I finally caught up with the much-discussed premiere of Power of 10 on Saturday night's rerun. I needed to go into this show with an open mind, but it was hard for me not to look at it as more of a dry run for how Drew will do on Price. In that aspect of the show, I think he shined. His ad libs were very good, he seemed relaxed and in control of the game, and most of all he seemed to be having fun and actually interested in the contestants.

As for the game, well, it's really more of a warmed over version of the Card Sharks main game than I thought. In fact, if they were looking to do something like this in primetime, I found myself asking why they didn't just do a primetime edition of Card Sharks. Sixty straight minutes of survey questions is a bit much, and unfortunately the show suffers from a bit of the classic 2000's game show malady--drawn out deliberation with family and friends.

The $10,000,000 hook is a nice addition, but the randomness of selection one out of 11 percentage points means even Dan Avila wouldn't try for it. The show's engaging enough to tune into and enjoy if I ran into it, but I'm not sure it's appointment viewing. I am a lot more relaxed about the prospects of Drew for Price though, assuming he can avoid any more freak injuries during rehearsal.

 

posted by Brad @ 11:16 PM   1 comment(s)