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NBC working on video game show pilot for primetime

by Andrew Yoon on Jun 30th 2010 6:00PM

According to a Joystiq source, NBC is developing a pilot for a show about gaming, focusing on gamer culture and the people who make games. According to the source, the project is being helmed by TJ "Ocman" Allard, a former Ubisoft designer. His co-host is Audrey Cleo, who currently works on Qore. The team is currently editing footage recorded at E3 for the pilot, including interviews with Kinect's Kudo Tsunoda and Mortal Kombat's Ed Boon.

Specific details, like a show name and distribution, have yet to be settled upon. However, our source says that the working title is currently "Game On." The pilot -- planned for primetime -- may even premiere as early as next month. If you happen to know more about this project, feel free to send us a tip. We will keep you anonymous!

Tags: audrey-kleo, game-on, nbc, pilot, tj-allard, tv, tv-show

Reader Comments (32)

What, as like a news show or something?

I could go for that.

@Mr Khan
i dont think its a news show, theres already enough of that.

Xplay, Electric Playground, etc

i think it will be something like the Tester, or maybe a documentary style show. its all just theories though, it could very well be a news show

OMG, it's like the Four Horsemen of Mediocrity have banded together to create the most stereotypical show in the history of the human race!

@Wiizer

Just kidding, if done properly, I would rather have the mainstream learn about games from actual gamers than The Early Show... *shudder*

As long as the host isn't a try hard, retro Nintendo shirt wearing, "dude, bra" spouting, way too hyped up, ass kissing, teleprompter reading, never played a game in his life, douche nozzle that thinks he's totally relating to the every-man out there.

The host can make or break a show about gaming.

@Uncle Jesse Meh, they'll find some attractive model-type to read a script.

I seriously doubt they'd go out of their way to use actual gamers.

I hope it's more like A Life Well Wasted, which is a much more cultured look at gaming.

@Uncle Jesse

Get Sal Masekela on it, bra!!! SICKDIDDLES look at these games!!!

God I loathe that guy.

@Uncle Jesse Agreed 100%. You can tell when a person actually loves gaming and when they're just trying to act "psyched" or "stoked" or "pumped" for game x, y, and z because they were paid to.

@Uncle Jesse Yeah. I think it should be Brian Crecente from Kotaku.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
I think you're the most correct. It'll be another Olivia Munn/Jessica Chobot/That Kristin dummy from that Cheat show on G4. ZZZZzzzzzzz

@Uncle Jesse

you say "another olivia munn" like that's actually a problem...

I'd watch it, Since i have no cable but i have internet(Fail). I guess people are starting to notice that the Video Game industry gets bigger every year, and has a HUGE fan base that= CASHHHH MAAWWWNEEYYY to any business involved.

i was as at the engadget show when Kudo Tsunoda was demonstrating the Kinect... the guy seems like a poseur. His behavior and his wardrobe seemed like he was trying too hard to be hip and urban (mind you he's a middle-aged white guy.)

If this show has any kind of influence from this guy or (god forbid) he's a permanent host, then count me out.

"NBC: Nothing But #@%&s"

-Adam Sandler

"...ocman, just outside the County Courtroom where an argument
about chowder has spilled over into the biggest trial in
Springfield history"

@trent steel

I know you can read my thoughts, Bart. If I find out you cut class, your ass is mine. Yes, you heard me. I *think* words I never say.

Boo, for a moment I thought this was something new for XBLA primetime. :( I want more 1 v 100 and cool stuff on there.

@MarkezJM
As did I, which would have been better news...

You mean like 'Grandma's Boy: The Show'?

@The Tim

I hopes they can beat all the levels.

As long as they are not trying to remake the Ben Chaplin/Samantha Janus sitcom I don't care, because it will probably be laughably out of touch with reality.

I'd definitely watch a prime time games related show. G4 requires a higher subscription level with my cable provider than I want to pay, so it's be nice to get some updates, interviews & previews outside of my computer desk once in awhile.

@swooded
*it'd

@swooded

That's just the thing. G4 has one demographic to hit, and they consistently miss by miles.

I have little faith that NBC will do any better.

I have zero confidence in NBC pulling this off honorably. If videogame networks like G4 couldn't do it right, NBC certainly won't have the capability. The most videogame centric show they have is Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon, and that one fails soooo hard when it tries to do games.

Oh god it's going to bad, it's going to be horrendously bad.

There has only been one gaming TV show that really delivered the goods, and that was the short lived VideoGaiden on BBC Scotland.

There's a bunch of clips on YouTube and a few mirrors of the entire series around the web. Well worth checking out if you want to see video game television done right, and absolutely required viewing if you're making a show yourself.

actually, Judgement Day (Tommy Tollerico and the other dude) was a damm good show. Very imformative.

it led me picking up quite a few games, i otherwise would've passed on.

Lets not do this. Just because the gaming industry is generating alot of revenue, lets not try to pull some of that revenue into other forms of media (t.v. & film)

It just doesnt work out that way. When are they gonna understand this???

Well, MSNBC did a Video Game documentary called "Game On". Maybe this is an extension/series based off that documentary.

I'm pretty sure that MSNBC is affliated with NBC. I think it's there all news network or something.

I can't see this show being on NBC, although it does sound like something they might air on one of their cable networks.

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