On Mar 26, 3:06=A0am, Taylor <lukebenw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 26, 12:00=A0am, David <dimla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > from variety
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> > 'Family Feud' heading to primetime
> > FremantleMedia fast-tracking celebrity edition
> > By JOSEF ADALIAN
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> > Survey says: "Family Feud" is heading to primetime.
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> > NBC and "American Idol" producer FremantleMedia North America are
> > prepping a celebrity edition of the classic quizzer and are
> > fast-tracking it for broadcast as soon as this summer. While the
> > "Feud" format is more than 30 years old, the series has never aired as
> > a regular primetime network show.
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> > Peacock and Fremantle are keeping a tight lid on details surrounding
> > the primetime "Feud," with casting just getting under way.
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> > While it's possible the show could cast celeb families such as the
> > Baldwin brothers or the Lohan clan, producers might also take a page
> > from "Feud" history and use the casts of TV shows and movies (think
> > the "Lost" castaways vs. the "Heroes" gang). During its original run,
> > "Feud" often featured theme weeks in which stars of, say, "Baywatch"
> > or "American Gladiators" competed against each other.
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> > Sale of "Feud" reps the latest resurrection of a quizzer format by
> > Fremantle, which boasts a huge library of classic game shows.
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> > CBS just greenlit another batch of primetime episodes of the studio's
> > "The Price Is Right." Eye is also prepping "Million Dollar Password,"
> > perhaps for the summer. And TBS is readying a primetime take on
> > Fremantle's "Match Game."
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> > New take on "Feud" also continues NBC programming co-chief Ben
> > Silverman's love affair with all things '70s and '80s. During his
> > first year at the net, Silverman has revived both "Knight Rider" and
> > "Gladiators."
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> > With "Feud," NBC adds another project to its increasingly crowded
> > "All-American Summer" slate of reality skeins set to roll out in
> > mid-May with the return of "Gladiators."
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> > "Feud" currently airs as a syndie strip distribbed by Fremantle, with
> > John O'Hurley hosting. Skein, a spinoff of sorts from "Match Game,"
> > began as an ABC daytime series in 1976.
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> God. PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, *don't* give us the 'Family Feud' of
> the '90s and +2000. The set looks like a tacky garage sale and the
> music and graphics are trash. If you're going to do F.F. again, use
> the set, theme song and graphic package from the '80s Ray "Well Hung"
> Combs version. At least *that* incarnation was watchable! And while
> your'e at it, get a *decent* host... perhaps an unknown this time.
> Louie Anderson, horrible, Richard Karn, bad. J. Peterman, bad.
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DO YOU THINK YOU'LL HAVE A JOB BY THEN? I THINK THEY'LL HAVE VERSION
NUMBER 2 OF FEUD ON NBC BEFORE YOU GET DAT ASS UP AND FIND A JOB!
SIDE BET: PAT SAJAK AND ALEX TREBEK WILL BE RETIRED AND YOU'LL STILL
BE UNEMPLOYED.
BRAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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