08-01-2024, 09:00 PM
(08-01-2024, 06:36 PM)tellyblues Wrote: Out of all the recent reboots, Gladiators probably is the one that people expected to succeed least but it's looking good so far. Although Wheel of Fortune launched well it has its issues and I think it will drop and Gladiators is going to win the battle.
Gladiators looks like it's staying true to the ITV version (unlike the Sky revival), which I think will help it a lot in attracting viewers. Wheel of Fortune is just too Americanised and missing many of the elements that made the old UK version work so well.
I'm still hoping WoF gets a second series and are able to make changes to bring it back closer to the old version... or at least make other tweaks to make it more suitable for a UK audience. But it could get buried against Gladiators which clearly has the nostalgia factor.
There's still a WoF connection as well, as Bradley left the show after only one series because of Barney's birth... now they're hosting Gladiators together up against it!