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[06/20/08 - 05:57 PM]
Development Update: Friday, June 20
Updates include: HBO renews "In Treatment" for second season; TBS taps new "Match Game" host and panelists; plus Brooke Elliott and Lloyd Owen land lead roles in pilots.
[03/03/08 - 09:07 AM]
Top-Rated TBS Builds on Success with a Development Slate of Primetime Sitcoms and Late-Night Projects
Slate features projects from Robert Townsend, Elaine Pope, Betty Thomas, Dave Caplan, The Jim Henson Company, Mark Wolper and Brian Hargrove.






MATCH GAME (TBS)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
3/3/08 - 6/20/08
STATUS:
previously in development (2008-2009 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
7-10 minute presentation
DESCRIPTION:
(from TBS's press release) TBS has ordered a pilot presentation of an all-new, late-night edition of the long-running comedic game show MATCH GAME. The series, in which contestants match wits with a panel of celebrity guests, marks the network's biggest-ever foray into game shows. It comes to TBS from FremantleMedia North America.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Andrew Daly as Host
· Bob Einstein as Panelist
· Niecy Nash as Panelist
· Norm Macdonald as Panelist
· Rashida Jones as Panelist
· Sarah Silverman as Panelist
· Scott Thompson as Panelist
CREW INFORMATION:
· Robert Smigel as EP
GENRE(S):
· game show
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· FremantleMedia North America