Word: greed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wants To Be A Millionaire? originated in Britain. Now that it's a big enough hit to spawn clones like Fox's Greed, will other networks import game shows? Notebook took a spin around the world to see what gems are left (and who should pick them...
...Greed is just the first of the quiz-show contenders hoping to cash in on Millionaire's success. Because game shows are cheaper to produce than sitcoms or dramas, nearly every network is scrambling to come up with one. The trick is finding the right formula...
...What Greed's viewers will see is not exactly the show Clark originally had in mind. Assembling two Hollywood game-show veterans--Bob Boden, a producer of the syndicated Family Feud, and Jeff Mirkin, whose credits include Love Connection and Studs--Clark outlined a quiz format that would involve group participation and a share-the-wealth ethos. "I was inspired by those scenes of lottery winners--you know, the guys in the office who chipped in on a ticket." That first meeting produced a working title, All for One, and the notion that the questions would be based...
...quiz show to pep up Fox's increasingly anemic-looking fall lineup, Darnell thought Clark's idea would work if it employed an edgier title and execution--contestants not only cooperating but also competing with one another. Thus while the zeitgeist twitched did All for One become Greed...
Fine, but will those who get their first look at Greed this Thursday think it's worth watching? The game's rules seem harder than its questions (see boxes). A team of six members tries to move up the "Tower of Greed," ascending from $25,000 to $2 million questions. One wrong answer and the team loses everything. As the prize money escalates, "terminator rounds" pit contestants against one another. The most interesting question on Greed is, Which team player will start tossing mates overboard in a mad pursuit of the one-winner-takes-all top prize...