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Title: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: chad1m on December 16, 2017, 10:17:40 AM
Amy Introcaso-Davis departed GSN in September after overseeing programming for the last six years. With the recent promos calling Game Show Network by name again, and labeling it a place for "warmth and comfort" for the holidays, classic programming seems to be getting more of an acknowledgement under new hire Fran Shea.

Starting next Saturday, December 23, GSN is adding a four-hour block of '70s/'80s game shows to primetime. At 7 PM is an hour of Match Game, 8 PM sees Press Your Luck return to the schedule, Jim Perry's Card Sharks rejoins at 9 PM, and at 10 PM, for the first time on the regular schedule since 2009, Let's Make a Deal with Monty Hall will be seen.

Advance schedules show that this isn't a one-week event.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: tpirfan28 on December 16, 2017, 12:48:29 PM
Is this weekends only?
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: chad1m on December 16, 2017, 01:19:43 PM
Is this weekends only?
Saturday only.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: tpirfan28 on December 16, 2017, 01:44:24 PM
Saturday only.
Cool, thanks for the heads up.  Nice to see the classics get some love again on the network.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: cliffhanger285 on December 16, 2017, 07:22:18 PM
Also starting this week, GSN will be airing the annual WML/IGaS holiday block at 3AM.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: snowpeck on December 17, 2017, 01:32:00 AM
Also starting this week, GSN will be airing the annual WML/IGaS holiday block at 3AM.

And interestingly it's a mix of syndicated and B&W episodes of both series.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: tpirfan28 on December 17, 2017, 11:13:12 AM
So setting the DVR for the B&W block, I found that Match Game and Card Sharks are occupying 1-3AM nightly, right before the B&W block.

On 12/20 at 9PM, Zap2It lists an hour-long show called "Ridiculous Cash Bash!", tagged new. EDIT: that's the K-mart show, whoops.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: cyclone45 on December 17, 2017, 11:15:24 PM
I am SO taping LMaD.  I only set my DVR to keep 5 episodes at a time, so I missed most of the marathon...whoops!
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: tpirfan28 on January 13, 2018, 12:58:36 PM
Let’s Make A Deal has been removed and the entire block moved to 8-11pm.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: chad1m on January 13, 2018, 01:11:56 PM
Let’s Make A Deal has been removed and the entire block moved to 8-11pm.
This doesn't ruffle my feathers too much, as the episodes they had been airing were from the same 12 they had already licensed for the Monty Hall tribute a few months ago.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: TLEberle on January 13, 2018, 03:56:41 PM
I was enjoying the weekly dose of vintage LMAD but there's enough out there that I'm OK with it. It would be neat if they rotated out the shows every thirteen weeks, or brought back either As Seen On Theater where they dropped in six different shows over the period, or just went to Game Show Saturday Night.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: chad1m on January 31, 2018, 04:14:51 PM
There's some shakeups coming to Saturday Night Classics. This coming Saturday sees Match Game extended from 8 to 10 PM, with Richard Dawson Family Feud from 10 to 11 PM. Saturday, February 10th currently has Match Game from 8 to 9 PM, Dawson Family Feud from 9 to 10 PM, and then Wally Bruner What's My Line and '72-'73 I've Got a Secret from 10 to 11 PM, with John Davidson listed as guest for Secret.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: snowpeck on January 31, 2018, 04:36:41 PM
Wow... when was the last time GSN had Dawson on the schedule?
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: xavier45 on January 31, 2018, 05:22:46 PM
Wow... when was the last time GSN had Dawson on the schedule?
Regularly, March 2013.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: chad1m on February 04, 2018, 10:59:27 AM
Saturday, February 10th currently has Match Game from 8 to 9 PM, Dawson Family Feud from 9 to 10 PM, and then Wally Bruner What's My Line and '72-'73 I've Got a Secret from 10 to 11 PM, with John Davidson listed as guest for Secret.
In addition to co-hosting the Daily Draw segment throughout the week, John Davidson will be presenting this weekend's Saturday Night Classics block.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: tpirfan28 on February 04, 2018, 11:41:01 AM
Anyone have any idea when the Family Feud episodes were from?  The first episode had "name an animal with three letters in its name" in Fast Money and only played to $200+.  Video quality at a couple points was really poor.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: SuperMatch93 on February 04, 2018, 11:54:15 AM
Anyone have any idea when the Family Feud episodes were from?  The first episode had "name an animal with three letters in its name" in Fast Money and only played to $200+.  Video quality at a couple points was really poor.

From July or August 1976, IIRC.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: chad1m on February 04, 2018, 12:17:18 PM
Anyone have any idea when the Family Feud episodes were from?
The York family appeared in September 1977.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: chad1m on February 07, 2018, 03:55:10 PM
There's some shakeups coming to Saturday Night Classics. This coming Saturday sees Match Game extended from 8 to 10 PM, with Richard Dawson Family Feud from 10 to 11 PM. Saturday, February 10th currently has Match Game from 8 to 9 PM, Dawson Family Feud from 9 to 10 PM, and then Wally Bruner What's My Line and '72-'73 I've Got a Secret from 10 to 11 PM, with John Davidson listed as guest for Secret.
Dawson Family Feud lasted a grand total of one Saturday. An hour of Match Game takes its place this Saturday, with next Saturday's Saturday Night Classics comprising entirely of two hours of Match Game. Steve Harvey Family Feud takes the 10 PM slot.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: BillCullen1 on February 09, 2018, 10:04:49 PM
John Davidson will also cohost the classics this Saturday. Let's see how well he does at this. They also had a clip of him on WML as a panelist - joy.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: snowpeck on February 09, 2018, 11:49:37 PM
John Davidson will also cohost the classics this Saturday. Let's see how well he does at this. They also had a clip of him on WML as a panelist - joy.
They're running episodes of him on WML and IGAS in the 10PM and 10:30PM timeslots, respectively.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: Ian Wallis on February 10, 2018, 04:07:47 PM
Dawson Family Feud lasted a grand total of one Saturday. An hour of Match Game takes its place this Saturday, with next Saturday's Saturday Night Classics comprising entirely of two hours of Match Game. Steve Harvey Family Feud takes the 10 PM slot.

Well, that didn't last long did it.  Considering the promotion they did on this, I'm a bit surprised they pulled the plug on it so quickly.  Too bad.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: ChrisLambert! on February 10, 2018, 05:22:53 PM
John Davidson will also cohost the classics this Saturday.

Sounds like this is gonna be our lucky day, USA!
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: Chief-O on February 10, 2018, 07:51:41 PM
John Davidson will also cohost the classics this Saturday.

Sounds like this is gonna be our lucky day, USA!

Well, that's incredible.....most would need to travel in a time machine to understand that reference!
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: BillCullen1 on February 11, 2018, 12:47:01 AM
Well, this evening during WML and IGAS on GSN, there was no sound during the shows, but the commercials and promos came through loud and clear. I flipped channels and there was sound, so this was a GSN issue. Maybe Davidson was manning the controls at GSN during his hour of shows.  ;D

I also had this issue on last week's FF with the dummy contestant who answered "alligator" for an animal with three letters in its name. The main game had sound but Fast Money did not. 

BTW - Davidson's hosting this evening consisted of short clips of him making brief comments. IMO, he looks like a 60-year-old hippie with that long hair.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: PPatters on February 11, 2018, 03:17:40 AM
Well, this evening during WML and IGAS on GSN, there was no sound during the shows, but the commercials and promos came through loud and clear. I flipped channels and there was sound, so this was a GSN issue.

Oh gosh, that stinks! I just watched my DVRs and I didn’t have any audio issues, thankfully.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: Chief-O on February 11, 2018, 08:21:22 AM
Well, this evening during WML and IGAS on GSN, there was no sound during the shows, but the commercials and promos came through loud and clear. I flipped channels and there was sound, so this was a GSN issue.

I noticed the audio was only in the left channel. The video also looked like it wasn't properly converted.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: Matt Ottinger on February 11, 2018, 11:05:29 AM
BTW, for those of you who haven't seen Davidson in a while and think that maybe he's semi-retired, he's actually found a strong second act touring the country in supporting roles in Broadway musicals.  He's currently playing Captain Hook in Finding Neverland.  Before that he played the Wizard in Wicked.  So he's still a busy performer, and one who's in high demand
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: ChrisLambert! on February 11, 2018, 11:33:40 AM
BTW - Davidson's hosting this evening consisted of short clips of him making brief comments. IMO, he looks like a 60-year-old hippie with that long hair.

As he's a 76-year-old hippie, I'm sure he appreciates that!
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: gsfan85 on February 11, 2018, 01:00:33 PM
Well, this evening during WML and IGAS on GSN, there was no sound during the shows, but the commercials and promos came through loud and clear. I flipped channels and there was sound, so this was a GSN issue. Maybe Davidson was manning the controls at GSN during his hour of shows.  ;D

I also had this issue on last week's FF with the dummy contestant who answered "alligator" for an animal with three letters in its name. The main game had sound but Fast Money did not. 

BTW - Davidson's hosting this evening consisted of short clips of him making brief comments. IMO, he looks like a 60-year-old hippie with that long hair.

I'm pretty sure the long hippie hair is for a role he's been playing.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: tvwxman on February 11, 2018, 02:04:43 PM
BTW, for those of you who haven't seen Davidson in a while and think that maybe he's semi-retired, he's actually found a strong second act touring the country in supporting roles in Broadway musicals.  He's currently playing Captain Hook in Finding Neverland.  Before that he played the Wizard in Wicked.  So he's still a busy performer, and one who's in high demand

Agreed : and he was a tremendously nice guy to interview as well :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqf9E3EVALA
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: MSTieScott on February 12, 2018, 01:04:03 PM
(looks at thumbnail)

Wow... he really has let his hair grow out.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: snowpeck on February 13, 2018, 09:56:05 PM
Well that was short lived. The latest update to GSN's schedule shows the whole block is gone, replaced by Harvey Feud.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: clemon79 on February 13, 2018, 10:18:55 PM
The latest update to GSN's schedule shows the whole block is gone, replaced by Harvey Feud.

So renewing normal programming, then.
Title: Re: Classics Join GSN on Saturday Nights
Post by: ChrisLambert! on February 14, 2018, 08:20:08 AM
Probably CLASSIC Harvey Feud. 2015 or so.