CBS will NOT be going with another gameshow hour to replace As The World Turns...instead they are aping The View.
The new CBS afternoon chat show will have Julie Chen ("JulieBot" from Big Brother) as the main host. The five who will be chatting with Julie are...
Sara Gilbert, former star of Rosanne
Leah Rimini, ex-King of Queens
Holly Robinson Peete. ex-21 Jump Street
Marissa Janet Winokur, who starred in the movie musical version of Hairspray
Sharon Obourne, Ozzy's old lady and current jusge on America's Got Talent.
Unlike The View, the currenly-untitled show will origniate from CBS Television City in Hollywood.
The leading candidate for the slot was a new version of Pyramid, that would have been hosted by TeamCoCo announcer/sidekick Andy Richter. Sony, which owns thr property, may go elsewhere.
"Downfall" Improves on the Net's Year-Ago Performance in Viewers & Young Adults.
Against well-established competition in the hour on NBC ("America's Got Talent"), CBS ("NCIS: Los Angeles") and Fox ("Hell's Kitchen"), "Downfall" improved ABC's deliveries on the same night last year by 1.6 million viewers (3.4 million vs. 1.8 million) and by 71% in Adults 18-49 (1.2/3 vs. 0.7/2).
Here is the newsest guilty pleasure from the Mother Country, as explained by the UK Daily Star:
Ultimately, a quiz is a quiz is a quiz.
But to keep things fresh, gameshow creators are forever trying to dream up clever new formats. In this one, the entertainment is derived not so much from the questions themselves, but from the terrible fate that awaits the losers.
No, they’re not fed to the lions (although I understand such a concept is being considered by Channel 4 as a replacement for Big Brother) but ejected from the show in all manner of dramatic, humiliating ways – eg. via a human cannon, a catapult, a runaway car etc.
Oh, and you'll have to go to Argentina to be on the show.
No shit.
Well, the way Downfall is meeting it's, well downfall, maybe hosting 101 Ways would be a nicel lovely parting gift for host Chris Jericho, who has surprised a lot of people with his hosting skills. Jericho and DF can be keepers, if ABC can just retool that show.
Here's the good news. Downfall S1E3 is FINALLY UP.
One thing, though. Finally got a clarification on the prizes at risk. If you win $25K, the CASH is safe, but any prizes you get would be lost. Suck, but at least we now know.
Oh, and one thing Jericho....you're good, but you gotta learn how to read that Prompter without LOOKING LIKE YOU'RE READING IT.
