Generation Gap

ABC is in a class by themselves when it comes to making terrible game shows. I don't know how it's possible, but they somehow accomplished making a game show more frustrating and less enjoyable to watch than The Celebrity Dating Game (which is saying a lot!).

Let me count the ways in which I detested this mess:

-Filler! Tons of filler! 3 sets of interviews to fill up the 1 hour run time. This definitely should have been 2, 30 minute games broken up into 1 hour. So much filler.

-The "describe the object" round is weird and anti-climatic for a final round.

-Kelly Ripa talks to all the contestants like they are 3 year olds. Painful conversations.

-The absolute worst part, however, was the "bonus round". Let me describe this bizarre scene:

At the very end of the show, the contestants are told their youngest family member gets to "pick" a bonus prize. Either a really cool toy, or a car. First of all it's weird in that someone who didn't play all game gets to be involved in the finale. Also...what if your family has no toddler? Guess you're excluded from ever playing this game.

But, this is a "joke" round, you see it's supposed to be funny if the kid picks the toy, I guess? But it's the first time in game show history that I can remember a bonus round that includes a "screw you over" element. But that's "funny"...right? (Who thought up this?)

"Oh, that family could've gotten a car, but they got a toy car instead. Sooo funny!" Ugh. First and last time I watch this.

This is what happens when you try to make a show for all ages, it's ends up safe and meh. Plus they paraded out garbage Ryan Seacrest for the first episode.

The contestants were the only good thing about this stinker. It seemed like maybe Steve Harvey got sick so they had to come up with a filler show and only had ten minutes to do so. Appalling bad, uninteresting and a total waste of time. Shame on the producers for putting out such drivel.

Good idea but, it seems like the writers aren't doing their research. 10 year olds trying to identify members of pop groups that broke up in 2016, they were 4. Lots of questions not geared towards the kids ages. Stupid. They don't seem to gear the questions towards the ages of the contestants appearing on the show at the time. The contestants of each generation should be very close to the same ages. Especially the kids. The age difference and general knowledge between a 13 and 15 year old is a lot when you're a kid. The best part is the end when the winning team has a toddler from the family pick the prize to keep. A new car, and a REALLY cool Toy. That choice Wont be available for a second season!

I want to start off by saying that I do like the premise of the show, having mutiple generations of people solve diffrent questions from each time period is a decent idea. However, the execution is bad. First off unlike other game shows they seem to want the contestants to get it wrong for the lols. Like there was one girl who seemingly knew the answers and was begging to be called on, yet they choose the older ones two get it wrong. They're also some pretty easy questions, and most of them seem to get it wrong. And when they do win, out of nowhere they have this stupid segment where instead of wining the car they have the youngest daughter choose between the car and a toy car. Which is just so stupid they played the game so they should be the ones who choose. Overall, this game show feels like it was made for the contestants to lose. Stick to some good old Jeopardy.