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Behind Door No. 2: A Revamped GSN
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Dec 15 2003, 11:36 AM\'] When GSN finally came to my house in December 2000, Tic Tac Dough was gone [/quote]
TTD was still on GSN in December 2000, but it was relegated to the Caldwell season on weekends only. You might remember Mike Klauss's legendary "Caldwell Files" website he did for part of GSN's run of Caldwell TTD.
clemon79:
[quote name=\'chuckwooleryfan\' date=\'Dec 15 2003, 07:44 AM\'] I just got finished reading Steve Beverly's "All in the Game" column. And you know what? He brings up an excellent point. The sad truth about television executives is that they make these business decisions to please the advertisers. As hard as that may be to swallow, they are the prime target. Not us, the diehard fans of this genre. [/quote]
You say this like it's an original thought. There have been people here trying to get this point across for YEARS. But all of a sudden when the Almighty Perfesser says it, it's considered Great Wisdom. Sheesh.
--- Quote ---There's probably a variety of factors that make them so much more important than us viewers.
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Actually, there's really only one. It's green and it folds.
--- Quote ---If one of the executives were to actually base the network's direction on what WE thought, then it would've been a totally different story.
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It also would have been a dead network many years ago.
melman1:
So as an adult whose "brand identification" and "shopping preferences" are already set in stone (insert any additional marketing-babble you can think of here), TV now sees no need to target me at all. So, what's left for me to watch?
Sports are getting difficult to watch (ESPN is turning everything into a music video), game shows are apparently dying out, and I refuse to watch anything reality-ish.
Should I just sit back and wait for the backlash to come along, or is it too late?
Dbacksfan12:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 15 2003, 11:45 AM\'] [quote name=\'chuckwooleryfan\' date=\'Dec 15 2003, 07:44 AM\'] I just got finished reading Steve Beverly's "All in the Game" column. And you know what? He brings up an excellent point. The sad truth about television executives is that they make these business decisions to please the advertisers. As hard as that may be to swallow, they are the prime target. Not us, the diehard fans of this genre. [/quote]
You say this like it's an original thought. There have been people here trying to get this point across for YEARS. But all of a sudden when the Almighty Perfesser says it, it's considered Great Wisdom. Sheesh.
--- Quote ---There's probably a variety of factors that make them so much more important than us viewers.
--- End quote ---
Actually, there's really only one. It's green and it folds.
--- Quote ---If one of the executives were to actually base the network's direction on what WE thought, then it would've been a totally different story.
--- End quote ---
It also would have been a dead network many years ago. [/quote]
--- Quote ---Actually, there's really only one. It's green and it folds.
--- End quote ---
Would that be the new spinach wrap at the Atari comissary?
--- Quote ---TTD was still on GSN in December 2000, but it was relegated to the Caldwell season on weekends only. You might remember Mike Klauss's legendary "Caldwell Files" website he did for part of GSN's run of Caldwell TTD.
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Yeah, so? You don't have to point out your in-depth knowledge of the genre every time someone makes a comment. TJW was on GSN in 1998. (I can now expect him to tell me which run and in what time slot it aired)
--- Quote ---Should I just sit back and wait for the backlash to come along, or is it too late?
--- End quote ---
Too late. The media has decided you are worthless.
--- Quote ---I posted this in the GSN Forums, and I thought this was so good, I figured I'd share it over here too, with a couple added thoughts:
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Right, because the posters at the GSN are the most valid posters in the world.
Just some thoughts, take them for what they are worth.
TraderRob:
Guess this explains why they're blowing through the new episodes of Lingo so fast! :-)
I definitely enjoyed the ride while it lasted (even though I only got GSN back in Sept of last year). I'm definitely disappointed, but I'll definitely anticipate what this new network has to offer. And I'm not going to give up on the fact that these shows that GSN is giving up may reappear on another network at some time.
I look at it this way... When Trio started airing Battle of the Network Stars, people got excited because it was a show that hadn't been seen in a long time and was airing on a network that didn't usually air game show fare. Same with Queen For A Day. Taking a break from the "game shows all play all day" may just be what the doctor ordered so that when these shows do start appearing elsewhere, they'll be appreciated more and be a privilege rather than an expectation.
Rob
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