Last I heard about the possibility of a TV revival was early in 2012, when the Las Vegas Name That Tune stage show closed down. A March 1, 2012 story in the Las Vegas Sun commented:
But even as the stage show is shutting down, there might be a flip side to the future of the production, as producer Adam Steck of SPI Entertainment said he plans to “re-tune” the production to coincide with the possibility the show will return to TV. The mighty FreemantleMedia, which produces “American Idol,” “America’s Got Talent,” “The Price Is Right,” “X Factor” and “Let’s Make a Deal,” holds the production rights to “Name That Tune.”
“We hope to have it back on TV beginning in the summer,” Steck said during a phone conversation today. “That’s the goal. Of course, nothing (as in, a formal deal) is done until it’s done. In the meantime, we hope to take it on the road, to Atlantic City, and see how it works there.”
Well, the show never made it to TV in the summer. I haven't heard a peep since early last year about any TV version in the works for Name That Tune. The show entails some obvious production costs which may have frightened off any interest. TV execs seem more interested in cheap shows like Let's Ask America.
Apropos of nothing, Name That Tune made a legendary, super-raunchy self-parody during the Tom Kennedy years. You can watch a chunk of it on YouTube. Warning: not safe for work, not safe for the family, not safe for sentient human beings.
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