Saturday 5:15pm then weekdays 4:30pm, Channel 4 And so prosaic quiz week on Bother’s Bar ends with the revival of the show die-hard quizzers love but which I always found a bit dull really – Fifteen to One. And I think they’re in a tough spot. The reason the original was so beloved is that… Read More: Show Discussion: Fifteen to One 2014 »
Prosaic quiz week continues! TV3’s 3 Studios have prepped The Lie and Crossfire for international sales and whilst Crossfire is basically really boring, I reckon The Lie might have the chance of being a minor success. It’s already had one series in Ireland fronted by Jonathan McCrea, and a Scottish version fronted by comedian Susan… Read More: The Lie »
Excitingly Talpa have yet another Dutch lottery show just started – Kluizenspel – Safe Game – which is apt because it features very little in the way of new ideas, although what’s there hangs together fairly well. It’s Pressure Pad with a budget, basically. Fronted by Mark Klein Essink (who also in hosting Kies de… Read More: Bankgiro Loterij Kluizenspel »
New episodes Thursday 9pm, repeated variously across the week, Challenge TV New Challenge original programming, which is good to see, and this sounds like a proper old-school quiz, fronted by a proper old-school entertainer host Brian Conley. I always liked Conley growing up, so I hope this works out for him. Lewis Murphy saw an… Read More: Show Discussion: Timeline »
Saturdays, after Ant and Dec (For episode one that’s 8:20pm), ITV We haven’t done a Show Discussion post for a series of The Cube for ages but tonight apparently sees a large refresh of the graphics and audio so I figured it would be worthwhile. I also expect this to be a last roll of… Read More: Show Discussion: The Cube Series 8 »
Weekdays, 6pm BBC 2 CJ de Mooi is back, BACK, BACK! In his own Eggheads spin-off with Jeremy Vine, where a team of five take him on to win thousands of pounds. They are already promising a de Mooi/Vine bromance. This will either be hilarious, or tries too hard to be hilarious and comes across… Read More: Show Discussion: Revenge of the Egghead »