ITV Go For Double Launch Of Satuday Shows
In a move set to rival BBC One’s new quiz 101 Ways To Leave A Gameshow, ITV1 are launching two new gameshows in one night in an attempt to win a share of the UK Saturday night audience that is currently open to change, due to major shows such as X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing.
At 7:15pm, the first show launched will be Odd One In, an alternative quiz show that the celebrity panel and the audience both take part in. The show, hosted by Bradley Walsh, will include a ‘home’ team panel of singer Peter Andre, and stand-up comedian Jason Manford, who will go up against a guest team of two every week, with the aim of the game to choose the ‘Odd One In’ from a selection of people and animals (e.g. ‘which of these people has a fake beard’) by asking a number of questions. The audience will also play along, with those that have the most correct answers playing in a final ‘special round’ to try and win a cash prize.
The show that follows, at 8:00pm, entitled Magic Numbers, hosted by presenter and former magician Stephen Mullhern, is based on celebrities completing gameshow challenges in order to generate numbers, and if all numbers generated matches a home viewer’s phone number, the viewer could win up to £250,000 (an alternative lottery, perhaps?). An interview with Mullhern revealed that the show is good family entertainment, even if they do not want to take part.
ITV will hope that their efforts to refresh their flagship channel’s Saturday night prime-time entertainment will lead to viewers voting with their remotes…
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