I was going to say its got a chance of lasting more than one series as no other incarnation bar the original run lasted longer than that, though in terms of episode count Sky's 1994 attempts (which to all intents and purposes was exactly the same show bar theme and shortened titles) lasted the longest after ITV dropped the show. Still I suppose two series of ten episodes is better than nothing.
Blockbusters is still a great format though, and the fact its been rehashed for a fifth time suggests there's life left in it yet. Shame America just didn't take to it much like we didn't take to Jeopardy which has been on the air in the States since the 1960s.
The US version never had the student angle which I suspect was the reason it was so successful in the UK. None of the rehashes have worked.
The US version didn't flop, really. The original with Bill Cullen lasted two years, which given that it went out five days a week continuously for that time was a decent enough run -- especially as the early 80s was when game shows generally started their decline there, and there were very few successful new formats.
In fact I think BB may well have been one of the most successful new shows of the 1980s there -- the only genuine hit new show I can think of before Win, Lose or Draw was probably Press Your Luck, and that itself was a rehash of a '70s flop.
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