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 »
There are shows we like and there are shows that are popular. Hopefully these things coincide. Sometimes they do not, but I like to think I understand why they are what they are. It’s really not all down to the formats, you can change something a bit dull on paper to something that comes alive… Read More »
Out now on iOS, Android to follow £1.49 Barnstorm seem to be really talented guys – not content to create a really good app for The Chase now they’ve turned their hand to the show that’s currently propping up ITV’s 4pm slot. And it’s not a let down. As we’ve always said, when you want… Read More »
So I’m still of the belief that if done correctly, Endemol’s Next One (the English title for Avanti un Altro) could be massive over here. I think there are dangers – none of the other international versions seem to be having as much fun as the Italians are, and the ringleader of the Italian show is… Read More »
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 »
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 »