Weakest Link

First off, I must say that this is a good remake of a fun game show. Also, I'm not sure if I've seen every episode. However, I do know the show very well. Every time I've watched it, I had a lot of fun playing along and watch. This made me long to be a contestant. The thing I liked most about it are the questions. Despite the fact that I don't know that many answers, I still have fun playing along. I hope the Game Show Network keeps it on so I can play along and watch again. If that happens, I will be really happy. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that I'll always remember this show in my memory forever. Now, in conclusion, I hope that you catch it one day before it goes off the air for good.

I've found myself both repulsed and fascinated with this show(both versions). Repusled in that it professes to be a game show of knowledge and skill,yet seems to be as much or more about nominally average(sometimes below average)contestants' guile,duplicity and arrogance. Added to that is the fact that though either Anne Robinson(the original host)or George Gray(the American host,who would be applied to this particular version)are very keen on reminding how dim and inept the assorted group of contestii(a Ken Ober term. Anyone remember "Remote Control"!?)are at banking the maximum amount of money that each round of answers collects,whereas one could argue that between the complicitly choice assortment of individuals that are assembled on the show and the fact that is actually QUITE difficult to reach maximum banking on a given round,so as the show is mostly more about setting up each individual to FAIL rather than succeed. Perhaps I'm just not a great fan of irony in unscripted television(in this case,game shows)but I feel like shows that profess or portend an element of "honest" competition,while fostering the what is essentially the opposite,AREN'T great examples of good television.

Having said all of that,and having watched a fair number of shows now in re-runs on GSN,I can honestly say that it IS,flaws and all,an intriguing show,albeit for probably many of the wrong reasons just stated. I suppose that if one can be better resigned to this as sort of a distaff Q-and-A show,or an "Anti-Quiz Show" as per my SL,then one can sit back and watch,play along and even feel a sense of superiority(or,contrarily,embarrassment)to those hearty but often dense souls who stand behind that luminescent lit semi-circle of podiums. A better show than equally suited for dim,attention-ed-deficit-ed participants such as "Dog eat Dog","Greed" or "Fear Factor",it is something that I cannot claim a great affinity for--call me old-fashioned,but to me quiz/game shows SHOULDN'T have a side-agenda of humiliating those who so bravely partake in them--but I probably wouldn't turn away from. Since,in this area,it runs against,among other shows,"Dr.Phil" and "Oprah",shows that have almost NO business being run in daytime,this show will suffice.

This show only gets one star from me because of her Jane!! I found find her to be obnoxious for no reason. I find her to be mean for no reason. I find her to be egotistical for definitely no reason she has nothing over any of these people. She is very off-putting and there is no reason for anyone has the host of this really fun game show intelligent show to be the way she is. She basically ruins the whole show with her abrasive constantly abrasive personality. Get rid of her and the show will be worth watching. But until then she is not the type of host that this show needs. It needs an affable somewhat Maybe sarcastic but not too much and interesting host. But definitely not her.

The show is not nearly the show that the original Weakest Link was. Anne Robinson's insults and snide remarks made this show what it was. There is something about this new host (George Gray) that really ticks me off. I cant see this show lasting too much longer with this new guy there, but I guess only time will tell. The show has definitely gone downhill since they made George Gray the host, and the only reason the show was ever funny in the first place was because of the b**ch.

For those who absolutely HATED the NBC version of "The Weakest Link", you'll probably enjoy the syndicated, 30 minute version of the imported game show, and there's reasons why you probably will.

First off, Ann Robinson doesn't host this version. Instead, we have George Gray as our host, and let me tell you, George is a WAY BETTER host than Ann Robinson is, and he's extremely funny (something Ann Robinson is not), and is quite enjoyable to watch. Heck I think he should host the other version too (If they still make episodes of that version)! The ratings would probably be better if he hosted that version as well.

This version of "The Weakest Link" gets a 10/10 for George Gray.