A Classic Reborn: Press Your Luck (2019)

Fremantle Media acquired the rights to Press Your Luck, and sold a new version of the series to ABC last year. As with all of the other summer revivals, this iteration of Press is an hour-long show, but should not be.

Why? While you can get away with stretching shows like Match Game and Family Feud into an hour-long format, there's something about that where Press falls short.

Tonight, it begins its second season in its current incarnation, with actress-filmmaker Elizabeth Banks as host. It had been more than 15 years since the last version, Whammy!, had ended production on Game Show Network. As with the others noted, this version of Press is two episodes in one, neither connected to the other.

Edit, 11/5/23: We now have a network promo:



Same game, same excitement, but ABC & Fremantle are better off if they fit another half-hour show in and chopped this back to its original 30 minute format.

Rating: B-.