Friday, July 26, 2013

Cheap predictions

A bunch of game show debuts have come and gone over the past few months. So what are their odds for survival?

If I had to guess, which I don't, I'd say the most likely to reach a second season are Hollywood Game Night and GSN's Minute To Win It. Neither has garnered overwhelming total viewer numbers. But they both skew relatively young, at least compared to most of our little genre. Okay, Minute skews young by GSN standards, which means it gets more than three persons in the 18-49 demo.

Of course, one game show about to debut is already guaranteed a second season: GSN's version of The Chase. It helps when your network likes your project so much that they give you a renewal before the show even gets on the air (or the cable wire). Meanwhile, the venerable Wipeout franchise is looking somewhat fragile on ABC. I have to wonder how many more seasons we'll see of the spills and chills.

And if all these predictions turn out wrong, I won't be surprised. Who knows what goes through the minds of network execs when it comes time to wield (or spare) the ax?

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