"Weakest Link" Renewed for Supersized Season 3 at NBC
by Peter White
Aug. 1, 2022


"Weakest Link" will return to NBC. The network has renewed the series hosted by Jane Lynch, based on the British game show, for a bumper third season.

Season 3 will consist of 20 episodes.




NBC said that the series has reached more than 17M viewers this season across linear and digital platforms and its current summer run has improved NBC’s Monday 10pm timeslot by double-digit percentages across the board, including an increase of 30% in the 18-49 demo and up 26% in total viewers.

Lynch said, “I’m very much looking forward to a third season of mocking contestants and encouraging discord.”




“This represents an exciting new chapter for us and for the millions of fans around the world who have rallied behind Weakest Link over the years: a fresh opportunity to take the series to new heights this season by collaborating with the one and only Jane Lynch whose razor sharp wit is the perfect match for the fastest and fiercest game show on TV. We’re thrilled to continue our partnership with NBC on the hit series that puts your smarts and your speed to the ultimate test,” added Valerie Bruce, General Manager, BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions.

https://deadline.com/2022/08/the-weakest-link-renewed-for-supersized-season-3-at-nbc-1235082426/

Season 3 of Revived Weakest Link should better with ratings

From Ken Levine's blog (http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-weakest-game-show.html):
Sitting in my AirBnB in Cape May last week, just chilling, channel surfing, I came upon THE WEAKEST LINK (forums.primetimer.com/topic/111818-the-weakest-link-2020/page/6/) on NBC (https://www.reddit.com/r/gameshow/comments/ughn80/is_nbcs_weakest_link_really_bad/). I had not watched that program since there was an English version hosted by Anne Robinson. She was a rather refreshing and unique host at the time. Acerbic, took shots at the contestants, very short hair. To mimic that in the US version (https://www.jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5830&sid=da17af00057d632af2b7dff5f85192db) they got Jane Lynch. But it’s so clear that so much of her put-downs and snark are scripted. Anne's felt spontaneous.

However, the thing that really struck me about this current version of the show was how ****ing dumb the contestants were. I don’t love THE CHASE (the host annoys the crap out of me) but the questions are tough. For THE WEAKEST LINK some of the questions were just laughably easy and the contestants were so stupid they got them wrong.

Example:

“Which brand of service has as their theme song ‘Wild Blue Yonder?’” The contestant said “the Navy.” Wouldn’t wild blue yonder perhaps suggest the sky and thus maybe the Air Force? One girl, probably in her early 30’s didn’t know Rodeo Drive was in Beverly Hills. She had never heard of Rodeo Drive. They tape the show in Los Angeles, by the way.

Finally it came down to the last two. Each had to answer a series of five questions. The one who got the most right won. Going into the last round, collectively they had answered 8 of the 9 questions wrong. These were the brains who eliminated everyone else. I was calling out the answers left and right — and trust me, I’d get crushed on JEOPARDY or THE CHASE.

Obviously these contestants are screened beforehand. The fact that they knowingly put dim bulbs on the show begs the question, why?

Do they not want to give away much money? Or do they think the audience is so stupid this level of intellect is about their speed? All I can say is that as far as game shows go — this one is the Weakest Link.

NBC game show "Weakest Link" returns on Monday, April 17 at 10 pm.

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