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When Fox last week greenlighted Stars In Danger: High Diving, a two-hour reality special/backdoor pilot for celebrity diving competition to air during the upcoming holidays, it was unclear whether ABC would proceed with their very similar straight-to-series project Celebrity Splash, which is not slated to premiere until next year, after the rival Fox show.
ABC put speculation to rest today, booking its first piece of talent for Celebrity Splash, four-time Olympic gold medalist Greg Louganis, who will serve as a judge. The series, produced by Eyeworks USA, will feature celebrities performing dives from heights of up to 10 meters, increasing in difficulty each week. A professional diving instructor will train each celebrity for several weeks leading up to the competition. Louganis will serve as one of three judges who will rate the dives.
This is the latest example of Fox jumping ahead of ABC with shows that have concepts similar to ABC series, like Nanny 911 vs. ABC’s Supernanny and Trading Spouses vs. Wife Swap.
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Expect BOTH these shows to fail miserably in the ratings when they do premiere on their respective broadcast networks. I mean, really?!! Celebrity diving reality shows? Ran out of ideas there ABC & FOX?!
I mean basically many reality competition shows are an acceptable way to have soft-core amateur fap porn on network TV. SO the success of this really depends on the quality of celebrity, i.e. seeing fave actors unexpectedly in skimpy swimwear. I still remember my first wet dreams to BATTLE OF THE NETWORK STARS because Tom Selleck in a Speedo was….. beyond words.
FOX DREAM CASTING:
David Boreanaz
Darren Criss
Keith Urban
Joshua Jackson
Chord Overstreet
Joe Bastianich (MasterChef)
But Mike Darnell is a genius, right? It’s either rush a version of the same show to air first, after another net greenlit it first OR try to Aor the success of another nets hit show like Joe Millionaire after The Bachelor hit
But Mike Darnell is a genius, right? It’s either rush a version of the same show to air first, after another net greenlit it first OR try to Aor the success of another nets hit show like Joe Millionaire after The Bachelor hit or The Choice after The Voice hit. But he’s a genius according to people in the biz
Darnell is a super duper genius brainiac at least that’s what he tells everyone. Just last week he said to me, “Dave did you know I am a super duper genius brainiac?”
That should have read “ape the success”
Christ! What’s next? America’s Funniest Home Sex Tape? RollerDerby Starscapade?
Actually Playboy has show (and really funny one) that is similar to America’s Funniest Home Sex Tape concept. It is called The Stash.
Interesting. Looking forward to Kirstie Alley’s dive.
What?? Are they kidding?
This is what passes as TV now – Celebrity Diving..
WOW!
This is going to be a show on television? Really?
And how many out of work, extremely talented writers are out there right now, with pilot pitches that are great, mediocre even, that should be given a shot instead of this crud? Zero?
The obvious would be to say I hope this show “takes a dive” — however, I’d prefer to hope that the folks (I like when President Obama says that word, he seems so relatable to me when he throws that in there) working on the show have a great time and a steady paycheck.
But, in the long run, the networks need to start taking risks in a different direction — how about looking closer at the material that’s been pitched to you? Just because someone wasn’t a co-exec on some show that made it into syndication, doesn’t mean the pages your secretly resentful assistant is flipping through right now aren’t worthy of taking a shot on. Get some balls and maybe give us another Raymond, Sienfeld, etc. The guys that ran those shows weren’t that highly pedigreed at their inceptions.
Greg the diver was indeed the man. And unless you either get Kate Upton in a bikini or John Goodman in a speedo, ain’t nobody tuning in for this shit.
ABC is lost in the reality space. Dancing is dying, the Bachelor franchise is also on it last legs, Extreme Makeover Home Edition became too expensive for them but what a great show with great talent too…..look for a lame variety play or an American Pawn Stars Pickers rip off would be my guess
Saade can’t develop anything. He has to have an international format with a proven track record. Shame really. America has lost its creativity due to the lack of creativity in the executive suites.
Further proof that “reality” television has ruined entertainment.
There’s no way both these shows don’t belly flop. In what world would anybody give a shit to see if a celebrity (and you know that term will be used very loosely) can dive into a pool?
Reality show ideas are officially circling the drain.