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1% club has an integrated app - the app gives you notifications to play the episode as it’s about to go live or you can load the episodes number and go.

Sadly no prizes. I think unless it’s a live show and the game requires a quick response (3-5 second), you couldn’t do a remote game that awards prizes.

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Savannah Guthrie is a weird choice

Why?

Breakfast/Daytime hosts have often become game show hosts.

Larry Emdur The Morning Show >The Chase UK
Grant Denyer Sunrise > Deal or No Deal

Ryan Seacrest KELLY&Ryan > Wheel of Fortune

Ben Shepherd Good Morning Britain > Tipping Point UK

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Under normal circumstances I’d agree, but doesn’t Savannah Guthrie have the current personal matters with her mum?

if I was the network, I’d give it at least a few months before I give her a new role

Strange that all the channel 10 comedy talent is on NZ TV first

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Feels like NZ television is producing more programs than Australia sometimes. For a much smaller country than Australia, they’re producing a lot of scripted television programs too.

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Larry was a game show host long before he was a morning tv host, and Grant was the weatherman so I wouldn’t count them as great examples. Guthrie was primarily a journalist/correspondent before moving into the Today hosting role, so I’d agree on face value she’s a strange choice but also think she could be perfectly fine.

They’ve already delayed it until she was ready

UKTV are currently airing a celebrity escape room format too called The Way Out on U&Dave with two teams (the same each week) competing to complete three themed escape rooms (the theme changes weekly) with the series winner determined by the overall time difference.

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The format taps into the Trojan horse story in Greek mythology and reimagines it as a contemporary studio game in which teams must decide whether the giant horse set before them contains a valuable gift or a dangerous trap.

Larry was an overnight news anchor and Good Morning Australia reporter before he was a game show host.

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True, but I would still argue it was as host of Family Double Dare and then The Price is Right that made him a household name.

Price is Right, yes.
Family Double Dare, not so much.

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Well I remember it :face_with_tongue: . Probably infamous for being axed pretty quick.

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The season finale of Celebrity Escape just aired in NZ a few days ago. Surprised there’s still no sign of it coming to Australia (presumably would air on 10).

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When I was in the UK I saw a promo for a new itv show called The Box. It’s a celebrity based show. Wonder if someone will pick up a local version here.

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Wonder if this format will make it to Australia or even just the NZ version itself as many of the cast including the host (Rove) are Australian. Seems like it is made for ‘export’.

The staging looks comparatively inexpensive.

In Celebrity Escape, seven of Australia and New Zealand’s funniest comedians take on one of the most popular and fastest growing activities in the world – the escape room.

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