Dick Clark To Revive ‘Bloopers’ As Syndicated Series Launching In Fall 2012 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 12-19-2011, 10:51 PM

Thirty years after Dick Clark launched TV Bloopers, Dick Clark Prods. is bringing the franchise back back with Bloopers, a new weekly syndicated series, which will premiere in the fall of 2012. The program has already been cleared on the Tribune-owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Washington DC, Houston, Seattle, Miami, Sacramento, Portland, Indianapolis, San Diego, Hartford, Harrisburg, Grand Rapids, and New Orleans. Comprised of 120 half-hour episodes over the next three years, Bloopers is intended to play as a back-to-back hour on weekends and will feature new bloopers, hidden camera gags and user-generated videos. It is is distributed domestically by Trifecta Entertainment & Media, the company founded in 2005 by former MGM Television President Hank Cohen. Bloopers originated as TV Bloopers, a series of 7 specials hosted by Dick Clark, which aired on NBC from 1981 to Feb. 1984. It morphed into TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes, a regular series Clark co-hosted with Ed McMahon on NBC from 1984 to 1988. “We started Bloopers in 1981 and are delighted to bring this timeless franchise back to today’s audience,” DCP CEO Mark Shapiro said.

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TV Knowledge Fan · 12-22-2011, 06:17 PM

...the lesson Allen Funt learned, when he allowed "CANDID CAMERA" to be produced as a daily half-hour syndicated series in 1990-'91 (with Dom DeLuise as host)- it didn't work because viewers didn't want to see a daily version of the show...especially without Funt's participation. It wasn't as funny as the weekly version...and I suspect this edition of "BLOOPERS", without Clark, might not be as successful.

12-19-2011, 10:51 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	Dick Clark To Revive ‘Bloopers’ As Syndicated Series Launching In Fall 2012 Thirty years after Dick Clark launched TV Bloopers, Dick Clark Prods. is bringing the franchise back back with Bloopers, a new weekly syndicated series, which will premiere in the fall of 2012. The program has already been cleared on the Tribune-owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Washington DC, Houston, Seattle, Miami, Sacramento, Portland, Indianapolis, San Diego, Hartford, Harrisburg, Grand Rapids, and New Orleans. Comprised of 120 half-hour episodes over the next three years, Bloopers is intended to play as a back-to-back hour on weekends and will feature new bloopers, hidden camera gags and user-generated videos. It is is distributed domestically by Trifecta Entertainment & Media, the company founded in 2005 by former MGM Television President Hank Cohen. Bloopers originated as TV Bloopers, a series of 7 specials hosted by Dick Clark, which aired on NBC from 1981 to Feb. 1984. It morphed into TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes, a regular series Clark co-hosted with Ed McMahon on NBC from 1984 to 1988. “We started Bloopers in 1981 and are delighted to bring this timeless franchise back to today’s audience,” DCP CEO Mark Shapiro said. http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/
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12-22-2011, 06:17 PM	#2
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Clark should remember... ...the lesson Allen Funt learned, when he allowed "CANDID CAMERA" to be produced as a daily half-hour syndicated series in 1990-'91 (with Dom DeLuise as host)- it didn't work because viewers didn't want to see a daily version of the show...especially without Funt's participation. It wasn't as funny as the weekly version...and I suspect this edition of "BLOOPERS", without Clark, might not be as successful.