Another day, another primetime game show. But unlike a good chunk of the ones out there, this one actually involves something other than luck to win the dough. In NBC’s Amnesia, contestants will be competing for cash by answering questions. No, not about fifth grade academia, or which briefcase to open, but questions about minutiae in their lives! Quick—what appetizers were served at your second cousin’s wedding last year? Not as easy as you thought, huh? Watch it now! | More online videos
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In NBC's new game show Amnesia (Fridays at 9 pm/ET), contestants compete for big money by answering questions about a subject they should have firsthand knowledge of — their own lives. We spoke to series host Dennis Miller, that hyper-articulate master of minutiae, about helping people remember those potentially moneymaking little details.
TV Guide: Amnesia sounds reminiscent of This Is Your Life.Dennis Miller: It's This Is Your Life meets Jeopardy.... I think Ken Jennings would be better answering questions about trivia than he would his own life, because people don’t seem to remember things. Between the intricacy of the questions and the fact that we [don't] keep tabs on life like it’s a textbook, things fall between the cracks. Therein lies the mirth!
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He’s baaack! Dennis Miller once again steps away from politics for the slightly less controversial world of sports. "Last time I was in sports, I lasted for two years on Monday Night Football, and then John Madden left Fox [for ABC]. And when John Madden wants your job in football and you’re the stand-up comedian in the booth, he’s going to get your job," Miller says of his 2000-02 stint on MNF. His new weekly series, Sports Unfiltered with Dennis Miller (premiering tonight at 10 pm/ET on VS), features a familiar lineup of trademark rants, monologues, interviews and reviews of the top sports headlines. Here's a preview.
TV Guide: Why a sports show?
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Hey, cha-cha. Dennis Miller will host GSN's Grand Slam, a game show pitting top quizzer contestants (e.g. Jeopardy!'s Ken Jennings and Millionaire's Kevin Olmstead) against each other in tests of general knowledge, math, wordplay and more. Amanda Byram (Paradise Hotel) cohosts, and the debut is Aug. 7.... The 31-year-old Museum of Television & Radio has changed its name to the Paley Center for Media, to better reflect today's media landscape. The center was previously known as Cave of Drawings Grunt and Fire!.... Do you think Harry Potter will be killed off in Deathly Hallows? Vote here (bottom right).
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