Thread:IanH1993/@comment-5735518-20131021001939/@comment-8179497-20131110031119

lol Yep, knowledge is important.... You've pretty much summed it up. I think along with greed there is also a growing sense of entitlement and the mentality that everyone has to be a winner. I think many Americans believe that since they appear on a game show they have to get some big prize in return. The "everyone wins" mentality is an alarming one. The guy who lost on Jeopardy! is one example of this mentality. If this kind of mentality continues, how long does the game show genre have? Can you imagine watching a game show where everyone wins the same - there are no losers just winners?

I agree about England and Japan. They seem to love the genre! This is great example of different cultures. England loves a mental challenge - puzzles, general knowledge questions. Japan loves a physical challenge - obstacle courses, stunts.

Yes, you could say that panel shows are similar to talk shows. I think I remember Mark Goodson even mentioned that once. Unfortunately, panel shows have very little chance of surviving in America nowadays. The American audience doesn't seem to be entertained by this type of game show anymore, and the lack of a large prize kind of just ends any chance for panel shows. :(

Panel shows survived the 1950s scandal because they offered very little money and weren't quiz shows. Also, in TTTT and WML?'s case, they were produced by Goodson-Todman, who didn't rig their shows and were more trusted. I think most game shows that offered little money survived though. Dotto was an exception to this because it was actually rigged.

Not necessarily, I think kids appreciate game play more than adults. Whether American kids would have enjoyed BB and NYSI though is unknown. I think if they added slime somewhere in there it might have worked out. LOL. Yeah, Mark Goodson didn't have any success with children's game shows.