This show moves way too slow. They treat each question like it's 'who wants to be a millionaire', yet the questions could be read off quickly like jeopardy. After each question we're reminded 3 wrongs and you're out... Literally averaging a question every 2 minutes... horrible television
shareI like the premise of the show, but I agree that it's moving too slowly. The contestants aren't going to be leaving with very much money, so they should move faster, and reduce the number of ads, since the show and network are making money. After all this is prime time network television.
shareI agree 100%. Great premise, good topics and questions but they drag out way too much. Still, makes for far better television than that godawful Deal or No Deal where the network spends an hour watching Howie Mandel asking people to randomly select briefcases while adding "suspense". So help me, I never understood why that show was ever made, it was as exciting as "Waiting in Line at the DMV" by the Discovery Channel (which would all be fake anyway).
share> I like the premise of the show,
I don't think I like it all that much. So far, in two nights, the contestants have barely managed to answer 90 questions in four hours of play. To think that one player could get 500 questions right is just insane. And, the one fellow that did spend nearly two hours and got 50 questions right earned a whopping $35,000. On WWTBAM, you can win that after 5 or 6 questions in under ten minutes.
But, the thing that bugs me most is the wacky format where selecting a category might cause you to face off against another player or name a list of things or stand on your head or whatever. It's just too weird.
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It's so people can play along at home too...
if you just want 500 questions read off at light speed grab a pack of trivial pursuit cards and knock yourself out.
when this baby hits eighty-eight... you're gonna see some serious *beep*
I agree the main problem is the pacing and the host. I would pick Anderson Cooper as the host.
shareI don't know...maybe it's just me...but I don't mind the slow pace. I also like some of the questions because they're not too easy, not too hard.
If you're not taking any steps forward, you're not moving at all.
I couldn't agree more. Believe it or not, it's on purpose.
Mark Burnett understands that all unscripted dramas that work have one thing in common, the audience cares about the fate of one or more of the players. The time spent isn't just filler, it's meant for the audience to get to know the players. HA.
Unfortunately, with the case of a quiz show - one without even a simple mobile app (unthinkably silly in 2015) - his belief is nothing short of a hallucination.
Sadly, this is just one of the many, many design flaws that led to failure.
500Q premiered to about the same number of people MSQ had on finale night. Whoops.
When will TV networks learn that hiring someone who understands game theory is a helluva lot cheaper than broadcasting dogs. (probably never)
Too many commercials, boring host, too slow...much like that show on NBC 2 years ago when the TV season started.
shareSurely the current contestant goes all the way to 500 questions. There's only 2 nights left. No way there is enough time for a new contestant to start all the way over from scratch.
shareThere are 3 nights left but it's taken him 3 to get to just under 150. At this rate, if he reaches 250, it'll be a milestone. But I agree. He's on so many nights he almost has to keep winning or else it'll be a boring last few nights since nobody else can possibly get as far as he has in the time remaining.
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Ridiculous set up - you barely win anything for answering loads of questions.
Show is slow, the host is beyond annoying, and there is way too much unnecessary, between question filler.