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Post by gameshwfn4ever on Feb 26, 2019 12:00:35 GMT -5
As if the news of Press Your Luck returning was one bit of big news, I found out Card Sharks is making a comeback as well!
Source:http://buzzerblog.com/2019/02/25/card-sharks-revival-casting/
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Post by vahan on Feb 26, 2019 12:05:44 GMT -5
The tournament format from the Bullard version was the only good thing about it.
I wouldn't mind it returning, just as long as they don't bring in all the things that made it awful, and be true to the 70's and 80's versions.
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Post by CardSharksFan8689 on Feb 26, 2019 12:07:17 GMT -5
I certainly have more confidence for this version, unlike the horrible 2001 version which was not what Card Sharks should be. Pearson had a reputation of making flops out of game show revivals - good thing Pearson no longer exists. Fremantle seems to do a better job of reviving classics, if slightly tweaked.
I know all of the versions aired during the 70s and 80s had a lot of questions dealing with sex and adult-oriented questions but without suggestive dialogue. But based on modern-day trends, I suspect this version will likely have suggestive dialogue, in a similar fashion as Harvey's Family Feud. In terms of gameplay, the new revival may be better than the 2001 version, but the content may turn me away, though it will likely attract a lot of viewers.
With two revivals of classic game shows making a comeback this year, it makes me wonder if Match Game may be on the brink of cancellation, after Alec Baldwin was arrested for assault last November, thus resulting in ratings decline?
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Post by gameshwfn4ever on Feb 26, 2019 13:22:41 GMT -5
If they can revive this like the 70's or 80's version, this could be huge. The 2001 version was a disaster--even I didn't like it and I am a huge game show fan. The street smart segment just didn't cut it and it looked like it was prepared in 15 minutes. Ricki Lake's GameShow Marathon in 2006 when they did CS was perfect! I understand they will need to update the questions and certainly the limits. If they can find the right host, this could be a hit!
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Post by SpeedAndStrategy on Apr 8, 2019 18:03:00 GMT -5
Joel McHale (The Soup, Community) will be hosting the new Card Sharks. I've thought for a while that he could be a good game show host, so this further piques my interest in this revival.
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Post by tpirrules1972 on Apr 8, 2019 18:10:11 GMT -5
Admittedly, this concerns me: To me, it makes it seem like the main game will again be one row of cards where a contestant can win on one card because their opponent runs the table but garfs at the end. Hopefully I'm reading it wrong, but that's exactly one of my big turn-offs with the 2001 revival. I also don't know what to make about what sounds like a blind version of the classic Money Cards. Link to original text
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Apr 9, 2019 1:16:28 GMT -5
I just... don't see how or why they would do any format decisions for a new version based on the version that flopped. Fremantle and ABC in general have done good with just about all of their other revivals and have tried to keep the classic feel along with making the show as modern as possible. I don't see CS being different from this.
Also I'm 200% here for Joel McHale hosting.
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Post by SpeedAndStrategy on Apr 9, 2019 10:01:35 GMT -5
Yeah, this sounds like it could just as easily be a rather convoluted and misleading explanation of the original rules. I guess all we can do is wait and see.
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Post by addemup on Apr 9, 2019 12:20:05 GMT -5
Yeah, this sounds like it could just as easily be a rather convoluted and misleading explanation of the original rules. I guess all we can do is wait and see. This may be like when we first learned TBS was bringing The Joker’s Wild back, there were a lot of wild rules variations from the original that were being floated, but the version that made it to air stayed mostly true to the original format. Hopefully this new version of CS is a lot more like Perry/Eubanks/Rafferty and a lot less like Bullard.
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Post by CardSharksFan8689 on Apr 11, 2019 12:16:07 GMT -5
Admittedly, this concerns me: To me, it makes it seem like the main game will again be one row of cards where a contestant can win on one card because their opponent runs the table but garfs at the end. Hopefully I'm reading it wrong, but that's exactly one of my big turn-offs with the 2001 revival. I also don't know what to make about what sounds like a blind version of the classic Money Cards. Link to original textActually, the Money Cards on the 70s and 80s versions did involve predicting seven final cards, if the last card on the lower two rows gets moved to the next higher row.
It's human nature to fear deja vu after a horrible but short-lived revival of any game show, which, like many revivals by Pearson, flip-flopped big time (only Family Feud survived, and is doing far better nowadays). Fremantle does have a pretty solid track record when it comes to reviving game shows, and like someone said, they try to keep true to a classic format, with even some minor twists in the form of add-ins or minor alterations to gameplay. I have confidence for this revival.
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Post by gameshwfn4ever on Apr 11, 2019 18:50:02 GMT -5
So does that mean that they will have $10,000 to start with on what seems like the Money Cards based on "predicting seven cards" as we know three cards are on the bottom level, three on the middle, and the Big Bet card at the top? If that's the case, and they "double, double, double" as the late, great Jim Perry said, that would accumulate over a million dollars ($1,028,000 unless there is money added to each of the levels)! Could this be possible?
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Post by wildjackmonroe on May 15, 2019 0:09:31 GMT -5
I'm a big proponent of the push rule in the money cards, but seeing the amount of money that the new show intends to work with in the end, I can see why they wouldn't want to implement it here.
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Post by addemup on Jun 13, 2019 11:59:25 GMT -5
Having watched the first episode, I was pleasantly surprised. The contestants were a little spastic, but other than that I enjoyed it. Joel McHale is a much better host on CS than Elizabeth Banks is on PYL in my opinion. Joel seemed to know just when to infuse some humor whereas it seems like Elizabeth is just screaming the whole time. Except for a few tweaks here and there, I thought the show was pretty true to the original. The biggest difference is probably the 10 card line instead of the 5 card line used in the 70’s and 80’s versions, but I think they did that to reduce the likelihood of someone running through their cards to a win after one question and leaving a huge time gap between the first and second game.
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Post by SpeedAndStrategy on Jun 13, 2019 18:57:41 GMT -5
My basic thoughts... the format, host, set, and music were good, but my enjoyment was significantly tempered by the production approach that executive producer Scott St. John popularized on Deal or No Deal. Overcaffeinated contestants, a ridiculously noisy audience, the pace being ridiculously slow for the sake of forced "drama"... it was all there. Really gives you a headache after a while. This has the makings of a great show, but Scott needs to approach it more like he does Match Game.
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Post by aaaa on Jun 13, 2019 19:00:11 GMT -5
PYL is doing one game and bonus round in an hour, Card Sharka at least is doing two in an hour.
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