Execs Are Running Out of Ideas for Game Shows... - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 04-06-2010, 07:41 PM

ABC is taking the network game show to new heights with a series from Fremantle Media North America.

In "Downfall," players answer trivia questions on top of a skyscraper in a major metropolitan city for $1 million in cash and prizes.

If they lose, the contestants risk seeing their winnings go off the side of the building. The players might also take a controlled plunge, though that part is still being worked out.

"'Downfall' is a new, hybrid, high-stakes field game show where fearless contestants have to fight and focus hard to keep their winnings from falling off the side of a building," executive producer Scott St. John said.

ABC has ordered an unspecified number of episodes for a summer bow from veteran game show producers Fremantle. Chris Ahern and Graham Shaw are supervising producers.

"Downfall" joins several projects that ABC has in the works for summer and beyond, including an ice dancing series from BBC Worldwide, an extreme weight-loss reality show from J.D. Roth and a deceptive game show from producer Mark Burnett.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...a763d6b373873e

Marvo301 · 04-06-2010, 10:12 PM

Yikes!!! Talk about high stakes!!!

Rezny@gmail.com · 04-12-2010, 12:59 AM

Yes,I agree.

MrCleveland · 04-13-2010, 05:01 PM

I'd like to see game shows that were on cartoons such as...

"Hit the buzzer, win a cookie"
"Truth or AAAAAAAAA"!
"Win, Lose, or Kaplowie"!
"End of the Rainbow"

04-06-2010, 07:41 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Execs Are Running Out of Ideas for Game Shows... ABC is taking the network game show to new heights with a series from Fremantle Media North America. In "Downfall," players answer trivia questions on top of a skyscraper in a major metropolitan city for $1 million in cash and prizes. If they lose, the contestants risk seeing their winnings go off the side of the building. The players might also take a controlled plunge, though that part is still being worked out. "'Downfall' is a new, hybrid, high-stakes field game show where fearless contestants have to fight and focus hard to keep their winnings from falling off the side of a building," executive producer Scott St. John said. ABC has ordered an unspecified number of episodes for a summer bow from veteran game show producers Fremantle. Chris Ahern and Graham Shaw are supervising producers. "Downfall" joins several projects that ABC has in the works for summer and beyond, including an ice dancing series from BBC Worldwide, an extreme weight-loss reality show from J.D. Roth and a deceptive game show from producer Mark Burnett. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...a763d6b373873e
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04-06-2010, 10:12 PM	#2
Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,456	Yikes!!! Talk about high stakes!!!
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04-13-2010, 05:01 PM	#4
MrCleveland Drew Carey from Hell Forum Star Join Date: Nov 10, 2007 Location: The City of Cleveland, in The State of Cleveland, in The United States of Cleveland Posts: 14,228	I'd like to see game shows that were on cartoons such as... "Hit the buzzer, win a cookie" "Truth or AAAAAAAAA"! "Win, Lose, or Kaplowie"! "End of the Rainbow"
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04-12-2010, 12:59 AM	#3
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	Yes,I agree.