On Oct 15, 12:37 pm, Harv <hdaye...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Oct 13, 5:20 pm, Taylor <fetchwithruffruff...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Regis Philbin to Host Updated 'Password'
> > 1 day ago
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> > LOS ANGELES (AP) - A new version of the classic game show "Password"
> > is coming to CBS with Regis Philbin as host and a big-money prize. The
> > network said Thursday that it has ordered six episodes of "Million
> > Dollar Password" and plans to show the program early next year.
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> > "I'm thrilled to be part of this great show that I remember so well
> > from a few years ago," Philbin said in a statement. "It was a very
> > classy production, and Allen Ludden was so terrific."
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> > Ludden, who died in 1981, was host of the original "Password," which
> > debuted as a CBS daytime show in 1961 before moving to prime time.
> > Later versions ran in syndication and on NBC through the 1980s with
> > Tom Kennedy and then Bert Convy as host.
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> > As with the original "Password," the updated version will feature two
> > teams, each made up of a celebrity and a contestant. The teams will
> > compete to guess a password revealed to the studio audience and
> > viewers.
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> > The team with the highest score can decide to keep its winnings or try
> > to reach a final round with a $1 million grand prize, said producer
> > FremantleMedia North America. The show will be taped in New York.
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> > The new "Password" will bring Philbin back as a prime-time game show
> > host after he hosted "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" for ABC from
> > 2000-02. Last summer, he was host of NBC's "America's Got Talent." And
> > he still has his daytime talk show, "Live with Regis and Kelly."
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> > WOOT!
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> > ----www.groups.yahoo.com/group/ryanmalgarini/
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> You mean you didn't ask what game show Regis corpse will host?
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> :D
FUTURE-corpse, and I like it! Thanks for the idea. ;-)
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> Anyhow, I guess the fact that "Talent" was in LA is why Regis left the
> show. Password will be in Gotham. I wonder what his taping schedule
> will be like?
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> Anyhow, it's about damn time Password got a revival! 18 years without
> it! Let's just hope they don't bastardize this thing like Card Sharks
> 2k1 or MG '98!
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> If TPIR is any indication of "being updated", I think Password might
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