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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - 10:44 pm
Yes it is spelled that way..basically, they've taken 9 people, and locked them in a bunker (they're taping now apparently). Every so often, they vote for who will win a prize that starts at $1.5 million. There is a catch...the vote MUST be unanimous. Another catch is the longer they go without a winner, the smaller the prize. If there isn't a winner, they'll compete to eliminate someone...but that person stays in the bunker with the others. They can't win the money, but still must be part of the unaminous vote for the winner....One interesting angle on this is that the show could end in one episode (if there's an early agreement), or could go on longer... Here's the article LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In a new reality series planned for Fox's midseason slate, the competition for a big cash prize could end after one episode or extend indefinitely, the network said Tuesday. Premiering March 22 at 9:30 p.m., "Unan1mous" isolates nine contestants in a locked bunker, where they vote on which one of them will win a $1.5 million cash prize. The catch is that the longer it takes for them to decide, the less money will be available. The biggest wild card for Fox is that "Unan1mous" could conceivably end after one episode, said Mike Darnell, executive vp alternative programming at Fox. "We don't know when it will end," Darnell said. "The biggest issue is it could end at any moment." "The fact that a network exec like Mike can step up and do this speaks for itself," said J.D. Roth, one of the executive producers of "Unan1mous." "I don't know anyone at any network that could try something like this." Darnell would not elaborate on where or when the shoot for "Unan1mous" takes place, only that it is "in progress." In keeping with its open-ended nature, "Unan1mous" has no specific episode order from the network, though Darnell estimated it could wrap in eight. The contestants will include a broad cross-section of the country, including a minister, an atheist, a ladies' man and a feminist. Each of them could have secrets exposed that would influence the vote. Each week, a contestant is eliminated from contention but continues to live in the bunker and vote for the winner. During the series, the subjects have no exposure to the outside world and are monitored entirely via cameras hidden in the bunker. "Unan1mous" was created by Lincoln Hiatt ("The Contender") and co-created by Roth and Todd Nelson ("The Biggest Loser"). Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 12:15 am
Locked in a bunker? Indefinitely? Knowing FOX they will probably cancel the show after one episode, forget to tell the producers and leave the contestants in the bunker forever. I'll check this out. I'm a glutton for FOX-style punishment.
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Fiat
Member
10-07-2004
| Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 7:27 am
this sounds like that show where they left people in "paradise" indefinitely (can't remember the name...they dramatically burned their passports when they arrived) except without the scenery.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 9:04 am
Forever Eden was that one fiat... I have a feeling they'll have some sort of clock counting down the money, but they stop the clock for votes and eliminations and things like that...I figured it out, if they take away a dollar a second, $1.5 million will last for about 2 and a half weeks (and you never know how long the eps will actually show, so it could give you more material for a bunch of eps)....But without even knowing the contestants, I'll put the over/under at $825,000 for the winner...The inital votes will be split, but as people are eliminated from the prize, one or two will probably stand out from the others, or one of the remaining contestants is so obnoxious the others will vote for them. But remember, getting a unaminous vote is difficult...Survivor has never had one, for example (there have been several 6-1 splits -usually the one comes from the 3rd place player who's ticked at the eventual winner for voting him or her off at the final 3- but never a 7-0 vote)... and lol scorpion...you may be right, especially since it's going to be up against Lost....
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - 8:23 pm
Hmmmmm Unless you are able to negotiate payouts or shares of the money with each other…I can see this lasting until the last dollar is on the tote board. There was no mention of competitions in the article. I wonder if it’ll be a fox version of BB.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, February 16, 2006 - 5:10 pm
Paradise and a bunker would be two different things! I could never for any amount of money, be locked in a bunker!
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Sunday, February 19, 2006 - 8:04 pm
well Fox has a picture of the contestants up....they'll put up a more comprehensive site closer to the premiere date I figure... http://www.fox.com/unanimous/
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 11:50 am
They announced the names and a little bit of info on the players.... Here they are, from left to right on the fox page..: Jonathan (the man farthest to the left in the grey shirt), a 30-year-old self-described womanizer who works in real estate finance. Adam (the one with the black cap on), a 35-year-old professional poker player and bartender. Adam is "very liberal and competitive." Tarah (the woman in the back with the brown shirt), a 25-year-old designer. Tarah is a young Republican. Vanessa (the woman with her arms crossed in the middle), a 36-year-old first grade teacher. A married mother of two, Vanessa is an atheist and liberal. Richard (the man with the sunglasses), a 42-year-old "very opinionated" writer. Jamie (the woman in the front with the pink shirt), a 24-year-old choreographer. Jamie is a bow and rifle hunter. Jameson (the man furthest in the back with the white shirt), a 38-year-old human resources manager. In his spare time, Jameson is a gay activist. Steve (the guy with the beard), a 43-year-old truck driver. A conservative Christian, Steve is married and has three kids. Kelly (the woman on the right with the purse), a 49-year-old minister. Kelly is a conservative Republican. It's a really eclectic group methinks....it seems like they're going to emphasize the political leanings of the players a lot (a lot of liberal and conservative labels in the brief descriptions)
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Thursday, March 02, 2006 - 2:26 pm
Hmmmmm if the talk gets directed to religion and politics it'll get very heated in that bunker...no one may come out alive. I’m finding it hard to believe this group would ever come up with a unanimous vote unless they let it widdle down to a few bucks or unless they are allowed to divide the monies between them.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 3:40 pm
This show actually looks good to me, but I can't believe how cruel the broadcasting world is getting. One month from now, I will have all these shows on Wednesday nights. American Idol, Still Standing, Lost, Unan1mous, GhostHunters, Out of Practice, and my Survivor Reruns on OLN. Actually, I know there are a couple more for Wednesday that I like, but I can't think of them right now. I have had "zero" shows on Sat and Sun for 2 years, so you would think they could stick a couple of mine on those days...LOL Oh well, at least I will get Sopranos this month on Sundays again.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, March 05, 2006 - 5:46 pm
Fri and Sat nights are the nights I watch all the shows I tape weekly. I started In Justice on Fridays so now I have to squeeze a viewing in on Sundays LOL
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Monday, March 06, 2006 - 9:42 am
well it's one of those shows that's a "filler" basically--it's there to fill the other half hour aftert the AI results show, so they may not be expecting that much from it...and they don't know how many shows they're getting out of it anyway...
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 11:15 am
Things are ok when I have only 2 shows running during the same time... record one, watch the other..but it is now to the point I have 3 shows running at the time on Wednesdays and I am forced to download. This happens no other night for me except Wednesdays, even without Unan1mous in the mix yet 
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 8:21 am
well they've posted a few clips, and there's one new thing about the gameplay.... The players don't have to stay if they don't want to, but there's an incentive for everyone to convince them to stay...If anyone leaves before the winning vote, the money is automatically halved. (If you don't recognize the person on the monitor, it's JD Roth...he's the guy who prodouces Biggest Loser, and has produced and hosted a few other shows-he also hosts the kids show Endurance on NBC Saturday mornings...) and it looks like a big focus is going to be on the political and philisophical differences...
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 10:36 am
I saw a commercial for this. It looks like secrets will be revealed to the group about each other. I saw a person with a file folder type thing reading something about someone there, could be that the person had spent time in a mental institution, but I cannot really remember.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Friday, March 17, 2006 - 12:50 pm
yep....it's in one of the other clips....
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 11:49 am
and they've updated the site so it's more complete....I do like the bunker, whoever designed it should be hired by the BB people for this season...
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 6:25 pm
bump....just in case It's on tonight 8:30 central time Fox.
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Lake_gal
Member
06-09-2004
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 8:45 pm
I watched it and enjoyed it. Too bad they were not this strict with the hamsters on Big Brother.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 9:08 pm
I cant believe its only on for 30 min..is this filmed live??? if not..then they must end it soon...that's why its only on 30 min...they are going to drag it out
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 9:23 pm
That was a pretty interesting show! It's probably pre-taped so they can edit it however they want. They have some cool ideas though that I wish BB could have used.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 9:29 pm
I was watching and wondering....why no live feeds? They'd make a killing off of them and there would be fan-sites everywhere you looked. Too bad only 30 minutes. Will it always be 30 mins or just for tonight?
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 9:35 pm
The show has a dreary feel to it and so do the “participants”. My first thought was toward BB and how they could use some of the inflexibility that this show projects. Filing for bankruptcy would have gotten my vote tonight I think the vote will go that way, too. They’ve got a lot going on, don’t they? Each participant has to figure out a way to connect or not tick off the other participants. Figure out a way to not have their “secret” seem so bad. Prevent others from walking out and cutting the prize money in half. I guess keeping someone from walking out would be a team effort. The “walker”, since they still vote might be able to use that threat as leverage in voting. I’m iffy on this show so far but I’ll watch again next week. It's on for a half hour next week too...I rather see it an hour.
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 10:23 pm
They already taped this pamy...one of the problems is they don't know exactly how long itll take to reach a decision, so it could be over next week, it could go for a couple of months...depends on how much material they have to work with (that's one of the reasons it's only a half-hour...another reason is they needed a cheap show that could fill the half-hour after the AI results show...because having the results show be an hour every week is stretching it)... I could see a situation where there's almost a decision, but one person (who's out of the running) refuses to vote for a player who has all the other votes....at that point the player on the cusp of victory might encourage the holdout to walk...figuring even if it's halved, they'll still win the money, and that person may also be worried they wouldn't be able to hold the votes if that person stays...better half of something than all of nothing...
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Jhezzie
Member
07-05-2001
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 10:54 pm
Eeech. What a bunch, lol. I wonder what lie they told them during the casting. "Oh, it's like Big Brother! You'll all be together! It'll be great!" Personally, the obnoxious Bible thumper, who knows exactly what God meant, is the worst. I guess she missed "Thou Shalt Not Steal" in her studies, but hey! At least she ain't gay! Oy...
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