We’ll just repeat what we accidentally wrote last week:
Also Channel 4′s shuffled afternoon line-up begins next Monday (oops), 1001 Things… at 12:40, Four Rooms at 2:10, Countdown 3:10. Looks like a big upgrade for Countdown although I suspect that half hour won’t actually make a huge difference – 400-450k maybe? The interesting figure is the one that 1001 Things… gets, because we toyed with the idea of Countdown moving to lunchtime, so it will be interesting to see if it pulls any audience there.
Only Connect is on tonight as well, map lovers against people from Wales.
Edit: Oooh it’s too exciting, apparently Tipping Point begins new episodes today, to little fanfare. Thanks comments peeps.
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Also after a few weeks of repeats I believe that Tipping Point Series 3 starts today at 4pm.
Yes tipping point season three starts today with a 70 shows but it is not on.next wk due to the tennis . Hope dond dont lose the ratings like they are doing at the moment . Plus tipping point is getting nearly twice the ratings as dond are getting.
70 shows?!?! I applied for Series 3 but heard NOTHING back! Another show I’ve been passed over for…
What i notmally do is record dond and tipping point well dond is still standing strong but tipping point i recon two more seasons then itv.will get rid of it..
Does anyone know when the million pound drop live is back or had.channel four axed.it.
It’s not axed, they’ve put out contestant calls out for it recently.
It’s suppose to be returning in June.
Their new thing for the next series is to have groups of contestants playing rather than the usual pairs/couples.
News in Broadcast magazine today:
The Million Pound Drop Live is returning to Channel 4 with a number of tweaks including the opportunity for teams of four to enter the quiz show.
The new six part series, which includes a number of celebrity contestants, will see players able to double the size of their team rather than be limited to playing in pairs.
Teams will also be given a “double or quits” chance after the seventh question of the quiz – or progress to the final eighth question with their existing pot.
The Remarkable Television-produced format involves teams placing £1m on the answer to a series of multiple-choice questions.
The latest series will start on 14 June and is to run for six consecutive weekends.
C4 entertainment commissioner Syeda Irtizaali ordered the series which is series produced by Cat Lawson.
David Flynn, Michelle Woods and James Fox are executive producers on the live show, which also allows viewers to playalong at home.
How many members are there in JLS…?
These changes sound a bit iffy to me. I can imagine things getting quite crowded and messy with four players yelling at each other instead of two.
I’d be more interested to see how just a single player would fare to be honest.
They did a single player as a trial for one episode. It didn’t make for a good show as there was no banter, no conflicting views and a lot of dead air. I was editing with it a few months back, not easy to edit when there’s only one person talking!
Yes, I can definitely see what they’re aiming at in going for groups of four, but whether it will come across as a bit *too* messy will remain to be seen. I’m interested to see what happens as an experiment though, and if the worst comes to worst there’s no real reason they couldn’t revert back to couples after a few weeks.
I presume Double or Quits is effectively Q8 followed by another Q8?
Reading this
http://www.imediamonkey.com/2013/05/22/million-pound-drop-returning-with-double-or-nothing-twist/
It says they can walk after question 7 or play question 8 for double the stakes.
I thought they would adapt the question swap. Which has been used in other countries.
I’m not keen on teams of four. After seeing Steps last year, having five players on the studio platform does look like a right mess. Four? Who knows. Would’ve preferred a maximum of three but we’ll see.
Surprised it’s returning in June. Thought they would delay it until the autumn. You can tell they’re going head to head with Big Brother. Given the show has been a downward trend last year. I reckon this will be make or break for them.
Wow. Surely nobody is going to go for that? The whole point of Q8 was the tension bought about by the finality of the decision forced upon them. Unless they just make Q7 a 50/50 question.
Idle thought: The only way I can see this working is if they individually vote whether to go on or not, and only being allowed to leave if the vote is unanimous.
Exactly the same as the much missed Million Dollar Mind Game.
I can’t see many going for that either and I think 4 people will be too many – especially with Davina counting down etc. too – that’ll be four other voices to focus on per person in an already fairly frenzied 60 seconds!
Also (though it’ll probably never happen) there is a possibility that you could actually now win OVER a million pounds which seems a bit weird given the title.
They should call the last bit The Million Pound Double Or Drop and give a cabbage to the people who do take the gamble and lose…
(maybe swap “Million” for however much is left).
I think it’s the Japanese version where there are teams of three but for each question one contestant is effectively gagged, isn’t it?
Ahh, that’s fair enough. I just thought they’d use the lack of conflict to their advantage and it might result in some bigger gambles/wins, but I can understand it might not be what they’re after.
Not keen on the teams of 4 but the double or quits twist sounds OK. I guess that effectively ups the maximum potential jackpot win to £2m, though in reality ups the usual £25-£50k wins to £100k.
Paz lost on Pasapalabra on her 55th episode. She won €62,400 but the defeat means she won’t get her hands on the €1,446,000 jackpot. A shame.
http://www.telecinco.es/pasapalabra/paz/paz-herrera-convierte-recordwoman-concurso_0_1596525630.html
It says a lot about that endgame that someone can win 54 front games in a row and lose the endgame 54 times in a row.
And you thought Avanti’s endgame was hard…
(Still half-surprised ITV didn’t do an adaptation in 2006 as a DoND spoiler. Who would have thought that when they did really hurt DoND, it would be with something as unassuming as Tipping Point?)
I don’t think it’s that surprising – it’s not been a universally popular show but it does seem to have really caught on in Spain. Besides where would it have gone in the schedules? It would also have taken a month to build up any sort of exciting jackpot, which is probably too late.
Ironically, it probably *would* have a chance in the 4pm slot now.
Hopefully the show actually has the money to pay her, unlike other game shows in Spain…
http://www.thelocal.es/19700101/bankrupt-spanish-game-show-owes-thousands-to-winners#.UZvRUNjV7Ax
Didn’t realise Spain had a version of Countdown. Their own fault for not sticking to teapots!
400k (6.5%) for Countdown yesterday according to the DS Ratings Thread.
Mmm, bottom end of (my) best expectation I think – about what The Common Denominator was getting, about what it was getting when it was doing its Tournament of Champions in the earlier slot. Probably can’t complain, although it probably can’t afford to drop much from there either.
Analysis after one episode, there.
Double though what Countdown has been getting at times over recent weeks in the 2.40pm slot.
Interested to note the nominees for the TV Choice awards have been published. Some remarkable exclusions (no “Countdown” in the daytime section) and some eyebrow-raising inclusions (is Entertainment really the best category for “Only Connect”?)
Yes, some odd stuff going on there, although I suppose there isn’t much other place to put OC.