Show Discussion: Million Dollar Money Drop

By | December 20, 2010
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Hi! Here is a post for you all to tell me exactly how well Million Dollar Money Drop works/rates.

Being a very good friend to the TV industry, I couldn’t possibly comment on ways you may be able to watch the show in the UK  for fear of harming the livelihoods of the sorts of people who make it, obviously.

In other news: Survivor Redemption Island! I may become interested in the show again, even if it’s something already done by most other versions years ago.

Edit: Interesting find, it sounds like there are two pilots for a UK version of Hold On To Your Seat being filmed at the end of January in London. It is, of course, the English version of France 2 daytime hit Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place! which Greg Scott did a pilot for on the French set a while ago.

Board of Excitement 19th-25th December 2010

By | December 19, 2010
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Right I’m cold let’s get this over with:

  • Drop Zone – Not a hit, and probably wouldn’t have been a hit if it was on at a proper time but despite that I’ve quite enjoyed it and reckon there is something to work with here. An exciting double bill this afternoon, with the semi-final and final. (2:25pm, Sunday, BBC1)
  • Sports Personality of the Year 2010 – Only really pointed out because it’s something we used to watch and people might be interested in. I will probably be watching the 100 Greatest Toys on Channel 4 though. (7pm, Sunday, BBC1)
  • The Apprentice – It’s the grand final! (9pm, Sunday, BBC1)
  • Only Connect – Third place playoff featuring the Wrights vs The Alesmen. (8:30pm, Monday, BBC1)
  • The Million Dollar Money Drop – A format I’ve been correctly cool about travels to the US where it will probably do OK on its first outing despite being two hours long and Foxified then fail to hold its audience as the week progresses. I look forward to the positive spin on the numbers. (Monday-Thursday, Fox)
  • Who Wants to Be a Millionaire – Live! With two couples (Chris Evans and James Martin, Carol Vorderman and Gok Wan), will be interested to see what happens if they don’t finish the second game in time. This time round a lucky home viewer can win half the value of the the prizes won for charity. Will they do LIVE ask the nationwide audience? (9pm, Thursday, ITV)
  • Only Connect – I can’t find much to get excited about on Christmas Day, so why not watch the Only Connect marathon on BBC4? I say marathon, but it’s really only the two semi-finals back to back. (8pm, Christmas Day, BBC4)
  • All-Star Family Fortunes – Although I suppose there’s this if you’re that way inclined, teams from This Morning take on Emmerdale in an hour’s special. How are they going to drag it out to an hour? (8pm, Christmas Day, ITV1)

Show discussion: One-handed Schlag den Raab

By | December 18, 2010
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Well if a punter’s comment is to be believed on tonight’s final Schlag den Raab 2011 Eurovision host Stefan Raab will literally be taking on a contestant single-handedly (because he’s hurt his other one) in defence of the €1m prize.

Look out for Rock Paper Scissors as the all important game 15 if it gets that far. Inevitably.

It’s on from 7:15 UK/8:15 CET, and hopefully there will be a naughty internet stream of it somewhere.

In the meantime, in honour of the sensational super sack of German Television  Stefan Raab’s Eurovision fame let’s link to some of his finest work!

Wadde Hadde Dudde Da? (What have you got there?)

And of course he also wrote the legendary Guildo hat euch lieb! (Guildo loves you!)

Quite amazing.

Show discussion: The Million Pound Drop Series 3

By | December 15, 2010
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Here’s where you/we can discuss this short run of The Million Pound Drop starting tonight at 8pm.

Don’t forget, you can still enter our competition! Lines close at 8pm this evening. Edit: Entries closed!

It is also The Apprentice interviews this evening at 9pm. Where is my glass ceiling? My field of ponies must have run off with it.

Also! Are you in the Manchester area at the end of January? There’s this show being filmed I’ve become obsessed over. Book plenty of leave, the dates shown are probably just to film one episode.

Fun Happy Hour fact:  41.2% of all the money has gone on there being zero duff questions.

I do.

By | December 13, 2010
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New iPad review: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? HD 2011 Edition.

Currently going for £2.99, or £1.79 for the iPhone one.

Meanwhile, in an early Board of Excitement, not only is it the The Apprentice final on Sunday night (9-11pm, BBC1), it’s also a Drop Zone double bill, so it’s the final of that as well (2:25pm-4:25pm).

How to write about The X Factor Final without revealing spoilers

By | December 12, 2010
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Well done to the winner. However, will the loser’s live perfomance winner’s song get released on downloads as I thought that was much better?

Also, we normally get the phone vote breakdown, but will we also get a download breakdown this time round? Even if it’s only in percentages because they probably didn’t sell all that well, or something.