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Million Dollar Password Preview

Thursday May 29, 2008
The password is ... Regis! This Sunday marks the premiere of Million Dollar Password, hosted by none other than Regis Philbin. Philbin and Executive Producer Vincent Rubino were recently on ... Read More

The Moment of Truth Season Two Premiere

Wednesday May 28, 2008
The Moment of Truth kicked off its second season last night with contestant Curtis Frank (pictured) in the hot seat. Frank revealed a few "shocking" truths, including the fact that ... Read More

Looking Ahead to Wipeout! and Wanna Bet?

Tuesday May 27, 2008
Looks like the new trend in game shows is punctuation in the titles. ABC has released more details on two of their new summer game shows, which are vastly different ... Read More

Mark Walberg Talks About The Moment of Truth

Thursday May 22, 2008
The second season of The Moment of Truth begins Tuesday May 27th, and in anticipation of the premiere, host Mark Walberg spoke with the media about his experiences on the ... Read More

Open Casting Calls: FOX's Hole in the Wall

Tuesday May 20, 2008
FOX has sent out the call for contestants in their remake of the Japanese hit game show Hole in the Wall. The show has caught on like wildfire in viral ... Read More

FOX Renews Game Shows, Juggles Schedule

Sunday May 18, 2008
FOX has officially renewed its three hit game shows, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Don't Forget the Lyrics, and The Moment of Truth for the 2008/2009 season. All ... Read More

Get Ready for Ba Ba Boom

Sunday May 18, 2008
Critics of Deal or No Deal all have the same complaint about the show: there's no skill involved. No trivia, no talent, just randomly picking cases and hoping to get ... Read More

Game Show Cancellations: The Scoop on 1 vs 100 and More

Thursday May 15, 2008
The network upfronts continue this week, and as new shows are being unveiled, some old favorites are falling off the schedules. Some have been flat-out canceled, while others appear to ... Read More

Get Free Audience Tickets for Celebrity Family Feud

Wednesday May 14, 2008
Taping is scheduled to begin on Celebrity Family Feud, and if you're in the Hollywood area at the end of May or the first week of June, you can get ... Read More

Ashton Kutcher Bringing "Opportunity Knocks" to ABC

Tuesday May 13, 2008
The big television networks are unveiling their new 2008/09 schedules this week during the upfronts, and ABC today announced that Ashton Kutcher's production company, Katalyst, is behind their latest game ... Read More

Contender John Siciliano Steals the American Gladiators Premiere Spotlight

Tuesday May 13, 2008
American Gladiators began its second season last night, and there were lots of great additions and improvements to the game that made the premiere quite enjoyable. Two new events, "Vertigo" ... Read More

Justin Timberlake Producing The Phone for MTV

Monday May 12, 2008
Justin Timberlake is on board with MTV to produce a new "reality game show" called The Phone. Based on a Dutch game show, the premise is that two cell ... Read More

Quick Poll: Who's Your Favorite Classic Game Show Host?

Sunday May 11, 2008

American Gladiators Kicks Off Season Two with New Events and New Gladiators

Wednesday May 7, 2008
American Gladiators is back for season two, and there are a few surprises in store. According to NBC, there will be a total of seven new events that will be introduced ... Read More

Deal or No Deal Around the World: The Philippines

Tuesday May 6, 2008
Last night was the first of three Deal or No Deal Around the World episodes, filmed on location in The Philippines. The idea of these episodes is to take the ... Read More

Lots of New Game Show Casting Calls

Monday May 5, 2008
Get your casting calls here! Lots of shows, mostly new or updated classics, are searching for contestants for their new or inaugural seasons. I found some interesting tidbits while doing ... Read More

GSN and Bingo America Celebrate Mother's Day

Saturday May 3, 2008
GSN is celebrating Mother's Day for the entire week leading up to May 11th, and fans of Bingo America will be playing the home game for a chance at double ... Read More

Has Drew Carey Been Snubbed?

Thursday May 1, 2008
The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Nominations were announced yesterday, and there were a couple of surprises in the Game Show categories. Wheel of Fortune was missing from the outstanding ... Read More

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