Battle of the Generations

Le Grand Frommage. This is one of the cheesiest game shows to come out of Canada since toasters where one of the prizes.

Can it get any worse without actually trying to be a parody of those shows?

Lilly Singh's overblown forced exuberance, and inability to project an iota of honest interest is #Epic on the cringworthiness scale.

The scripted humour seems to comes from a failed high school drama program that always finishes last in any competition.

The failed enthusiasm and humour from the contestants is so forced, their friends will be teasingly reminding them of it until their dying day.

Managed to persevere through 2 episodes but will willingly claw out my own eyes before watching a third.

I like the idea or concept of the show but it is very very slow to watch.. the rhetoric is childish and the host comes across like a late night infomercial salesperson... cut the fat and add a competition or two to help move it along....would like to see it succeed... with some changes... but I'm finding it more and more difficult to watch an entire episode without either being bored by the immature and unimportant conversions or the drawn out repetitive gameplay... maybe they could take some lessons from the Canadian version of Family Feud where it definitely comes across as a Canadian production but has much more energy.

This show has an entertaining concept, but its execution falls flat. The introductory segments, where contestants boast about themselves and their generation, come across as awkward. The absence of a live studio audience reacting to the contestants' answers and the host's banter makes the show feel dull. A larger budget might have elevated the production quality and made the show more engaging. Interestingly, there's speculation that season 2 was intended to include a live studio audience, but there's been no official word on when or if it will be released. Canada can do better than this flop.

I really wanted to like this show. I like the premise and thought it would be great to get some trivia knowledge spanning 4 generations. However the pace is just too slow. Even after the intros for each contestant the questions are too few and the answer far too long winded. The set design looks modern but at times it feels like the host and contestant could be in different rooms. And the lack of a studio audience, to react, also gives the show an artificial feel. Speed up the show, add more quick questions and forget all the back and forth chatter. And Lilly, you are a good host, just stop trying so hard and always having a one-liner. This is not your late night show. I gave show 1 my full attention and show two was split into several viewings. Haven't even wanted to try the third show yet! Sadly I feel I am being generous with two stars.

Actually its more than that....its really quite awful.

I like trivia TV, the pinnacle of course being Alex Trebek era Jeopardy. This steaming mess is NOTHING like that.

On the surface sure, I can see how this would have been greenlit by CTV. Get different generations of the same family together and get them to play Trivial Pursuit. Sounds good right? Sadly the execution is shockingly bad and most of it is because of Lilly Singh.

I'll admit, I haven't enjoyed any projects previously led by her and the reason remains the same. She comes across arrogant, smug and like she's "too cool for the room". And above all she's just NOT funny.

Full disclosure I'd be considered Generation X so maybe we're not the target demographic but I don't think that's it. While she might be OK in a supporting role she just can't pull off the lead.