Some 30 minute game shows work perfectly - Deal or No Deal, original Jeopardy and original Wheel. Stretching them out to an hour dont work out that often.
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Iâve watched a few eps of the Original American DonD in an hour format, and I dont hate it, but it mostly works because of Howie (along with the primetime top prize being $1,000,000)
As good as Denyer or AoK are with the format, I doubt they could make it last an hour.
Any news on when Wheel Of Fortune begins on Ten?
The issue is that half an hour isnât commercially viable for a network to run them in a lot of instances.
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Good point. Iâm just reminiscing of the good old days when it was many 30 minute game shows. I know that times have changed alot since then.
Almost everything on Seven and Nine, both during the day and night, is one hour+ in length (bar the morning news and the late news). Not so much for 10 though during the day, but is so in primetime.
I also do wonder when Wheel of Fortune Aus will air?
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Have they though? Half hour formats are still rating well, with Tipping Point in the top 5 most nights.
Sometimes I feel we try to re-invent the wheel (pardon the pun) for the sake of re-inventing. Age-old gameshows - and indeed formats in other genres (news, drama, lifestyle) - worked because there are formulas that just work. It sometimes comes down to expert casting and execution.
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Am I missing something? Tipping Point is a one hour format locallyâŚ
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Tipping point is a 60min format.
OK sorry - I have only tuned into the last 30 minutes of this show and it felt like a 30 minute show to me. My argument still remains - I think this could do perfectly well as 30 minutes (or coupled with another game show before it).
It very well could be a 30 min format as intended, but local networks wonât consider it as the value just isnât there.
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Often these shows are made in the extended format as
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it doesnât cost much more to produce an 1 hour compared to half hour
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the prospect of less editing for the production company.
Unfortunately when Hot Seat went to 1 hour, you could tell that it was initially being dragged out, but I think the production company and Nine realised this and it improved what was put on television
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Coming later in this year.
Thereâll be a new season of celebrity hilarity with The Graham Norton Show , which is also bound for our screens in October. But if you need even more Graham in your life (and who doesnât?), then donât miss the charismatic, BAFTA-award winner when he hosts Wheel Of Fortune Australia . Thatâs right, itâs everyoneâs favourite wheel-based gameshow with Graham Norton in primetime later this year on 10.
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On paper, a beloved format - wheel of fortune and beloved host - Grahan Norton should work. But if the British version is anything to go by, itâs an overly long, drawn out snooze fest.
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The long awaited Graham Nortonâs Australian Wheel of Fortune will be coming to our screensâŚ
Didnât they film this late last year/ early this year? Why the super long delay? Not good enough?
With the latest US version of Wheel airing on 10 during the day (as of yesterday), i do wonder if a local version is in the pipeline? However, no mention in the 2025 programming launch yesterday.
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Is this the Ryan Seacrest hosted version?
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Yep!
Still not on 10 Play though.
Oh nice. Will check it out. (WFH today 
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Edit: the updated set looks fantastic.
Can confirm Wheel of Fortune US is being-live streamed on 10 play, so donât think itâs a rights issue that itâs not available for catch-up yet - rather someone at 10 just hasnât done the necessary to make it available perhaps?
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Are the other US game shows on there?
Many of the animation shows from 20 Century (Simpson, etc) are still on the live stream, but arenât available for catch up.