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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: When Creator/{{ABC}} announced the American version, people got excited because the Russian show is a straight-up logic quiz and this would be kept; indeed, ABC was praised for actually taking a risk, considering most American games were almost everything else other than a straight-up logic quiz.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: When Creator/{{ABC}} announced the American version, people got excited because the Russian show original is a straight-up logic quiz and this would be kept; indeed, ABC was praised for actually taking a risk, considering most American games game shows (particularly those airing in primetime after ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'' launched in 2005) were almost everything else other than a straight-up logic quiz.
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** And then ABC went one beyond the FridayNightDeathSlot by burying it on '''Sunday afternoons''' during football season, where pretty much the only people who watched the show found it by word-of-mouth. Instead, the network gave prime real estate to ''Series/YouDeserveIt'', built around making money for a deserving person by spending parts of it on vague clues. Basically, ABC didn't actually take a risk.
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** And then After ABC sat on the episodes for over a year, they went one beyond the FridayNightDeathSlot by burying it them on '''Sunday afternoons''' during football season, where pretty much the only people who watched the show found it by word-of-mouth. Instead, The day after Episode 5 aired, the network gave prime real estate to ''Series/YouDeserveIt'', built debuted ''Series/YouDeserveIt'' (built around making money for a deserving person by spending parts of it on vague clues.clues) in primetime. Basically, ABC didn't actually take a risk.
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* WorkingTitle: ''The Six'', then ''Six Minds'', both eschewed in favor of a '''really''' generic one.
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* WorkingTitle: ''The Six'', then ''Six Minds'', both eschewed in favor of a '''really''' generic one.one.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: When Creator/{{ABC}} announced the American version, people got excited because the Russian show is a straight-up logic quiz and this would be kept; indeed, ABC was praised for actually taking a risk, considering most American games were almost everything else other than a straight-up logic quiz.
** And then ABC went one beyond the FridayNightDeathSlot by burying it on '''Sunday afternoons''' during football season, where pretty much the only people who watched the show found it by word-of-mouth. Instead, the network gave prime real estate to ''Series/YouDeserveIt'', built around making money for a deserving person by spending parts of it on vague clues. Basically, ABC didn't actually take a risk.
** The result of these decisions? The burn-off got better ratings.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Six'', then ''Six Minds'', both eschewed in favor of a '''really''' generic one.
** And then ABC went one beyond the FridayNightDeathSlot by burying it on '''Sunday afternoons''' during football season, where pretty much the only people who watched the show found it by word-of-mouth. Instead, the network gave prime real estate to ''Series/YouDeserveIt'', built around making money for a deserving person by spending parts of it on vague clues. Basically, ABC didn't actually take a risk.
** The result of these decisions? The burn-off got better ratings.
* WorkingTitle: ''The Six'', then ''Six Minds'', both eschewed in favor of a '''really''' generic one.
