On The Air: Generation Gap (2022)

 ABC cancelled two of their game show reboots, Card Sharks (ratings and Joel McHale being busy with other stuff, including Stargirl) and Match Game (Alec Baldwin's legal issues), so they went into the archives to see what else they could dig up.

Is this the best they could do?

Generation Gap isn't quite the same as the 1969 version that actually pitted two generational teams against each other. Instead, you have a grandparent and either a grandson or other relative on each team, and they're able to string this out for the full hour.

The new Generation Gap comes from veteran producer Mark Burnett and MGM, partnered with late night host Jimmy Kimmel's production company. Daytime talker Kelly Ripa returns to primetime to serve as host and as an executive producer (with actor-husband Mark Consuelos). Kelly's father, Joe, is one of the guests in the opener, along with Kelly's daytime partner, ultra-busy Ryan Seacrest (American Idol). The comedy in this show comes from the contestants struggling to answer questions out of their generational range, and it is often hilarious.

After hearing Joe sing, you might wonder why the network also cancelled Celebrity Dating Game.......

This is so saccharine, we'd not be surprised if Colgate, for whom Kelly did some commercials a while back, is a sponsor.

Rating: B.