Debmar-Mercury Developing Trivial Pursuit TV Show
Trivial Pursuit: America Plays Being Prepped for Fall-2008 Debut
By Alex Weprin -- Broadcasting & Cable, 10/23/2007 11:34:00 AM
Production and distribution company Debmar-Mercury acquired the international television rights to Hasbro board game Trivial Pursuit. The deal coincides with the popular game’s 25th anniversary.
Debmar-Mercury will deliver a first-run half-hour strip version of the game, dubbed Trivial Pursuit: America Plays, to broadcast stations in the United States for a fall-2008 debut.
Delivering a twist to the classic trivia-game genre, America Plays will heavily rely on user-generated content. Viewers will be able to submit Trivial Pursuit video questions to station Web sites. If their question is selected and it stumps the contestant, the user who submitted the question can earn cash. The company also expects to have other opportunities for station involvement as the project matures.
“Trivial Pursuit represents an incredible opportunity to leverage a brand that is extremely popular with multiple generations and combine it with interactive elements to bring a new and exciting concept to the game show genre,” Debmar-Mercury co-president Mort Marcus said in a statement.
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If a person only needs one wedge to be a winner its unfair, even though they have control of the board, to make them risk their chance of winning, as was the case today, when they've come up with the right answer. You need to come up with a better plan.
barbara jones - 3/4/2009 12:35:53 PM EST -
Hi! I was watching your new show Trivial Pursuit and just thought I would let you know that the following answer of Gun\'s and Roses having a big hit of \"Live ane Let Die\" is incorrect. This is the sountrack listing from IMDB:\"LIVE AND LET DIE\" (title song) Composed by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney Performed by Paul McCartney and Wings Also performed by Brenda Arnau Gun\'s and Roses was not around in 1973. Thanks! Tom L.
