"Deal or No Deal" Starts Fourth Season With a Mission

"Millionaire" Gets Makeover in September 2008

"Bingo America" Gets New Host and End Game

Rumor Control: Fox Drops “The Cube”, “Perfect 10″ in January
While we just discussed Millionaire giving thanks for a nice increase of ratings which is definitely needed this season, we give a large un-thanks to Fox in Rumor Control today.  We can’t get it confirmed but we have close reliable sources telling us that Fox’s deal to bring the hit UK game show The Cube to America have fallen through.  I have absolutely no idea what wo

Regis Philbin Guest Hosts “Millionaire” This Week; No Phone A Friend Lifeline
The original host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Regis Philbin, will return to host the syndicated daytime version this week only, starting November 30th.  Check your local listings; it’s going to be a fun week.  Also the Phone A Friend Lifeline will not be present this week.  This week of shows was recently taped, when the lifeline was removed.  So this week there will be no Phone A Friend.  Phone A Friend will then return until January before its permanent removal.  Confused?

Ratings Report: “Millionaire” Tournament of Ten Sees Increase
I’m back from a little Thanksgiving vacation.  I hope you all had a fantastic weekend.  Game shows had a lot to be thankful for with the recent ratings for the week ending November 15th.  Basically everyone, but Deal or No Deal, was up.  There are two notable rises.  The first is Who Wants to be a Millionaire.  The week ending November 15th, w

QI “G” Series Episode 1
Hooray, it’s finally back: QI, the show of goofiness and godawful guff. And besides, how can you not love set destruction? (-10 if you said “because you hate it.”)

Ellen Degeneres Starts New “Russian Roulette” Themed Game “Know or Go”
If you’ve been a long time reader you’re probably well aware that one of my favorite games was the unfortunately short lived GSN original Russian Roulette (which I’d still love to see some network pick up a big money version of, and I think it would do pretty well, but I digress).  Ellen Degeneres often plays game shows on her talk show, giving prizes away to audience members.  Her newest one should have many people happy.  It’s really a huge Russian Roulette throwback called Know or Go.  It follows the basic structure of the game show’s end game Killer Questions, where you have to answer a series of questions to stay alive.  Miss one