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left-of-center2012

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Wed Nov 18, 2020, 06:41 PM Nov 2020

Fox Brings Back 'Name That Tune'

Name That Tune is returning to screens with Jane Krakowski hosting a rebooted series for Fox.

Former American Idol judge Randy Jackson is set as band leader for the show, which will premiere on January 6 after The Masked Singer. It comes from Fox Alternative Entertainment, Prestige Entertainment, which owns the rights to the show, and Holey Moley producer Eureka Productions. Janine Cooper, who has overseen The Bachelor and The Masked Singer in Australia, is showrunner.

It joins Beat Shazam, the Name That Tune-esque competition hosted by Jamie Foxx that was renewed for a fourth season, on Fox’s unscripted schedule. Each episode will include two standalone half-hour contests pitting two players against one another as they race against the clock to test their knowledge of songs, performed by the live band. Each contest features a rotating variety of games from the original format, before the iconic Bid-a-Note round. The player with the most money at the end of Bid-a-Note wins the game and takes his or her bank into the Golden Medley bonus round, for a chance to win additional cash and potentially the $100,000 grand prize.

Name That Tune premiered on NBC Radio in 1952. It quickly made the leap to television and aired from 1953-1959 on NBC and CBS. After a 17-year hiatus, the show returned for a syndication run from 1974-1981 and then again in 1984, with Tom Kennedy and then Jim Lange as the host.

https://deadline.com/2020/11/name-that-tune-fox-jane-krakowski-randy-jackson-1234618113/
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Fox Brings Back 'Name That Tune' (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 OP
Something I'll actually watch Fox for. woodsprite Nov 2020 #1
Used to love that show. justgamma Nov 2020 #2

woodsprite

(11,853 posts)
1. Something I'll actually watch Fox for.
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 06:57 PM
Nov 2020

I love "Name that Tune"! Do you remember when Ron Ely hosted?

We used to play it in the car with the kids. We also used to play name the tune by listening to the rhythm or we'd tap it out on eachother's backs while we waited in line for something.

justgamma

(3,660 posts)
2. Used to love that show.
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 07:10 PM
Nov 2020

I tried to watch Beat Shazam but I had never heard of 75% of those tunes. Guess I'm too old for it.

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