Pyramid

I really love this version of the Pyramid Game Show. There were a lot of neat celebrities and great contestants during its run. I first caught a look at this version in early 2003 when it was on a local CBS station. It was wonderful and I was overjoyed to discover it. Donny Osmond was a wonderful host and he did a great job, as did Dick Clark back when he had the show. I was always excited to see the Winner's Circle rounds and the surprising wins. I was so sad to find out that it was going to be canceled after its second season, but I know now that sometimes revivals of certain game shows don't really last as long as their earlier predecessors. I was so lucky to have taped every episode of the show, and I can watch it anytime!!

I'm a sucker for game shows. Just turn the television on and I could probably watch the Game Show Network cable channel for hours.

I always thought "The $10,000 Pyramid" (and its later reincarnations) should have been called "The Game Show That Wouldn't Die". The original creator, Bob Stewart, had a wonderful concept for a game and the current revival hosted by Donny Osmond captures the original rather well.

There are a list (pun intended) of things I'm not totally happy about with the revival:

1. Contestants have only one episode to win some cash instead of the maximum of 5 episodes.

2. The weekly episodes have various celebrities instead of two celebrities for the entire week.

3. With some exceptions, the judges on the revival are a little bit more lenient when people give clues in the Winner's Circle. Perhaps because the answers are more wordy?

4. I prefer Dick Clark and even the late Bill Cullen over Donny Osmond. When someone mentions the name Donny Osmond, you either love him or hate him. There's no grey area with him.

Now having said this, I still like the show because:

1. A quicker First Round (Name 6 clues in 20 seconds instead of 7 clues in 30 seconds).

2. A number of celebrities and contestants have done a good job of giving clues creatively which always made it a fun show to watch and play along.

3. Even after watching 30 year old repeats of "Pyramid" I still get excited when contestants get to the top of the pyramid. It can be very spine-tingling to see if two contestants can be on the same wavelength and if they are successful, the contestant can win $10,000, $25,000 or $100,000.

4. Donny Osmond does not overshadow the concept of the game. I believe he realizes he's not the show, the game is the show. From a person who was never a fan of the Osmonds, Donny has done a good job as host.

I have no idea if the show is doing well but I hope "Pyramid" will last a few seasons.

Update (June 2006): Sony Pictures Television cancelled "Pyramid" after two seasons. PAX-TV aired the program after its cancellation.

This is one game show that is definitely worth watching because it's such an awesome update of a game show classic. It has every bit of the competitive fun that the original version did and I like the sense of humor that the writers put into coming up with the categories. Donny Osmond also does a fantastic job as the host.

"Pyramid" is the remake of the "$10,000/$20,000/$25,000/$50,000/$100,000 Pyramid" and it's hosted by former teen idol Donny Osmond and it features two celeberty contestants with two contestants and they're giving clues from six catagories and one celeberty and one contestant wins and go to the winning circle to win $10,000 and the second round they switch celeberties.

The best game show and I hope it win daytime emmys for best game show in syndication.

Donny Osmond is going to be one great game show host of the 21st century and I hope the show will be a success.

I give it 10 out of 10.

What can I say. This show really sparked the best of the show and basicially even though the show was foolishly canned by Sony for PAT CROCKE The show really needed much better format of the Original. However, I think that the show is the best of the revival of PYRAMID unlike the John Davidson episodes from 1991-92. Dick Clark will still be known as Mr. PYRAMID! However I think that The best thing that PYRAMID will be is that they did that Dick Clark Challenge in 2002 and yet the gameplay of PYRAMID will still be as solid as ever! So for that I give PYRAMID a total of

9/10 Not a bad revival But still one of the best games out there right now.

Watch PYRAMID repeats on PAX TV every night at 7 PM ET/PT!