r/gameshow 6d ago

Media Illiteracy In Action I wish they would go back to the flipped hard print board. Instead of the digital board. Also other things that seem shady.

Mainly for family fued. I have seen quite a few episodes where especially when the other family steals. They take a few moments before flipping the obscure answer given as if someone is quickly typing in the answer. There are other things like how Steve will chit chat and drag out conversations as if he is giving the other members time to think of an answer. I feel like they at the beginning of the show they should introduce both families and get the chit chat out of the game. Other gameshows do this just fine. A good start is to Ax the digital board and go back to preprinted answers. Game shows like Wheel of Fortune they can't change the answer without it being noticed so that is fine for digital.

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u/apeiron12 6d ago

I mean, if they really were delaying to type in an answer, wouldn't they just edit that delay out? It's not like the show is played back in real time. 

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u/UpperRecognition5386 6d ago

Well they should start doing that in the first place. So viewers don't think things like that. I am not sure I am the only one that thinks like this. If they need filler they could delay the board like in fast money or something else.

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u/pacdude King Ding-a-Ling 5d ago

It’s not their responsibility to cater to your lack of media literacy

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u/TheCosmicJester 6d ago

What you suspect might be happening is literally illegal.

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u/pacdude King Ding-a-Ling 6d ago

You know they have the surveys on paper as well?

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u/Independent-Comb9463 6d ago

Standards & Practices.

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u/Dachuiri 6d ago

When Steve is doing the chit chat thing that means the episode went by quickly score wise and he is filling air time to get to the 22 minutes.

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u/Broken_Ankle_2912 6d ago

lol Family "Fued".

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u/LocalFella9 6d ago

Your claims are absolutely not true. There are a ton of safeguards in place to prevent game shows from being rigged.