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Behind Door No. 2: A Revamped GSN
BrandonFG:
[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Dec 16 2003, 02:54 PM\'] [quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Dec 15 2003, 09:20 PM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 15 2003, 09:10 PM\'] People, read a book, take a walk, listen to some music. I'm starting to fear for some of you. [/quote]
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Here is:
JOE RAYGOR'S SUGGESTED READING LIST:
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The O'Rielly Factor: The Good, The Bad and Completly Ridiculous in Americian Life By Bill O'Rielly
Jump the Shark by Jon Hien
Dutch by Edmund Morris
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Rhold Dahl
Things you Need to be Told by the Ettiquette Grrls
Also, why don't you also check out these movies:
JOE RAYGOR'S SUGGESTED MOVIE LIST:
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Planes, Trains, Automobiles (1987)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
National Lampoons: Christmas Vacation (1989)
La Femme Nikita (1990)
Innocent Blood (1992)
Single White Female (1992)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1995)
Bowling for Coloumbine (2002)
Confessions of a Dangerious Mind (2003)
Read and watch all of those and your mind will be cleared of GSN Woes in no time !
-Joe R. [/quote]
I approve of your list, except for "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind." It might get people to start crying that GSN should air "Gong Show." ;-)
I also suggest Family Guy DVDs for a good laugh, but skip over any episode with a game show reference. :-)
calliaume:
--- Quote --- (dsmith @ Dec 16 2003, 02:01 PM)
Nor does Come on Down! or The Cat in the Hat. I've read a couple good books lately..if you want the titles, ask.
--- Quote --- (dzinkin @ Dec 15 2003, 09:20 PM)
And let me add: in this context, The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows does not count as "a book."
- David
--- Quote --- (fostergray82 @ Dec 15 2003, 09:10 PM)
People, read a book, take a walk, listen to some music. I'm starting to fear for some of you.
--- End quote ---
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My reading list can be found here.
Seriously, for about 20 minutes I was thinking about doing the whole Save Regis and Millionaire on ABC thing all over again -- write a pissed-off letter saying I'll stop watching GSN and dumb down my cable so I won't even receive it, invite others to do the same thing, and e-mail all the tv critics. (I got a little bit of press, but it didn't save Millionaire.) But:
1) they're not getting rid of all the game shows,
2) I'm not watching GSN very much anyway,
3) I'm not watching game shows very much anyway,
4) I'm not watching television very much anyway, because
5) I'm trying to read much more, and most importantly,
6) I have an 11-week-old son, who's taking up most of my time, and I'm better off for it.
So between that, and that I smell failure in the air -- as Matt noted, this is Sony following the herd on a new trend -- I think I'll wait and see what happens.
uncamark:
And life goes on.
At least Rich Cronin kept the wolves away from the door for two years. Unfortunately, the ratings weren't good enough to keep Sony and Liberty from wanting something else.
Unscripted programming is not going away any time soon, folks. The broadcast networks may hold back on the reality shows in the fall schedule, but when the highly-touted scripted shows start bombing out, unscripted programming once again returns (as now, with "Average Joe," "Simple Life," "Idol," "The Apprentice," "America's Next Top Model," "Celeb Mole," "Star Search" and whatever else all either starting, have started or returning within the next month or so). Except for the "TPIR" prime time shows, it just isn't going to be studio game shows for now.
And the pattern seems to be set--a speciality channel starts out appealing to the hardcore, but has to broaden out their audience as they gain more carriage and the potential number of viewers gets larger at the risk of offending the hardcore audience. Those of you who like all of the quirkiness at Trio, enjoy it while Lauren Zazalnick's still enjoying the benign neglect of her current bosses at Vivendi Universal--because when the Universal/NBC merger goes through and Dougie Zucker becomes her boss, it won't be the Trio that's around today. You can be sure of that.
bclark71:
I am somewhat disappointed, but I rarely turn on Game Show Network anymore, and usually if I do it's only when I'm alerted to some sort of special programming or a standout episode of a classic show. I never just flip it on and sit down to whatever might spew forth. But, boy, did I ever used to! I first got GSN in April 1997, and I watched it A LOT. It was a novelty to me, and I taped a ton of stuff, thinking "This won't last forever. Better hoard what I can! Hee hee hee!" I was like a kid looting a candy store. Today I have nearly 200 tapes stockpiled and catalogued. My wife is just thrilled. :)
Like Mr. Alliaume, I have a small child (my almost-two-year-old, Brandon), and now he has shows he likes to watch. His favorite is Blue's Clues, which I have to say is a better and more entertaining show than most of GSN's original games and many of the "classics." He also loves The Price is Right. He can already say "Come on Down!," and he asks for the show by saying "Wanna see Bob!" Gotta raise them on the classics.
Anyhow, my long, rambling point is, I am shedding no tears and losing no sleep over this decision. Maybe the change will be successful. Maybe it will fail. (If it fails there is the possibility of the plug being pulled on the channel altogether. Then there goes Match too. I hope it's successful, if just for that show continuing to run.)
Hell, maybe the new GSN will run classic game shows from 6am to 3pm and then run the new stuff. I don't know and I really don't care. When I want to see Match Game or Family Feud, it's never on when I have control of the TV, so I pop in a tape.
I will continue to do so.
GS Warehouse:
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Dec 16 2003, 07:12 PM\'] ... Those of you who like all of the quirkiness at Trio, enjoy it while Lauren Zazalnick's still enjoying the benign neglect of her current bosses at Vivendi Universal--because when the Universal/NBC merger goes through and Dougie Zucker becomes her boss, it won't be the Trio that's around today. You can be sure of that. [/quote]
JEFF Zucker, Mark! JEFF Zucker!
Goodbye Brilliant But Cancelled, hello all-day Queer Eye for the Straight Guy marathons.
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