NBC’s Face the Ace will be making another run at the TV cycle with six episodes between now and January 2. This is good for those of you that haven’t been able to find enough poker on television…
Blurring the lines between reality program and standard poker show, FTA’s initial run was a bit marred by low ratings, boring play and subpar announcing.
The show’s producer, Mori Eskandani, has stated that the show isn’t going to be changing in a big way, but some tweaks will occur. Look for more involvement from the contestant’s family (oh man), and less of the guy from the Sopranos not really knowing much about poker.
I think it’s cool to see an attempt at rethinking the standard poker programming that is pretty omnipresent on the TV dial lately, but FTA misses the mark for me. I think it’s a combination of people not playing great poker and pros playing with house money. There are no real stakes, which is different from every other poker program – but in a bad way.
For those of you still interested, or just home on Saturday nights, here is the lineup:
(All of these are Saturdays)
September 12
October 31 (spooky!)
November 14
December 12
January 2
Enjoy!
