On The Air: Mind of a Man (2014)

Game Show Network, more commonly known as GSN, has been beating the drums for their latest original game show for the last couple of months. Mind of a Man has been on the air almost a week, and the first two episodes have already been played into the ground, since GSN feels they have to maximize the air time to recoup the investment. In other words, playas, you're stuck with it for a while.

Comedian DeRay Davis hosts Mind of a Man, which sounds like a gig tailor made for Steve Harvey if he wasn't so busy with 1) Family Feud, which GSN has been playing to death, 2) his self-titled daytime talk show, in its 2nd season, 3) his self-titled syndicated radio show, and 4) being in demand to promote the first two. Davis is fine, but do we really need another game show that, when you get right down to it, comes down to relationships? GSN already has the revived Newlywed Game, currently hosted by Sherri Shepherd (The View), plus Baggage (w/Jerry Springer, also available in syndication), and, more recently, Love Triangle, which is more like a ramped up Love Connection for the 21st century (w/Wendy Williams).

Mind of a Man does nothing for me. I think what kills it is bringing out a guy dressed as a geek, and billing him as "The Playa". It's times like this where I think of Damon Wayans' Homey D. Clown from In Living Color. Like, I don't think so. Homey wouldn't play dat, and neither should you.

Following is a sizzle reel.

 

I'm giving this a year, max, before we say goodbye. Rating: D.