spinning the tv gameshow
September 17th, 2007With all the lame game-ish shows on tv these days, like american idol, amazing race, eat something gross fear factor, dancing with the stars, survivor 43, and the like, why hasn’t hollywood come up with a more interactive idea? Why not host a show that pays the viewers? To use a lame example - remake “Murder She Wrote” but axe Jessica Fletcher. Make the audience solve it. $1million for the person who solves the fake mystery. $150k per week in prizes for finding necessary clues, which are 
broadcast prior to the following weeks episode, along with the name of the person who found it and the money they won.
If we pump up the interactivity… Have the audience participate in the show. Maybe they actually have to go somewhere to find the clue (though, I’m sure people would dig up a rainforest trying to find a lame clue). Maybe the winner of last weeks ‘clue’ gets to appear on the next show. Maybe the camera crew shoots the next episode AT THEIR HOUSE. It could be Matlock meets a home makeover.
It’s just as lame as the rest of the concepts, but is something new.
November 21st, 2007 at 6:33 pm
It would also perhaps be clever to have some of the clues tied up in the advertising as a way to force is PVR’s to watch the commercials. Frankly I have maybe watched 3 commercials in the last month! If everyone ends up like me I’m afraid there will be no business case to produce any free tv shows never mind good ones.
December 5th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
I’m okay with product placement - ala truman show - or paying for individual episodes. Most content publishers are broadcasting their big shows via their website anyways - nbc.com, hulu.com, etc. There is a way to make it work, you just need to be creative.