Jay Leno to Host "You Bet Your Life" Reboot on Fox-owned Stations

[JamesG]

Jay Leno to Host Reboot of "You Bet Your Life" for Syndication
by Alex Weprin
Sept. 9, 2020


Former "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno will host a reboot of the comedy quiz show "You Bet Your Life".

The reboot, set to launch in Fall 2021, will air on the Fox owned and operated stations, and will be syndicated nationally in other markets. The Fox TV stations have ordered 180 episodes of the series.

Tom Werner will serve as the EP, along with showrunner and EP, David Hurwitz.




"You Bet Your Life" launched in 1947 as a radio series hosted by Groucho Marx, eventually moving to TV in 1950. The format will see two strangers paired together trying to win prize money by answering questions.

As in the original, Leno will interview the contestants generating comedic banter, similar to the "Jaywalking" segments he was known for at NBC's late night comedy show.

"One of my favorite things to do is talk to regular people and draw humor out of them," Leno said in a statement announcing the reboot. "This is a comedy show wrapped in a game show that allows me to do just that."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...or-syndication

[Coffeecup]

I was watching the Life of Riley on Tubi one night and thought Jay now looks like William Bendix. Hey how about reviving Life of Riley. About the show I am kidding but resemblance was bit there.

[Bonniegirl]

Cool ! I like Jay Leno !

[Babalu]

Leno's not funny.

[Hawkee]

Jay Leno's hosting You Bet Your Life next year? What a surprise because You Bet Your Life is a fun game show classic and with Jay Leno hosting it will be a huge hit. I wonder if he will say the phrase "Say the secret word and the duck will give you money" and then the duck would answer with a quack
Bestie

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by Babalu

Leno's not funny.

I think he's funny in a corny kind of way and he seems like a nice guy !

[howilu]

Originally Posted by LaBestia

Jay Leno's hosting You Bet Your Life next year? What a surprise because You Bet Your Life is a fun game show classic and with Jay Leno hosting it will be a huge hit. I wonder if he will say the phrase "Say the secret word and the duck will give you money" and then the duck would answer with a quack
Bestie

It will be the third revival of You Bet Your Life to air in syndication. The first two versions, hosted by Buddy Hackett and Bill Cosby lasted only one season. Hopefully Jay Leno's version will have a long run. Will the secret word feature be revived? We'll find out next fall.

BTW, there was a pilot in the early 80s for NBC for You Bet Your Life with Richard Dawson hosting but the network passed on it.

[Greenbeans]

I'm okay with Leno but he's going to need a side-kick. George Fenneman was a big part of that show.

[JamesG]

Fox’s Jay Leno-Hosted "You Bet Your Life" Reboot Sold in 85% of U.S. Ahead of Fall Debut
by Dade Hayes
January 19, 2021


A new spin on "You Bet Your Life", the personality-driven game show that gave Groucho Marx a new level of fame on the then-emerging medium of television, has been sold in 85% of the country ahead of its fall debut.

Hosted by Jay Leno, the new version of the show will launch across Fox’s portfolio of 29 stations as well as stations owned by Sinclair, Nexstar, Scripps, Meredith, Gray and other companies. The announcement came during NATPE, whose annual Miami confab is happening virtually this year in the latest adjustment to Covid-19.




The team mounting the new version said it will retain many elements of the Marx-hosted original.

In the reboot, the game will couple two strangers together for the opportunity to win prize money by correctly answering questions about pre-determined categories. Each episode will present two pairs of contestants.




"Tonight Show" band leader Kevin Eubanks will share hosting duties. Tom Werner will serve as the executive producer, along with showrunner and executive producer, David Hurwitz.

“Combining the expertise of two of Hollywood’s top producers, Tom Werner and David Hurwitz, with the joint hosting experience of the tremendously talented Jay Leno and Kevin Eubanks, ‘You Bet Your Life’ will deliver a fun series filled with the warmth and laughter that America needs now,” Stephen Brown, Executive Vice President of Programming and Development, Fox Television Stations and Fox First Run.

“One of my favorite things to do is to talk to regular people and draw humor out of them,” Leno said. “This is a comedy show wrapped in a game that allows me to do just that.”

https://deadline.com/2021/01/fox-jay...ut-1234676601/

[JamesG]

Jay Leno-Hosted "You Bet Your Life" Cleared in 98% of U.S. Ahead of September Debut
by Dade Hayes
June 23, 2021


Fox’s revival of "You Bet Your Life", hosted by Jay Leno, has been sold in 98% of the U.S. ahead of its September 13 premiere.

The game show will launch on Fox stations and has been sold in 190 markets from station groups including Sinclair, Nexstar, Scripps, Tegna, Meredith, Gray and several others.

“Our broadcast and advertising partners recognize what we do: America needs to laugh again,” said Stephen Brown, EVP of Programming and Development, Fox Television Stations and Fox First Run. “And there’s no one better to do that than Jay Leno.”




About 80% of the 190 cleared markets have double runs, Fox said, and the show is primarily running in key early fringe and access time periods between 5 and 8 p.m.

“We are thrilled that the reaction from the stations has been so positive,” exec producer Tom Werner said.

https://deadline.com/2021/06/jay-len...re-1234780130/

[icecream]

Originally Posted by JamesG

About 80% of the 190 cleared markets have double runs, Fox said, and the show is primarily running in key early fringe and access time periods between 5 and 8 p.m.

Not in Fort Wayne it isn't. I just saw my first ad for You Bet Your Life, it will air weekdays at 9AM on my CBS affiliate. Is Judge Judy ending this year or next? I thought it was this year, if that was the case it would have been nice to have You Bet Your Life replace it in the 4PM hour. I wouldn't expect Wheel and Jeopardy to move from their 7PM hour of course. This also means the secondary airing of Jeopardy! at 9:30AM will disappear. I would have wanted that to stay, except with them going back to previous seasons so the 2nd run airing is always Alex Trebek. I had sent Sony an email about this but they never responded.

[icecream]

I just checked, it is this year Judge Judy is ending. The 4PM hour so would have been preferable to 9AM.

[Babalu]

Originally Posted by JamesG

The team mounting the new version said it will retain many elements of the Marx-hosted original.

"Tonight Show" band leader Kevin Eubanks will share hosting duties. Tom Werner will serve as the executive producer, along with showrunner and executive producer, David Hurwitz.

Combining the expertise of two of Hollywood’s top producers, Tom Werner and David Hurwitz, with the joint hosting experience of the tremendously talented Jay Leno and Kevin Eubanks, .

It still won't be funny. Leno's not funny.

Tremendously talented Kevin Eubanks? Is there more than one?

Still, in this day it's surprising that they're allowing a white guy to host a game show. Obviously Eubanks is the appeasement factor.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by Babalu

It still won't be funny. Leno's not funny.

Tremendously talented Kevin Eubanks? Is there more than one?

Still, in this day it's surprising that they're allowing a white guy to host a game show. Obviously Eubanks is the appeasement factor.

There are still plenty of white men hosting game shows. Pat Sajak was Emmy nominated for this past season on Wheel of Fortune. John Michael Higgins hosts America Says, that show does really well for GSN and has started to take over from Family Feud as their most popular show. Joel McHale hosts Card Sharks on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel hosts Who Wants to be a Millionaire? on ABC. Dylan Lane hosts Chain Reaction on GSN. That show was recently brought back for a 3rd season with the original GSN host after being off for awhile. Joey Fatone hosts Common Knowledge on GSN. Drew Carey hosts The Price is Right on CBS. Rob Lowe hosts Mental Samurai on FOX. Will Arnett hosts Lego Masters on FOX. Craig Ferguson hosts The Hustler on ABC. Peyton Manning hosts College Bowl on NBC. Jeopardy! has narrowed down its permanent host search to three candidates. Ken Jennings has to be one of the serious finalist contenders considering he got to host six weeks. Every other guest host so far has only hosted two weeks, or even just one week for some hosts to come including black LeVar Burton who many wanted to get more consideration. Buzzy Cohen might be another of the finalists, if not him awful Aaron Rodgers. That makes a 2/3 chance the next host of Jeopardy! will be a white man.
As for Jay Leno and Kevin Eubanks, they rock. Late night has gone downhill since Leno left, he was an awesome and funny host. I just finished reading one of the Headlines books he compiled, it was also nice to see him in a recurring role on Last Man Standing. The only late night host who can come close to him is Johnny Carson. It is really sad though how nasty Johnny was to Jay refusing to congratulate or speak with him at all after NBC named Leno his replacement. David Letterman is a big baby. He has whined about not getting the Tonight Show, yet CBS treated him like a king, his career hardly suffered. All his complaints about not getting the Tonight Show over the decades were really an insult to CBS saying they were not good enough for him.

[Edward216]

Originally Posted by Babalu

It still won't be funny. Leno's not funny.

Tremendously talented Kevin Eubanks? Is there more than one?

Still, in this day it's surprising that they're allowing a white guy to host a game show. Obviously Eubanks is the appeasement factor.

Well that's just your opinion. I like Jay Leno and he IS funny!

Ed.