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Post by ladykelsey on May 16, 2014 18:25:03 GMT -5
In 1988 FOX Network launched it's first primetime game show and it was a version of Nickelodeon's Double Dare but this time named Family Double Dare and played just like Double Dare except that this time parents got to play and they had the chance to win a brand new car. Two interesting facts to know is that Robin Marrella also starred in Family Double Dare and announcer John Harvey better known to Double Dare fans as Harvey was replaced after one year by an announcer named Doc Holliday {not to be confused with the historical cowboy of the Old West} but reruns of Family Double Dare aired on Nickelodeon in 1993 along with reruns of the 1986 Double Dare episodes. In my eyes Fox and Nickelodeon had a real smart idea to make a family version of Double Dare and it's a shame that Fox cancelled the show after so many months in 1988, Who Remembers Family Double Dare?, Kelsey
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Post by Kaos on May 17, 2014 0:24:23 GMT -5
I do. I also remember when Fox also tried to do Finders Keepers
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Post by carpetcrawler on May 17, 2014 1:23:25 GMT -5
From what I've heard, FOX didn't cancel the show in 1988. Nickelodeon/Viacom backed out because FOX wanted to do exclusively all-celebrity episodes only, which Nickelodeon/Viacon never wanted in the first place. Fearing (most likely rightly) that the show was going to lose a lot of its appeal and audience, they pulled the plug on the show. Never got full confirmation that this was the case, but it does seem a little plausible, because FOX was more patient with shows in 1988 considering the network was still in its early life, so if the show really had weak ratings I can see FOX giving it another shot. They did the same for a lot of shows for the network at the time.
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Post by ladykelsey on May 20, 2014 1:33:05 GMT -5
What an amazing fact about Family Double Dare that is Carpetcrawler. It's great that FOX didn't cancel Family Double Dare and that FOX was able to keep it on the air for a few more months. Now did Nickelodeon air the remaining Family Double Dare episodes when they showed Double Dare reruns in the 90's too?, Thanks for replying Carpetcrawler you are truly an expert on game shows and i'm glad you're here, Kelsey
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Post by thekid965 on May 20, 2014 2:40:57 GMT -5
Isn't it funny (sad) that, now that Fox can actually afford to take risks with its programming, they instead choose not to take any chances at all and will instead immediately yank the plug on anything (that isn't "traditional network TV" fare) that doesn't instantly set the world on fire? Or so it seems at any rate. The landmark example I always use within our genre is The Rich List, which for whatever flaws it may have had in no way deserved to be the You're In the Picture of the early 21st century; sci-fi fans are also still furious over the whole Firefly fiasco even over a decade later, and now Almost Human also fits the mold.
In a way, that sort of maverick spirit, where they'll throw anything at the wall in the hope that it sticks because their very survival may hinge on it, kinda lives today at NBC. Classic case of history repeating itself; NBC in the late '70s was nobody's idea of a successful network, and in a desperate attempt to get eyeballs on their product they pulled all sorts of crazy programming ideas -- from the ridiculous (Supertrain, Pink Lady and Jeff) to the sublime (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Here's Boomer) to the just plain weird (the whole "Proud as a Peacock" image campaign). To be fair, NBC did have a small number of legitimate hit shows during this period, most notably Diff'r'nt Strokes and CHiPs, but for the most part the schedule was laden with things that any sane (or solvent) network would have never allowed outside the pitchroom. Contemporary reviewers may have shook their heads in disbelief, but such stunt programming did manage to draw enough viewers to keep NBC's head above water (albeit only just) until Brandon Tartikoff could work his early-'80s magic. We sort of see that same mentality in the NBC of the late '00s, where you'd see them taking on programming ideas that any other non-specialty network would have passed on -- I'm talking about stuff like Heroes and 30 Rock here, as well as stuff in our genre like Minute to Win It -- simply because they were that desperate for any kind of a positive buzz-generator. (Think. Would NBC have put an oddity like It's Worth What? on their schedule -- in prime time no less -- if they weren't in desperation mode?) They're a bit better off now than they were just a few years ago, but IIRC they're still in last place among the Big Four.
Again, though, it's a sad commentary on the state of mainstream television programming when it takes the imminent threat of extinction to shake a network out of its complacency. But I suppose there's a classic riverboat gambler at the heart of every network executive, and the old rule of thumb about gambling holds true: The more money you can actually afford to lose, the more likely you are to play it safe and not make those big bets. Unless there's real risk involved, it's just not as much fun.
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Post by ladykelsey on May 20, 2014 18:43:27 GMT -5
In 1991 Yes Dear star Mike O'Malley made his game show debut on Nickelodeon with a show called Get The Picture and in Get The Picture teams of kids tried to identify different pictures in each round and in my eyes this show was the show that made Mike O'Malley one of Nickelodeon's favorite game show hosts and Get The Picture was truly an impressive debut for Mike O'Malley who would go on to host Nickelodeon Guts later in the 90s. Get The Picture was a cool show and Nickelodeon should have shows like Get The Picture now because it would be cool and bring Nickelodeon huge ratings to get more kids to watch, Do you remember watching Get The Picture?, Kelsey
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Post by Frank on May 21, 2014 10:22:48 GMT -5
Fox also wanted to make it unkid friendly.
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Post by ladykelsey on Jul 28, 2014 18:11:37 GMT -5
Following the success of Double Dare Nickelodeon launched Finders Keepers in Winter 1988 and it featured teams of kids trying to win prizes while finding clues to solve puzzles while navigating through a house in the bonus round of Finders Keepers. What was a really smart thing of Nickelodeon to do was to air Finders Keepers directly after Double Dare when it debuted in it's 1988/1989 schedule. There was also a syndicated version of Finders Keepers hosted by a guy named Larry Toffler replacing the original star of Finders Keepers Wesley Eure. Finders Keepers was so cool and one of Nickelodeon's most underrated game shows, Who remembers Finders Keepers?, Kelsey
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Post by carpetcrawler on Jul 29, 2014 19:20:56 GMT -5
It was a fun little show. Wesley Eure originally assumed he was going to be kept on as host when the show was sold to FOX for syndication purposes, and promotional material featuring him as host was even passed around at the time. Only later on did Eure learn that he was being replaced. FOX wanted a younger guy, so they went with Larry Toffler.
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Post by agm828 on Aug 7, 2014 11:48:34 GMT -5
I like that classic show because i remember when show was rerunned on Nick GAS at the time
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Post by agm828 on Aug 7, 2014 11:50:48 GMT -5
i think Finders Keepers was debuted on Nickelodeon back in November 1987 but the show was just as good as Double Dare were.
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Post by Mandoli on Aug 7, 2014 15:41:49 GMT -5
I've seen a few Toffler-hosted episodes. Sometimes, I don't understand why people said he sucked.
He wasn't that bad.
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Post by carpetcrawler on Aug 7, 2014 21:46:33 GMT -5
I've seen a few Toffler-hosted episodes. Sometimes, I don't understand why people said he sucked. He wasn't that bad. I dunno either, I thought he did a fine job. Never really understood the dislike.
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Post by Kaos on Aug 9, 2014 0:18:59 GMT -5
I think it may have been because he wasn't Wesley Eure.
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Post by agm828 on Oct 6, 2014 10:58:04 GMT -5
Before there was Finders Keepers, Nick Arcade, Nickelodeon GUTS, Legends of the Hidden Temple and Figure It Out. There was one Nickelodeon game show that is best known for physical challenges, obstcale courses and the six words at the opening of every episode..."On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!". On October 6th 1986, Double Dare premiered on Nickelodeon. The original version had pretty good successful run then it went on to launch 2 verisons in it's original incarnation[Super Sloppy Double Dare & Family Double Dare].
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