Dr. Sanjay Gupta is revealing how he kept his “Jeopardy!” clues under wraps while preparing to guest host the iconic TV game show.
09.06.2021 - 20:55 / variety.com
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThis TV genre suffered a scandal in 1950s that nearly wiped it off screens, but endures as one of the most popular programming types today. Now, the history of these shows finally has a physical home of its own.
What is… the game show?!The first quiz show launched on radio in 1923; now, nearly 100 years later, the National Archives of Game Show History has launched at the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y. Veteran TV producers Bob Boden
.Dr. Sanjay Gupta is revealing how he kept his “Jeopardy!” clues under wraps while preparing to guest host the iconic TV game show.
Cult BBC game show The Weakest Link is being rebooted, with comedian Romesh Ranganathan stepping up to ask the questions, the broadcaster has said. The quick-fire game show ran from 2000 until 2012, with Anne Robinson acting as the no-nonsense quizmaster.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen then-Turner Entertainment president Steve Koonin pitched Conan O’Brien on launching a show at TBS, he was upfront with the host: We won’t be able to deliver you an audience as big as the one you had at NBC. But you can do whatever you want.“He was true to his word,” said “Conan” executive producer Jeff Ross.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAmazon Prime Video’s “Small Axe” is among the final batch of this year’s Peabody Award winners, which have been announced throughout the week.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is prepping for a return to normalcy in 2022, including a live, in-person Daytime Emmys at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. But that’s next year.
Simon Cowell is to front a genre-bending ITV musical game show, which will combine a talent contest with a gaming element, as singers decide whether to stay in the competition or cash out.
Naman Ramachandran Veteran producer and reality TV judge Simon Cowell will return to U.K. broadcaster ITV with musical game show format “Walk The Line.”The format sees musical acts take to the stage to perform, as well as a panel of judges headed up by Simon Cowell.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeReimagining a classic TV format is difficult under any circumstances. But the creative team behind NBC’s new primetime take on “College Bowl” had to do it in the middle of a pandemic.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“Ted Lasso” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” are among the first batch of this year’s Peabody Award winners.
Dr Gallacher added: “A lot of people were locals and they hadn’t been to Threave before or hadn’t been in decades, so there was a bit of community renegagement going on.“For a lot of them it was the first time they had been out to something for some time.”
Dick and Dom have revealed plans for an epic comeback with a gameshow for adults who remember them from two decades ago.The fun-loving duo, whose real names are Richard McCourt, 44, and Dominic Wood, 43, entertained scores of youngsters with their popular CBBC TV show Dick & Dom in Da Bungalow, which ran from 2002 to 2006.
Jim “Mudcat” Grant, who led the 1965 Minnesota Twins to the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died at the age of 85.
NBC has stopped production on one of its’ upcoming game shows set for a summer premiere.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThe Denver-based TV festival SeriesFest is once again going virtual this year, unveiling a lineup of events that include the world premiere of Peacock’s docuseries “Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell,” as well as conversations with guests including actors Jennifer Garner and Mark Duplass, and YouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl, and panels dissecting “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” and much more.The seventh year of the event, dubbed
Yellowstone National Park has a number of fearsome beasts as well as a 'supervolcano', the most dangerous part about the park is the hot springs which kill more people than bears, wolves, lynx or mountain lions. The hot springs may look incredible, but anyone venturing to the park is urged not to swim in them.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeA year after KROQ veteran Ted Stryker and radio partner Kevin Klein moved to the station’s A.M.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeJack Black has been booked to serve as Conan O’Brien’s farewell guest in late night — at least for now.
Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Police are set to investigate a clairvoyant’s claim that Madeleine McCann’s body is buried in a forest six miles from the Portuguese holiday resort where she went missing.Michael Schneider, who has successfully located the remains of several missing people, has told officers that Madeleine “is unfortunately dead and buried in Portugal north-east of Lagos”.He has given cops the exact co-ordinates of the