Bert's Family Feud (2006)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Bert Newton
Self - Host
Mandy Ritchie
Self - Model
Kathryn Trapani
Self - Model
Paul Khoury
Self - Announcer / Self - Audience member
Patti Newton
Self - Model / Self - Audience Member / Self - Audience member
Lauren Newton
Self - Model / Self - Audience member
John Foreman
Self
Jessica Rowe
Self / Self - Team Captain
Peter Phelps
Self
Mark Goodson
Creator
Bill Todman
Creator
Toni Pearen
Tim Ross
Peter Rowsthorn
John-Michael Howson
Karl Stefanovic
Details.
Release DateFebruary 13, 2006
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes274
Running Time30m
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Bert's Family Feud was an Australian game show remake based on the American show of the same name. The series was produced by Grundy Television in conjunction with FremantleMedia. It was broadcast on the Nine Network and hosted by Bert Newton. The title refers to host Bert Newton as the show intended to feature celebrities and their families as contestants.
A principal motivation for establishing the show was that the Nine Network had the highest-rated Australian television news service for many years, but had seen its viewing audience abandon the network in favour of the Seven Network's Seven News and Today Tonight. This was not only due to Seven's increasing ratings for its news programming, but also due to their highly successful game show Deal or No Deal, which airs in the 5:30 pm timeslot, leading into the news. Leading up to the program's February 2006 launch, speculation arose that the network may delay the program until mid-year and instead show reruns of Friends in the 5:30 pm timeslot. Network executives were hoping that Friends reruns would reignite the timeslot and allow Bert's Family Feud to premiere.
The show was debuted 13 February 2006, and was then cancelled in 2007. The final episode was taped on 23 May 2007 in the GTV studios in Melbourne and aired on 1 June 2007. In all, 274 episodes were recorded, with the Castricum family being the final contestants, winning $85,000 in total. Despite low ratings, 'the best-of' episodes continued to air on Mondays to fulfill the show's commercial obligations. The Family Feud format was revived in 2014 by Channel 10, hosted by Grant Denyer.