Did anyone else watch "The Line" on GSN?

[Bob Juch]

I recorded part 2 starting a noon on Saturday and part 1 starting at midnight. I watched both parts in order yesterday evening.

It was as bad as we thought it would be. First, the show starts off with no introduction, just showing a contestant in "the vault". The contestant has to answer eight true or false questions; most are laughable. Only after that do they describe the line and the rules. Each correct answer is worth $250. One wrong answer and you walk away with nothing. The money stays in the pot until someone gets all eight correct. They probably showed all the winners. I didn't count but there seemed to be around six. The biggest winner got around $17 thousand.

Most of the contestants were ordinary local people; some drove hundreds of miles though. They had biographical segments on some contestants (that must have been taped after their game) that tried to make them sympathetic. The only one that was any good was about a 20-something high-functioning autistic man who had wanted to be on a game show since he was a kid.

I have to wonder if they coached the contestants how to act in the vault. Most thought out loud and took a long time to answer simple questions. None laughed at joke questions. One example question: Evergreens have foliage only in winter.

They said how long people had waiting in line. One had been there over 14 hours. I don't recall any under 4 hours. They showed "line games" such as passing a hula hoop over ten people holding hands in a line. The winners went to the front of the line, the losers to the back of the line. There had to be hundreds still in line when they shut down.

Anyone from the Bored would have done well and probably gotten all eight correct unless they got one of the WWOQs that randomly came up then guessed wrong.

I see there are no future showings scheduled on GSN. It looks like they burned the two off on a low ratings weekend.

[MarkBarrett]

I watched when it premiered on Tuesday the 23rd. On the J! Board I posted one Q & A that caught my eye: http://jboard.tv/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2542 From there the thread had a few detours as has been known to happen over there.

[mikehardware]

Yes, it was clearly a train wreck. They taped four days, planned to edit that into five hours of shows, but only aired two. I don't think it will ever show up in another city.

[Kazoo65]

I was channel surfing on Saturday morning and caught this train wreck of a show.

The only part I found remotely different was the contestant bios. The questions were ridiculously easy-5th Grader material.

I liked the last contestant, Patrick. He was a great way to end this abysmal show.

[MarleysGh0st]

They said how long people had waiting in line. One had been there over 14 hours. I don't recall any under 4 hours. They showed "line games" such as passing a hula hoop over ten people holding hands in a line. The winners went to the front of the line, the losers to the back of the line. There had to be hundreds still in line when they shut down.

Good grief!

Aside from these "line games", did they give the impression that anyone could get on the show simply by standing in line and waiting their turn, without any producer selection? And were those folks given bathroom breaks or did the line get messy?

[Bob Juch]

They said how long people had waiting in line. One had been there over 14 hours. I don't recall any under 4 hours. They showed "line games" such as passing a hula hoop over ten people holding hands in a line. The winners went to the front of the line, the losers to the back of the line. There had to be hundreds still in line when they shut down.

Good grief!

Aside from these "line games", did they give the impression that anyone could get on the show simply by standing in line and waiting their turn, without any producer selection? And were those folks given bathroom breaks or did the line get messy?

Yes, they said anyone could get on simply by waiting in line. There was no producer selection. There was no mention of how bathroom breaks were handled. It was also a very hot day so people would have had to by more fluids. There was no shade.

Perhaps mntyman(sp?) will stop by with local info.