Moneyball (game show)

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GenreGame show
Presented byIan Wright
ComposerPaul Farrer
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Production locationDock10[1]
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companiesPossessed and Potato
DistributorITV Studios
Release
Original networkITV
Picture format16:9
Original release30 October 2021 (2021-10-30) –
present

Moneyball is a British game show that aired on ITV since 30 October 2021 and is hosted by Ian Wright.

Background[]

The primetime game show was commissioned in February 2021 with football pundit and former player Ian Wright as host.[2]

Format[]

After answering a general knowledge question correctly, the contestant earns a ball. The ball is placed into a launcher and fired so that it rolls on a U-shaped track. The ending position of the ball corresponds to an amount of money. The contestant can then risk playing for a higher sum or quit the game. Upon quitting, there is a final ball to launch, for which the outcomes are either taking the money home or losing all of it. The maximum possible win is £250,000.[3]

Reception[]

Hollie Richardson of The Guardian praised Wright's abilities as a host and how the nature of the show enabled contestants to risk large amounts of money.[4] In the same publication, Joel Golby compared Moneyball to two other new game shows: ITV's hosted by fellow ex-footballer Gary Lineker and Channel 4's Moneybags fronted by the actor and DJ Craig Charles. In Golby's eyes, Wright and Charles were skilled hosts while Lineker was not, but the questions were better on Moneybags than Moneyball.[5]

In the Belfast Telegraph, Billy Weir criticised the trend of new game shows being fronted by ex-footballers, citing Wright, Lineker and Alex Scott of The Tournament.[6] Liverpool Echo writer Kate Lally found that audience on Twitter complained that the questions on Moneyball were too easy.[7]

Iain Weaver of UKGameshows.com compared Moneyball to 2003's Wright Around the World as a waste of the host's personality. He also believed that the questions were too easy, noting that he had watched three episodes without seeing a wrong answer, and found the mechanical basis of the show to be a boring "tedious gimmick" based on luck. He praised the set design, the high prizes and the large number of contestants on each show.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "ITV commissions new prime time game show Moneyball, hosted by Ian Wright". Dock10. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  2. ^ Cottrell, Imani (2 February 2021). "Ian Wright to front new ITV game show Moneyball". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. ^ Barr, Sabrina (30 October 2021). "Moneyball: Who is the hosting and how does the new ITV game show work?". Metro. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. ^ Richardson, Hollie; Virtue, Graeme; Harrison, Phil; Wardell, Simon (30 October 2021). "TV tonight: Ian Wright turns gameshow host with a high-risk new concept". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. ^ Golby, Joel (6 November 2021). "Moneybags: with tense trivia and total chaos, Craig Charles is the new king of TV quizzing". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  6. ^ Weir, Billy (11 November 2021). "Who has decided that former footballers should be the new batch of quiz show hosts?". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  7. ^ Lally, Kate (6 November 2021). "ITV's Moneyball questions leave viewers all saying the same thing". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  8. ^ Weaver, Iain (21 November 2021). "Weaver's Week 2021-11-21". UKGameshows.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

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