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Minute To Win It Totally Bombed In The Ratings [Surprise, Surprise]
Published on: March 18, 2010 – 8:43 am by Jillian Madison 
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Here’s the least surprising news of the week: LOTS OF PEOPLE HATED MINUTE TO WIN IT! As it turns out, the show did very poorly in the ratings… especially considering NBC spent so much money promoting it during the Olympics. NBC was clearly smoking from Whitney Houston’s [uh, alleged] crack pipe when they conjured up the notion that Guy Fieri could carry a prime time network game show.
And now, FNH proudly presents the top 10 funniest comments about Minute To Win It, published by writers and bloggers in the mainstream media:
10. Guy Fieri… the Food Network host who looks like a Rascal Flatts reject… (via Entertainment Weekly)
9. Hosted by chef Guy Fieri– whose enthusiasm appears to be erupting out of his hair (via Variety)
8. Self-proclaimed “Kulinary Gangsta” (no, seriously — he has a tattoo and everything) and Food Network phenom Guy Fieri failed to catch fire with audiences. (via CNN)
7. New NBC game show ‘Minute to Win It’ is unoriginal and imbecilic. (via The Washington Post)
6. It’s hard to say what I hated the most about the show. (via Chicago Sun Times)
5. Minute to Win It: Like Deal or No Deal… but Stupider (via Television Without Pity)
4. “This is one of the most exciting competitions I’ve seen,” Fieri exults after the bit with the feathers. Anybody that easily excited should seek appropriate medication. (via The Washington Post)
3. Even if you don’t get selected [as a contestant], the challenges are perfect for a child’s birthday party. That in itself speaks volumes about the show’s likely appeal. (via Reuters)
2. Guy Fieri makes Howie Mandel seem like Sir Ben Kingsley. (via Entertainment Weekly)
1. The balloon challenge was called “This Blows,” and the bag challenge was called “Bite Me.” Those same words might cross viewers’ minds right before they change channels. (via Media Life Mag)
Other posts on Food Network Humor:
---NBC Kicks Off “Minute To Win It” Promotion With Series Of Obnoxious Guy Fieri Photos---LIVE BLOG: Minute To Win It (3/21/10)
---First Photos Of Guy Fieri On “Minute To Win It” Set
---NBC Renewed “Minute To Win It”
---UPDATE: Guy Fieri Definitely, Positively Hosting “Perfect 10″ on NBC
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It’s sad when a show can’t even beat an episode of another that’s been irrelevant for 15 years, America’s Funniest Home Videos.
Wait, that’s still on the air?!
AFHV was ever relevant?!
Wait, Minute To Win It wasn’t the most watched show in the history of televised media? Shock and awe!
I’m just hoping there’s a chance this will humble (see: shut up) that bleach-blonde douche… If the world is really a fair place, maybe he’ll stumble upon a mirror and realize just how ridiculous he truly is.
I couldn’t agree more!!
ditto.
My faith in mankind is restored.
Amen to that, Byrdie!
I watched half of an episode. Surprisingly, Guy wasn’t the worst part of the show. It was THAT bad.
Does this mean we can bury Guy’s career in the kitty box with the rest of the TURDS?
No, because FN will consider the fact their personality got used by one of the big 4 networks a huge success. Now we’ll get a new, slamma jamma version of Ready, Set, Cook! with Guy as host on Food Network.
And it’ll be “money”.
We can dream. Sadly, I expect not.
I would accept Guy, if that’s what it took to bring back that show. I loved it.
Schmoozer loser, ratings snoozer.
If you put that show on a flip-flop, all you’d have left would be flop.
Oooo. Slam!
:-D
“Rascal Flatts reject”—chortle.
heehee, I always pegged him as a Van’s Warped Tour reject, but yeah, Rascal Flatts works. :-)
The challenge titled “Don`t blow the Joker” was funny. Was Guy the joker?
He has a tattoo that says Kulinary Gangsta?
Surely, there has never been a bigger Tool than Guy Fieri.
My brain is still stuck on that fact.
Guy Fieri is like tequila. The more you get, the more likely you will vomit.
He is also like Tila Tequila, we can`t figure out what the hell is up with either of them, and they are both EXTREMELY ANNOYING!
And utterly devoid of talent.
IMHO this snippet from the Washington post should have been included, too.
“The additional 70 minutes or so that would have been spent watching a full-length (minus commercials) version of this imbecilic game show could be put to any number of intellectually superior pursuits — a doughnut-induced sugar coma, for instance.”
I read that the second hour did better in the ratings than the first, but looks like the show may not last long, thank goodness. Oh, and you missed this great bit from the Media Life Mag review. Describes Ferry quite nicely:
“The host is Guy Fieri, a Food Network star who tends to yell and jab at the air like a pro wrestler. His bleached and spiked hair makes him look like he’s trying too hard to be cool.”
Holy Shit, I was just thinking I missed the penis pasta! Hell, like doucheboy, overcooked!
The Top 3 Funniest M2WI tweets:
fatpieceofcrap “When I see NBC promos for Minute To Win It and theyre wasting Kleenex for a game, I get sad for all the kids in Africa with bad allergies”
veryfakebacon “Just saw a commercial for Minute to Win It. Can’t tell if Guy Fieri put on some weight or if Bobby Moynahan is hosting the show as Guy.”
reverendadam “I’m suing the producers of NBC’s “Minute to Win It”. They never optioned my sex life.”
With a contestant named “Rachi-poo”, what did you expect?
HA-HA-HA!! I love it that Ferry fell flat on his face. Serves him right. Hopefully, this is a sign that his schtick is starting to wear thin and everyone (except the imbeciles in charge at FN) will start writing him off.
Oh, and let’s not forget that Bobby Fwaaay is set to star in his own upcoming reality show, “America’s Next Great Restaurant.” Natch, it will be on–what else?–NBC!!! What IS it with that network?!?! I hope it flames out after one episode.
Regarding NBC, they need a complete overall of all executive personnel, starting from the top. After the Leno debacle, they appear to be grabbing whatever they can to fill the new time slots. Throw some crap at the wall, if it sticks it goes on the air. As a result, we’ll likely see more lame game and “reality” shows, at least for a while.
I only tune in to NBC to watch “Law & Order,” and even that show is marginal. It lost a lot of its luster when Jerry Orbach passed away.
heh heh
Let’s hope Booby’s next great restaurant goes the way of Rocco’s (one of the greatest “reality” shows ever!)
Wasn’t Emeril’s NBC show a big disaster too?
Yes. Check out the following excerpt from CNN’s review:
“In 2001, New Orleans’ Emeril Lagasse starred in a self-titled sitcom set behind the scenes at a fictional cooking show. Bereft of his essential “BAM!” and “Kick it up a notch” catchphrases and scripted as a watered-down version of his charismatic bayou-blasting Food Network persona, Lagasse and co-star Robert Urich muddled their way through 11 bland, critically panned episodes before NBC pulled the plug.”
I’m not ashamed to say that I watched the ridiculous game show so that I could “take one for the team” here at FNH. I’ve already posted about the loser “Minute To Win It” on the Forums that the hour-long premiere was almost unbearable, but I stuck it out ’til the bitter end. What a total waste of 60 minutes after already losing an hour for the switch to DLT. Unless you’re in pre-school or kindergarten, don’t even consider watching this trashy show.
Correction: TWO-hour-long premiere! I watched some 15 – 20 minutes of it, kind of hit-n-miss, flipping channels, just so I could be relatively conversant in it. But, uh, yeah. I guess numbers grew from the start of it to the end of it – but I wonder if that was due to rubber-neckers checking out the train wreck?
I know that there was a second new episode immediately following the “premiere” (according to Comcast TV guide), but there was no way that I was going to waste another precious hour of my life to watch this junk.
Or perhaps a total moron with lower intellect.
I heard Guy’s wife and kids loved the show
LOVE the media comments! *Sigh* If only FN would pull its head out of its ass and cop to the fact that nobody really enjoys this greasy, over-the-top, douchebag.
Not likely though. :(
Tragically, many of the posted responses to the articles linked in this blog entry indicate that Guy does indeed have his fans. So, I guess some enjoy him. Baffles the hell out of me, I admit.
And so frightening that they walk amongst us, perhaps looking normal. *shudder*
What scares me is that an online acquaintance of mine mentioned that tonight she put her kids to bed and is watching “Minute To Win It”. I didn’t have the heart to share my horrified reaction with her.
The one thing this show will not make is “money.”
Despite his outward appearance, he really is just a dork looking to make every single buck he can before his short dose of fame wears off.
Exactly.
The thing is, I see Guy as one of these B (or C) list celebrities who will cling to his outward appearance long after his fame has faded. I never see him as getting a clue and maturing. Into his 60s he’ll still be wearing his loud bowling shirts, flip-flops, and sunglasses on the back of his head, with the bleached, spiked hair standing up on end. All the while thinking he’s still young and hip with “the kids these days”.
I completely agree with you.
Certainly, a sad man in those clothes reminding people who he used to be. Ever seen the end of “Raging Bull?”
Damn! i totally missed this milestone of culinary Masterpiece Theatre…i wonder if i could watch it on the web…oh wait, tonite’s my night to alphabetize my nail polish…..
Or clean your hairbrush.
*ahem* that should be “kulinary”. Learn to spell, the Guy Ferry Way! Seminars coming soon to a Radisson near you! Free tattoo with your paid enrollment!
HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!
Ray! so sorry dude, what wuz i thinkin, that’s krazy talk!
spent too much time in Flavortown and lost my way….or my place, as i should say….!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m not sure who’s the biggest tool; Guy, the network exec who OK’d this asinine show, or any of the three people who actually watched it. So many to choose from…..
ROFL!!
Lame, boring and silly. Fieri didn’t offer encouragement to contestants and the first contestant in a flop sweat (with no one giving him a towel) was gross!
I watched about 15 min. and quickly turned the channel. When they had the contestant shoot cans with rubber bands, I said enough of this crap. This show reminds me of the old game show Beat the Clock. I hope this gets canceled soon, before any more brain cells are lost.
Yeah, except Beat the Clock was actually somewhat charming…
I never thought it was possible for a *chef* to loose so much integrity. Real cooks would sooner gauge their eyes out with a spork than resort to the actions of Fieri and other FN personalities. In regard to Bobby Flay’s new show on NBC: didn’t the network do a show like that last year with Marco Pierre White and it was absolute rubbish? The only moments I could stand of that show was when MPW appeared, which was not often enough.
There is a GOD!
Now what will he do if this series fails????? Poor Guy!
Why isn’t Gordon Ramsay yelling at these people yet?
hmmm… I’d love to see Gordon yelling at Guy.
I’d pay money.
I went to hulu.com to look up show. No I didn’t watch it but I love the tags at the bottom of the show’s description.
“Minute to Win It” is a new family-friendly competition series, hosted by Guy Fieri, featuring 10 deceptively simple games that require savvy contestants to complete under pressure with a prize of $1 million awaiting the winner.
Tags: bottom of the barrel, game show, guy fieri tries too hard, nbc, no more ideas
Reading these reviews just brightened my week. Ah, sigh, there is some sense and order to the world after all.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhh.
So I watched a bit of this online out of what I can only describe as morbid curiousity…. For me, by far the most ridiculous part was the pace of show. Keep in mind that each of the ’stages’ or ‘games’ in the show last exactly ONE MINUTE. At least for the section that I watched, there was ONE game played between each commercial break. So basically you had a 6 minute commercial break, about 6 minutes of fluff and absolutely-NOT-witty banter and recapping of what’s happened, ONE MINUTE OF ACTUAL CONTENT, another 5 minutes of commentary on that one minute of contect, and then another 6 minute commercial break. Imagine if Jeopardy only answered one question between commercial breaks, or Wheel of Fortune only did one spin…
Seriously, how could any network exec POSSIBLY green light a show where the actual content was less than 10% of the broadcast time!?
“Seriously, how could any network exec POSSIBLY green light a show where the actual content was less than 10% of the broadcast time!?”
Remember, we’re talking NBC here. Their track record for good programming decisions has not been particularly strong of late.
You do know one of your ad spaces here is promoting the show.
Show would be cool if it was 30minutes.. an hour log for one minute challenges are you stupid? way to many commericals you watch the show for an hour but only see 10minutes worth of show lol
I think the show is good for the family. I’ve watched it for the past two weeks with my kids and we have a blast.
This show is great! When I am watching one of the events, I am thinking how I would do it. If I really want, I can get the items from my house and try it myself.
This show is great because you don’t need to know a bunch of random knowledge like millionaire and jeopardy. The events people do in this show are actually useful things.
Love the show!
Useful how exactly? Do you really have to empty a box of tissues one-handed (or even at all) in your daily life? Bend over to pick up different sized bags with your teeth? I don’t. I think you and I must have very different lives.
just to note.
Any avg American can attempt these events and they aren’t you either know it or don’t things.
One more note.
The host is alright, maybe if they had bob saget you haters might like the show.
Well, clearly it can’t have done that poorly as NBC just gave the show a second season…
You really think NBC has good judgment?
You all such haterz. Guy was good in Sugar Ray and they fifre him for weight gain and got that Krazy Town guy but now he is FIRE singing the Shrek songs! He will be the number onest when he win the grammie and number oned shown. Laughing at u sudo intolectules while we eat the double western bacon ranch with f in sweet potato fries and ride our quads in glamis. You are are all dumvb
I can’t figure out if that’s sarcasm, or you’re the idiot.
I choose to think he’s being sarcastic; otherwise, I would have to weep.