Official Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza Discussion Thread

[ElectricPeterTork]

I want Deal or No Deal back....the Drew Carey show belongs on Comedy Network...NOT GSN...and I don't know where Love Triangle should go but it doesn't belong on GSN

So you really want to watch the same episodes over and over for the 30,000th time?

I mean, if you had said "I want Password Plus back", or "Why not Press Your Luck instead of this?", I could understand it... but you'd really rather have the rerun abused, shoved down our throats until the ratings tanked Deal or no Deal back instead of Improvaganza?

[gameshowmaniac27330]

.the Drew Carey show belongs on Comedy Network...NOT GSN...and I don't know where Love Triangle should go but it doesn't belong on GSN

I agree because of if it's a success what will it bring, and if it's a fail all that ad money wasted. I like improv and Carey though

LT and Baggage would do better on MTV, maybe GSN can sell those off to the devil, uh i mean Viacom.

[phimat37]

Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza may be a comedy, its better than TNG, Baggage, and Love Triangle in my opinion.

I really loved it! Ryan Stiles is hilarious to. I liked seeing the cast from Drew Carey's shows.

[danhere]

I caught some of it but fell asleep. I watched it at 10pm ct because I wanted to watch chuck at 7pm ct

[comedymona]

I agree with cynfulbabe. I would rather watch Deal or No Deal. I didn't like "Whose Line is it Anyway?" and GSN is doing it again by putting the Drew Carey show on GSN. I had to mute the commercials because after awhile I got tired of the promos that would make a 3 year old laugh (maybe). It should be called "Improv-a-GAGME"! And Love Triangle? Don't we have enough with the Newlywed Game (thought Carnie Wilson was bad, Sherri Shepherd is a loud mouthed nightmare!) And Baggage is god awful too! Didn't you learn with that awful HA show and the one you had Bob Eubanks host? You want to do something good, bring back any of the old game shows or revamp them with new hosts and stop trying out these comedy and reality shows!

[gameshowmaniac27330]

Well this show needs to be an hour. It seemed like the games were to long and started getting stale. I had high expectations seeing how good of a show Whose Line was, and <sarcasticly> I was surprised at the let down GSN gave to me </sarcasticly>

[CardSharks8689]

Drew Carey on TPIR? I'd watch it in a heartbeat!

But Drew Carey's Improv-a-Ganza? Where is Howie Mandel when we need him?

[Chameleonwhammy]

Watching the 2nd episode right now. Love this show. Hope it does well for the network.

[Mystic]

Watching the 2nd episode right now. Love this show. Hope it does well for the network.

I think the first week or so of episodes will be good, but if they don't keep the Whose Line troop, then it will just lose it's humour.

Wayne Brady, Colin Mocharae and Ryan Styles make the show.

I knew going in that the show would resemble Whose Line is it Anyways, but I didn't expect it to be a 100% knockoff of the show, except this new iteration is more racy than the old one.

This should would be a perfect fit for The Comedy Network / Comedy Central.

We'll see how the ratings are and how many people tune in. So far, to me, the show isn't awful, but I've only watched one episode so far. I'll tune in at 11 to see the next.

[SethSothell]

Sorry, but this is one of the worst shows I've ever seen. Had to turn off the volume after 5 minutes... It's so annoying.

[ElectricPeterTork]

Isn't it amazing that so many people with such similar usernames registered to say pretty much the same thing about this show?

I mean, what are the odds?

[SpeedAndStrategy]

So far I feel like this show is an entertaining enough way to spend a half-hour, but it doesn't quite capture the magic of Whose Line. Granted, that show didn't hit a home run with every segment, but I've yet to encounter anything that generated more than mild chuckles for me on this show. Plus, I just preferred the old format with Drew having a stronger presence as host, and the "points" (even though they didn't count for anything). It might not have seemed like much, but without those elements the show feels a bit too formal, and like there's less camaraderie between the cast members. The hotel/casino atmosphere might be a factor as well, plus the show just feels too much like it was pieced together rather than a continuous show that was being put on.

Of course, nitpicks aside, the main draw of this show is seeing the improvisational abilities of the cast members. These are all talented, funny people, and there's definitely the potential for some great moments in the future. I just haven't seen anybody really bringing their A-game yet, and I'd like to see the atmosphere get a little looser.

[xzebrax]

I watched a few minutes of today's show and was disappointed. It just wasn't all that funny to me. Despite that I wish Drew and company well. I just wish it was on another channel. I come here to watch games, not improv. On a completely different note... Kudos to Drew for the weight loss. It is hard to lose that much weight and keep it off. He looks great.

[empirejeff]

The second ep. was better than the first. the last part in the less censord version was pretty funny.

[PressYourLuck11]

I like the show. I'd prefer if it was on another network, but that's assuming GSN would fill the gap with game shows, which is no longer a given.

Anyway, Improv-A-Ganza brings the funny and it's a nice change of pace from the surrounding relationship shows...not that I hate them (at least not compared to many on these boards, it seems), it's just that at this rate GSN will soon stand for the 'Get Some' Network.