The Chase

The Chase

TV review

I admit, this is one of the original shows on Game Show Network or GSN that I really like!  The show is based off of the British version which has the same name.  In the US version, there are three players instead of four.  And in the US version, Mark Labbett from England is called The Beast.  And boy, he is a beast when it comes to quiz questions!  On the UK version, he has taken down many players and has dashed the hopes and dreams of the contestant’s money hopes.  In the US version, he is feisty as ever and he wants people to lose.

          I am a really big game show junkie, I mean I really love game shows!  I loved watching Game Show Network when they showed classic game shows from back in the day.  Today, many of the game shows on TV are stuff I would never watch.  So for this TV Review post, I am going to review one game show that I really like, one game show that is so-so, and another game show that is really bad and not worth watching.

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I find both Mark Labbett and host Brooke Burns as very entertaining.  And this is in my opinion one of the best new game shows to premiere in the USA in a long time!  I think you will enjoy this game show as well!

About The Game

Here’s how this game show works.  Three new contestants compete for the beginning of the game. The first contestant have one minute to answer as many rapid-fire questions as he or she can, with each correct answer worth $5,000 to their bank.  After the minute is up, the contestant competes against ‘The Beast in’ order to retain their bank and continue to the Final Chase.

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In the Chase, the contestant’s goal is to answer enough questions correctly to move their winnings into the team bank without being caught by ‘The Beast’.  The contestant must answer five questions correctly without being caught by ‘The Beast’ and continue to the Final Chase.  However, ‘The Beast’ offers the contestant two additional options prior to the start of the round.  The contestant can play for a higher amount of money than initially banked, but must instead answer six questions correctly without being caught.  The contestant can choose to play for a one step lower or one step higher amount and only be required to answer four questions correctly (for lower) and six question (for higher) without being caught.  The other two contestants also have their chance to compete against ‘The Beast’.

For the finale, the team has two minutes to answer as many questions as possible.  Each question answered correctly adds a space from ‘The Beast’ to the game board.  After time expires, ‘The Beast’ is then given two minutes to catch the team by correctly answering as many questions as the number of spaces shown on the game board.  For each correct answer, ‘The Beast’ moves one step closer. When the ‘The Beast’ answers incorrectly or passes, the clock is stopped and the team is asked the same question. If they get the question correct, they move ‘The Beast’ back one step.  Regardless of the result, the clock then begins counting down from the position at which it was stopped, and the ‘The Beast’ continues to answer questions.  If the ‘The Beast’ runs out of time to catch the team, the team splits the banked money equally.  However, if the ‘The Beast’ successfully catches the team, the team leaves with no money.

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Something You Should Know About ‘The Beast’ (Mark Labbett)

Labbett works as a question writer for Redtooth, a quiz company from Barlborough near Chesterfield. After two years of part-time work as a promoter for them, he moved to South Yorkshire in 2013 in order to work more often with them. Labbett obtained an MA in mathematics from Oxford University, a PGCE in secondary education from the University of Exeter, and a CPE and LPC (qualifications in law) from the University of Glamorgan. He taught in secondary schools, and worked as a supply teacher in maths and physical education. Labbett became interested in quizzing when working at Butlins holiday camp, where he supplemented his income with winnings from the quiz machines. His pop quiz team won a weekend in Paris in April 2001 after competing in the national competition, Jumbo Quiz.

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Survivor

'Great TV Show to Watch' 

Survivor TV Show

A reality show where a group of contestants are stranded in a remote location with little more than the clothes on their back. The lone survivor of this contest takes home a million dollars.

How Survivor Works:

          Survivor has been around for a long time and has a lot of twists to its regular format. Below are guidelines to how Survivor most often works. Sixteen competitors are broken into two teams, called tribes. Each team of eight is taken to separate locations within the same area, usually an island. Tribes must build shelter, build fire, and find their water source.

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          Twice every three days, the tribes meet for challenges. Some challenges are physical and some are mental, many are both. There are two types of challenges. Reward Challenges gain the winning tribe a reward, which may include food; equipment for fishing or for their shelter; or a visit, letter, or video from loved ones.

Jeff Probst (Host)

          Immunity Challenges keep the winning tribe safe. The losing tribe must hike to Tribal Council where they meet with the host and answer questions about what has been going on around camp. Each member of the tribe than casts a secret vote to oust a fellow tribe mate.

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        Once everyone has voted, the host tallies the votes, then shares them with the tribe. The person with the most votes must leave the Tribal Council area immediately. The rest of the tribe makes the hike back to camp.

     About halfway through the season, the two tribes merge into one. The entire tribe makes the hike to each Tribal Council. Reward and Immunity Challenges become individual. Usually the winner of the reward challenge is allowed one or two people to share the reward with.

          The winner of the Immunity Challenge can keep his or her immunity at Tribal Council, or may give their immunity to someone else. When nine people are left in the game, the people who are voted off at each Tribal Council begin to make up the jury. They leave the camp, but they return to listen in on each Tribal Council. When only two players remain, they come to Tribal Council to face the seven member jury. The final two state their reasons why they should win. The jury is then allowed to ask them questions. The final two make closing comments and then the jury votes for who should win the title of Sole Survivor.

       The contestants are then allowed to leave the island. The votes are sealed and revealed during a live show, where the Sole Survivor is awarded $1 million.

 

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Survivor Locations

• Season 1: Borneo
• Season 2: The Australian Outback
• Season 3: Africa
• Season 4: Marquesas
• Season 5: Thailand
• Season 6: The Amazon
• Season 7: Pearl Islands
• Season 8: Pearl Islands (All-Stars)
• Season 9: Vanuatu
• Season 10: Palau
• Season 11: Guatemala, The Mayan Ruins
• Season 12: Panama
• Season 13: Cook Islands
• Season 14: Fiji
• Season 15: China
• Season 16: Micronesia  (Fans vs. Favorites)
• Season 17: Gabon
• Season 18: Tocantins
• Season 19: Samoa
• Season 20: Samoa (Heroes vs. Villains)
• Season 21: Nicaragua
• Season 22: Nicaragua (Redemption Island)
• Season 23: Samoa
• Season 24: Samoa (One World)
• Season 25: Caramoan Island, Philippines 
• Season 26: Caramoan Island, Philippines
• Season 27: Cagayan, Phillippines (Blood vs. Water)
• Season 28: Cagayan, Phillippines
• Season 29: Nicaragua
• Season 30: Nicaragua (World's Apart)

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Wipeout

Show Summary

    Jill Wagner, John Henson, and John Anderson host Wipeout, a show in which 24 contestants compete against each other and the clock in hopes of winning the $50,000 prize. In the Qualifier Round, all 24 contestants must complete a course consisting of four obstacles. The twelve contestants with the fastest times advance to the second round. In this round, the top 12 face the Sweeper. 

    The six who last the longest on the Sweeper, move to the third round and the last person standing receives a $1000 bonus. In the third round, the remaining six contestants face an obstacle, such as the Dreadmill or Dizzy Dummy. Two contestants are eliminated during this round and the remaining four contestants advance to the final round, The Wipeout Zone. The final four must complete four obstacles in the Zone. The contestant with the fastest time wins the $50,000 prize.

         Wipeout is a game show series in which contestants compete in what was billed as the "world's largest obstacle course". Wipeout is hosted and commentated by John Henson and John Anderson, while Jill Wagner acts as the "on-location" presenter. 

     The show aired on ABC from June 24, 2008 to September 7, 2014. The interim presenter for one season was Vanessa Lachey. The creators and executive producers are Matt Kunitz and Scott Larsen. Distribution of the show is handled by Endemol USA. The show was taped at Sable Ranch in Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, California, about 40 miles north of Los Angeles.

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History

         Wipeout is similar to Takeshi's Castle, 1986 to 1990, Tokyo Japan TV game show , a competition featuring obstacle courses. The series premiered on June 24, 2008, on ABC. After the pilot was shot, co-host Elon Gold was replaced. 

      Producers called in Michael Glazer to find a "comic host replacement" that eventually went to John Henson. The first season's success spawned a series of international versions of Wipeout, debuting in countries including the United Kingdom and Argentina in January 2009.

          On December 8, 2008, ABC announced plans to counter-program NBC's Super Bowl game-day telecasts with a sports-star-studded episode of Wipeout, entitled "Wipeout Bowl". The episode was broadcast immediately following the game. The episode featured female cheerleaders competing against male "couch potato" sports fans. During the hour-long special, Monica Kauffman became the show's first female competitor to win. Following the episode, an announcement was made that a second season had been commissioned, and a promo for the season was subsequently broadcast.

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        The second season was broadcast during the summer of 2009. According to TV Week, in 2009 Wipeout became the third most popular game show in the world, based on ratings. On July 22, 2009, Wipeout was renewed for a third season, for which filming began in September 2009.


        The third season of the show premiered on June 22, 2010, with a special two-hour "Blind Date" episode preluding the series on June 1. ABC subsequently announced that other themed episodes would appear in Season 3, including episodes featuring ladies only and families. The third-season finale aired on September 14, 2010, with a special "America's Finest Edition", featuring some of America's heroes, including firefighters and policemen.

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        On August 15, 2010, ABC announced that the show had been contracted for a fourth season. The announcement added: "Wipeout has the distinction of being the only broadcast reality series launched in recent years that has demonstrated proven staying power." On October 13, 2010, ABC announced plans that the fourth season would be split into three sections Winter, Spring, and Summer; with a total of 32 episodes: 8 Winter episodes, 7 Spring episodes and 17 Summer episodes. The fourth season premiered on January 6, 2011.

       On June 16, 2011, ABC announced that the show had been renewed for a fifth season, and that Vanessa Lachey would replace co-host Jill Wagner on the show. New episodes of Winter Wipeout began on December 8, 2011, with a Christmas special episode, entitled Winter Wipeout: Deck the Balls. That same year, Syndicated reruns of Wipeout aired on truTV and TBS.

         On August 29, 2012, Wipeout was picked up for a sixth season. In addition, it was announced that former co-host Jill Wagner would be returning to the series after a season-long absence. John Anderson and John Henson, also returning as hosts.

          On August 30, 2012, Activision released the mobile App Wipeout game for iOS. It quickly became the top-selling app in the App Store.

         On May 9, 2013, season six premiered. In its sixth season, Wipeout celebrated its 100th episode.

    On January 22, 2014, Wipeout was renewed for a seventh season. For the first time, winners from each episode will be brought together for a "Tournament of Champions" at the end of the season to compete for the title of Ultimate Wipeout Champion.

   On June 22, 2014, the seventh season began, with new episodes airing on Sundays. Season Seven ended on September 7, 2014.

       Wipeout appeared to have been renewed for an eighth season in a new version named Wipeout Extreme however, by the summer of 2015, ABC had quietly canceled the show and removed it from the ABC website.

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Past Present and Future

Deal Or No Deal

      True Entertainment was founded in 2000 by Steven Weinstock and Glenda Hersh.  Focusing on documentary and alternative programming, True Entertainment uses powerful storytelling to bring real stories about real people to television audiences around the world. In 2003, True merged with Endemol, the international production giant and creator of such global television phenomena as Deal or No Deal, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Big Brother and Fear Factor. The alliance with Endemol greatly expands True’s international reach. 

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      Whether they’re following a group of headstrong women in Atlanta, showcasing the miracle of childbirth, or going behind-the-scenes with Oprah Winfrey herself, True Entertainment transcends the limits of genre.  Though the subjects vary, each series True produces bears the hallmark of what it means to be a True Entertainment production: quality storytelling. 

         NBC, MTV, Bravo, TLC, OWN, Discovery, HGTV, The Style Network, Logo, A&E True has worked with and remains well-respected by many different networks.  

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          And they have the accolades to show for it: In 2003 and 2006, True won an Emmy Award for A Baby Story. The series was also nominated for Emmys in 2004, 2005 and 2007. True also earned a 2003 nomination for 110 Stories and an Emmy and three nominations for Trauma: Life in the ER.

 

         In the world of science fiction movies, every piece of technology knows our name, face, and what we like, and is able to communicate seamlessly with its user. While this may seem like a distant reality, the way we consume and interact with our technology is in fact rapidly evolving. In particular, entertainment is becoming so integrated into our daily lives that it can be accessed on-demand whenever and wherever we want it. Futurist Ray Kurzweil proposes that rather than living side by side with technology, we are evolving with it. To this end, we are currently seeing a dramatic shift in the way people consume and interact with digital entertainment.

         In collaboration with the minds behind The Curve Report from NBCUniversal, PSFK wanted to investigate the evolution of entertainment and look at how today’s consumers are paving the way for entirely new forms of digital interaction.

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