Wheel of Fortune

Jeopardy!

These two US shows have been running on American TV primetime stations for about 40 years, each. They are institutions. So, I was somewhat bemused by the fact that CHCH TV (Hamilton) ran the premiere episodes of these two shows from the UK. Being used to the American shows, I found the pace a bit pedantic, but that is because the shows have been stretched to 60 minutes from their usual 30 minute productions. Graham Norton is very lively and slightly smutty (noting that they were on during ‘teatime’, so the language and innuendo was toned down). Stephen Fry was very erudite, as he is so well-read, but the contestants were subdued. And, as you’d expect, the clues were focused on Britain.

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Also, the winnings seemed smaller in Pound Sterling, after watching the American shows for years.

Even Susan was bored, so we won’t be watching any subsequent episodes.