College of Charleston’s Director of Television and Video Production is stepping out from behind the camera for his time in the spotlight! Tim Fennell and his family will appear in several episodes of the game show “Family Feud.” The first episode will air on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 1:30 on WTAT 24 in Charleston.
“The casting producers were looking for enthusiasm, and we were all jumping up and down and hugging each other the whole time,” says Fennell, adding that they kept the antics up when they taped the show in late July.
Fennell is joined by his wife, Liz Fennell, his brother-in-law Tim Roylance, and nieces Jessica Goric and Caroline Roylance (all from Charleston). The group won two games and lost their third, so a total of three episodes will air rotating on the following dates: April 26 at 1:00 p.m., May 6 at 1:00 p.m., June 10 at 1:00 p.m., June 14 at 1:30 p.m., July 1 at 1:30 p.m., August 9 at 1:00 p.m., August 19 at 1:00 p.m. And September 9 at 1:30 p.m.
“We never expected to be cast,” says Fennell, who sent a copy of a Family Feud spoof his family had made for his brother’s 60th birthday to the game show’s casting producers last spring. “I just wanted to see if it would get their attention.”
It did: The family was invited to submit an audition DVD and, upon doing so, were asked to come to auditions, where they were chosen second out of the 11 hopeful families.
“Between jumping around and laughing at [comedian and host] Steve Harvey, it was really a good time. I was in it for the laughs, and we did a lot of laughing on that set,” he says. “It was a fun family thing that we did together. Plus, since I’m also an adjunct professor at the College, I can share the experience with my class.”
Tim Fennell can be reached at 843.953.8164 or fennellt@cofc.edu.
