The Game Show Forum > Game Show Channels & Networks

Cronin interview up

<< < (2/3) > >>

aaron sica:
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Dec 23 2003, 09:06 AM\'] If it were up to me I'd resurrect the "Club AM" and "Prime Games" formulas.  During those times, I found GSN to be a warm, inviting place.  It was nice to hear game show discussion from people in the business, and the occasional phone call from fans. 

I found it getting a bit stale once those segments were cut from GSN. [/quote]
Yesterday, I was thinking along these same lines, actually...

I wouldn't be surprised if the new channel groups some of its shows together in blocks (i.e. "Breakfast/Lunch/Morning/Afternoon with the Stars", all celebity themed shows...like they did previously)

Call me an optimist, a fool, whatever you like, but I'm actually getting excited about the new channel...I honestly think we will more of a chance to get to see some stuff from the vaults that hasn't seen the light of day in years during the daytime hours/overnight.

Jay Temple:
[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Dec 23 2003, 12:18 AM\'] I found it odd that Cronin called Evan the "ideal host".  I could care less about Joke Millionaire...are they still married? [/quote]
 They never were.

inturnaround:
[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Dec 23 2003, 01:18 AM\'] I found it odd that Cronin called Evan the "ideal host".  I could care less about Joke Millionaire...are they still married?

 [/quote]
 I don't find it odd at all. He's handsome, and he's got some sort of name recognition. Most reality show hosts have no impact on the game whatsoever. Case in point: Joe Millionaire host Alex McLeod (late of "Trading Spaces").

As for the point made earlier in this thread about the failure of Naturally Stoned and GSN's video game block, I don't think that means that GSN (Or whatever they decide to call themselves) should abandon the ideas or that they were bad ideas. I think it just meant that they needed to become the place for people who wanted to see that type of programming to come (and believe me, with video games outselling Hollywood movies, there are plenty of gamers who want to watch shows about it). Had it been on in prime time or more often, I think the game show block would have taken off.

As for Naturally Stoned...sure it was a reality series, but it was a reality series with a very limited scope and a very limited built in audience. How many other reality shows do you know of that star middle aged men? And a middle aged game show host for that matter? It just wasn't compelling to a general audience and that wasn't the fault of the genre, it was the fault of the people who thought it might have been bigger than it was. Because, let's be honest, if you didn't watch Lingo, why would you watch NS? And even if you did watch Lingo, you might not be that interested in the life if its host or what brand of cottage cheese he desires.

chris319:
Somebody tell the nutty Perf that there is no such word as "moreso":

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=moreso

There is, however, such a word as "bonehead", as in "bonehead English":

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bonehead

PeterMarshallFan:
I dunno---Evan Marriott has the personality of a piece of wood, so I doubt he'll do all that great. Name recognition can only take a show so far.....witness Bill Cosby's version of You Bet Your Life. He's a well known personality, but that didn't save the show from a short run.

Anyhoo, 'tis would be a nice thing if all the primetime shuffling was accompanied by some vault stuff in the mornings that hasn't been seen in a while [regular running of Narz BTC, for example]

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page