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Post by ladykelsey on Dec 20, 2015 4:51:57 GMT -5
In the game show world I can never understand why when a new game show debuts it becomes a smash hit for many seasons then gets sent to Game Show Heaven and I want to know why they do this? Is it because game shows are losing their novelty or is it because reality shows and sitcoms are replacing primetime game shows these days? Take for instance when Who Wants To Be A Millionaire made it's debut in 1999 on ABC it was one of ABC's most popular game shows and gave ABC big ratings in TV but as soon as Who Wants To Be A Millionaire got canceled in 2001 ABC lost interest in game shows and then returned to game shows with Duel and 500 Questions and Celebrity Family Feud. A second game show to suffer the same fate was CBS's Million Dollar Password and ever since the demise of Winning Lines and Million Dollar Password CBS also seemed to no longer show primetime game shows and it seems that the only hit game shows that are huge winners for CBS are The Price Is Right and LMAD and I think if CBS were to have a game show in primetime it would be a success. And now that 2016 will be a huge year for TV will prime time game shows will become the new sensation in TV or will some game shows be cancelled in 2016?,
Kelsey
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Post by manekineko on Dec 22, 2015 15:33:29 GMT -5
Game shows have essentially become cyclical. Every so often a game show will be a hit and then there will be copycats of it.
Millionaire spawned Greed, which actually in my opinion was a better game. Deal or No Deal was a success and it spawned off stuff like Show Me The Money (which I didn't think was THAT bad) or Set For Life (which was terrible).
I think if 500 Questions becomes a success, then it will spawn off more clones. Otherwise, you won't see much of game shows for a couple of years.
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Post by Mandoli on Dec 22, 2015 17:54:34 GMT -5
And now that 2016 will be a huge year for TV... What makes you think that? You don't work for the ratings people. Quit it. |
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Post by Mario500 on Jan 15, 2016 15:44:44 GMT -5
And now that 2016 will be a huge year for TV... What makes you think that? You don't work for the ratings people. Quit it. I wish you had ended your message at the question mark; it would have been very pleasant if you had done so. |
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Post by couponboy on Jan 15, 2016 16:10:34 GMT -5
In the game show world I can never understand why when a new game show debuts it becomes a smash hit for many seasons then gets sent to Game Show Heaven and I want to know why they do this? Is it because game shows are losing their novelty or is it because reality shows and sitcoms are replacing primetime game shows these days? Kelsey Try a combination of both of those, Kelsey. Take Deal or No Deal. It was compelling television at first both in the US and in the UK. However, as time wore on things started becomingtale. Both country's attempts at making the show better (Million Dollar Missions, Winner Take All and similar gimmicks in the US; Box 23 and the offer button in the UK) didn't help at all and arguably made things worse. Then, as the ratings were startung to decline, new shows were being shopped for and less time slots were available for Deal or No Deal. UK Deal or No Deal is surprisingly still airing, but it's on at 1 pm in the UK, gets less than 400k viewers a show and is almost certainly about to be cancelled. US Deal had their time slots dissolved in early 2009 and after burning thlast few episodes in May they were done for. |
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Post by addemup on Jan 15, 2016 22:16:24 GMT -5
Game show popularity seems to be cyclical. They all but disappeared from daytime TV after 1993, then had a resurgence in primetime in 1999 thanks to WWTBAM. That lasted until roughly 2002 then they disappeared again. Then when DoND came along in 2005, they had another resurgence for a few years. I think all it would take is the right game show to get the interest levels back up again. Unfortunately, the new game shows of the last 5 or 6 years just haven't been good enough to do so.
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Post by carpetcrawler on Jan 19, 2016 0:34:07 GMT -5
The common example I've heard was Break the Bank, the 1976 ABC daytime game show that was meant as a stopgap for a daytime soap opera, then suddenly it became a hit far bigger than anyone was expecting. Still, it was decided to cancel it anyway. Jack Barry would later take it to syndication, though it would have nowhere near the magic in a bottle success the daytime version had.
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