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Post by Mandoli on Oct 12, 2015 19:59:22 GMT -5
I think it is safe to say that GSN is likely no longer interested in $ale anymore. That doesn't mean anything...
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Post by ScottEC on Oct 12, 2015 23:57:17 GMT -5
If $ale of the Century is among the voting choices for this new Sunday night block, I think it is safe to say that GSN is likely no longer interested in $ale anymore. I'd certainly predict that they're no longer interested in Sale of the Century. Heck, they wouldn't be interested in any classic games if it didn't keep the total day number up. GSN's not going to buy the classics from Fremantle if, and when, they can find a cheaper replacement that either matches or does better than the classic games in those slots. That'd be tough considering how cheap the classics are. So that would mean replacing it with either their original shows, or other acquired programs that are already contracted. The shows are purchased (or licensed) by the episode, so it'd be cheaper to run Harvey Feud from 8:00-12:00 instead of classic games. The problem is, they predict that Harvey Feud won't do as well in those time slots. Well, the prediction is not the problem, but, you get the idea. Remember that one week when they replaced the first half-hour of Match Game with O'Hurley Feud? Tough week in the ratings, but only in that one time slot. This is the one place where classics dominate (relatively speaking), and that's why they're on there right now. While GSN's sales team is likely putting most of their weight forward to sell prime time programming (originals and Harvey Feud, mostly), GSN knows that they could sell regular advertising by means of the total day based on the average viewership from 8:00AM-4:00AM, on a week-by-week and a quarter-by-quarter basis. Essentially, GSN needs those classic shows in the morning to keep that number from slipping, and subsequently hurting their chances of signing another contract with a advertising client. They won't socially promote that content. By that, I mean that you won't see an on-air or online promotion for GSN's lineup of morning classics. They don't need to do that, it's doing well enough on their own. They also don't want to do that. They want to look like the "cool" GSN for the kids out there, as in, "not your grandmother's Game Show Network." Rightfully so, I won't get into it, but even with soft total ratings, Steampunk'd's 18-49 numbers are great. The same thing happened to Skin Wars and Idiotest. The point is, GSN doesn't need Sale of the Century while other games are keeping their total day numbers up. It's not about which game they put on in the morning, as long as it's cheap and will do the job. It has nothing to do with BUZZR. If GSN was influenced by BUZZR or vice-versa, than Match Game would either be removed from the GSN schedule, or it wouldn't have the most runs of any classic game on BUZZR.
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Post by ScottEC on Oct 13, 2015 0:07:15 GMT -5
Does anyone have any record of what Buzzr has been showing on Saturday nights during the "Time Machine" block recently? Zap2It just lists the same combo of "Blockbusters/Family Feud/Blockbusters/Super Password/Super Password/Family Feud" week-to-week. I believe 10/3 was an evening of WML, but I am not sure. The Buzzr website does not list anything for this block on their schedule, and the other listings providers simply label it as "Time Machine." TV Guide even gives a one line description as if it were the Grundy version of "Time Machine" from 1985. Wishful thinking! Well, remember, BUZZR Time Machine is just a grab bag of stuff elsewhere on the schedule. Basically, it's a toss-up, but you know it's stuff that's already aired. You're right, 10/3 was a 6-hour WML marathon. I didn't watch any this past Saturday, but I caught a glimpse of Match Game somewhere between 9-10pm, I think, and Tattletales around 1:00am I think. My guess is the "Prime time Buzz" lineup. I kind of wish that Pick & Play would've applied to Saturday nights instead of Sundays because the Sunday night lineup is 6 hours of different stuff. In other words, it's 3 different TTTT, followed by 3 different WML, and 3 different IGaS in 6 hours. Weeknights in prime time are repeated at 11:00pm, and so too is BUZZR Time Machine. Sometimes I'll watch a show at 9:30 PM only to get into bed at 12:30 AM to see the same show. But, it's nice to know that missing at 9:30 PM airing will be on again at 12:30 AM. Of course, with BUZZR, if you miss an airing, even twice. Wait till the weekend, turn on the DVR, and catch it on "Mini-Marathon Sunday"
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Oct 14, 2015 4:58:49 GMT -5
I think the only time so far that Saturday night's line up featured completely fresh shows was on July 4th.
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Post by vahan on Oct 14, 2015 20:36:53 GMT -5
Halloween is two weeks away from now, and I will be surprised if they won't do anything for the occasion, like they did for Independence Day.
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Post by gsnnadmin on Oct 15, 2015 14:24:39 GMT -5
If $ale of the Century is among the voting choices for this new Sunday night block, I think it is safe to say that GSN is likely no longer interested in $ale anymore. I'd certainly predict that they're no longer interested in Sale of the Century. Heck, they wouldn't be interested in any classic games if it didn't keep the total day number up. GSN's not going to buy the classics from Fremantle if, and when, they can find a cheaper replacement that either matches or does better than the classic games in those slots. That'd be tough considering how cheap the classics are. So that would mean replacing it with either their original shows, or other acquired programs that are already contracted. The shows are purchased (or licensed) by the episode, so it'd be cheaper to run Harvey Feud from 8:00-12:00 instead of classic games. The problem is, they predict that Harvey Feud won't do as well in those time slots. Well, the prediction is not the problem, but, you get the idea. Remember that one week when they replaced the first half-hour of Match Game with O'Hurley Feud? Tough week in the ratings, but only in that one time slot. This is the one place where classics dominate (relatively speaking), and that's why they're on there right now. While GSN's sales team is likely putting most of their weight forward to sell prime time programming (originals and Harvey Feud, mostly), GSN knows that they could sell regular advertising by means of the total day based on the average viewership from 8:00AM-4:00AM, on a week-by-week and a quarter-by-quarter basis. Essentially, GSN needs those classic shows in the morning to keep that number from slipping, and subsequently hurting their chances of signing another contract with a advertising client. They won't socially promote that content. By that, I mean that you won't see an on-air or online promotion for GSN's lineup of morning classics. They don't need to do that, it's doing well enough on their own. They also don't want to do that. They want to look like the "cool" GSN for the kids out there, as in, "not your grandmother's Game Show Network." Rightfully so, I won't get into it, but even with soft total ratings, Steampunk'd's 18-49 numbers are great. The same thing happened to Skin Wars and Idiotest. The point is, GSN doesn't need Sale of the Century while other games are keeping their total day numbers up. It's not about which game they put on in the morning, as long as it's cheap and will do the job. It has nothing to do with BUZZR. If GSN was influenced by BUZZR or vice-versa, than Match Game would either be removed from the GSN schedule, or it wouldn't have the most runs of any classic game on BUZZR. From what I have heard and seen, the only thing GSN is really interested in right now is 18-49's. Very young-skewing Steampunk'd could be more likely to see 2016 than strong performer but older-skewing The Chase.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Oct 16, 2015 11:24:29 GMT -5
I couldn't find another place to post this, so I'll post it here since Child's Play is one of the shows airing on Buzzr. One of the regular kids that was featured on that show, Sascha Segan, is on twitter: twitter.com/saschasegan
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Oct 17, 2015 11:04:22 GMT -5
The 3 shows chosen for Buzzr's Sunday night lineup are Sale of the Century, Beat the Clock, and Double Dare. I'm REALLY excited about Sale coming. I haven't had GSN since June 2013 so my access outside of a couple of catchup trades with this show and other GSN shows have been limited. I literally just got the first 5 episodes of the syndie run today and I wouldn't have chosen them if I knew this was coming sooner haha. Oh well. Also it'll be nice seeing the show untampered with. Also unlike GSN, I imagine Buzzr will actually get to the end of Monty Hall's Beat the Clock. I'm a bit disappointed that Wordplay wasn't chosen because of how rare it is, but just because it's not airing here doesn't mean it won't air on the station ever.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2015 19:13:48 GMT -5
Ugh! I learned on Facebook just now that the 1985 syndicated premiere with Jack/Andra/Buck is where $ale is starting from. An episode that aired three times on GSN within the last two years. Good thing I don't have Buzzr at this time.
If I had Buzzr, Beat the Clock and Double Dare would probably interest me more, but I would pass on $ale except for the episodes that GSN never got to air. Then again, it may be the regular Double Dare and Beat the Clock episodes that aired during Lost & Found week.
If true, I bet those viewers will be so disappointed greatly, they'd wished they voted for Trivia Trap and Wordplay instead of Beat the Clock and Double Dare, but then again there's always next Sunday.
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Post by vahan on Oct 18, 2015 19:25:14 GMT -5
Ugh! I learned on FAcebook just now that the 1985 syndicated premiere with Jack/Andra/Buck is where $ale is starting from. An episode that aired three times on GSN within the last two years. Good thing I don't have Buzzr at this time. If I had Buzzr, Beat the Clock and Double Dare would probably interest me more, but I would pass on $ale except for the episodes that GSN never got to air. The more I think about, the more I start to realize that Mitt Dawson was right. Every daytime episode up until Fall 1988 no longer exists. I hear that it is up to the production company whether or not the programs should be kept. So if the daytime tapes were indeed destroyed, it would have to be Reg Grundy's orders. And if it is true, then any ounce of respect that I once had for Reg Grundy will be gone forever. I'm just really, REALLY thankful Bill Carruthers and Bill Mitchell were never like that with Press Your Luck (again, assuming what I said is actually true).
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Oct 18, 2015 21:40:19 GMT -5
But USA aired End of Summer bash episodes of $ale from 1988 though. This is based on YouTube watching. Didn't that start in August or was it past September? Also I'm inclined to find out the earliest date USA started with NBC $ale if anyone knows that.
Honestly, I made sure to record all of Beat the Clock and Double Dare from GSN back in 2008 the last time they aired but I'm still excited about them being on Buzzr. It'll be nice to see them as complete as possible, with no obnoxious ads on the screen; plus as I mentioned before with Beat the Clock, we'll probably finally get to see the rest of the finale week whenever they get to it. With Double Dare, there are about a month's worth of episodes from 1977 that were skipped by GSN. Maybe now that the show is on Buzzr we'll get to see them. No one seems to know for certain if those shows are missing or if GSN just skipped a bunch to get to the final episode. From what's known, CBS stopped wiping in the early 1970's for the most part with game shows so I'm willing to bet on the latter being the case.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Nov 2, 2015 22:38:41 GMT -5
Buzzr has changed its daytime schedule a bit. 2-4 pm on weekdays is now b/w To Tell The Truth, What's My Line, and I've got a Secret. I wish they would have put on the color syndie versions of these shows on during this time (well, IGaS isn't going to be as likely since it only ran for like 39 episodes, but then again, they repeat shows every few weeks anyway).
Child's Play, Blockbusters, Card Sharks, and Body Language are only airing once a day now.
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Post by ladykelsey on Nov 6, 2015 1:36:44 GMT -5
Has BuzzrTV made it to Arizona yet?, Kelsey
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Post by Mandoli on Nov 6, 2015 1:38:02 GMT -5
Has BuzzrTV made it to Arizona yet? I'm not going to tell you. I'm going to flat-out show you. Read the link.
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Post by ladykelsey on Nov 6, 2015 1:50:50 GMT -5
BuzzrTV finally is in Arizona. My aunt will be so happy to hear this news because she LOVES classic game shows, Thanks for the info, Kelsey
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