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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: xavier45 on June 09, 2008, 11:53:56 AM
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Buzzerblog is reporting that yesterday, the broadcast rights to WPT expired leaving the show without a home. GSN's CEO David Goldhill commented on this saying "The World Poker Tour has been a great partner and the show continues to perform strongly on our network. We are continuing discussions with WPTE regarding how we may be able to work together – including perhaps broadcasting parts of Season VII.”
So now everything that Goldhill aquired from Cronin's tenure has been cancelled or almost cancelled (Lingo).
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HR blog post from James Hibberd about WPT's possible leave-taking, in which he conjectures about "High Stakes Poker" leaving the schedule, as well:
http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/06/wither-high-sta.html (http://\"http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/06/wither-high-sta.html\")
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Does that mean that "World Poker Tour" won't be airing tonight?
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I was surprised that Travel Channel was still showing weekend reruns of previous seasons during the GSN deal... I imagine most of the viewers didn't know/care they were older eps, which made the whole thing seem like a bit of a waste of GSN's money.
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Classic episodes of Poker are just as enjoyable as the new eps in my book. Pretty much the same contestants and commentary.
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...and the crowd goes mild.
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Well, for now, new episodes of WPT Season 6 will still be airing.
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[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'187780\' date=\'Jun 9 2008, 05:34 PM\']
Does that mean that "World Poker Tour" won't be airing tonight?
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Rest easy. It did air. First time I actually saw WPT on GSN.
Poker's in decline, folks. Watch how many people throw their $10,000 on the table to play in the Main Event next month. I'll bet it's down for a second straight year.