June 30 - July 6, 2024
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BY JAY BOBBIN
Elizabeth Banks OF PRESS YOUR LUCK ON ABC Q: I’m glad to see Elizabeth Banks and “Press Your Luck” back on the ABC schedule, but I know I’ve seen some of the episodes before. Are there new ones coming? A: There are. One of the strong suits of the gameshow revival has been its repeatability, but it’s true that those who watch the program constantly may well recognize certain episodes as ones they’ve seen before. Reruns are being used during the early part of ABC’s summer season, but new installments are slated to resume on July 18. A big reason for that timing may be the network’s desire to use “Press Your Luck” as the lead-in for a new game that premieres that night. “Lucky 13,” with Shaquille O’Neill and Gina Rodriguez (the latter coming off the now-canceled ABC sitcom “Not Dead Yet”) as interestingly paired co-hosts posing 13 true-or-false trivia questions to contestants who have the chance to win $1 million. That sum also continues to be the top prize on “Press Your Luck,” and Banks has been so busy with work as an actress and filmmaker lately, it’s a lucky thing for ABC that she wants to continue to make the game she was eager to revive when the current version premiered in 2019. It will be entering its sixth season in July, with Banks serving as one of the executive producers (along with her husband, Max Handelman) as well as the host. As with most game shows, multiple episodes of “Press Your Luck” can be taped in one day, so the time commitment for Banks to turn out a whole season lasts only so long. Still, she has many other creative commitments — which presently include an animated, adult-themed “Flintstones” series update titled “Bedrock” (she’s an executive producer and the voice of Pebbles) and a movie thriller titled “DreamQuil” — so it’s no small thing that she isn’t letting “Luck” run out.
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