The Final Straw

Tried my damnedest to like this show because of the involvement of the normally hilarious Josh Robert Thompson but sadly, the simplistic game play, gimmicky editing, and Janelle James' complete and totally unfunniness (here and everywhere else) will no doubt doom this show to a short run. Hard to imagine that ABC has a worse current show than "Claim To Fame" but this is it.

This show is absolute trash. Not one joke landed and it just dragged on. Panda suit person with fake fire lighting a cannon that was just a glowing light which "shot" fake confetti. Even the laugh track was terrible... There is nothing redeeming about this show. 10/10 would not watch again.

The host is horrible, the announcer is not funny at all and it's not entertaining. We tried giving the second episode another chance and it was worse.

Sorry Peyton this is your worst performance....

So many things not to like about this game show:

-The host is trying her best but is just not funny in any way. Obviously went to the Amber Ruffin "do one tone" school of comedy.

-The game play itself is a very uninspired game of Jenga without any of the fun and random cringey trash talking.

-The bonus round, however, is the worst part of this game. Apparently in episode 1+2 the players were too easily winning money, so the producers changed the location of the bonus time capsules.

The end result is that after the change, episode 3+, it's now nearly impossible for the players to win any money at all.

Somehow, they've actually made this awful game worse in the middle of its debut season. Very much doubt this will get a season 2.

I love the concept of this game show. It's Jenga on steroids! But the show falls flat. The slow pacing, the fake crowd, and the lazy attempts to make jokes. While the hostess tries her hardest to make her pre written jokes seem funny, they're still extremely stale. The narrator "Fred" is just white noise that adds nothing to the show other then mild irritation. Now... the freaking panda. Who thought adding a panda into an already some what chaotic show was a bright idea.

Once again, I love the concept of the show and it has great potential. With all the fun props and contests the idea is in good taste. Just the side elements and poor pacing make the show hard to watch.