[HPFGU-OTChatter] The Weakest Link and other game/reality shows...

[Jen Faulkner]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Scott wrote:

> Has anyone seen the new show The Weakest Link on NBC? I understand
> that it's yet another British Import right? I actually rather enjoyed
> it. (You ARE the weakest link! Good-Bye) Though I hate to see people
> leave with nothing....

I watched it on Monday (nothing else on, after all), and I really liked
it -- they had to answer questions *fast*.  My biggest problem with
"Millionaire" is how incredibly slow it is; I can't watch it because the
pace is so boring.   And I really liked the host -- attractive (in that
Judi Dench sort of way), with a British accent (all the Brits on the
list can go ahead and laugh at Americans now *g*), and bitingly
sarcastic.  Instant crush, on my part.

So then I watched it on Tuesday.  And while the host was still quite
worth watching, I started to notice how the contestants who weren't all
that good were doing well.  It irked me.  The answers may have been
being produced quickly, but they were still wrong.  A lot.  And the
questions weren't that difficult.  

And then I watched the first part of it last night, and the host was
still appealing, but not enough so to offset the annoying contestants.  
So I turned it back off after 20 mins or so.

I doubt I'll watch it on Monday.

--jen :)

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