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Do you know of a game show from I believe the ’60s or early ’70s where the set looked like an island and the contestants at some point got into a small boat to a small island? I know this sounds nuts, but I remember it from my childhood and no one else seems to know what I am talking about.
It doesn’t sound as nuts as you think. Consider “Treasure Isle,” which aired on ABC during the day in 1967-68. John Bartholomew Tucker hosted the series. Recorded at a hotel in Florida, it was “daytime television’s first outdoor game show,” according to “The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows.” Couples played by “answering questions, solving puzzles and completing stunts in the hopes of reaching a specially constructed island to hunt for buried treasure.” You can find episodes on YouTube.
I was wondering if you know if any networks are considering carrying the boxing matches that Showtime has decided to stop showing.
Boxing and MMA fans were shocked in October when a memo from Showtime president Chris McCarthy said the network will end productions from its Showtime sports and event team, including boxing and MMA. One report of the memo said the decision to “dedicate a larger percentage of our resources toward premium scripted series that drive subscribers for us … isn’t a reflection of the work the team and our partners have done, rather a reality of the world evolving and our shifting content priorities.”