Thursday, April 18, 2013

truFacts from truTV

Long long ago in a galaxy far far away, truTV was Court TV. That meant lots of boring trials which appealed to all ages from 86 to death.

Well, folks, nowadays truTV is going after "funseekers," who are young, hip and just waiting to be plucked by advertisers. I'm not making up the term. It's in the network's upfront press release.

But enough sarcastic comments from me. The network has greenlighted Panic Button, a sort of game show. Nervous contestants have to decide whether to venture further into a haunted house or to push, wouldn't you know, the panic button. I bet that's where they got the name of the show!

truTV has also ordered a pilot for Turbulence, a Howie Mandel game show played on an airplane. Maybe they'll show Rex Kramer shouting to the plane from the control tower. "Get that finger out of your ear. You don't know where that finger has been."

Finally, the network is developing Mind Games, a game show where the contestants have been hypnotized and don't know what they're doing. You can fill in your own punchline.

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