# The Weakest Link

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weakest-link/62327
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 17, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weakest-link/62327 "2001-04-17T21:52:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weakest-link/62327/1 "2001-04-17T21:52:46Z")

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I see that “The Weakest Link” made its debut in the US last night.What do US dopers think of the latest export from the UK ?

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### Author: ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weakest-link/62327/2 "2001-04-17T22:04:32Z")

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we think [there’s already](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=67730) a thread about this in MPSIMS (although your question, as posted may be more suitable for IMHO as well, since it’s looking for a ‘poll’ as such)

Me, personally? My [thoughts are here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=67789) (but then I’m not a fan of the genre.)