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Post by Mandoli on Nov 25, 2016 13:05:23 GMT -5
Apparently there's a new show coming to GSN. It's not going to start tonight, but the preview is.
This is where GSN's bag of suck comes in: They have yet to promote the preview (or the show in general) on the network. What kind of network airs any episode of a new show and then doesn't give it some "coming soon" love?
Buzzerblog's been all over this one. This is the minimal bones we know about Divided, the GSN version:
So knowing this, I bet nobody watches the preview. Why bother airing something if you don't even get the word out that you want it to be seen to begin with?
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Post by S_SweepFan3 on Nov 25, 2016 14:14:22 GMT -5
I think it's obvious why GSN isn't promoting Divided. It's because they're too busy promoting that Window Whatthef*** garbage. They don't actually care about actual game shows. Only the reality trash is what they're interested in.
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Post by caseyabell on Nov 25, 2016 17:05:26 GMT -5
Divided has featured briefly in a few GSN promos. They list it as "coming in January." I'm sure we'll see much heavier promotion as the official premiere date gets closer. I assume they're slipping in the sneak peek today to see if it holds the audience during the Harvey Feud marathon. They probably want a read on how the show can perform without much promotion.
I wrote a blog entry about the sneak peek quite a while ago, when I noticed it on the ScreenerTV schedule. At first I thought it was just a blooper, but it looks like the sneak peek is really gonna happen.
As for GSN only caring about "reality trash," I don't think that's true at all. I do agree that GSN worries too much about younger demos, which has led to some bad programming decisions. But if they can lure the young'uns with traditional game shows, they're perfectly happy to do it. That's why Idiotest keeps getting renewed with only so-so total viewer numbers.
UPDATE: Guess what. I managed to squeeze in a viewing of the sneak peek. Long story short: I liked it. Four contestants have to agree on answers to tricky questions while the clock and their prize money tick down. This leads to spats and whines, but things never got too far out of hand on the sneak ep.
A bespectacled (?) Mike Richards took time off from his TPiR and LMAD showrunner duties to host. He refereed the spats pretty well and kept the show moving. The half-hour length worked to hold my attention. It's a lot better than window decorating, anyway.
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Post by Mandoli on Dec 12, 2016 10:13:42 GMT -5
It's a lot better than window decorating, anyway. ... Which is why I think it's going to bomb when it truly airs. Unfortunately.
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Post by Mandoli on Dec 12, 2016 14:22:07 GMT -5
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Post by dare2be on Jan 11, 2017 9:13:27 GMT -5
UPDATE: Guess what. I managed to squeeze in a viewing of the sneak peek. Long story short: I liked it. Four contestants have to agree on answers to tricky questions while the clock and their prize money tick down. This leads to spats and whines, but things never got too far out of hand on the sneak ep. I dunno, a lot of the promos appear to focus on political questions and the inevitable bickering and belittling that comes with it. I get enough of that crapshow in my daily life. I think I'll be staying far away from this show.
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Post by Kaos on Jan 11, 2017 19:37:38 GMT -5
I've seen a few episodes of the UK version, and to be honest, it is already to the "Without Prejudice" level of suck.
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Post by caseyabell on Jan 16, 2017 18:39:57 GMT -5
I think I'll be staying far away from this show.
Sure, Divided probably won't have much appeal on the largely traditionalist game show Interwebs. Maybe if GSN could fool everybody into thinking it was from 1982, it might have a chance with the Internet crowd. The question is whether Divided will lure people who watch stuff on GSN with less than decades of dust on it. I think it's got a shot, at least more than Window Whatever did. That sucker was clearly going to bomb because the audience for window decorating is pretty limited. The audience for quizzers is a lot bigger. Divided will get a Harvey Feud lead-in and a pairing with Idiotest, which has been a consistent demo winner by GSN's geriatric standards even if the total viewer numbers aren't gigantic. We'll know when Showbuzz posts the cable ratings this Friday. The show did earn a second thirty-ep season on ITV in Britain but then ran out of steam (seven eps of the second season never made it to air). At least it lasted for 53 eps in Blighty.
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Post by dare2be on Jan 17, 2017 10:29:49 GMT -5
I think I'll be staying far away from this show.
Sure, Divided probably won't have much appeal on the largely traditionalist game show Interwebs. Maybe if GSN could fool everybody into thinking it was from 1982, it might have a chance with the Internet crowd. Did you even read what I posted? I expressly noted why I won't be watching this show. It has nothing to do with tradition. It's too political and whiny for my tastes. Keep your comments about the "interwebs" on your blog. (I knew he couldn't resist taking my quote out of context as fodder for his agenda. That's bush-league.)
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Post by Mandoli on Jan 17, 2017 11:26:30 GMT -5
Guys - this is your friendly reminder to use the ignore users feature. I suggest people start using it around here.
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Post by Mandoli on Jan 17, 2017 16:29:58 GMT -5
It's too political and whiny for my tastes. Liked your post for this sentence alone. Don't particularly care about a bunch of babies who'll lose money every time.
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Post by Kaos on Jan 19, 2017 19:30:16 GMT -5
It's too political and whiny for my tastes. Liked your post for this sentence alone. Don't particularly care about a bunch of babies who'll lose money every time. Exactly why I said it's at the "Without Prejudice" level of suck.
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Post by S_SweepFan3 on Jan 20, 2017 15:06:17 GMT -5
I saw the first two episodes of Divided last night. My thoughts: the gameplay is alright, the drama is not. The second episode with the cage fighter was cringe at the end because of him refusing to take 10% of the money while the other two players were content with 60% and 30%. The player who went 30% was willing to compromise, but the cage fighter wanted 60%, nothing else. It's because of this that all three of them walked away with nothing.
Again, I think the gameplay isn't bad. It's the drama and the contestants that kind of kills it for me.
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Post by caseyabell on Jan 20, 2017 19:27:01 GMT -5
I figured that I would get slammed for pointing out the obvious about game show Internet boards. I stopped caring about those predictable complaints a long time ago, and I stand by every word of my previous post. Meanwhile, Divided looks like a pleasant winner for GSN. My post tomorrow on the blog... Idiots and divisionsA few days ago I said I would update the blog with the numbers on GSN's new Divided. Even allowing for a peak viewing month and a Harvey Feud lead-in, Divided did just fine in its debut. The 9:00 PM ep got 424K viewers and a 0.09 18-49 rating. The 9:30PM ep got 451K and 0.10. The build in the second ep and the nice demos (for GSN) bode well for the new show. The new eps of Idiotest posted pretty much the same figures. 411K viewers and a 0.11 18-49 rating at 10:00 PM, and 421K and 0.11 at 10:30 PM. The puzzle fest has hung around for a good long time with such ratings. If Divided can stay in the same Nielsen zone, the quizzer may have a nice future on GSN. To state the obvious, GSN can use game shows that get okay demos and 400K+ viewers. The network needs to lean a lot less on Harvey Feud. At least the early returns for both Divided and the new season of Idiotest are a lot more upbeat than the awful flop Window Whatnot or the disastrous return of Hellevator.
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Post by WarioSajak on Jan 21, 2017 1:05:35 GMT -5
Exactly why I said it's at the "Without Prejudice" level of suck. At least it could be argued that Without Prejudice? was good as a study of human behavior, much like How Much Is Enough? around the same time. I figured that I would get slammed for pointing out the obvious about game show Internet boards. I stopped caring about those predictable complaints a long time ago, and I stand by every word of my previous post. Even the part where you took a comment of I dunno, a lot of the promos appear to focus on political questions and the inevitable bickering and belittling that comes with it. I get enough of that crapshow in my daily life. I think I'll be staying far away from this show. To mean "I'm not gonna watch this new game show on the sole grounds that I'm a traditionalist."? Calling out a game show (one that, I should note, tries to force drama in its endgame by design) for invoking politics to create drama, and calling out its network for using such invoking to plug said show, shouldn't get replies of "Well, you're only saying that because you're a traditionalist." You don't have to be a "traditionalist" to see flaws in a design and decide not to watch, though I'd say that looking at the past can provide insight. As for your other comment, about "pointing out the obvious about game show Internet boards", while taste is subjective I think dismissing a show just because "it's old" does a huge disservice to those who made said show in the first place. Similarly, when a recent game show gets bashed, it's not because "it's new". Neither the faults of older game shows or the positives of newer ones are, or should be, ignored.
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