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GSN August 2003 Ratings
Chelsea Thrasher:
Please note: This article was originally written slightly dumbed down for other message boards (Not just the GSN one. This board has a higher than norm intelligence than most).
Courtesy Multichannel Newswire:
http://multichannel.com/index.asp?l...y=searchResults
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The key part is the ratings numbers.
GSN, per the article, is Down 40% from a year ago (August 2002), with a 0.3 average rating.
That right there speaks VOLUMES. A Year Ago, You had BWTS (WML, TTTT, IGAS, and the Passwords), the evening vertivisions with, among other things, $10K/$20K Pyramid, 60s NG, Combs Syndie FF [Celeb only, sadly], and others [and 80s LMAD from Oct to Dec, but it was HSq in Aug.\), and only 4 originals (Whammy aired before the PM Vertivision, and then Lingo/FoF/RR/NG aired afterwards).
Ya know, I think all this \"progress\" GSN has made (more originals, WL, Love Connection, and, sadly, the MG/FF/PYL/CS/H2 morning blocks [4 of which I could care less about]) has only served to hurt the network.
Normally, a lot of complaints against the network can only be backed up by loose complaints or personal opinions, but, for once, the opinions that say that GSN was better off with a more classics-driven lineup, have the Nielsens to back them up. Of course, at that point, Whammy reruns were averaging around a .6, ditto FoF eps, RR had a .7, and Lingo had a consistent .8, so some originals are good, so that helped bigtime. Of course, it also proves that a moderate # of originals is better than the current overkill
PeterMarshallFan:
Boy, billcullen5555/bc1234/bc5 [or whatever he's calling himself this week] is gonna have a FIELD DAY with this at the GSN Boards.
Thanks for the info. I keep saying all the edginess with stuff like the 555-Cram promo and the Debating Game promos with Mary Carey going up and down would turn people off. Let's see what this great new video game block is gonna do.
whampyl03:
--- Quote --- Boy, billcullen5555/bc1234/bc5 [or whatever he's calling himself this week] is gonna have a FIELD DAY with this at the GSN Boards.
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That's suprising. The mods haven't tried to censor and ban him yet?
Actually, this could be bad for actual game shows on GSN. It could re-infource Cronin's idea that the game show pulls in the lower numbers, meaning that more programming could be introduced to GSN that has absolutely noting to do with game shows in an attempt to get back to what was last August.
Chelsea Thrasher:
And if he does, I'm seriously hoping that anyone with even the slightest connection to Sony Entertainment or Liberty Media gets on the phone, and starts working towards a firing of Cronin.
PeterMarshallFan:
--- Quote ---That's suprising. The mods haven't tried to censor and ban him yet?
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Probably because he didn't post every day like I did. And IMO, I said more in less posts and more legibly than he did. Notice if you can't type to save your life, they leave you alone.
--- Quote ---Actually, this could be bad for actual game shows on GSN. It could re-infource Cronin's idea that the game show pulls in the lower numbers, meaning that more programming could be introduced to GSN that has absolutely noting to do with game shows in an attempt to get back to what was last August.
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All we can do now is cross our fingers and hope the video game block is the worst failure this side of What's Going On.
--- Quote ---And if he does, I'm seriously hoping that anyone with even the slightest connection to Sony Entertainment or Liberty Media gets on the phone, and starts working towards a firing of Cronin.
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And hopefully our old friend Kevin \"MrGameShw\" Belinkoff goes with him. I mean, look at some of the decisions they've made recently:
Casino vs. Cram
Casino was essentially a revival of Gambit, with high stakes and sabotage strategy. Cram, well.....has a Nordic woman with her rubber balloons hanging out on every episode. Guess what got picked up?
The Real Deal
A revival of Wordplay [and it's predecessors, Oh My Word and Take My Word For It] with Greg Proops as host. I guess it wasn't \"edgy\" enough as we haven't heard about it for almost a year.
Telepathy
From what I've gathered, this was a Password-like game. Must have required an IQ higher than 12.
The Scrabble Challenge
See above. Yes, the game as it was did need some tweaks but overall was alot better than WinTuition, Friend or Foe, or Cram. The idea of them actually reworking it is laughable. The original producer, Steve Radosh, worked for Marty Pasetta Productions for many years and was a driving force behind one of the more underrated shows in the last 15 years, The Hollywood Game. Mark Cronin, the new producer? Well.....his name matches Rich's, and he produces Cram. If this farce even makes it on air after the changes, it'll probably have Icey holding the tiles while having her \"B\"s on display.
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