Did anyone else watch "The Line" on GSN?
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 8:50 am
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.
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.
