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A Russian reality TV show titled "I'm Not Gay," hosted by one of the country's most notorious anti-gay politicians, is drawing scrutiny and abhorrence from western media outlets amid the country's increasingly authoritarian crackdown on LGBTQ rights. "I'm Not Gay" pits eight contestants against one another in a series of games centered around masculine stereotypes and homophobic humor, to determine which one of them is gay. The contestant who correctly identifies their gay peer wins two million rubles, or $29,000 USD, and the gay contestant wins the money if he makes it through the games undetected. The show appears to...

American television, premieres on NBC on January 6, 1975. Created by television legend Merv Griffin and hosted since the early 1980s by Pat Sajak and Vanna White, Wheel is one of the most popular television shows in the world. Griffin, who had already created another iconic game show, Jeopardy!, conceived of Wheel as a combination between Hangman and roulette. Contestants guess letters as they attempt to solve a Hangman-like puzzle, spinning the wheel to determine how much money they will earn for a correct guess, with the ultimate goal being to solve the puzzle and accumulate as much money as...

Charles Ingram - The Major Fraud Documentary The Major Fraud On the 9th of September 2001 British army major Charles Ingram got into the hot seat on ITV's biggest game show "who wants to be a millionaire". After winning the jackpot of £1,000,000, he was arrested alongside his wife Diana and fellow contestant Tecwen Whittock on a charge of "procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception". It was alleged by the shows producers that Major Ingram had cheated his way to the top prize by listening for carefully placed coughs by both his wife Diana and fellow contestant...

Keep watching, it gets worse.Pat Sajak’s reactions are hilarious. https://youtu.be/0YSz_52Sa7U

Ken Jennings returned for a second stint as guest host. In the episodes that aired last week, he appeared more willing to open up a bit.An old axiom states that no news is good news. For “Jeopardy!,” that mantra has certainly applied to the last several weeks.In August, the sense of stability and solidity the program cultivated over decades evaporated seemingly overnight. Within days of naming Mike Richards as its permanent host to replace Alex Trebek, it had to replace him as host for making a series of offensive remarks, eventually firing Richards as the show’s executive producer too.The show...

The past six months of auditions only served to reinforce Trebek’s subtle mastery behind the lectern, and illustrate the big shoes the next host will have to fill.“Jeopardy!” officially selected a new permanent host – two new hosts to be exact. The show’s current executive producer, Mike Richards, will take over as host of the daily syndicated program and actress Mayim Bialik of “Big Bang Theory” will host “Jeopardy!” primetime and spinoff series.As one might expect given the long, drawn-out search, fans of other hosting candidates immediately responded on social media with snap reactions. Some questioned why “Jeopardy!” selected a...

Cohen did a workmanlike job, but 'Jeopardy!' should have postponed the Tournament of Champions until the show's eventual new permanent host is in place.In the middle of a season in which the show looks to replace its late legendary host Alex Trebek, “Jeopardy!” began its Tournament of Champions last Monday. In it, 15 top winners from the last year’s worth of episodes compete for a $250,000 prize. Brayden Smith, one of the last multi-day champions under the Trebek regime, died earlier this year before the tournament’s taping; Cohen honored his life during Friday’s episode.Guest hosting this year’s tournament: Buzzy Cohen,...

Sources close to production say the contestant had completed the course, but required medical attention after leaving the course. He was then attended to by on-site emergency professionals, after which paramedics were called to the set, and the contestant was transported to a local hospital. No further information about the contestant has been released. All “Wipeout” contestants undergo medical exams before they are cleared to participate. There is a planned break in filming for the Thanksgiving holiday. The show plans to resume shooting sometime after that hiatus.

Tom Kennedy, longtime television game show host, has died at age 93. The TV personality — who hosted popular shows like You Don't Say!, Password Plus, Dr. I.Q. and Name That Tune, among others — died on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at his home in Oxnard, California, friend Steve Beverly confirmed on Facebook.

Disney-ABC‘s game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire has been canceled after 17-years in syndication, 22 years overall, a show spokesperson confirmed to Deadline. Based on the same-titled British program, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was developed for the U.S. by Michael Davies. It premiered on August 16, 1999 and ran through June 27, 2002 with Regis Philbin as host. It moved into syndication in September 2002, and was hosted for eleven seasons by Meredith Vieira. Later hosts included Cedric the Entertainer, Terry Crews and most recently Chris Harrison. The show announced last fall that it had given...

This was taped September 29th. Don't judge too harshly, I was lucky to make it to the studio! After all these years of watching Jeopardy and yelling at the TV, "Who let THAT idiot on here!?" now it's my turn to have them yell it at me! :D

TV viewers are sophisticated. They want to be challenged. They want to analyze and ponder while they sit in front of the tube watching the primetime lineup, right? Um, no. Obviously, there are some successful shows that really make us think, but it seems NBC’s “Million Second Quiz” has simply managed to puzzle viewers instead of intrigue them. With its viewership declining daily, the obviously pricey endeavor may be NBC’s latest programming mistake. On its Monday premiere night, the hyped 8 p.m. hour-long game show saw only 6.5 million viewers, according to Deadline Hollywood. By 8:30 p.m., more than 500,000...

I’ve never cared much for TV game shows. Sure, I’ve caught Pat Sajak on “Wheel of Fortune” and Alex Trebek on “Jeopardy” and Howie Mandel on “Deal or No Deal.” But neither those, nor any other such game shows, were must-see TV for me. Then, last night, while flipping through channels, I happened upon “The American Bible Challenge,” which made its debut on GSN, the Game Show Network. Hosted by popular comedian Jeff Foxworthy – whom I didn’t know was such a devoted Christ follower – the show pits three teams of three persons each in a competition in which...

...and if so what did you think? I LOVED it!

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 21, 2010 -- In 1973, The U.S. Supreme Court gave women a choice. Thirty-seven years later, we’re giving them a voice. BUMP+ premieres online January 22, 2010 Yellow Line Studio announces the premiere of BUMP+, a web series that follows three women facing unintended pregnancies. The pilot is scheduled to launch on Friday, January 22, 2010. Thirteen episodes will follow in February and March; and the final cliffhanger is so unpredictable, even the writers and producers don’t know how the series will end. “From Juno and Bella to Glee and Desperate Housewives, a woman’s right...

What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a group of non-believers. The prize for converts will be a pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen religion -- Mecca for Muslims, the Vatican for Christians, Jerusalem for Jews and Tibet for Buddhists. ...secular Turkey are not amused by the twist on the popular reality...

Bush to Appear on 'Deal or No Deal' to Surprise US Soldier By Michael Chapman CNSNews.com Managing Editor April 18, 2008 (CNSNews.com) - President Bush has taped a surprise "good luck" video for a U.S. soldier, Captain Joe Kobes, who is a contestant on the popular television game show, "Deal or No Deal," White House spokesman Tony Fratto said Friday. The president's video will air on Monday's episode of NBC's "Deal or No Deal," and the network will be previewing clips from the video over the weekend.

So I'm clickin' around YouTube tonight looking for some funny stuff and I happen to find these game show bloopers, some of which are hilarious. But check out the very last one and then scan the comments from people that didn't "get" it. It made me go from laughing at the video to feeling sad for the state of moral values these days and the way things have changed.

What percentage of Americans think it is important for the U.S. to stay in Iraq and finish the job they started? Adults 11% Male 5% Female 16% Aged 18-29 17% Aged 65+ 10% White 8% Black 26% Republican 10% Democrat 12% Household income less than $20,000 13% Household income more than $100,000 13%

A Dutch reality television show in which a terminally ill woman is to select one of three contestants to receive her kidneys when she dies is to air this week despite criticism that it pushes the boundaries of the format too far.The government has called for De Grote Donorshow (The Big Donor show) to be dropped because it is "unethical" and "wretched" but the broadcaster BNN said it would go ahead to highlight the difficulties of searching for kidney donors. In the show, due to be broadcast on Friday, a woman identified only as Lisa, 37, will select a recipient...