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Friday, May 25
 RICKI BUBBLES
IN SUNDAY'S
COVER STORY
When CBS's Game Show Marathon premieres Wednesday night, no one will be under more pressure but demonstrate more enthusiasm for the task as host Ricki Lake.
Sunday night, in TVgameshows.net's Cover Story audio interview, Lake says she and the show's producers intend to pay homage to every one of the seven classic game show formats in the series.
"This had to be the most challenging assignment of my life----to do one show and then tear down the set and do a completely different show three days later," Lake said in the interview. "But this was the most fun I've ever had. I was a fan of all of these shows, except one. I never saw Beat the Clock growing up but after I saw the old films on Game Show Network, I saw how great Bud Collyer was."
Lake said she has come away from the project with "enormous respect" for the emcees who originated these shows. Opening night will call six celebrities to "come on down" to play The Price Is Right. Subsequent episodes will include Let's Make a Deal, Beat the Clock, Press Your Luck, Card Sharks, Match Game and Family Feud.
"Monty Hall is an absolute genius," Lake said. "So is Bob Barker. I do not know how they have done what they do all of these years. I'm in awe."
Former Trading Spaces host Paige Davis will be joined as a celebrity player by singer Lance Bass, actor Leslie Nielsen ("Police Squad," "Airplane," "The Naked Gun"), Tim Meadows (Saturday Night Live), Kathy Najimy ("Sister Act") and Brande Roderick (Baywatch). The performers will win cash and prizes for home viewers.
"A lot of loving care has gone into this and I think the viewers will go crazy when they hear the music and see the sets and see how much has been done to re-create these shows as people remember them," Lake said.
Photo: Courtesy CBS
 IDOL FINAL RATINGS:
BIGGEST CROWD EVER...
WELL, ALMOST...MAYBE?
Taylor Hicks' improbable rise to the fifth American Idol championship drew the largest audience for a finale in the series' history. Or did it?
Fox is making the claim with the 36.4 million viewers who tuned in for the entire two hours Wednesday night. Hicks wrested the crown from Californian Katharine McPhee after soundly topping the 22-year-old in two out of three numbers during Tuesday's final performance showdown.
The problem: the Ruben Studdard-Clay Aiken finale officially still rates as the most watched windup with 38 million viewers. The reason: in 2003, Fox asked Nielsen to only count the 9-10 p.m. hour as the actual finale. The 8-9 p.m. slot was termed an American Idol special that year.
However, technically, the Hicks-McPhee finish can be classified the most-watched two-hour season-ender for Idol and the top non-sports broadcast in the network's history.
In total ratings, Idol scored a 20.0/31 and a dominant 14.2 in 18-49 age adults, though down from the 16.2 for Studdard-Aiken.
Opening Night of Game Show Marathon: The Price Is Right
Race Goes to Sunday, Deal Gets Two Nights
Rich Hatch Sentenced to 51 Months in Jail
Michael Davies Seeks Contestants for Chain Reaction
Lingo Salutes Armed Forces During Memorial Day Week
ABC, Fox Buy Game Shows from Endemol
Alex Trebek Wins Fourth Daytime Emmy
NBC Picks Up Endemol's 1 vs. 100
Schoenle Becomes NBC's 4th-Biggest Winner Ever
Jeopardy! Wins 2006 Daytime Emmy Award
Mark Itkin to Receive GSC Ralph Edwards Award
Vanna Receives Star on Walk of Fame
Deal to Receive Summer Rest from NBC
Friedman to Develop New Hour-Long Game Show Block
Peter Marshall to Receive GSC Bill Cullen Award
Meredith Vieira to Stay with Millionaire
Lingo Begins Nationwide Contestant Search
John O'Hurley to Replace Richard Karn on Family Feud
Peter Tomarken, Wife Killed in Plane Crash
Philippines Hit with
Biggest Game Show Tragedy in History
Michael Davies Signs with Sony
Welcome Cover Story All in the Game Players of the Week Classic Moment Bonus Round
The Winners
FAQ
Part 2 Transition Games Across the Ocean
Ralph Edwards Tribute
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