King of the Nerds on TBS...pretty good show!

[Andy22]

Anyone watch? It's a competition style show comprised of various types of Nerds ranging from Academic nerds to computer gaming nerds. The original nerds Robert Carradine and Curtis Armstrong from Revenge of the Nerds co-host the show. They do a pretty good job with the competitions and there's never a shortage of nerd drama. Ratings have been good enough to get a second season already.

Link:
http://www.tbs.com/shows/king-of-the-nerds/?SR=King_of_the_Nerds

Cast:

 

[Zstream]

Yep, it's pretty funny.

 

[Zeze]

I wonder how much of them are actors and how much of stuff is scripted (if not all).

That's what turns me off about modern day reality shows. I got excited reading OP, then this kicked in.

Meh.

 

[Andy22]

I wonder how much of them are actors and how much of stuff is scripted (if not all).

That's what turns me off about modern day reality shows. I got excited reading OP, then this kicked in.

Meh.

Yeah I get it too. After Storage Wars I am pretty jaded by reality shows but this just fun to watch and I never really find myself asking how much if any is staged.

 

[Aikouka]

It's an okay show, but it really just feels like a cheap version of Big Brother. The one thing that makes Big Brother interesting is that the people on the show are pretty much secluded from the world and stuck living with each other for about 2.5 months. Honestly, that's a hell that a nerd like myself could never deal with. Based on what I've seen on King of the Nerds, I think they're in "Nerdvana" for about 2-3 weeks. I recall in one interview how one of the cast members talked about just kicking one member out, and now they have to compete again so soon or something like that.

I remember watching the player biographies, and when Danielle said, "I have six months played in World of Warcraft!", I just laughed and said, "That's it?" I really don't think I should be proud that I have at least that much on a single character.

EDIT:

Also, the Dance Central 3 dance-off should have had more than one dance.

 

[swanysto]

I actually didn't mind panzer on youtube, but she is really annoying on the show.

Edit: Let me re-phrase that. I didn't mind when she was talking about video games and stuff. All her other videos about her hair and what not are annoying.

 

[PingSpike]

The show is alright for reality TV but it definitely feels like there are some competing ideas about how it should work at play. There's a lot of the traditional reality show bullshit but there's actually a glimmer of something good underneath. It would actually be a great show if they'd had the balls to completely abandon a lot things and do something completely new.

The hosts I think are mostly annoying but being barely on the show it isn't a big deal. There have been some great challenges like the insanely hard comic book trivia one and the chess one but they can't seem to let go of the random physical challenge aspect. The dance central one was OK but I agree it could have used a few more songs. I've actually played that game and sometimes you just suck at a song. Would have been nice to throw one of the feminine dances in there (good for laughs) and one of the fast paced more modern dances to go with the latin style one they had.

I had the in fighting team thing they do in every reality show but I understand it creates drama for them to fill. I'd really prefer to see teams that remained static for longer so they could build more rapport. That's a general reality show complaint.

The worst part so far is that most of the super smart nerds who I would have liked to have seen more of were the first to go. This goes back to how I hate the traditional reality show setup where backstabbing and quickly taking how stronger/smarter people is the way to go. Now we've got the one dude who is a bit of a douche and all the chicks who basically used classic manipulation tactics to move forward...and frankly I doubt the nerd credentials of a couple of them a bit.

I hoping they have a second season that corrects the deficiencies.

 

[Andy22]

The show is alright for reality TV but it definitely feels like there are some competing ideas about how it should work at play. There's a lot of the traditional reality show bullshit but there's actually a glimmer of something good underneath. It would actually be a great show if they'd had the balls to completely abandon a lot things and do something completely new.

The hosts I think are mostly annoying but being barely on the show it isn't a big deal. There have been some great challenges like the insanely hard comic book trivia one and the chess one but they can't seem to let go of the random physical challenge aspect. The dance central one was OK but I agree it could have used a few more songs. I've actually played that game and sometimes you just suck at a song. Would have been nice to throw one of the feminine dances in there (good for laughs) and one of the fast paced more modern dances to go with the latin style one they had.

I had the in fighting team thing they do in every reality show but I understand it creates drama for them to fill. I'd really prefer to see teams that remained static for longer so they could build more rapport. That's a general reality show complaint.

The worst part so far is that most of the super smart nerds who I would have liked to have seen more of were the first to go. This goes back to how I hate the traditional reality show setup where backstabbing and quickly taking how stronger/smarter people is the way to go. Now we've got the one dude who is a bit of a douche and all the chicks who basically used classic manipulation tactics to move forward...and frankly I doubt the nerd credentials of a couple of them a bit.

I hoping they have a second season that corrects the deficiencies.

Yeah other than Alana I have really liked the personalities and hate that some of the most interesting ones were the first to go.

 

[OlafSicky]

They need hot chicks on the show. The only thing that puzzles me I always thought that nerd was someone who was smart. It appears that nerd can be used for someone that is obsessed about something like video games. I wouldn't consider someone that knows trivia about comic books smart unless they have knowledge and abilities in other subjects.

 

[Aikouka]

The show is alright for reality TV but it definitely feels like there are some competing ideas about how it should work at play. There's a lot of the traditional reality show bullshit but there's actually a glimmer of something good underneath. It would actually be a great show if they'd had the balls to completely abandon a lot things and do something completely new.

I think you may be right in that the show tends to be somewhat of a nerdy gameshow with a bit of a Big Brother asthetic tacked on. I wonder if the reality portion of it is even lamer because the teams really don't mind each other apart from when they're actually competing. You see them regularly having drinks as an entire cast, and no one really cares.

The hosts I think are mostly annoying but being barely on the show it isn't a big deal.

Probably because they ham it up way too much with all the stereotypical nerdiness.

There have been some great challenges like the insanely hard comic book trivia one

I actually guessed almost all of those. I have this odd knack for guessing trivia correctly. I'd like to think of all those lunches at Hooters where I'd play the trivia game (by myself of course) paid off. I mean... what else is there to do at that place?

I had the in fighting team thing they do in every reality show but I understand it creates drama for them to fill. I'd really prefer to see teams that remained static for longer so they could build more rapport. That's a general reality show complaint.

I wonder if it would have been better if they simply had more cast members, which would give them larger teams.

The worst part so far is that most of the super smart nerds who I would have liked to have seen more of were the first to go.

Hendrick: I would like to challenge myself.

*Hendrick loses.*

Hendrick: Maybe that wasn't such a good idea.

:biggrin:

Now we've got the one dude who is a bit of a douche and all the chicks who basically used classic manipulation tactics to move forward...and frankly I doubt the nerd credentials of a couple of them a bit.

Well, you've really only got two chicks that are good at games, one that's good at comics, one that's good at... Sudoku (except not on the show ), and the dude that has a rather vivid imagination.

The Sudoku girl ought to try Kenken instead. It's Sudoku + Math! :awe:

EDIT:

They need hot chicks on the show. The only thing that puzzles me I always thought that nerd was someone who was smart. It appears that nerd can be used for someone that is obsessed about something like video games. I wouldn't consider someone that knows trivia about comic books smart unless they have knowledge and abilities in other subjects.

I've always considered a nerd to be someone who's obsessed with a certain subject or topic. Essentially, a Trekkie is a Star Trek nerd.

 

[Jadow]

Genivieve gets robbed in the BS final.

 

[Aikouka]

Genivieve gets robbed in the BS final.

I was pretty sure she was going to win going into the final vote. Although, I agree with one of the people... it's really hard to choose someone in that situation. I mean... which criteria do you use to define the best nerd? Hell, nerd in itself is this nebulous concept which really just refers to someone being knowledgeable about a specific subject, which is how you get terms like "comic book nerd" or "video game nerd."

Those questions in the last nerd-off were pretty easy though. I do feel a bit ashamed to admit that I got the Star Wars one wrong. :$ The Smithsonian one almost got me because Mortal Kombat seemed like far too obvious of an answer. I could practically hear, "It's a trap!", coming from it.