korean reality gameshow where the whole thing is marshalled by a mysterious voice” genre. The premise of this one: 100 fit people do eliminatory “quests” to determine… Read More »
ITVX, from December 28th Although we understand it will be going out on ITV2 sometime in the future. This may or may not be any good but the premise sounds quite fun – five pairs running around the Aegean Islands in Greece, one of whom is granted a Golden Credit Card loaded with cash daily… Read More »
Saturdays, 9:35pm (and various after that)BBC1 BBC version of moderately-popular Jimmy Fallon spin-off musical gameshow, filmed in the US and seems to have some reasonable US guest star power to go alongside the UK celebs who will be playing. Mo Gilligan’s hosting, and if the BBC Episode Guide is correct suggests this will be going… Read More »
Right, Week One Tuesday 9:30pm, Wednesday 9:15pm, Thursday 9pm, subsequent weeks I don’t know, roll a dice or something.BBC1The three episodes for the week go up on iPlayer after the first episode of the week. Got it? Not after week one they aren’t. Finally Studio Lambert’s interpretation of Dutch success story De Verraders makes its… Read More »