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Media Guardian have some info on ITV1's new Saturday night quiz show, The Big Call.
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MediaGuardian are taking the angle ITV are moving away from reality shows to traditional format - but don't seem to get that it's "celebrities" viewers are sick off. Having 6 celebs helping the public contestants each week won't guarantee the viewers!
It's not 100% clear - but are they giving away tickets for The National Lottery, or just their own lottery.
And from another MG article today:
I genuinely thought forum members were joking with their references to "Celebrity Shark Bait". How could I be so naive?
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The Big Call, a studio-based general knowledge quiz presented by the former Pop Idol judge, Neil Fox, matches six members of the public with six celebrities competing to win either a cash prize of £20,000 or 100,000 tickets for that evening's lottery.
ITV is hoping the potential multimillion-pound rewards will help replicate the success of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, the hugely successful quiz show it launched in the late 1990s.
If the winner picks the lottery alternative, the tickets will be announced in ascending order of value from those that match three numbers, up to the maximum six numbers, before the value of the prize is revealed.
The Big Call will also feature an interactive element, with viewers invited to phone in for a chance to grab the remaining prize not picked by the studio winner.
ITV is hoping the potential multimillion-pound rewards will help replicate the success of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, the hugely successful quiz show it launched in the late 1990s.
If the winner picks the lottery alternative, the tickets will be announced in ascending order of value from those that match three numbers, up to the maximum six numbers, before the value of the prize is revealed.
The Big Call will also feature an interactive element, with viewers invited to phone in for a chance to grab the remaining prize not picked by the studio winner.
MediaGuardian are taking the angle ITV are moving away from reality shows to traditional format - but don't seem to get that it's "celebrities" viewers are sick off. Having 6 celebs helping the public contestants each week won't guarantee the viewers!
It's not 100% clear - but are they giving away tickets for The National Lottery, or just their own lottery.
And from another MG article today:
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The broadcaster will be hoping that other weapons in its programming arsenal - such as Pygmalion-style show Ladette to Lady or Celebrity Shark Bait - can hook younger viewers this summer.
I genuinely thought forum members were joking with their references to "Celebrity Shark Bait". How could I be so naive?
