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The only sad part about Studio 1A going away is that we won't get to see what we saw during the 3 PM CT hour: Dr. Heidi Cullen walking behind the desk. I should've gotten my shotgun ready.

LOL! Can you upload a clip of that? I have the ABSOLUTE PERFECT mashup for that one.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: NBCU Takes over TWC!

« on: July 08, 2008, 02:30:44 PM »

OMGWTF!?

(complete with NBC chimes, too?)

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Late night HD launch, part Deux.

« on: July 07, 2008, 10:32:12 AM »

Quote from: Spring Rubber on July 07, 2008, 05:29:32 AM

Then again, do they have a way to transmit HD video from Bermuda? They might not.

They'll put him in black and white...ANYTHING to get a feed of Cantore at the eye of the storm.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: NBC Buys TWC!!!

« on: July 06, 2008, 09:25:27 PM »

It was big enough to warrant being on my Wii's News Channel....twice!

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General Discussion / Re: "A New Direction" for Price is Right

« on: July 06, 2008, 10:10:36 AM »

I would strongly recommend watching the show one more time before mid-September...Drew's really improved over the beginning, and...well...the show's not going to be the same come September.

TPIR won't make two years after this (at least on CBS).

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General Discussion / "A New Direction" for Price is Right

« on: July 05, 2008, 08:39:51 PM »

After one year with Drew Carey at the helm of the longest running game show...the show is going a "new direction". FremantleMedia, the company who virtually* took over after Mark Goodson's death and estate sale, has been wanting to, for lack of a better term, "modernize" the show and change things up...after Bob Barker (who had a virtual stranglehold on the proceedings) retired, one man was left to keep it together, producer Roger Dobkowitz. Roger was the only member of the staff left that had been there the entire time...by this time he was responsible for selecting the games, the prizes, etc. He also made sure the game itself wasn't changed...six games, two instances with the Big Wheel, two showcases, a set with three doors and a turntable, models to glamorize the prizes...that sort of thing. That last part didn't sit well with FremantleMedia.

Thursday, after the final season 36 show taped, he was sacked.

I have read some crazy things could happen to the show for next season...possibly the reduction of games down to four (for more contestant interaction), possible sacking the bidding game before the contestant comes on stage, possibly changing the "come on down" format, possibly a video wall, and probably the most "wtf" thing...potentially the sacking of everything that made this Price is Right familiar (to make it different completely). And that would include sending Plinko to the flamethrower. This last paragraph is complete speculation.

But we get in HD!