Screener-a-Ganza

BuzzerBlog's Alex Davis has tweeted his predictably positive opinion of GSN's screener episode for Drew Carey's Improv-a-Ganza. Haven't seen the screener myself and I probably won't, because I'm (correctly) nine miles further down the game show food chain than Alex.

So far the bits and pieces of Improv-a-Ganza video released to the public have not been encouraging. The delay from March 28 to April 11 also didn't seem auspicious. And Alex may not be the toughest audience for the screener. He was a Whose Line fan to end all Whose Line fans, and this new show looks like a clone.

But I accept his word that the screener is at least competent. Carey will no doubt get good initial sampling from Alex's fellow Whose Line fanatics. The question is whether he can hold GSN's usual audience and add new fans (and younger fans, the network hopes).

Alex waxed eloquent about how Late Night Liars was one of GSN's best originals ever. We saw what happened with that putrid effort. But I have to agree with Alex's positive outlook on Improv-a-Ganza, even if he miscalculated with the godawful puppets.