User blog:PSUAvatar14/The Chase on GSN

Copy/pasting a comment I made on BuzzerBlog: -- I was worried about how GSN would pull this off – but by God, they did it. Brooke is so much better than she was on Dog Eat Dog and Hole in the Wall – her question reading is multiple times improved than the former. She’s got solid chemistry with contestants and The Beast. The show was exciting when it needed to be for the most part – the chase seemed a bit slow-paced at points, but the Final was very well done and right on par with its UK father.

The Beast himself is just like he is on the UK version – smacking the other contestants at points, and being rather laid-back at others. Also saw his vulnerability on the second episode; reminded me more of his pre-Beast days when he won 32,000 pounds on UK Millionaire.

Only drawback is, as many have mentioned, the commercials and spoilers within; but hey, that’s getting commonplace for US game shows anymore – at the very least, it’s not as egregious as NBC used to do with Deal or No Deal (“Someone WILL have the million-dollar case!”). Commercial timing is just as sucky on Ohno’s Minute to Win It taking them in the middle of stunts. But anyone not paying attention will miss the spoilers on The Chase.

Overall – very exciting show – I give a A-, just a couple points off for the commercial timing. SFX don’t bother me too much. -- Any of the rest of you folks here at USGSW get a chance to see it?