Perfect 10, a Game Show About Housework
Wednesday September 30, 2009
For many of us, household chores are a royal pain in the butt, however necessary they may be. On the other hand, if someone is offering a million bucks to perform these tasks with a twist, then sign me up for more housework!
NBC has placed an order for eight episodes of Perfect 10, in which contestants will be challenged to perform "deceptively simple" household tasks, according to Variety. Each contestant gets ten tasks that they must complete in one minute. The show is an hour long, and I can only assume that it's targeted for prime time (unless NBC decides to go with the same type of odd scheduling we saw for Face the Ace).
There are, of course, online games and other interactive elements being planned to compliment the show. For example, 50 of the tasks will be released on the show's website before the game premieres, in an attempt to garner interest in the "play at home" factor. Hey, if they're going to show me how to do ten household chores in 60 seconds or less, I'll give it a try.
Yes, it sounds gimmicky, and it might be a complete disaster. On the other hand, there's enough potential for a fast-paced, comedic game here that I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. It will all come down to the execution and hosting. No air dates have been set, but it's likely this will be filmed quickly to be ready to replace one of the network's new shows when it faces mid-season cancellation.
Executive producers of the show are Craig Plestis and Tim Puntillo, for Universal Media Studios.
NBC has placed an order for eight episodes of Perfect 10, in which contestants will be challenged to perform "deceptively simple" household tasks, according to Variety. Each contestant gets ten tasks that they must complete in one minute. The show is an hour long, and I can only assume that it's targeted for prime time (unless NBC decides to go with the same type of odd scheduling we saw for Face the Ace).
There are, of course, online games and other interactive elements being planned to compliment the show. For example, 50 of the tasks will be released on the show's website before the game premieres, in an attempt to garner interest in the "play at home" factor. Hey, if they're going to show me how to do ten household chores in 60 seconds or less, I'll give it a try.
Yes, it sounds gimmicky, and it might be a complete disaster. On the other hand, there's enough potential for a fast-paced, comedic game here that I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. It will all come down to the execution and hosting. No air dates have been set, but it's likely this will be filmed quickly to be ready to replace one of the network's new shows when it faces mid-season cancellation.
Executive producers of the show are Craig Plestis and Tim Puntillo, for Universal Media Studios.
Comments
Since I would have to avoid my own housework to watch this trainwreck of an idea, can NBC just send the crew to my place to have the stuff done?
Ditto what Wayne said.
This sounds like a really dumb idea. I think what CBS needs is a game show hour to run against the Jay Leno Show, they could revive the Power of 10 and Million Dollar Password and they could split the week. Maybe they could even have a different game show every day. They could buy Million Dollar Pyramid. Wouldn’t that be awesome?
You know, my first reaction was the same as both of yours. But really, there’s potential here. If the tasks are actually enjoyable to watch and they get a decent host, it might not be so bad.
Sure, this probably won’t be the breakout show that brings game shows back to prime time on a regular basis, but it might not be as bad as we think.
Fox just one-upped NBC by announcing they will have the US version of the UK show “The Cube”–same show, cooler set, more interesting stunts.
Hi Jason!
Hate to disagree with you again (Not about Perfect 10…sounds dreadful), but CBS will do just fine with crime dramas at 10:00. Leno is no threat to them at all.
I still hold out hope that a Pyramid revival will come soon, but it’ll likely be in the daytime if LMAD succeeds.
Sorry Myke25, gotta disagree with you there…
Pyramid most likely didn’t get picked up because of the celebrity factor–look at the ones they got for Password and think about needed to get two celebrities per week, 40 weeks per year. They couldn’t find 12 decent ones for Password, certainly not gonna happen for Pyramid.
Pyramid could easily be a Christmas week special run when an hour-long show at CBS is canned–that I could easily see.
Perfect 10? do you mean power of 10? I thought that was a really good show.
And maybe your right, the Jay Leno show isn’t even funnier than Connan
lol, I guess Perfect 10 sounded so bad to me I forgot it was the subject of this blog. Note to self get more sleep.
I don’t know – I think CBS would ultimately view Pyramid as a way to showcase their own stars. Soap opera actors, the odd prime time star when new shows are coming up, talk show hosts, etc. Heck, they could even do crossovers with TPIR and LMAD.
I’m still holding out hope that they’ll pick it up eventually.
I don’t mean to turn this thread into another Pyramid discussion, but though I do see Wayne’s point, I have stated on this and other blogs that I think Pyramid would work fine, maybe even better, without celebrities.
The civilian teams would invest a lot of time in training, which ultimately make for better game play. On M$ Password, often the civilian was trying to overcome the shortcomings of their celebrity partner.
Granted, some inside family clues might get used if a brother & sister team were playing…but probably not often enough to become a distraction.
When The $25K Pyramid was on CBS, they did a pretty good job of tapping into the network talent pool…cast members from Trapper John, M.D., The Young and the Restless, My Sister Sam were semi-regulars. But they were also good game players. Embassy Row will need to audition celebrities just as viligently as they do civilians for Pyramid, or any celebrity-based game to work. That did not appear to be the case with Password.
CBS of late has a pretty bad track record with pure game shows in prime-time. Password had respectable ratings and couldn’t survive. When was the last TPIR M$S made?
I don’t see them doing more than the occasional summer stunt with traditional games in prime time. The days of CBS building a night around games were over in 1968. They clearly see that the future of games on CBS is in Daytime.
wow. This got long! Sorry!
Perfect 10 could be fun, anything would be better than some of the other NBC GS experiments. Can we say Amne$ia? How ironic that no some seems to know or remember this show and it’s called Amne$ia