Thread:IanH1993/@comment-5735518-20131021001939/@comment-8179497-20131109120141

Hard to say. Jep!, Wheel 2000 and Storybook Squares didn't have much success. Child's Play, which as you know had adult contestants but involved kids, didn't have any success either..... But the reason those foreign versions were successful is because the American audience is different from other audiences. Different cultures for one. But also audiences in foreign countries give game shows more of a chance to grow and fix/tweak things. American audiences don't like to give new game shows a chance. I also believe foreign audiences nowadays have more of an appreciation for game play than the American audience. Many foreign game shows have low prize amounts and focus mostly on the game itself. Most Americans expect new game shows to have high prize amounts, so therefore the majority of network game shows over the last few years have based their whole format on winning a million dollars. I remember a few years ago when GSN was launching a new game show, everyone was focused on complaining that the amount was $20,000 or so, yet there was no talk about the game itself.... These are both things Mark Goodson talked about. As I mentioned earlier, back in 1962 he talked about the American audience not giving game shows a chance anymore. It was around that same time, he talked about game shows that have high prize amounts. He said that game shows that base most of their game on winning large amounts, will not last very long. He said that is why his shows have been successful, he focused on the game play and not the prize amount. He mentioned that TTTT and WML? offered very little in prizes, yet were both successful! He said they were successful because the audicence at home could play along, people will get tired of just watching people win a large amount of money, with little to no at home play along factor. (Sorry for the long reply!)