Airdate: Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader (US)?

November 4, 2008  Filed Under Programming, 29 Comments » 

TEN deserves to go to the bottom of the class and try harder with news it is planning to slug us with the American version of Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?

What were they thinking?

The show, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy, is due to replace the local Aussie version starring Rove McManus from 7:30pm Thursday November 20. It might be nearly summer, but this isn’t even a good idea for non-ratings.

How does this help the local version? It just creates unnecessary comparisons, and tires people of the franchise a lot quicker. …