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Behind Door No. 2: A Revamped GSN
Card Shark:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Dec 16 2003, 11:31 AM\'] [quote name=\'Card Shark\' date=\'Dec 16 2003, 04:51 AM\'] When the baby is born and I'm up all night with her, I'll have to catch some of the great programming on like those shows where someone breaks in to your house while your out and changes the decor. [/quote]
Hey, ya never know, the new GSN might use some of the library as overnight filler. You may get the chance to see Joker's Wild at 3:00a when you're up with the kid.
Good luck with the little one! :) [/quote]
Thank you for your good wishes. ObGameShowsOrWhatever, I plan to use the summer wisely by exposing her to TPIR since that will be the only game show on worth watching (IMO). After all, my first words were "Bobba Barker," according to my parents. I can only blame my mother and my aunt for watching all these crazy shows with me as a new born and toddler.
Jamey Greek:
[quote name=\'chuckwooleryfan\' date=\'Dec 15 2003, 09:44 AM\'] 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:
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.
Over the years, I can safely say I have learned a lot about how a television network works and the ups and downs of running one. A few years ago, I would've been screaming and hollering here for GSN to pick up shows like The Price is Right, Sale of the Century, and Scrabble. Now, over this past year, I've come to realize that it is not as easy as it seems, and only with patience, perseverance, and maybe a little luck could we get what we've asked for.
But now, this announcement has made me realize that advertisers truly do have a greater power than we viewers do. There's probably a variety of factors that make them so much more important than us viewers.
It'll probably take me some time to reel in all the factors that has lead to Rich's announcement, but I'm sure we'll be hearing some real answers soon. I know this won't be the last time I hear of someone mentioning this topic.
Before someone goes out and misinterprets what I've said, yes. I'm as shot as most of you are that the "death" of GSN is nearly upon us. But am I going to scream, holler, break things, or swear all over the place? No, because as I said earlier, the advertisers are apparently the real fans of this network. 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.
But I do give Rich Cronin at least some credit. He's doing all he can to keep a television network alive. Yep, a television network. That's what I'm calling it from this point forward. I don't know whether or not I'll be watching this "new" GSN that Cronin describes, no matter how big the changes are and whether or not they are absolutely true as Casey and LostCluster explained. But if it succeeds with the younger viewers, then good for him. If not, well, then that's a shame, regardless of whether or not they take an about face on this direction.
As the old sayings go, life goes on. I've recently been gaining more of an interest in older cartoons now that I've found some really old tapes. I've also been polishing up my writing skills in an effort to create fanfiction for certain franchises soon. And my sister has been going ga-ga over pinball, among other things.
We've both learned that we can go on without GSN. Nothing is meant to last forever, and in GSN's case, I think that's what we may be seeing IF this new plan even works out at all to begin with.
Thus concludes my long and argouous thought. [/quote]
I also read Steve Beverly's "All in the Game" and I am afraid that is the way it goes. I fought tooth and nail to get GSN, ever since it first came out. But, I did not get it until summer 1997, on my Primestar. (Which Directv later bought out) But, then I was visiting with my grandmother, my aunts, uncles, and cousins in Alabama, and by the time I got back for thanksgiving the "Dark Period" rolled around and I still enjoyed GSN. In 1998, when they finally got the G-T shows back it was wonderful. In 1999, When they acquired the 80s newlywed game, and Color GOTW's it was also wonderful. But, for about 3 years, GSN ended up going Downhill on me. But, we can't have the world however we want it.
calliaume:
[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Dec 16 2003, 10:30 PM\'] [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. [/quote]
I believe it's Doogie Zucker, M.D. (mostly dimwitted).
Not sure how he got promoted up after doing such a wonderful job with NBC's prime-time lineup (how about a Coupling marathon, anyone?). The network's prime-time lineup is struggling now, and is headed for a quick downward turn next year with the departure of Friends and Frasier. If they want to develop a prime-time lineup primarily devoted to shows like Fear Factor, Average Joe, and The Assistant, that's fine, but his audience will continue to shrink, and it will be impossible to repurpose those programs -- one run and done.
Ian Wallis:
--- Quote ---If they want to develop a prime-time lineup primarily devoted to shows like Fear Factor, Average Joe, and The Assistant, that's fine, but his audience will continue to shrink, and it will be impossible to repurpose those programs -- one run and done.
--- End quote ---
That's why I'm surprised that there's been so many "reality" shows. Almost none of them have any rerun value. I was always under the impression that to make any money at all on a primetime series you had to have the syndication sales after the run was completed, but I doubt that any of us will ever see repeats of "Joe Millionaire", "Big Brother" or probably even "Survivor" on a regular basis, so where's the big money?
BrandonFG:
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Dec 17 2003, 01:48 PM\']
--- Quote ---If they want to develop a prime-time lineup primarily devoted to shows like Fear Factor, Average Joe, and The Assistant, that's fine, but his audience will continue to shrink, and it will be impossible to repurpose those programs -- one run and done.
--- End quote ---
That's why I'm surprised that there's been so many "reality" shows. Almost none of them have any rerun value. I was always under the impression that to make any money at all on a primetime series you had to have the syndication sales after the run was completed, but I doubt that any of us will ever see repeats of "Joe Millionaire", "Big Brother" or probably even "Survivor" on a regular basis, so where's the big money? [/quote]
Not so sure, but isn't Fear Factor up for some sort of syndication deal, or a rerun package on USA?
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