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Post by wildjackmonroe on Dec 31, 2013 10:44:03 GMT -5
Even with the disappointments in recent years, I'm glad that GSN seems to be going outside the box a bit so to say when it comes to acquring classic and off air reruns of shows after seeing them get early PYL, $ale, and STYD.
I would continue this by adding Supermarket Sweep, or maybe a show like High Rollers. The Trebek versions' status is pretty much lost but Wink Martindale's exists in full.
I'd also switch out the Pyramid leases. I'd like to see a reasonably or entirely fresh batch of episodes of $25k. 1983-1984 would be really nice, but anything outside of the late 1985-early 1987 window of episodes seen since 2009 would be great. Or I'd put $20k on in its place. And it'd be cool if they got out the first season of $100k. That hasn't been on the regular schedule in over a decade.
I agree that Whammy has been run to death. I'd rather see another GSN original in its place like Russian Roulette. And for heaven's sake, cut down the Harvey FF reruns.
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Post by thekid965 on Dec 31, 2013 12:04:11 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that Kid. :/ My cable provider at home has actually been pretty good to GSN, it's currently on our basic cable at channel 67. Here's the odd thing, though. My provider ditched GSN, which is actually undergoing a bit of a revival lately in terms of activity -- yet is keeping G4, which has been a "zombie channel" for almost a full year now, only showing an automated cycle of reruns. (G4 was to have become the new Esquire Network, but someone at Comcast changed their minds at the last minute and instead chose to rebrand another high-tier channel, Style, leaving G4 to rot.) I just do not understand this industry sometimes. (Incidentally, my provider is not Comcast. Comcast doesn't exist as a cable company where I live.)
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Post by thekid965 on Dec 31, 2013 12:25:55 GMT -5
At the risk of turning this into a "dream schedule" thread, here's a general outline of what I'd do.
I actually liked how GSN had arranged its schedule lately, putting so-called "classics" (an oft-abused term that has now come to mean "anything and everything produced before the 'Millionaire era' began, regardless of quality") in the morning and early afternoon and gradually becoming "newer" as the broadcast day went on, until by primetime you have first- or second-run GSN Originals and maybe one or two recent acquisitions.
I'd keep this general formula intact. Start the day off with an hour of vintage Feud (Dawson and Combs, one episode each), followed by an hour of Match Game (CBS and 5-a-week syndie, one episode each), maybe a "Password Hour" at noon, and have various scattered '70s-early '90s favorites (your Pyramids, your Press Your Lucks, your Card Sharks, your Blockbusters, etc.) on up until maybe 2-3 PM. After that watershed, the clock could tick over to the "modern era" with the Karn/O'Hurley/Harvey Feud, syndie Deal or No Deal and Millionaire, maybe drag the most recent Hollywood Squares out of mothballs, and various GSN Originals from years gone by (GSN now has a fairly large library of their own productions they can recycle, not just Whammy! and Lingo). I'd return to the Vault from 6-8 PM; the 6PM hour would be classic episodes of Wheel and Jeopardy! (cleverly positioned so they don't compete with the current runs, which air from 7-8 in most major markets), followed by Match Game PM at 7 and $100,000 Pyramid at 7:30. New episodes and repeats of modern primetime shows would then take us to the wee hours, where the broadcast day would end with an hour of B&W shows or some "brilliant but cancelled" short-lived series from the archives.
Haven't decided yet what to do about weekends, though I would lean more heavily towards a variety of Vault series I could get the rights to, mostly shorter-run series and possibly a reinstatement of the old "Game Show Saturday Night" rarity block. Perhaps I could even do a new version of something like As Seen On... or Faux Pause, the latter actually done right and with proper respect to the history of the genre.
If this sounds famiilar, there's a reason for it -- now that GSN is actually calling itself "Game Show Network" again for the first time since 2004, I thought I'd combine the best elements of their current scheduling with some of what I thought worked the best from the early '00s.
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Post by Chameleonwhammy on Dec 31, 2013 12:54:53 GMT -5
What I'd do
• Add Match Game PM to the schedule • Switch back to the Ludden episodes of Password Plus (or add him in addition to Kennedy's) • Restore Black and White • Return Dawson Feud (Combs can stay away) • Replace Whammy! With Russian Roulette and/or Hollywood Showdown • New Pyramid episodes (like $100K Season 1) • Add WoF and J! • A Little less Harvey
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Post by Chameleonwhammy on Dec 31, 2013 15:59:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I hear it. Really awful.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2014 9:52:55 GMT -5
Well, I wonder if more cable providers will drop GSN from their lineup eventually? I doubt that Bell Aliant where I live will drop such network any time soon. I'd like to see the rest of 1985 and 1986 of Press Your Luck, plus hopefully more of Eubanks' Card Sharks someday.
As for the audio problems, I noticed it intermittently throughout yesterday's Pyramid marathon. I agree, it is annoying. I wonder if weather has anything to do with it?
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Post by S_SweepFan3 on Jan 1, 2014 14:50:49 GMT -5
Not sure if weather is the issue, but I've been experiencing the same problem lately. If it truly has something to due with that one ad, then that ad needs to go. Either that or do some proper tweaking to it so that it doesn't cause anymore audio problems. It's very annoying.
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Post by tylernc1 on Jan 1, 2014 19:53:42 GMT -5
Okay, so this appears to be a persistent problem whenever they air that Nutrisystem My Way ad. Sound is continuously dropping out into that garbled crap. The Nutrisystem fastway ad just played and the audio was perfectly fine. I think it's probably some weather-type issue.
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Post by tylernc1 on Jan 1, 2014 19:54:30 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that Kid. :/ My cable provider at home has actually been pretty good to GSN, it's currently on our basic cable at channel 67. Here's the odd thing, though. My provider ditched GSN, which is actually undergoing a bit of a revival lately in terms of activity -- yet is keeping G4, which has been a "zombie channel" for almost a full year now, only showing an automated cycle of reruns. (G4 was to have become the new Esquire Network, but someone at Comcast changed their minds at the last minute and instead chose to rebrand another high-tier channel, Style, leaving G4 to rot.) I just do not understand this industry sometimes. (Incidentally, my provider is not Comcast. Comcast doesn't exist as a cable company where I live.) Sorry to hear that Kid.
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Post by S_SweepFan3 on Jan 2, 2014 14:10:24 GMT -5
Okay, now I'm convinced the audio problem has nothing to do with the weather. This same NutriSystem ad just came on and you couldn't hear anything. That ad has to go.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Jan 2, 2014 21:02:28 GMT -5
Seconding this. I'm also here for Millionaire returning. It'd be great if they could get the earliest couple of primetime runs of Millionaire too, I think. I don't believe GSN has ever aired the half hour Regis episodes from 1999.
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Post by ladykelsey on Jan 3, 2014 1:38:21 GMT -5
How about GSN adds the Wink Martindale show Debt that aired on Lifetime in the 90's. Now that would be fun to add to the lineup, Kelsey
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Post by S_SweepFan3 on Jan 3, 2014 10:43:39 GMT -5
Crazy thought. Is GSN doing this on purpose to try and get people to stop watching classic shows like $25,000 Pyramid and Shop Til You Drop just to get their ratings to drop to the point of making room on the schedule for Mind of a Man? These audio issues is what's making me turn the channel and it always seems that this commercial appears during these classics and nothing else. I'm sure I'm not the only one resorting to changing the channel because of this ad.
Seriously, someone should send a letter to GSN concerning this sound issue.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Jan 3, 2014 11:17:29 GMT -5
I sincerely doubt GSN would go to that kind of effort to spend money on leasing episodes of classic shows, especially going outside their vast library of programs by getting shows like Sale and STYD only to self-sabotage those efforts as soon as they hit the airwaves. I see that GSN interacts with fans on twitter. My advice is that someone who has the network and an account should bring this to their attention. twitter.com/GSN
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Post by S_SweepFan3 on Jan 3, 2014 12:35:09 GMT -5
I seem to have forgotten my e-mail and user name for Twitter. I sent them an e-mail at help@gsn.com instead. Hopefully something good comes out of this.
Edit: whoa, I think that's the first time that certain ad DIDN'T cause sound problems. I'm surprised!
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