Show Me the Money is growing on me. Tonight's episode, in a far more tolerable hour long format, was paced better (still could go a little quicker) and was easier to watch the whole way through. The dancing segments were kept at a good minimum and the contestants are generally likeable.

But staying on the topic of contestants, well, how should I put this. It seems like Endemol wants contestants with Deal or no Deal brains to play a Q&A game. This leads to obscenely easy questions for the amount of money at play. The female winner who took home a huge haul tonight answered questions that would have never appeared beyond the $8,000 level (and that's being nice) on Millionaire. Admittedly, the material seemed to triple in difficulty for the two rounds after she got her 5th question right, but then her final answer was a slam dunk.

It's a shame they can't do this format, which has promise, without having to dumb it down.

 

posted by Brad @ 9:40 PM   0 comment(s)