I am SO very happy with the show. Wow, just amazing numbers in terms of viewers and I really think the show hits a demographic that is mostly totally new to poker and likely doesn't watch shows like PAD, High Stakes Poker, or even the WSOP. The whole point of creating the show was to introduce people to poker in a format that they are more comfortable with: a game show format.In contrast to Million Dollar Challenge's 4 million viewers, Face the Ace pulled in 1.6 million during its premiere, and that was during prime time.
We retained 15% of the NFL audience with ratings of 2.1 million households and estimates at around 4 million viewers. That makes the show officially the highest rated poker show in US history. I'm still in a bit of shock!
As I mentioned in my preview blog about the show, as a poker player, when watching the show, you have to think about the bigger picture here. The target audience is NEW players. That's really good for ALL of you! It's certainly good for poker.
The poker is fast paced, but again, what that does is give the contestants a real chance at winning big money. If you have a deep, slow structure, they'd have a tough time getting through three players. The faster structure increases the luck factor, but there still is enough skill involved to make the play interesting- especially to players who are new to the game. The response as a whole has been overwhelmingly positive.
The next episode of Million Dollar Challenge airs November 22.
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PokerNews.com did a comparison of Million Dollar Challenge and Face the Ace and concluded that Million Dollar Challenge is the better show, which I think is the consensus view.
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