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Corin
Jez posted:
contestants are given solutions and have to work out the questions.


So are they just copying the format of the show which has been running for 16 years,
namely Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek ?

How unoriginal once again of the program makers at Granalton.
FA
fanoftv
Quote:
Remember the good old days when they used to have on at 9.25am:-

- Win Lose or Draw
- Chain Letters
- Jeopardy
- Keynotes
- Talkabout
- Scavengers
- Summer Mornings CITV
- etc etc


God. All of those memories; you're forgetting supermarket sweep their too! Win Lose or Draw; didnt Danny Baker do this first before Bob Mills took over? Was it boys vs girls? Where each sofa had two celebs and one general public member.

Chain Letters. Ted Robbins? Good show; good theme song;

#Take a word... Change a letter... Do it again; ... And you've got a Chain!
Thats how you p...p...p...l...l...l...a...a...a...y Chain Letters#

Scavengers? Was this the series with John Leslie that was set aboard a space ship; originally on Saturday Evenings? They should bring that back; along with Gladiators!
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Square Eyes Founding member
I think Jeremey Beadle was the original host of Chain Letters, there have been a few I think.
AN
Andrew Founding member
Supermarket Sweep lasted much longer. Wasn't it axed by a daytime controller a few years ago, or maybe Dale doesn't want to do it anymore. I'm sure it'd get the viewers. Old women throwing three turkeys, an ironing board and an inflatable bannana into their trolley, what more can you ask for in daytime tv entertainment?!
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fanoftv
Someone was on about them doing a prime time supermarket sweep; it just wouldnt work. This is where itv has gone wrong.

daytime game shows; cheap & happy = good ratings in daytime slots due to the cheesiness of it all and the play along at home ness.

prime time game shows; bigger prizes; some fun, some serious = good ratings due to the big prizes and big names presenting in prime time.

Its ok for challenge to show family fortunes & wheel of fortune in the afternoon as these are repeats. By making them for the afternoon; u take away the big prizes; with wheel of fortune u were winning £2000; what used to be £10 000 or the car.
With Family Fortunes; u were winning £1 500; which used to be a max of £10 000 plus the car! £1 500 and an iron and golf trip aint fortunes; its a cheap imitation of a popular and well loved show!
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Adam
fanoftv posted:
Someone was on about them doing a prime time supermarket sweep; it just wouldnt work. This is where itv has gone wrong.

daytime game shows; cheap & happy = good ratings in daytime slots due to the cheesiness of it all and the play along at home ness.

prime time game shows; bigger prizes; some fun, some serious = good ratings due to the big prizes and big names presenting in prime time.

Its ok for challenge to show family fortunes & wheel of fortune in the afternoon as these are repeats. By making them for the afternoon; u take away the big prizes; with wheel of fortune u were winning £2000; what used to be £10 000 or the car.
With Family Fortunes; u were winning £1 500; which used to be a max of £10 000 plus the car! £1 500 and an iron and golf trip aint fortunes; its a cheap imitation of a popular and well loved show!


Ugh . 11 year olds use 'u'. Try using 'you'.

Corrections:
Its = It's
Money: Use a comma to separate figures.
Isn't (aint = horrible Southern Abbreviation).

Your use of semicolons is incorrect, just use a comma. Semicolons are for heavy grammatical usage.

Sentences always start with a CAPITAL LETTER.

I could correct more of your mistakes in other posts but I would probably lose the will to live. How old are you anyway? Either you're primary age or you are in need of extra classes/Get On courses.
[/rant].
Sorry for any severe boredom caused, the bad grammar is just getting on my nerves too much. Rolling Eyes

EDIT: Here's a more acceptable post:
"Someone was thinking about a prime time supermarket sweep, but I don't think it would work. This is where ITV has made mistakes:

Daytime shows are cheap & happy, which means good ratings in Daytime slots because the shows are cheesy and you can play along at home.

Prime time game shows have bigger prizes, with a mix of fun and seriousness. These shows have good ratings because they offer big prizes and have famous presenters people like to see presenting at that time.

It's alright for Challenge TV to show Family Fortunes & Wheel of Fortune in the afternoon because they are repeats. By making them for the afternoon, you take away the big prizes. For example, on Wheel of Fortune you can win £2,000, but on the primetime version, you used to be able to win £10,000 or the car.
On Family Fortunes; you can win £1,500, which used to be £10,000, and a car. £1,500, an Iron and a Golfing holiday are not fortunes. It's a cheap imitation of a popular and well loved show."

I'm not sure if everything means the same as on the original post, because the grammar is so bad on the orginal post, there could be alternative meanings.

Was full of mistakes due to me writing when half asleep
Last edited by Adam on 28 August 2003 6:14am
DA
Dan Founding member
Adam posted:
Money: Use a comma to seperate figures.

I could correct more of your mistakes in other posts but I would probably loose the will to live.

It's alright for Challenge TV to show Family Fortunes & Wheel of Fortune in the afternoon because they are repeats.

I'm not sure if everything means the same as on the orignal post, because the grammar is so bad on the orginal post, there could be alternative meanings.


Laughing
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Adam
*COUGH* Rolling Eyes I really must not post at this time of night.
Sorry! Shocked
Alright is spelled correctly (According to my dictionary), but I have to admit the others are wrong. I'm shattered and my sense of keyboard keys has gone. I used the MS Word spellchecker too but It's not good enough to detect that I've put lose in the wrong tense or to realise that orig i nal is mistyped, not to mention an alternative vowel in sep a rate! Evil or Very Mad
JE
Jez Founding member
Well the Radio Times website has been updated with the same schedule the bloke at Carlton gave me.

If I had spoken to one of the women at Carlton I bet they would have told me they had NO IDEA what was coming on ITV Daytime.
NW
nwtv2003
Square Eyes posted:
I think Jeremey Beadle was the original host of Chain Letters, there have been a few I think.


I only remember it when it was presented by Shane Ritchie and it went out 5.10pm in some regions, I do remember the theme.....

#Chain, Chain, Chain, Chain, Chain Letters!#

I think the last series which went out was in 1997, I think the same also applied to Crosswits aswell, as Granada moved Home and Away to the 5.10pm slot in 1997, CL disappeared but CW moved to 2pm or something like that.

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