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Shows that Game Show Network should get.
BrandonFG:
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Oct 14 2003, 02:51 PM\'] [quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Oct 14 2003, 01:00 PM\'][quote name=\'Rhudson765\' date=\'Oct 13 2003, 03:31 PM\'] Hitman
Whew!
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How long have they been showing Win, Lose or Draw? I don't think it ran much longer than Whew!.[/quote]
I don't have the actual dates for "Whew!", but it seems to me that "WLOD" ran two years longer than "Whew!" It's also a decade sooner and has more than a few celebs that are still active today. [/quote]
IIRC, Whew barely made it past one year.
Ian Wallis:
--- Quote ---IIRC, Whew barely made it past one year.
--- End quote ---
April 1979-May 1980.
Replaced by "Alice" reruns on the CBS schedule. Ugh!
Ian Wallis:
--- Quote ---Did the ratings start out low and stay that way, or did they slowly decline over time?
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I've often wondered about GSN's ratings. Surely the people that run the network must know that airing the same limited number of shows over and over (such as 150 "Hollywood Squares", 200 "Press Your Lucks" or 150 "Let's Make a Deals") will drop the ratings after a while.
It's easy to for them to take a show off the schedule once the ratings drop, but part of it is their own fault. Once they lease a show, they should have a pretty good indication of what the ratings are fairly quickly. They shouldn't have to wait a couple of years, and run through the same episodes many times before deciding this is worth renewing. By then it might be too late.
Jay Temple:
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Oct 16 2003, 01:03 AM\'][quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Oct 14 2003, 01:00 PM\']
How long have they been showing Win, Lose or Draw? I don't think it ran much longer than Whew!.[/quote]
IIRC, Whew barely made it past one year.[/quote]
Okay, I overestimated how long Whew! ran. Still, Blockbusters only ran a year and a half, and it's at least been on the schedule since the start of the year.
cweaver:
Here's what I would like to see...
Cross Wits
The Liar's Club
High Rollers
Concentration
Then again what do I know? I thought "Hollywood Squares" would hold onto its initial high ratings (remember it *was* successful at first), and that "To Tell the Truth" was a great idea for a game show to revive. 0 for 2 on that one.
I am surprised GSN has never revived any of the classic GT panel shows as a new show for their own network. "What's My Line?" would be great now, with more video available of some of these people at their jobs. But once again, what do I know?
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