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Re: Duel game show on ABC
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Originally Posted by Chris Lockwood
Can you imagine if Jeopardy moved at that pace? A 30-min episode would take about 10 hours.
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Re: Duel game show on ABC
The game concept is neat, but I can't really handle these new game shows for more than a couple of days -- I always realize there's something far more worthwhile I could be doing.
I watch Mike Greenberg every morning on ESPN2, and he's fine as a sports commentator. When I watch The Duel, it reminds me that there are no writers feeding him clever lines to fill time.
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Was it "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" that started this annoying trend in game shows? (taking 5 minutes per question, or for a contestant to make a decision (i.e. in "Deal or No Deal")
I prefer normal or fast-paced shows like Jeopardy.
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Yes, this is all due to Millionare. I guess there are people who like to watch the contestants and the hosts drag out their answers, but I'm not one of them. It's my biggest pet peeve in regards to modern game shows. I find the whole thing unwatchable. Being a Jeopardy fan, going through 6 questions in a 30 minute time span is a glacial pace.
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Re: Duel game show on ABC
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I tuned in part way through and didn't stick around long, so I never heard the host's name mentioned. I watched it knowing I knew the guy from
somewhere but I couldn't place him. I just knew that in this setting I viscerally disliked him. Actually, I find him pretty annoying on
Mike & Mike, too, but that's more a matter of style than making me feel personally hostile towards the guy. (I even felt a little bit sorry for him when he disgraced himself during that "Skills every man should have segment"
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Duel I wanted to smack him.
And yes, the format is maddening. All the artificial drama of withholding the next answer until after the commercial break. Howie Mandel manages to wink at the artifice even while he's sticking to the formula. Greenberg makes an annoying gimmick seem somehow worse by his mere presence. Hosting a game show is
not as easy as it looks.
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Originally Posted by Martino
If someone is down to 1 chip, and does not know the answer - and their opponent does not have any presses left.....that could be the end of it. Greenberg would just be sitting there saying "Are you going to lock in your answer?"....you could just say something stupid like "I'm still thinking about it...." the show would never end...
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They would just edit it down. It's not live. (If you watch closely, you'll notice that they already do.)
On the other hand. . .fastest game-show finale EVAH!
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The rules of "Duel" are more difficult than the hardest question given by Mike. I kept thinking you could double up on your chips if you knew the answer.
