This is my first post in over three years. For those of you that follow my blog, I'll be posting a lot more, I'm sure.
Aside: For those of you who aren't computer programmers, "!=" means "not equal to".
First, Our Little Genius. Granted, my opinion of this show was low out of the gate. It struck me as 5th Grader Flip Flop. I felt like the concept was played out, and was currently playing very well in syndication. The camel's back-breaker? The fact that they "re-stacked" questions to fit a contestant's strength, then re-shot the whole thing. Dirty pool, Mark Burnett. You should know better than that. Because of that move, OLG is now effectively off-the-air.
OLG was put to the forefront because Fox decided to pass on the brilliant British show, The Cube. When news came out that Fox was bringing Cube to these shores, NBC countered with Perfect 10.
Perfect 10, now called Minute To Win It, was allegedly to have ordinary people perform ordinary household tasks to win ONE MEEELEEON DAWLLARS (yes, I can type how Dr. Evil speaks). With the "household tasks" stigma dropped, the players are now performing basic physical challenges...in an environment similar to ITV's British smash, The Cube. Not only that, but reports are out now of a contestant failing his first challenge twice (which would be a loss), and the producers giving the player a new challenge and re-starting the show! Now, I'm not going to comment on any of NBC's other issues right now (I'm With CoCo), but NBC of all networks should be aware of what kind of stigma is behind "rigging" a game show. Twenty-One, anyone?
To all current and potential game show producers out there, here's something to look up:
47 U.S.C. § 509 : US Code - Section 509
Prohibited practices in contests of knowledge, skill, or chance
I'm not going to quote the whole thing here, but trust me, it's important.
