‘Gameshow Marathon’ begins tonight
I know I mentioned this show here a few months back, but it premieres tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, and I don’t think anyone realizes it.
[tag]GAMESHOW MARATHON[/tag] features Rikki Lake hosting a series of classic game show set-ups with celebrity guests playing along. Tonight’s episode features [tag]Leslie Nielsen[/tag], amongst others, playing “Let’s Make A Deal.”
The show is so shrouded in secrecy that it doesn’t even have a page on the [tag]CBS[/tag] web site. CBS disavows any knowledge of it already, save a cursory listing in their programming guide. That’s it.
That’s likely not a good sign.
Google it up if you want, but you’ll only get links to the British version of the show hosted by POP IDOL’s Ant and Dec.
31. May 2006 at 15:37
Funny thing about this is that when you go to the CBS website and click on the show name in tonight’s schedule, it take you to this link: http://www.cbs.com/primetime/gameshow_marathon/ which pops up as a “We cannot locate this page”. Still not sold on the idea of the show though.
31. May 2006 at 15:41
Ok, this gets weirder and weirder. In the time I posted my first comment to now, they have actually put up some sort of a website on CBS. Very strange!
1. June 2006 at 08:38
Better late than never, I suppose. That IS weird, though. The show is fairly popular in the UK from what I’ve read, but I think they erred in starting off by emulating a show that’s still on the air five days a week. . .
1. June 2006 at 13:37
In the Uk it was a success, but was only done a one-off to celebrate the anniversary of ITV(the main commercial rival to the BBC)
5. June 2006 at 11:21
I watched it last week . . . it was OK. I’ll probably watch the remaining eps. Definitely the “Press Your Luck” one!
29. June 2006 at 21:27
i cannot get the web sight to load on my computer, why is this
30. June 2006 at 08:12
It looks like CBS has already taken the page down. I guess it bombed harder than any of us expected.
I admit that I never watched it. I was looking forward to it, but once it found its way onto my TiVo, I just couldn’t muster any enthusiasm for it. Oh, well…