GSN stated yesterday that they are remaking the two classic Chuck Barris Shows, The Newlywed Game and The Dating Game. This week they are looking for two hosts of the shows to host pilots. Departing Senior Vice President of GSN, Jamie Roberts stated "that trying to find unusual candidates to take these shows and reinvent them". He also stated "They're much-loved shows, and we thought the time was right for a revival, and We're pretty confident we'll get there and possibly put them to series for 2009."
For the Newlywed Game, GSN plans to add a showdown round where the winning young couple plays against an older couple who won a yesteryear "Newlywed" episode.
For The Dating Game, GSN plans to partner with an online dating site like eharmony.com to use a compatibility test that helps find worthwhile dates for the show's bachelors and bachelorettes. GSN also wants to have contestants be able to consult with best friends during the show about which date to select. Having occasional gay or lesbian contestants also has not been ruled out. The executive Producer for these two revivals will be EP for Millionaire, Michael Davies.
I plan on giving these a chance. I just hope Davies does not mess these two shows up like he messed Chain Reaction up. Once hosts have been named for the pilots, I will post them up. Should be interesting to see who they pick.
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As far as I, or any other fans of these shows, are concerned, the way to keep these shows going is to play them EXACTLY as they originally were, with no changes. Otherwise they will flop. That's what happened in 1997 when the remakes were dropped and the original versions came back.
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