Current game show industry

[Dynomite]

Bob Barker recently retired, Alex Trebek is considering retirement, we still have Pat Sajak, John O'Hurley, Meredith Viera, Howie Mandel, Bob Saget, Chuck Woolery and Todd Newton currently hosting shows. We're still talking about who'll succeed Bob Barker on The Price is Right. I still believe Todd Newton will eventually succeed Bob. Drew Carey has an upcoming game show, arriving soon on CBS. Jeff Foxworthy is still hosting Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? After a while, all these million dollar game shows get stale. The traditional game show, which we've gotten accustomed to over the last 40 years, needs to come back. Fremantle, at last count, was still shopping a new version of Match Game for the 2007-08 season, according to Broadcasting & Cable. So far, no change in that, and being that's the case, Fremantle needs to look at its Gameshow Marathon program they produced last summer that also included Match Game. That program can become a hit, again, but they need the right kind of talent for the show. Keep Bruce Vilanch and Kathy Griffin as regular panelists, but for a host, who's every bit as flamboyant as both Kathy and Bruce and has also worked with them on the recent incarnation of Hollywood Squares and has actually hosted a game show, himself(VH1's short-lived My Generation in 1998), I'm sticking with Craig Shoemaker as my choice to host the next version of Match Game in the 2007-08 season. Now, what's your take on the current game show industry? Start chiming!

[ethelmaepotter]

Personally, I would rather watch paint dry than watch game shows. "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!" continue to hold the position of top syndicated shows, but I think that is only because of their time slots. The shows are really, really dull. "Jeopardy!" is like sitting in a classroom for 30 minutes and "Wheel of Fortune" should be called "Wheel of Torture".

I think there was a period in television when game shows were good because they were done by creative people looking to entertain. Now, you can tell it is all about money. They are looking for instant ratings and after a few months, the show goes to the wayside to make room for the next temporary hit.

The prime-time game shows, like reality shows, are just horrid but the American public can't seem to get enough.

[rodwayne]

Yes,I woold agree that it's hard to go a good classic game show these days with all of the masters dead and gone(Mark Goodman,Bill Toddman,Dan Enright,Jack Berry,Ralph Edwards)or the ones still living(Like Chuck Barris)consider too old and feeble minded to produce another show,I'm just happy that they'er still on!The magic do wear off after awhile and the players getting siller and dumber(For example,the players on DEAL OR NO DEAL drives me crazy with their antics,if you can call them that!),and the shows themselves just as dumb,but what can you do?!Hope that GSN next president run all of the old classics game shows(Including my all time classic HOLLYWOOD SQUARES 67-81 versions),hope that my local cable company finally put the channel on its family-friendly package(Channels 2-125),then all would be right with the world!

[Mikado]

Yeah, id rather watch reruns of the old Hollywood Squares, Newlywed Game, Match Game or Gong Show than almost any of the new game shows ( I still love Jeopardy, of course ) , lets face it, Pat Sajak, Drew Carry and Howie Mandel cant "hold a candle" to Peter Marshall, Bob Eubanks, Gene Rayburn or even Chuck Barris!!!

[Janice]

I was never a huge fan of game shows, but I got really caught up in the Who Wants To Be a Millionaire mania when it first hit the scene, with Regis Philbin. My husband and I never missed it. My mother loved it too, and we could call each other over and over during tense moments during the show.

[tbswatcher]

I love the new show Don't Forget the Lyrics on Fox hosted by Wayne Brady. I think it will probably last quite a while imo.