Ten’s Celebrity Name Game premieres to 314,000 metro viewers
Monday night was a mixed bag for Ten, with the latest attempt at a Grant Denyer-hosted game show, Celebrity Name Game, premiering to just 314,000 metro viewers. On the other side of the coin, Have You Been Paying Attention returned to 787,000.
The current-affairs based quiz show has been a hit for Ten, despite taking time to find its feet, and is currently in its seventh season.
But the network’s gamble on another quiz show in the 6pm slot failed to pay off, with Celebrity Name Game failing to break the top 20 shows for the evening. It replaced Pointless, which premiered to 493,000 metro viewers but dwindled to 204,000 last week. Pointless replaced Family Feud which bowed out with 213,000 viewers. It is worth nothing that Pointless premiered with a triple cast across Ten, One and Eleven, now 10 Bold and 10 Peach, whereas Celebrity Name Game premiered on Ten alone.
They are all boring
The main problem with Celebrity Name game is that it is not a format that you can easily play along with at home unlike both Family Feud and Pointless. It’s also not as funny as it thinks it is (much like Pointless).
Bring back Pointless please. It was hardly given a chance.
I miss pointless. Bring back pointless.
Pointless was akin to a slow burner romance. Once you started to get to know the hosts it was very enjoyable to watch. Cringey at times but definitely entertaining. I wish it was still on.