"The Pyramid" debuts September 3rd only on GSN

[let'swatchtv]

http://corp.gsn.com/press/releases/g...ay-september-3

FROM GSN's OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:

GSN announced the premiere date for it's originaal series "The Pyramid", a contemporary take on one of television's most beloved game shows,hosted by television executive producer and Beauty and the Geek host Mike Richards. The Pyramid is a daily strip show airing Monday thru Friday at 6 pm ET, and will premiere Monday September 3 at 6 pm.

The Pyramid is back in an all-new, half-hour version of the fast-paced word-guessing game.The celebrities,The Pyramid game board,The Winner's Circle: everything viewers know and love about the iconic format is returning in GSN's lively new version. The series, a winner of nine Daytime Emmy
Awards during it's storied 40-year run,brings a contemporary sensibility, tone and style to a beloved franchise and will accompany the hit show The Newlywed Game in GSN's "Iconic Games Reinvented" category.

The Pyramid joins the previously announced new shows on GSN this fall: The American Bible Challenge and Beat The Chefs which are the first of GSN's "Shiny Floor Game" category-comtemporary studio-based game shows that focus on themes prevalent in pop culture. The American Bible
Challenge, an original one-hour game show hosted by comedian Jeff Foxworthy, will premiere on Thursday, August 23 at 8 pm ET/PT. Beat The Chefs, an hour-long cooking competition show with host Matt Rogers, will premiere on Thrusday, August 23 at 9 pm ET/PT.

so are you guys excited for GSN's return of the classic 70's & 80's word-guessing game that once made the late Dick Clark a household name or what?

[ThomasE]

Originally Posted by let'swatchtv

http://corp.gsn.com/press/releases/g...ay-september-3

FROM GSN's OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:

GSN announced the premiere date for it's originaal series "The Pyramid", a contemporary take on one of television's most beloved game shows,hosted by television executive producer and Beauty and the Geek host Mike Richards. The Pyramid is a daily strip show airing Monday thru Friday at 6 pm ET, and will premiere Monday September 3 at 6 pm.

The Pyramid is back in an all-new, half-hour version of the fast-paced word-guessing game.The celebrities,The Pyramid game board,The Winner's Circle: everything viewers know and love about the iconic format is returning in GSN's lively new version. The series, a winner of nine Daytime Emmy
Awards during it's storied 40-year run,brings a contemporary sensibility, tone and style to a beloved franchise and will accompany the hit show The Newlywed Game in GSN's "Iconic Games Reinvented" category.

The Pyramid joins the previously announced new shows on GSN this fall: The American Bible Challenge and Beat The Chefs which are the first of GSN's "Shiny Floor Game" category-comtemporary studio-based game shows that focus on themes prevalent in pop culture. The American Bible
Challenge, an original one-hour game show hosted by comedian Jeff Foxworthy, will premiere on Thursday, August 23 at 8 pm ET/PT. Beat The Chefs, and hour-long cooking competition show with host Matt Rogers, will premiere on Thrusday, August 23 at 9 pm ET/PT.

so are you guys excited for GSN's return of the classic 70's & 80's word-guessing game that once made the late Dick Clark a household name or what?

I'm looking foward to it. I hope it goes well.

[let'swatchtv]

Originally Posted by ThomasE

I'm looking foward to it. I hope it goes well.

me too, also here's are a few more websites the talks about the debut of "The Pyramid":

http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com...er-3rd-on-gsn/

http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/...g-93-20120713#

http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/...20120712gsn01/

[megamanj2004]

I dunno whether or not to be ecstatic for the Pyramid's return!

The big questions will be:
#1 How will Mike Richards fare as a host? As a producer he rubbed many game show fans the wrong way w/ how he's producing TPiR.
#2 Will the celebrities they book be able to know how to play the game?

[let'swatchtv]

Originally Posted by megamanj2004

I dunno whether or not to be ecstatic for the Pyramid's return!

The big questions will be:
#1 How will Mike Richards fare as a host? As a producer he rubbed many game show fans the wrong way w/ how he's producing TPiR.
#2 Will the celebrities they book be able to know how to play the game?

well will have to watch and find out September 3rd,also now i know that this is not a game show per se and i have never watched/cared for it at all but didn't he host Beauty And The Geek?

[ThomasE]

Originally Posted by megamanj2004

I dunno whether or not to be ecstatic for the Pyramid's return!

The big questions will be:
#1 How will Mike Richards fare as a host? As a producer he rubbed many game show fans the wrong way w/ how he's producing TPiR.
#2 Will the celebrities they book be able to know how to play the game?

#1) If he is one of the producers that got Lanisha Cole fired from TPIR, then I have an issue with him already.

#2) LMBO at your question. Very good question! I hope there are no cheesy celebs playing and hope there are no bombards of reality celebs like Snooki trying to play.

[let'swatchtv]

Originally Posted by ThomasE

#2) LMBO at your question. Very good question! I hope there are no cheesy celebs playing and hope there are no bombards of reality celebs like Snooki trying to play.

for the #2) question let's just also hope that no terrible celebrity players(except Betty White whos an awesome player on any celebrity-driven game show shes on)from 2002's Pyramid show up on 2012's The Pyramid.

[let'swatchtv]

*UPDATE*

"The Pyramid" begins taping this weekend,tickets now available

FROM BUZZERBLOG:

Okay Los Angles-area game show fans.This is some news you've probably been waiting for. Information on taping for GSN's September revival of
"The Pyramid" has just been released and we want to help you get the chance to check it out. The first taping day for the show is this Saturday,July 21st and tickets to the show, the remaining 39 episodes of the order which will be taped in the span of two weeks, are currently available through Tuesday, August 7th. If you're interested in going to see one of the most highly anticipated revivals, go to the official ticket page:

http://onsetproductions.com/calendar...spx?showID=204

create a profile and sign up for a chance to get paid to watch "The Pyramid"! if you live in the area and want to see it or will be taking a trip during the available tape dates,get in early if you want to visit the set. I'm sure there will be a lot of competition for a chance to watch people head to the
new Winner's Circle.

http://buzzerblog.com/2012/07/the-py...now-available/

or if you want to be casted as a contestant on GSN's "The Pyramid" then go to this email address at mailto://pyramidcontestants@gmail.comwith you name,photo,city, and perminent information.however,with taping looming in just 4 days, Im fairly certain they got their contestant quota for this season.


and finally learn about "The History of The Pyramid" by clicking here:http://buzzerblog.com/2012/07/the-hi...f-the-pyramid/

[let'swatchtv]

*UPDATE*

Hi all! We're wrapping up casting for THE PYRAMID - here's your last chance to audition

http://www.facebook.com/posts/10151067791208493

[let'swatchtv]

*UPDATE*

here are the official rules to GSN's revival of "The Pyramid":http://buzzerblog.com/2012/07/exclus...fo-gsn-pyramid


from Buzzerblog:"Players begin with $10,000 in their Winner's Circle bank at the beginning of each round. everytime they earn 7 out of 7 in 30 seconds. they add $5,000 to their bank and earn $500 in bonus cash to keep no matter their results in the rest of the program. So again, no Mystery 7's,7-11's.The bonuses contestants earn comes from getting
all seven in the main game. A carry over from Donny Osmond Pyramid is their pass rule. When you pass a word in the game, it is out of play but if times remains, you are allowed
to come back to it once you get through the rest of the list.If it is someone's last turn at the game but only two are needed to tie and three to win,they will still be allowed to play
up to all seven to earn another bonus and add to the Winner's Circle Bank.Once they make it to the Winner's Circle, the consolation prizes carry over from the pilot aas well: $100/$200/$300/$400/$500/$750. The show has no returning champions so "score money" is not an issue.

A new feature of "The Pyramid" original from any previous version, is the tiebreaker. I like to refer it as the "infinite tiebreaker." In the 1980s, when contestants ties at the end of a game, they had to get up 7 more words right in 30 seconds. If they did that, opponents not only had to get all 7 but they also had to beat the time. that is not the case in this version. enough material is prepared in this tiebreaker so that if "words beginning with C" is chosen, contestants can go through as many words as are there to achieve the highest score possible.Seven is not a limit in the round, contestnat try to get as many from an "infinite" list as they can in 30 seconds. Mixed reviews have been given to the writing, but the
overall sense is that it is definetly an upgrade from the 2002-04 version."

so Pyramid fans how do you like the rules for GSN's The Pyramid? do you think there great,do they suck,or do you wish that their were any elements that should have been borrowed from the 70s or 80s incarnations of Pyramid.

let me know from your comments below. Thanks!

oh and by the way here's 2 promos for GSN's "The Pyramid"

30 second version:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzRA_b786B4

full version:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe2WA...3&feature=plcp

and finally...

an interview with the host of GSN's The Pyramid Mike Richards from "Access Hollywood.com":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6soM1...2&feature=plcp

Thanks and Enjoy!

[let'swatchtv]

*UPDATE*

http://buzzerblog.com/2012/08/gsn-pyramid-celebs/

here are some of the 15 celebrities you will see competing on GSN "The Pyramid."

FROM BUZZERBLOG.COM:

Oscar Nunez (Oscar Martinez on The Office)

Lamorne Morris (Winston Bishop on New Girl)
Dot Jones (Coach Bieste on Glee)

Jai Rodriguez (Consultant on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)
Chandra Wilson (Dr. Bailey on Grey's Anatomy)

Dani Pudi (Abed Nadir on Community)
Yvette Nicole Brown (Shirley Bennett pn Community)

Jim O'Heir (Jerry Gergich on Parks and Recreation)
Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer on The Office)

Nicholas Turturro (Sgt. Renzulli on Blue Bloods)
Aida Turturro (Janice Soprano on The Sopranos)

Joshua Malina (David Rosen on Scandal)
Wallace Langham (David Hodges on CSI:Crime Scene Investigation)

Melissa Peterman (Host of The Singing Bee)
Samantha Harris (Former co-host of Dancing With The Stars)

August 14th Celebrity Update: The final missing celebrity has been revealed to be Megyn Price, co-star of the CBS program Rules of Engagment. it's also been announced that the week with the Community co-stars will be chosen as premiere week.

well for Lamorne Morris this wasn't his first time he leaped into the game show world. he was a former host of Cartoon Network's short-lived answer to Cash Cab called BrainRu$h in 2009. and also i do believe that Melissa Peterman was a frequent guest for the short-lived Donny Osmond version of "Pyramid" from 2002-04 now if i'm wrong anout this this thought then feel free to let me know in the comments at any time thank you.

but anyway, what do you think about the stars for the up and coming of GSN's The Pyramid?

as always,let me know from your comments below

Cheers!

[let'swatchtv]

*UPDATE*

From Buzzerblog...

Video: GSN previews a round of "The Pyramid"

It's pretty safe to say that GSN's upcoming revival of The Pyramid has been on of the years most anticipated game shows. Hosted by Mike Richards, the classic format originally hosted by Dick Clark begins Monday, September 3rd, at 6:00PM ET. GSN has had a good amount of success in this slot, successfully launching Catch 21, and The Newlywed Game to the top of the networks ratings here. It's looking like a pretty decent chance that this will do the same. This weekend GSN posted a short clip of one round of play. In this clip we see Chandra Wilson from ABC's Grey's Anatomy try to get a perfect 7 score and earn the contestant another $5,000 for his Winner Circle's jackpot. you'll get a preview of the graphics, the game, and Mike.

Are you any more excited after seeing this clip?

http://buzzerblog.com/2012/08/video-...f-the-pyramid/

[Zoneboy]

Originally Posted by let'swatchtv

here are some of the 15 celebrities you will see competing on GSN "The Pyramid."

FROM BUZZERBLOG.COM:

Oscar Nunez (Oscar Martinez on The Office)

Lamorne Morris (Winston Bishop on New Girl)
Dot Jones (Coach Bieste on Glee)

Jai Rodriguez (Consultant on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)
Chandra Wilson (Dr. Bailey on Grey's Anatomy)

Dani Pudi (Abed Nadir on Community)
Yvette Nicole Brown (Shirley Bennett pn Community)

Jim O'Heir (Jerry Gergich on Parks and Recreation)
Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer on The Office)

Nicholas Turturro (Sgt. Renzulli on Blue Bloods)
Aida Turturro (Janice Soprano on The Sopranos)

Joshua Malina (David Rosen on Scandal)
Wallace Langham (David Hodges on CSI:Crime Scene Investigation)

Melissa Peterman (Host of The Singing Bee)
Samantha Harris (Former co-host of Dancing With The Stars)

If that's their definition of celebrities then count me out.

[let'swatchtv]

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

If that's their definition of celebrities then count me out.

well zoneboy, maybe you should watch this video and see if this will change your mind or not:http://buzzerblog.com/2012/08/pyramid-celebrity-promo/

but of course if you don't like it then that's your opinion.

[Heidi Dawn]

I don't have GSN on my cable lineup, but my grandmother gets it on her dish. She's looking forward to a new version of Pyramid (she liked Donny Osmond's version and was disappointed when it was cancelled, she still watches Dick Clark's version on GSN reruns).