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CBS bringing Name That Tune back to TV

by Joel Keller, posted Oct 10th 2006 8:07PM
Donny OsmondAccording to Variety.com (registration required to read entire article), CBS and Panet Grande Productions are teaming to bring back the classic game show Name That Tune, with Donny Osmond returning to the TV landscape as host.

The format of the show, where contestants try to guess the names of songs after portions of them are played by the house band, will be slightly different this time around. This time, teams of two people will participate; the team members will be in different age groups. "It increases the variety of music we can do," Osmond told Variety. "We can go from Sinatra to hip-hop to everything in-between." In addition, the producers want to have surprise guests come out and sing if one of their songs is correctly identified by a contestant. Also, a final round will be added that will award the contestant $1 million if he or she can identify 15 songs in 60 seconds.

All I want to know is: who is going to be the house singer? Donny? I say they should bring Kathie Lee Gifford back (she used to be the house singer for the show in the Seventies). She's not doing anything these days.

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Maura Orlans

Where can you apply to be a contestant?!!!

November 14 2006 at 10:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Shannon

I agree.

But I'd MUCH rather have Marie doing this.

October 14 2006 at 1:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim

Didn't they use Donny Osmond to try to revive Pyramid a few years back? How did that work out?

Here's another question: will today's popular music, with all its heavy layers of orchestration, lend itself to being "named" in "three notes"? What are the first "three notes" of the latest Usher tune? Or will they expect contestants to know lots of Carole Bayer Sager and Burt Bacharach material?

October 11 2006 at 10:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rodger

Let's rename it "Name That Tune CSI

October 11 2006 at 8:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Berrett

I think Donny Osmond will make a great host for this show. He has the musical knowledge needed. This could be really awesome!

October 11 2006 at 1:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
dwacon_com

Can somebody say -- "Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel?"

Maybe Marie will fill the Kathie Lee role?

October 10 2006 at 8:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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