GSN Schedule updates thread

[yodelyguy]

Apr 27, 2016 15:34:42 GMT -5 CardSharksFan8689 said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Lingo is likely a placeholder for the time being, as I think there may be a morning schedule change later this year.

Whammy! has been aired to death, though the classic Press Your Luck doesn't get as much abuse, despite the latter being in the fourth cycle now (and just started 1986 as of today).

The only show I can handle on GSN as of lately is The $25,000 Pyramid, since i've gotten tired of so many airings of Eubanks' Card Sharks and Press Your Luck and I am hoping fresh episodes or fresh classics occur later this year.  Can't wait to see what happens later in May.

Me too!

[phimat37]

Good to see Woolery Lingo back but unfortunately, I don't watch GSN at all anymore. I record new episodes of certain game shows like Idiotest, but thats it.

[gsnnadmin]

May 23-29 GSN schedule changes:

gameshownetworknews.blogspot.com/2016/05/gsn-schedule-for-may-23-29-card-sharks.html

Highlights:
*The $25,000 Pyramid leaves GSN schedule and is replaced by Card Sharks (Perry)-will now get a 10am and 10:30am ET double run.
*Baggage On The Road and Chain Reaction (Catherwood) leave GSN schedule. All of their remaining slots (which were all in latenight) replaced by Baggage.
*No Skin Wars new run on 5/25

[Deleted]

May 12, 2016 14:19:32 GMT -5 gsnnadmin said:

May 23-29 GSN schedule changes:

gameshownetworknews.blogspot.com/2016/05/gsn-schedule-for-may-23-29-card-sharks.html

Highlights:
*The $25,000 Pyramid leaves GSN schedule and is replaced by Card Sharks (Perry)-will now get a 10am and 10:30am ET double run.
*Baggage On The Road and Chain Reaction (Catherwood) leave GSN schedule. All of their remaining slots (which were all in latenight) replaced by Baggage.
*No Skin Wars new run on 5/25

Not surprised at all.  And it does make sense, since the lease of The $25,000 Pyramid that expires next week included the final months of the series and the finale, which may have made the lease the "swan song" for Dick Clark's Pyramid on GSN.  Could this mean no Sony shows will prevail on GSN's schedule as of May 23?

Still, it was a good seven years seeing Dick Clark on GSN, and Pyramid was good while it lasted.  It's too bad they're replacing it with a version of Card Sharks I am not a fan of, but at least that show is not rerun-abused lIke the others..

[SpeedAndStrategy]

Sorry to see the one non-Fremantle classic on GSN get removed. Hoping that the extra airing of Perry CS is just a placeholder, just like the extra airing of Eubanks' version was right before they got Perry's, but we'll see.

Also surprised that they haven't given Catherwood's Chain Reaction a permanent afternoon slot, considering how much they've grinded through the Lane CR and Richards Pyramid runs.

[vahan]

GSN may or not get the final three months of Press Your Luck in the Fall, as they leased for the series in Fall 2012 and Fall 2014.

And yes, I know they split the lease of the earlier episodes into two: Fall 2012 and Spring 2013.

[gsnnadmin]

Apr 27, 2016 15:34:42 GMT -5 CardSharksFan8689 said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Lingo is likely a placeholder for the time being, as I think there may be a morning schedule change later this year.

Whammy! has been aired to death, though the classic Press Your Luck doesn't get as much abuse, despite the latter being in the fourth cycle now (and just started 1986 as of today).

The only show I can handle on GSN as of lately is The $25,000 Pyramid, since i've gotten tired of so many airings of Eubanks' Card Sharks and Press Your Luck and I am hoping fresh episodes or fresh classics occur later this year.  Can't wait to see what happens later in May.

Lingo is likely here to stay at 11am and 11:30am weekdays. Interesting you mention "placeholder", but I do not see Lingo getting replaced for many months or even years down the road until it wears in reruns, like Whammy! apparently did in the 11am hour. Throughout the past year or two, GSN has had shows like Deal or No Deal (syndicated), Whammy! and Lingo in the 11am hour as a 2000's decade show transition from pre-1990's to newer stuff like Harvey Feud. 

Eventually, I have a feeling Whammy! will be back on GSN within the next year or two. Something has to fill the morning slots when GSN decides not to renew the leases to Card Sharks and Press Your Luck (which is likely since GSN did not renew The $25,000 Pyramid lease).

And sorry, I believe GSN has let you down now that we know what those later changes in May are I do not foresee any "fresh classics".

May 12, 2016 16:38:09 GMT -5 SpeedAndStrategy said:

Sorry to see the one non-Fremantle classic on GSN get removed. Hoping that the extra airing of Perry CS is just a placeholder, just like the extra airing of Eubanks' version was right before they got Perry's, but we'll see.

Also surprised that they haven't given Catherwood's Chain Reaction a permanent afternoon slot, considering how much they've grinded through the Lane CR and Richards Pyramid runs.

Here's another placeholder theory, but I think in GSN's focus on young-skewing shows like Skin Wars, Hellevator, Idiotest and their obsession with Harvey Feud more than ever, I think Perry Card Sharks is just a "placeholder" for itself until its lease expires, then to be replaced by something else that GSN already owns-like more Deal or No Deal, Match Game, Chain Reaction, Whammy!, and so forth.

As for the most recent version of Chain Reaction, I'm still a little surprised the Catherwood version did not get a second go-around. Its downfall was its median age over forty episodes-which was between 65 and 70 (but had bouts where episodes skewed in the low 50's, comparable to Idiotest). In case you did not know, Catherwood's version (along with The $25,000 Pyramid and Baggage On The Road) leave the GSN schedule starting the week of May 23rd.

I will agree with you that I am surprised the Catherwood version never got a shot at a regular weekday rerun slot. Eventually when The Pyramid wares (or O'Hurley Feud, Catch 21), Catherwood Chain Reaction I predict will get a rerun slot weekday afternoons.

May 13, 2016 8:51:45 GMT -5 vahan said:

GSN may or not get the final three months of Press Your Luck in the Fall, as they leased for the series in Fall 2012 and Fall 2014.

And yes, I know they split the lease of the earlier episodes into two: Fall 2012 and Spring 2013.

I will bring this up at GameShowNetworkNews to float a theory around that Press Your Luck may be gone for good come this Fall (likely in October). GSN did not renew The $25,000 Pyramid lease. Same with syndicated Deal or No Deal. It would not surprise me if PYL goes this Fall.

[vahan]

So, will the final three months of PYL be locked away in a vault for all eternity?

Screw you, GSN and Fremantle.

[Deleted]

If Press Your Luck is gone after the current lease expires, I may be lucky enough to continue seeing Bob Eubanks' Card Sharks if anything. Otherwise, my days of watching GSN may be numbered.

If, after the current leases expire, and we see nothing but 21st century material in the mornings, then the writing's on the wall, I am calling my cable provider, cancelling my subscription to the package that has GSN, and Drew Carey will regain me as a regular viewer.

It will suck if GSN gets rid of Press Your Luck before we get to see the final three months of the series, but if the overall ratings are not that appealing (like was the case with $ale of the Century), it's likely either because of competition with Buzzr, and/or the target audience nearing death or have already died.

If my favorite classics disappear from GSN's schedule, I am not going to act like a crybaby and throw a tantrum about it.  Why?  Because the end is coming sooner or later.  If they go, they go.  C'est la vie.  Besides, it will open up more opportunity for me to focus on other interests, plus there's always Drew, George, Rachel and the gang to look forward to.

I felt the same way in the spring of 2009 when all my favorite classics exited GSN's schedule.  There was nothing good on GSN for a full year (even the existing classics then I wasn't that big a fan of), and by April 2, 2009, The Price is Right regained me as a regular viewer, and I really started to enjoy it again.  By May 2009, I had cancelled my subscription to GSN, and it was easier for me to focus on other interests too.

[vahan]

The thing I don't like about Buzzr is that they don't list the episode numbers on their schedule, like GSN does on the PDF schedules that are hosted by Casey Abell on his blog. I brought this up as a suggestion on Buzzr's Facebook page, but they didn't listen. Just having the airdates isn't good enough for me.

I don't know if there is ANY way to get the episode numbers for upcoming airdates on Buzzr's schedule. I don't have any connections to Fremantle, other than the fact that I live fairly close by; they're in Burbank, and I'm in Glendale.

[Deleted]

Well, one thing to consider, is that, whenever the ratings are not prevalent, sometimes a network may "phase out" a certain era of shows (in this case, pre-1990s material on GSN). Removing such shows in one fell swoop would not be a good idea, but gradually phasing out the pre-1990s programming, 30 minutes at a time, over a period of two or three months would be recommended if GSN were to do away with a certain era. Start with the 10:30 a.m. ET slot, and two weeks later, get rid of the classic airing at 10:00 a.m. ET, and so forth. If GSN was to do this, this phasing out of classics would probably start as early as July. In the end, only one airing of Match Game would remain, and by the fall, pre-1990s programming would disappear completely.

[gsnnadmin]

May 15, 2016 11:45:55 GMT -5 CardSharksFan8689 said:

Well, one thing to consider, is that, whenever the ratings are not prevalent, sometimes a network may "phase out" a certain era of shows (in this case, pre-1990s material on GSN). Removing such shows in one fell swoop would not be a good idea, but gradually phasing out the pre-1990s programming, 30 minutes at a time, over a period of two or three months would be recommended if GSN were to do away with a certain era. Start with the 10:30 a.m. ET slot, and two weeks later, get rid of the classic airing at 10:00 a.m. ET, and so forth. If GSN was to do this, this phasing out of classics would probably start as early as July. In the end, only one airing of Match Game would remain, and by the fall, pre-1990s programming would disappear completely.

GSN has been phasing out pre-1990 programming slowly over the past 12 years. In the early 2000's, pre-1990's was basically the whole lineup. That got cut back slowly throughout the middle and late 2000's once GSN had successes like Lingo, Chain Reaction, Whammy! and also reruns of Millionaire, Karn Feud and others that were recent at the time. About five years ago, you had four hours in mornings (8am-12pm ET) and a few hours in latenight. The latenight reruns disappeared gradually around 2011-12 and the morning lineup has been thinning for years too with a variation between 2 to 5 hours of pre-1990's in mornings since 2012.

To agree with you, I do think that throughout the next year or two, a gradual cutback will start. I have to say I am a bit surprised GSN did not start the gradual cutback with The $25,000 Pyramid-replacing it with another Lingo (Woolery) run or the 2006-07 version of Chain Reaction. I'm a bit surprised GSN stayed with a pre-1990 at 10:30am.

Off topic, but I reviewed a whole episode of Winsanity and laid out the format at GameShowNetworkNews. If you like traditional game shows, Winsanity is worth a shot on June 9th: gameshownetworknews.blogspot.com/2016/05/winsanity-review-its-good.html

I will be reviewing an episode of Skin Wars: Fresh Paint too very soon over at GameShowNetworkNews!

[vahan]

Virtually all current game shows have none of the organic quality of pre-1990's material. They can try all they want, but they never will.

[Mario500]

Why are you not a "fan" of the original (network) "Card Sharks", CardSharksFan8689? I had always liked it for its card games and its hosting style. The same goes for the first syndicated version (personally I wish that version had been distributed by CBS instead of the one they actually had).

Also, could you explain how you were able to cancel your "subscription" to the Game Show Network (GSN) back in the year 2009?

May 14, 2016 15:43:06 GMT -5 vahan said:

So, will the final three months of PYL be locked away in a vault for all eternity?

Screw you, GSN and Fremantle.

 What did you mean by the last comment?

[vahan]

Um, Mario500, it's GSN and Fremantle's fault. They could have leased for all the episodes from the beginning, but chose not to.

Jesus Christ, man. It's not brain surgery.