I reckon it was decent enough as a bit of easy viewing. I'll watch it again tonight.
The BBC is often accused of rather formulaic scheduling and 'playing it safe', (for example, their festive offering consisting of
Call The Midwife
and
Mrs Brown's Boys
for several Christmases in a row), but the one thing you certainly
can't
say of
Cash Buckaroo with Gordon Ramsay
is that it's a predictable addition to their evening line up.
I feel the show was an absolute car crash. Asking ridiculously easy questions with a 60 second time limit, with absolutely no tension at all, drawn out over an hour, put together on a weird set from Dr Who and a host who adds nothing to the show - what is there to like? I feel most viewers would have turned off during the 1st 10 minutes of the 1st couple who featured a lady who wasn't even aware what a vowel is. And these viewers will not return.
I reckon it was decent enough as a bit of easy viewing. I'll watch it again tonight.
The BBC is often accused of rather formulaic scheduling and 'playing it safe', (for example, their festive offering consisting of
Call The Midwife
and
Mrs Brown's Boys
for several Christmases in a row), but the one thing you certainly
can't
say of
Cash Buckaroo with Gordon Ramsay
is that it's a predictable addition to their evening line up.
I agree that it's good the BBC are trying out something different with their scheduling, though it's odd they didn't go for a straight Monday-Friday strip rather than this weird Wednesday-Friday for three weeks strip. It's a shame that this is the show they've done it with. 2.7m last night which is a million down on the slot average. I think it's only going to fall further based on the general reaction to it. I hope it doesn't put them off trying out better formats in this slot in the future.
I didn't mind Ramsey here. He was interviewed the other day about devising/playing this as a board game and the whole family enjoyed it, and I get the feeling from watching this that this is a good game to play/be part of but watching as a viewer is complicated/dull.
For me it has the same problem that "High Stakes" has in that it promises HUGE jackpot (OK not £500,000 but still) but if I were a contestant with a bit of sense I would just play it as safe as possible until I got the "Bank Stack" lifeline, then go for the £25,000 stack
If it works out, £25,000 in the back pocket and who cares about the rest of the game