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MUMBAI: Singapore cable TV audiences will soon be able to
enjoy Sony Pictures Television International's (SPTI) unscripted
game show format Blackjack Bowling on Star Chinese
Channel, a popular entertainment channel in Taiwan.
Called Lucky Star and hosted by well-known TV personality
Hu Gua, the game show's premiere is on the back of Star Chinese
Channel's launch on StarHub on 2 October, 2006, and marks
the first broadcast of the game show outside Taiwan.
The channel will broadcast 130 episodes of the first season
of Lucky Star in Singapore. When the channel first
launched Lucky Star in Taiwan in June 2005, it registered
an audience of 6.6 million, and a 31-percent reach in viewership
in the first three months. Since then, it has consistently
been ranked among the top three most watched game shows on
pay TV channels in Taiwan.
The success of the first season led Star to license 212 episodes
in the second season.
Blackjack Bowling is the only show of its kind that
combines two of the world's favorite pastimes - blackjack
and bowling. Just as the two simple elements of the roulette
wheel and hangman were combined to create Wheel Of Fortune,
SPTI united two activities that are popular throughout the
world. Blackjack Bowling's format is flexible and can
be played in either a 30-minute or 60-minute format.
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