Not sure what this has to do with anything.
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Itās a reason he comes across as an asshole. He lacks any warmth or empathy. He is highly sarcastic to the contestants. Heās old and cranky.
Itās his last season before Ryan Seacrest takes over anyway
Thanks for the update. I didnāt realise that. Ryan will be much more empathetic and warm to the contestants and audience.
Pat Sajak? I watch every day and donāt get that vibe at all. I mean heās been there since 1981 so I guess heās VERY comfortable with the show and the role these days.
Yes. Heās no Alex Trebek. I found some articles written about Patās attitude, rudeness, sarcasm and right wing politics.
I mean the internet is gonna internet.
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He doesnāt have the presence and charisma of Baby John Burgess.
Personally I found Jeopardy with Stephen Fry a really ponderous watch, but I was far more positive about Wheel.
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Interesting read re Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.
With Wheel being a primetime airing, and an hour long per episode, will it be engaging enough to watch? Will watching a wheel spin āfor an hourā bring in the viewers? But then again, watching discs fall down a giant wall āfor an hourā hasnāt been an issue for Tipping Point. So time will tellā¦
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Just watched that first episode of Jeopardy and it was excruciating. The questions/clues are delivered too slowly. It needs to move quicker. The dollar amounts are so poor compared to the US and Stephen Fry keep injecting a running commentary on the various answers to the questions. Doesnāt fill me with confidence.
Hopefully Wheel is better. Thereās more variety in that game so hopefully they adopt some of that to sustain the hour.
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From memory, the final season of WOF (ch7) had a touch screen with the letters. The presenter would walk up to the letter and press the box.
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Yes, it would light up and the host would press it. Made the role sorta redundant.
This is how the US version is with Vanna pressing the letters to reveal them. Still works for the nostalgia of the role.
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Sounds like the sort of thing heād have done on QI so perhaps itās a tough habit for him to get out of.
Thatās the reason theyāve got Stephen Fryā¦if they wanted a cookie cutter game show host thereās plenty out there - you add one someone like him you want his brand.
Not saying itās right (the episode felt very long) but itās his schtick.
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This! Just taking a look now and itās very jarring after every single answer.
Now watching Wheel UK. Do not like how the letters just appear. Deffo needs a second host with Graham.
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Just watching as well and itās much better than Jeopardy. 10 can do well with this if it schedules it on a Friday night slot or Thursdays. Wonāt work when big reality is on the other networks.
It moves along at a good pace and they win more than they do on Jeopardy.
I think TV Blackbox has it pretty spot on with both reviews - there feels a real arrogance from the US producers of assuming because the shows have been a hit in the US for decades they can just translate it to the UK/Aus and itāll work just fine. Jeopardy is just dull - the game play is fine and IMO it doesnāt drag as much as others think it does - 91 questions in an hour is good going. Itās just the production values are very dated and the whole answer/question premise is nonsensical and a bit of a barrier.
The big issue with Wheel is itās an adaptation of the US format rather than an update of the UK format, which had stronger music and proper categories, rather than just something like āthings Dad saidā. Understandable in the US theyāve needs to move away from books, TV shows etc. with 200 episodes a year, but for 8 episodes - even if double in length - they could have kept it straight forward.
A big problem with the UK version is over twice as much money was given away in the ātoss upā quick fire games, which donāt even use the wheel, as in the main games. Otherwise the stretch to an hour was OK, but adopting the US jackpot rules of giving them pretty much half the alphabet in the final round.
How this compares with what people remember of the Australian show I donāt know, but there are some shows where you tightly keep control of the format and identity (like millionaire) when selling from country to country and others where you have to show more respect for the local audience, especially when reviving a classic format.
Could Channel 10 chop every episode in half?