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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: aaron sica on June 12, 2006, 07:53:16 PM
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Starting July 3, afternoon will now look like this (all times EST)
2pm: Card Sharks (Perry)
2:30: Card Sharks (Eubanks)
3pm: Lingo
3:30: Match Game '70s
4pm: Super Password
4:30: Family Feud (Dawson)
5pm: Millionaire
6pm: Hollywood Squares (Bergeron)
6:30: I've got a Secret (Dwyer)
Bill Rafferty's CS now goes to the 9am-10am hour on Saturdays and Sundays.
Greed will air at 9pm Thursdays.
The Collyer "Beat the Clock" will air at 3am.
The SP hour on weekends, now airing at 5pm and 5:30, will air at 6 and 6:30 as Millionaire will be on at 5pm, 7 days a week.
Also, they are trotting out something new: "The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time" airing Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 10-11pm for 7 weeks, beginning July 17.
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Also, they are trotting out something new: "The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time" airing Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 10-11pm for 7 weeks, beginning July 17.
Finally, a reason for me to order the sports tier and get GSN back. This sounds awesome!
I'll bet at the GSN boards people will start compiling their 50-show wish lists.
--Jamie
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Fiono Coyne\' post=\'121226\' date=\'Jun 12 2006, 08:12 PM\']
Also, they are trotting out something new: "The 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time" airing Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 10-11pm for 7 weeks, beginning July 17.
Finally, a reason for me to order the sports tier and get GSN back. This sounds awesome!
I'll bet at the GSN boards people will start compiling their 50-show wish lists.
--Jamie
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I'll bet that, and that they'll complain about the schedule change too. :)
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'121220\' date=\'Jun 12 2006, 07:53 PM\']
Starting July 3, afternoon will now look like this (all times EST)
2pm: Card Sharks (Perry)
2:30: Card Sharks (Eubanks)
3pm: Lingo
3:30: Match Game '70s
4pm: Super Password
4:30: Family Feud (Dawson)
5pm: Millionaire
6pm: Hollywood Squares (Bergeron)
6:30: I've got a Secret (Dwyer)
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Looks like Combs Feud is a casualty of this schedule change.
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I wonder if Dwyer's IGAS will keep both the 11:30pm & 3:00am EDT slots or if maybe the 3:00 one might see the return of B&W IGAS?
EDIT: It looks like the B&W Overnight hour WILL be restored with Collyer's "Beat the Clock" in for Dwyer's IGAS at 3am EDT.
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So now they have a double run of Super Password?
Interesting....and doubly interesting (imo) as to Millionaire airing so early.
I'll bet at the GSN boards people will start compiling their 50-show wish lists.
Way Out Games....
Way Out Games...
Way Out Games....
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' post=\'121231\' date=\'Jun 12 2006, 08:33 PM\']
Looks like Combs Feud is a casualty of this schedule change.
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Incredible deduction, Zach.
Tyshaun
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'121235\' date=\'Jun 12 2006, 08:04 PM\']
So now they have a double run of Super Password?
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I don't think so. SP currently airs at 2PM ET, so Perry CS replaces it and SP moves to two hours later.
Doug
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' post=\'121231\' date=\'Jun 12 2006, 08:33 PM\']
Looks like Combs Feud is a casualty of this schedule change.
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Actually, we don't know what's going to be scheduled from 4pm-5pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Perhaps that will still be the "Feud Hour", with one episode of each show.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' post=\'121231\' date=\'Jun 12 2006, 08:33 PM\']
Looks like Combs Feud is a casualty of this schedule change.
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It would appear so. As much as I like that version, my opinion differs now from when Fleming ran GSN. This show could use a rest. Well, so can the Dawson version, really (that version needs a rest even more).
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Wow! The "50 Greatest Games of All-Time" starting July 17th sure sounds like a winner & a good time-waster at 10 PM during those hot summer nights for 7 weeks. I have a feeling at least 50% of my favoritte shows will show up on it(not divulging any speciffic number at this point). If they do show TPIR, I'd be very surprised because they haven't run a single episode out of there in years
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[quote name=\'Craig Karlberg\' post=\'121259\' date=\'Jun 13 2006, 03:28 AM\']
If they do show TPIR, I'd be very surprised because they haven't run a single episode out of there in years
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I believe it has something to do with rights, the law and someone falling asleep at the switch at the close of the 20th century.
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[quote name=\'cool245\' post=\'121272\' date=\'Jun 13 2006, 10:20 AM\']
Are they going to be showing complete episodes or just highlights?
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No idea yet. I guess it gives us something to look forward to for July!
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[quote name=\'cool245\' post=\'121272\' date=\'Jun 13 2006, 10:20 AM\']
Are they going to be showing complete episodes or just highlights?
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Let's see. 21 hour-long installments or 42 half-hours covering fifty shows. I would guess the latter.
What I would like to see is a year-by-year overview of all game shows, that way the unsung get their due instead of just the well known. Any shows without clips would be represented by photographs from the Westbrook collection. Doing the show chronologically would allow for new episodes covering subsequent years.
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Interesting schedule. The Lingo/MG hour is the only non-casualty of the change. Plus, we get double CS, including the return of Perry! (Although, I'm kinda gonna miss seeing the Rafferty Syndie run. I've grown rather attatched to seeing Mr. Land of Parting Gifts at the 2:30 slot.)
Also, say adios to George's Weakest Link. Kinda sad, too. I was hoping we'd see the second season eps on GSN. They've been attatched to the $75,000 episodes ever since they acquired Syndie Link.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'121277\' date=\'Jun 13 2006, 10:14 AM\']
[quote name=\'cool245\' post=\'121272\' date=\'Jun 13 2006, 10:20 AM\']
Are they going to be showing complete episodes or just highlights?
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Let's see. 21 hour-long installments or 42 half-hours covering fifty shows. I would guess the latter.
What I would like to see is a year-by-year overview of all game shows, that way the unsung get their due instead of just the well known. Any shows without clips would be represented by photographs from the Westbrook collection. Doing the show chronologically would allow for new episodes covering subsequent years.
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I'm afraid GSN wants to do one of those "I Love The..." formatted shows where they do a countdown of 50 shows, show 30-60 seconds of footage then spend much longer time with the usual comedians and D-list celelebrities doing the usual wandering commentary on said shows.
Screw the D-listers, just get about 30 or 40 of us in a room and let US do their color commentaries!!
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Well, at least it's something. GSN is starting to care that their initials stand for something. Now all they need to do is rehire the big green ball and we've got something.
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[quote name=\'rollercoaster87\' post=\'121327\' date=\'Jun 13 2006, 06:59 PM\']
Well, at least it's something. GSN is starting to care that their initials stand for something. Now all they need to do is rehire the big green ball and we've got something.
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And if they brought back TJW and TTD and also the 1968-75 WML and 1969-78 TTTT that would be cool. And NBC-Universal should get the anchors out of their pants and reduce the price to air Concentration so we can see all versions of the show on GSN.
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Who had 19 as the number of posts until someone did a laundry list of "GSN should dig these out of the vaults or pay to run these shows"? You won the pool.
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[quote name=\'BobbyLankford_83\' post=\'121356\' date=\'Jun 13 2006, 11:44 PM\']
And NBC-Universal should get the anchors out of their pants and reduce the price to air Concentration so we can see all versions of the show on GSN.
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Why should they? Gotta make a profit somehow.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'121382\' date=\'Jun 14 2006, 12:22 PM\']
[quote name=\'BobbyLankford_83\' post=\'121356\' date=\'Jun 13 2006, 11:44 PM\']
And NBC-Universal should get the anchors out of their pants and reduce the price to air Concentration so we can see all versions of the show on GSN.
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Why should they? Gotta make a profit somehow.
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Right now those tapes are generating ZERO revenue. Something tells me NBC-U may consider an offer that gets them something for them.
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Nah, I'm betting we're looking at another VH-1 list show, which seems to be all they ever carry these days. (And more and more channels are carrying them. In the kingdom of the million channels, the five-second stop is king).
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[quote name=\'Terry K\' post=\'121396\' date=\'Jun 14 2006, 12:59 PM\']
Right now those tapes are generating ZERO revenue. Something tells me NBC-U may consider an offer that gets them something for them.
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Given Occam's Razor, there are two likely possibilities:
1) GSN hasn't made them any offers, in which case someone needs to deliver unto them a proper cockpunch, or
2) NBC does indeed place a value on those tapes currently generating nothing, and GSN has not made them an offer of that size.
I know not NBC's motive for the latter, nor do I know if it's reasoned or intelligent, but I'm leaning in that direction.
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The Prof has added several item to his 'breaking news' section (http://tvgameshows.net/breakingnews.htm (http://\"http://tvgameshows.net/breakingnews.htm\")): Body Language replaces TTTT'90 at 9:30AM beginning July 31st. Finally, GSN pulls a show out of the vaults for a schedule change rather than just move existing shows around! Also, Chain Reaction and Starface debut Aug. 1st from 9 to 10PM Tuesday through Sunday ('Chain' gets encores at the overnight 3:00AM time slot on Thursdays/Fridays and a 2:30PM slot on weekends) and some other stuff gets moved around weekend afternoons ('Lingo,' 'Love Connection,' etc.). Looks like we have to remove the 'mild' from this title thread.
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And that's NOT the new Chain Reaction logo... Steve found the logo of a Swiss punk band (chain-reaction.ch) and "borrowed" it.
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[quote name=\'dad1153\' post=\'121434\' date=\'Jun 15 2006, 07:46 AM\']
Looks like we have to remove the 'mild' from this title thread.
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No one "has" to do anything.
I'm a little dissapointed about Body Language...I'll only have GSN for a week or so following the schedule change.
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Glad to see the return of Body Language. An awesome show, if I do say so myself. But I may be saying that only because it was the first game show I watched religiously...
I mean, I'm fine with T.T.T.T. taking an exit, because I've seen all of these epsiodes. I thought T.T.T.T. '80 was going to take its place, though...
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[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'121455\' date=\'Jun 15 2006, 11:03 AM\']
And that's NOT the new Chain Reaction logo... Steve found the logo of a Swiss punk band (chain-reaction.ch) and "borrowed" it.
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From his site:
"The graveyard of NBC failures vs. The Young & the Restless after Jeopardy! was moved in 1974 could cover a section of Forest Lawn Cemetery."
WTF?! English, Steve! His attempt to make a cute analogy makes the sentence very awkward to read, not to mention there's absolutely no significant punctuation (not counting the period is "vs." or the exclamation point in "Jeopardy!". Some things are just better left unsaid.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'121774\' date=\'Jun 19 2006, 01:31 AM\']
[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'121455\' date=\'Jun 15 2006, 11:03 AM\']
And that's NOT the new Chain Reaction logo... Steve found the logo of a Swiss punk band (chain-reaction.ch) and "borrowed" it.
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From his site:
"The graveyard of NBC failures vs. The Young & the Restless after Jeopardy! was moved in 1974 could cover a section of Forest Lawn Cemetery."[/quote]"I'll have a letter under 'TRAIN WRECK,' Bill."
"Chain Reaction" met the same fate as many other game shows that were scheduled against 'The Young and the Restless," cancellation after only a few weeks.
If you'll pardon me, I'm going to ring up the South County Journal and see if they need an editor.
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Not to pile on too much, but Y&R had moved to 1pm in Feb of 80, a couple of weeks after CR debuted. Many markets delayed Y&R to 1 even before that. For CR clearance was probably the biggest problem. In my home state of Michigan, not one NBC affiliate cleared the show.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'121774\' date=\'Jun 19 2006, 03:31 AM\']
From his site:
"The graveyard of NBC failures vs. The Young & the Restless after Jeopardy! was moved in 1974 could cover a section of Forest Lawn Cemetery."
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What does this mean? I've read it a few times, and I still don't get it.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'121969\' date=\'Jun 20 2006, 11:39 PM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'121774\' date=\'Jun 19 2006, 03:31 AM\']
From his site:
"The graveyard of NBC failures vs. The Young & the Restless after Jeopardy! was moved in 1974 could cover a section of Forest Lawn Cemetery."
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What does this mean? I've read it a few times, and I still don't get it.
Brandon Brooks
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I don't speak Beverlese (damn that actually works), but I guess he's saying that after NBC moved "Jeopardy" in 1974, anything they scheduled against Y&R crashed and burned. If he had left the Forest Lawn reference out, it might've made sense.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'121972\' date=\'Jun 20 2006, 11:12 PM\']
[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'121969\' date=\'Jun 20 2006, 11:39 PM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'121774\' date=\'Jun 19 2006, 03:31 AM\']
From his site:
"The graveyard of NBC failures vs. The Young & the Restless after Jeopardy! was moved in 1974 could cover a section of Forest Lawn Cemetery."
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What does this mean? I've read it a few times, and I still don't get it.
Brandon Brooks
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I don't speak Beverlese (damn that actually works), but I guess he's saying that after NBC moved "Jeopardy" in 1974, anything they scheduled against Y&R crashed and burned. If he had left the Forest Lawn reference out, it might've made sense.
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That's more or less what he was saying. People got tired of "Jackpot!" quickly, switched over to "Y&R" at a critical point in a new soap's life (since networks would give new soaps a year to prove themselves before considering cancellation, since it was considered that soaps needed a longer time to build up buzz) and stayed at CBS. NBC never really recovered at noon after that.
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"The graveyard of NBC failures vs. The Young & the Restless after Jeopardy! was moved in 1974 could cover a section of Forest Lawn Cemetery."
English translation:
"All your base are belong to us."
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[quote name=\'Particleman\' post=\'122062\' date=\'Jun 21 2006, 08:50 PM\']
"The graveyard of NBC failures vs. The Young & the Restless after Jeopardy! was moved in 1974 could cover a section of Forest Lawn Cemetery."
English translation:
"All your base are belong to us."
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Now I did understand that.
Brandon Brooks
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Bumping this up for a question...
Body Language is going to take the place of TTTT on July 31. It's already been stated that the schedule changes will take place on July 3. Is it possible Da Perf's info was wrong, and ALL those changes will take place on July 31? The reason I ask is because no online TV listings show the new afternoon lineup for July 3. My DVR doesn't show it, Zap2it doesn't show it, TV Guide online doesn't show it.
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Steve Beverly wrong?
Never.
Thank you for correcting him. Expect to see your name next to Brian Henke under "contributors".
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'122306\' date=\'Jun 23 2006, 05:52 PM\']
Steve Beverly wrong?
Never.
Thank you for correcting him. Expect to see your name next to Brian Henke under "contributors".
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Oh wow, I'm going to be one of Steve Beverly's contributors! I'm nearly FAMOUS!!!
/brought to you by a heavy dose of sarcasm.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'122289\' date=\'Jun 23 2006, 02:19 PM\']
Body Language is going to take the place of TTTT on July 31. It's already been stated that the schedule changes will take place on July 3. Is it possible Da Perf's info was wrong, and ALL those changes will take place on July 31? The reason I ask is because no online TV listings show the new afternoon lineup for July 3. My DVR doesn't show it, Zap2it doesn't show it, TV Guide online doesn't show it.
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Zap2it shows the new afternoon/evening schedule starting on July 17.
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Zap2it shows the new afternoon/evening schedule starting on July 17.
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And how did you get it to show that far in advance? I can't get it to go past July 7.
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The easiest way is to go by-show. Click on a show title, for example, Super Password. (However, you can only do this on the old version of the listings grid so far as I've found) You should see airings until, near the end of July at this point. And they show the timeshift occuring on July 17.
If they have the data already into the system, there's probably some way to manipulate it to display a grid showing that far in advance (as used to be done to Adlink once upon a time), but I personally am just not interested enough in spending actual time trying to manipulate a website just to get advance listings for a TV channel,
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'122307\' date=\'Jun 23 2006, 06:09 PM\']
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'122306\' date=\'Jun 23 2006, 05:52 PM\']
Steve Beverly wrong?
Never.
Thank you for correcting him. Expect to see your name next to Brian Henke under "contributors".
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Oh wow, I'm going to be one of Steve Beverly's contributors! I'm nearly FAMOUS!!!
/brought to you by a heavy dose of sarcasm.
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You know, back in fall 2000, when I first became active in the community, I e-mailed Beverly to correct him about some Price-related thingy I've long since forgotten about. I guess Zachy did, too. The next afternoon, Beverly posted a correction, prefaced with, "Steve Gavazzi and Zach Horan, who keep stats on such things..."
I felt like puking.
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[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'122485\' date=\'Jun 25 2006, 07:06 PM\']
You know, back in fall 2000, when I first became active in the community, I e-mailed Beverly to correct him about some Price-related thingy I've long since forgotten about. I guess Zachy did, too. The next afternoon, Beverly posted a correction, prefaced with, "Steve Gavazzi and Zach Horan, who keep stats on such things..."
I felt like puking.
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That reminds me of one occasion where I guess Zach offered Perfesser another piece of information, and Beverly noted Zach as a "researcher".
/Sit down, Zach.
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OK, I just asked GSN and they told me August 1st. Therefore, I have absolutely no idea what is going on.
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[quote name=\'itiparanoid13\' post=\'122537\' date=\'Jun 26 2006, 11:14 AM\']
OK, I just asked GSN and they told me August 1st. Therefore, I have absolutely no idea what is going on.
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Especially given that that's a Tuesday. I can't exactly say I've heard of many schedule changes happening on a day of the week other than Monday or Saturday except in cases of a show lease expiring, which certainly doesn't *appear* to be the case here.
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[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'122541\' date=\'Jun 26 2006, 12:56 PM\']
[quote name=\'itiparanoid13\' post=\'122537\' date=\'Jun 26 2006, 11:14 AM\']
OK, I just asked GSN and they told me August 1st. Therefore, I have absolutely no idea what is going on.
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Especially given that that's a Tuesday. I can't exactly say I've heard of many schedule changes happening on a day of the week other than Monday or Saturday except in cases of a show lease expiring, which certainly doesn't *appear* to be the case here.
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The only exception I've ever seen to that is a schedule change which happened 4/1/99 (in which either P+, SP or both returned to weekdays), and that fell on Thursday.
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They wouldn't premiere "Starface" on a Monday because of their casino programming that evening. I don't think the High Stakes Poker will be done by then.
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The only exception I've ever seen to that is a schedule change which happened 4/1/99 (in which either P+, SP or both returned to weekdays), and that fell on Thursday.
That was also the day that GSN's original "Burt Luddin's Love Buffet" debuted.
Sorry to bring up a painful memory...
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So my Comcast DVR Guide has the changes made for 7/17. I can't go any further than 7/21, so I don't know about a weekend schedule.
I see no Body Language on the schedule though...it's still TTTT at 9:30am eastern. Interestingly, and I'm sure this is an error, the info for H2 gives a date of (1968) before the description. I know we saw a brief Marshall HS clip in the 50 Greatest promos, but I doubt it's the classic version again.
Does anyone have a reliable source for the replacement of TTTT with BL? That would be a welcome change. Or a TJW/TTD hour at 9am, but that's completely wishful.
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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'123491\' date=\'Jul 6 2006, 08:40 PM\']
I see no Body Language on the schedule though...it's still TTTT at 9:30am eastern. Interestingly, and I'm sure this is an error, the info for H2 gives a date of (1968) before the description. I know we saw a brief Marshall HS clip in the 50 Greatest promos, but I doubt it's the classic version again.
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Everywhere I have read says that BL will be coming on the schedule on July 31. Whether it really is or not, I guess we'll have to wait and see...I certainly hope so!
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Yes, the change occurs on July 31st (Hopefully...).
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My DVR gets full enough with 9 weekly airings of Super Password in the first place...now we're going to have a lot more to watch! (That's a good thing.)
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It's offical!!
The first GSN shed. change will start on July 17; according to GSN.com
Which features:
2pm: Card Sharks (Perry)
2:30: Card Sharks (Eubanks)
3pm: Lingo
3:30: Match Game '70s
4pm: Super Password
4:30: Family Feud (Dawson)
5pm: Millionaire
6pm: Hollywood Squares
6:30: I've got a Secret (2006)
Don't worry about Combs' Feud, It might still be on Weekends as the Feud Hour is still there; according to Zap2It
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[quote name=\'GSNFAN3000\' post=\'123890\' date=\'Jul 11 2006, 07:54 PM\']
6pm: Hollywood Squares
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Here's the interesting thing, although it's probably just a goof on the DVR.........The 6pm airings of HS are listed with an air date of 1968 on them with a different description than the weekend airings...Is it somehow possible the classic HS episodes are coming back?
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'123893\' date=\'Jul 11 2006, 07:06 PM\'] Here's the interesting thing, although it's probably just a goof on the DVR.........The 6pm airings of HS are listed with an air date of 1968 on them with a different description than the weekend airings...Is it somehow possible the classic HS episodes are coming back?
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I doubt it. Zap2It has those as Bergeron eps.
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I wonder if the earlier 'I've Got A Secret' run is an indicator that there will be a second season.
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Well, let's see...One listings data service has the episodes as the Marshall version. One listings data service has the episodes as the Bergeron version. There's really only one conclusion that can POSSIBLY be drawn here...
Davidson Squares, anyone? :-P
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[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'123901\' date=\'Jul 11 2006, 09:40 PM\']
Well, let's see...One listings data service has the episodes as the Marshall version. One listings data service has the episodes as the Bergeron version. There's really only one conclusion that can POSSIBLY be drawn here...
Davidson Squares, anyone? :-P
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Now that'd be interesting.
As a game show fan who's only seen the Davidson run and Bergeron's run, I'd sure like to see some Marshall Squares...
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Just in case anyone was wondering, the Perry CS run continued from the weekends (making today's episode from Feb. 14, 1979, according to THIS (http://\"http://members.fortunecity.com/gswarehouse/csguide79.html\") episode guide)
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Meanwhile, the 6 PM run of Squares is the final 2003-04 season. This will be fun to watch for me, as the final season never aired here.
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What part of the run is the Eubanks Card Sharks from and when did they add the car game and the audience poll questions? Also, what part of the run is the weekday Super Password from. I got GSN recently.
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[quote name=\'gameboy2000\' post=\'124380\' date=\'Jul 17 2006, 06:15 PM\']
What part of the run is the Eubanks Card Sharks from and when did they add the car game and the audience poll questions? Also, what part of the run is the weekday Super Password from. I got GSN recently.
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I just checked a few episode guides for you.
Today's Eubanks CS episode was from March 7, 1986. Audience polls were added in July, and the car game was added in October.
The weekday Super Password is from July 1986; don't know the exact day.
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[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'124378\' date=\'Jul 17 2006, 06:01 PM\']
Meanwhile, the 6 PM run of Squares is the final 2003-04 season. This will be fun to watch for me, as the final season never aired here.
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Same here. I think the formatt change and permantly adding Martin Mull were great additions. Were the 'behind the squares' backstage clips dropped?
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[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'124418\' date=\'Jul 18 2006, 08:41 AM\']
[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'124378\' date=\'Jul 17 2006, 06:01 PM\']
Meanwhile, the 6 PM run of Squares is the final 2003-04 season. This will be fun to watch for me, as the final season never aired here.
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Same here. I think the formatt change and permantly adding Martin Mull were great additions. Were the 'behind the squares' backstage clips dropped?
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Yes, it did.
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My Comcast guide just went to 7/31 yesterday. The only change from the 7/17 schedule is the addition of Body Language at 9:30am, replacing TTTT90. Yay! (This is as previously announced, but I didn't see a confirmation from anyone.)
Also, looks like BtC is permanently at the 3am timeslot, 7 days a week. I hadn't paid much attention to that before, so that change probably already happened.
Still wishing for a TTD/TJW hour. Dust them tapes off, GSN!
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[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'124418\' date=\'Jul 18 2006, 08:41 AM\']
Same here. I think the formatt change and permantly adding Martin Mull were great additions.
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Really? I thought Martin was better when he wasn't the center square. He just didn't seem as funny.
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[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'124422\' date=\'Jul 18 2006, 09:58 AM\']
[quote name=\'PaulD\' post=\'124418\' date=\'Jul 18 2006, 08:41 AM\']
Same here. I think the formatt change and permantly adding Martin Mull were great additions.
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Really? I thought Martin was better when he wasn't the center square. He just didn't seem as funny.
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Still he was funnier than Whoopi.
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I have to agree, Martin Mull is ten times funnier than Whoopi...
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[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'124354\' date=\'Jul 17 2006, 01:06 PM\']
Just in case anyone was wondering, the Perry CS run continued from the weekends (making today's episode from Feb. 14, 1979, according to THIS (http://\"http://members.fortunecity.com/gswarehouse/csguide79.html\") episode guide)
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Pat Manning's backwards logic appears in a couple of days (if not already happening), which was the only reason why I remember this week in particular (I just so happened to tape his first three matches on a weekend in 1999/2000).
glad to see they haven't started back in 1978, maybe now we can get to 1981 without any interruptions...
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[quote name=\'PYLW\' post=\'124501\' date=\'Jul 19 2006, 04:18 AM\']
I have to agree, Martin Mull is ten times funnier than Whoopi...
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Even though she was the executive producer, the one thing that irritated the hell out of me during her years was her camera hogging, esp. when the intro would say "Starring Whoopi Goldberg". However, I did actually like the rotating center square concept.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'124569\' date=\'Jul 20 2006, 04:03 AM\']
[quote name=\'PYLW\' post=\'124501\' date=\'Jul 19 2006, 04:18 AM\']
I have to agree, Martin Mull is ten times funnier than Whoopi...
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Even though she was the executive producer, the one thing that irritated the hell out of me during her years was her camera hogging[/quote]
Me too. I'm sure it wasn't this way for real but it seemed to me that when another star got picked for a question, and that star gave their funny line, they cut to Whoopi for her reaction every. single. time.
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Whoopi never really did much for me, and I agree about the "camera hogging". When she left, the show seemed to become more about having fun and not so much about ego-stroking.
I also thought rotating the center squares was a good idea, and while I like Martin Mull, I don't think he was center square material. I would say season 6 as a whole was a step down from season 5, even though I liked the straddling format. But I guess that's what happens when a show is on its last legs.
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Then who would've been good center square material? I think Martin Mull was the only person not doing anything, so that's why they made him center square. :P
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I heart Whoopi.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'124601\' date=\'Jul 20 2006, 07:35 PM\']
I heart Whoopi.
Brandon Brooks
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Gee, I wonder why?
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[quote name=\'jalman\' post=\'124622\' date=\'Jul 20 2006, 09:19 PM\']
Gee, I wonder why?
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Because she's an amazing, swell gal. That's why.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'124630\' date=\'Jul 20 2006, 11:06 PM\']
[quote name=\'jalman\' post=\'124622\' date=\'Jul 20 2006, 09:19 PM\']
Gee, I wonder why?
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Because she's an amazing, swell gal. That's why.
Brandon Brooks
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I've no problem with that.
(NOTE: I've neutral preferences as to who was the better center square and your success was one of the highlights of the series.)
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'124630\' date=\'Jul 20 2006, 10:06 PM\']
Because she's an amazing, swell gal. That's why.
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It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact she helped you win some money, now would it?
Personally, I couldn't stand her...or her band of cohorts (i.e. Bruce). The "H²" run was much welcomed.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'124640\' date=\'Jul 21 2006, 01:00 AM\']
[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'124630\' date=\'Jul 20 2006, 10:06 PM\']
Because she's an amazing, swell gal. That's why.
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It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact she helped you win some money, now would it?[/quote]
Damn, Mark. Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel...
Going back to my statement, I actually do like Whoopi outside of her show, but on the show, I felt she let her EP power go to her head. The show flowed much better after she left.
Personally, I couldn't stand her...or her band of cohorts (i.e. Bruce). The "H²" run was much welcomed.
Honestly, Bruce was cool in my book. His writing provided made for some pretty good jokes.
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[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'124640\' date=\'Jul 21 2006, 12:00 AM\']
It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact she helped you win some money, now would it?
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No, Mark. Not at all... *groan*.
Personally, I couldn't stand her...or her band of cohorts (i.e. Bruce). The "H²" run was much welcomed.
Not surprised.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'124657\' date=\'Jul 21 2006, 05:56 AM\']
[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'124640\' date=\'Jul 21 2006, 12:00 AM\']
It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact she helped you win some money, now would it?
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No, Mark. Not at all... *groan*.
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Ah, leave it to Mark not to get the joke...
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Still wishing for a TTD/TJW hour. Dust them tapes off, GSN!
I'm all for that...as long as they can pick up where they left off on the CBS version!
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'124675\' date=\'Jul 21 2006, 09:41 AM\']
Still wishing for a TTD/TJW hour. Dust them tapes off, GSN!
I'm all for that...as long as they can pick up where they left off on the CBS version!
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So you're saying you wouldn't drool and fire up your VCR if they didn't? C'mon.
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So you're saying you wouldn't drool and fire up your VCR if they didn't? C'mon.
Didn't say I wouldn't, but the syndie version has been run frequently by GSN in the past, and the CBS version only for a few months despite the fact the whole thing still exists. I'd much rather see those lost CBS treasures!
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'124682\' date=\'Jul 21 2006, 10:12 AM\']
Didn't say I wouldn't, but the syndie version has been run frequently by GSN in the past, and the CBS version only for a few months despite the fact the whole thing still exists.
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Fair enough, but
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'124675\' date=\'Jul 21 2006, 09:41 AM\']
I'm all for that...as long as they can pick up where they left off on the CBS version!
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...implies that you would NOT be "for that" if they picked up somewhere in the sequence.
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...implies that you would NOT be "for that" if they picked up somewhere in the sequence.
Let's just say that if they returned the syndie version and never aired the CBS version again, I'd be disappointed.
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[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'124685\' date=\'Jul 21 2006, 10:25 AM\']
Let's just say that if they returned the syndie version and never aired the CBS version again, I'd be disappointed.
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Well, that's fine, but that also completely personifies why GSN shouldn't do it. If people are going to complain that they're not getting the TJW they want instead of being appreciative that they're at least reverting to the classic game show lineup that we all enjoyed back in the day, then why even program to throw them a bone? If I was in Cronin's shoes, I sure wouldn't.
I'm not saying people should fall to their knees and thank the deity of their choosing every time GSN so much as hints at airing classic shows (like people seem to be doing over this Fifty Greatest Shows series - for God's sake, people actually WANTED to see Studs?), but if something as seemingly-sought-after as TJW were to come back, turning up your nose and saying "But you're airing the WRONG ONES!" seems really whiny to me.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'124687\' date=\'Jul 21 2006, 01:32 PM\']
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'124685\' date=\'Jul 21 2006, 10:25 AM\']
Let's just say that if they returned the syndie version and never aired the CBS version again, I'd be disappointed.
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Well, that's fine, but that also completely personifies why GSN shouldn't do it. If people are going to complain that they're not getting the TJW they want instead of being appreciative that they're at least reverting to the classic game show lineup that we all enjoyed back in the day, then why even program to throw them a bone? If I was in Cronin's shoes, I sure wouldn't.
I'm not saying people should fall to their knees and thank the deity of their choosing every time GSN so much as hints at airing classic shows (like people seem to be doing over this Fifty Greatest Shows series - for God's sake, people actually WANTED to see Studs?), but if something as seemingly-sought-after as TJW were to come back, turning up your nose and saying "But you're airing the WRONG ONES!" seems really whiny to me.
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Maybe the old adage "If you can't do it right, don't do it at all" applies here?
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[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'124689\' date=\'Jul 21 2006, 10:48 AM\']
Maybe the old adage "If you can't do it right, don't do it at all" applies here?
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It might, but I'm still not getting a reasonable explanation as to what would be wrong about it. I'm getting one that might apply to a few tape collectors, but if we haven't gotten the point across yet that the taping contingent doesn't count for enough to matter, then we're not going to, and we have no common ground on which to engage in rational discourse.
I mean, really. If the World Series Of Go Fish or Two Hours Of Horseface Begging For People To Blow A Buck To Talk To A Real Live Girl were to be yanked off the air tomorrow (heh, he said "yanked off"), and replaced with an hour of TJW (and at first I was going to qualify here that I am excluding the Finn version, but you know what? I'm not. Even if it WAS the Finn version) and TTD (yes, even with Patrick Wayne), would that not be a net improvement?