The TV Zone

"Wipeout's" already begetting copycats (now THAT's success...) although one could argue that a newcomer on Fox this September entitled "Hole in the Wall" isn't technically a copy-cat insofar as it's made its way around the world several times already in various editions. "Hole in the Wall:" It's exactly that, where you've gotta somehow fit through a hole in the wall. Ah, TV...Fox just announced a time period for this newcomer (Thursday 8 p.m., Sept. 11) and potential canon fodder. But "fodder" it may not be if it has any of the juice "WO" has. The details, per Fox: "one of the trickiest, fastest, funniest and wettest shows on the planet where speed, agility and a hearty sense of humor are essential tools to survive. During each episode, two teams of three compete against each other in multiple rounds of play, facing various barrier walls speeding toward them with weird and wacky cut-out shapes. Each team must contort their bodies individually or in unison to fit through the wall or be swept away into a pool below. As players struggle to strike a pose, points – and dignity – can be easily lost with a simple miscalculation." Check out this clip from the Japanese edition, if you've got four minutes to kill...