The advertisements screamed: “The buzzer is back.” Temptation, as host Ed Phillips regularly reminded us at its debut last night, is “the new Sale of the Century. (Nevermind that Sale of the Century was once the new Great Temptation, which was the new Temptation.) Channel 9’s flagship nightly quiz show has a new set and a couple of “Temptation twists” – like a new question round at the end where the night’s winner can score another $100,000 (which, miraculously, he did on the very first show). Essentially, though, it’s the same old show, where the real aim is for the at-home viewer to feel superior to the on-screen contestant by shouting out the answers first. Phillips looked nervous; co-host Livinia Nixon was allowed to do a little more than previous female sidekicks; and, sadly, there was no Pete Smith voiceovers. The contestants, meanwhile, were an incredibly handsome and well-groomed lot. I wonder if the stylists will be coming in every night …