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The new GSN schedule effective March 15th...
cmjb13:
[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Feb 16 2004, 11:48 PM\'] [quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Feb 16 2004, 09:28 PM\'] Whammy? Todd Newton got too loud for me. I know the producers told him to get loud, but he still rubbed my auditory nerves the wrong way. [/quote]
Hold on a second here - they *told* him to get loud?? Hmm....what would the show have been like if he hadn't been told that.... [/quote]
It still would have sucked.
CaseyAbell:
--- Quote ---You just don't get it, do you? If I dislike crapola, don't brand me with a label. Just describe me as "one who dislikes crapola".
--- End quote ---
Oh come on, you can't seriously believe that any significant number of traditionalist game show fans will even give half a chance to stuff like Fake-a-Date. I can't believe that even in their wildest dreams, GSN execs believe Joe Millionaire's dating epic will lure zillions of TPiR fans. The whole idea of non-trad stuff like Fake-a-Date is to get a NEW audience.
Trouble is, the current syndie dating shows are losing audience as we type. So, yeah, I get the feeling that in their worst nightmares, GSN execs think that Fake-a-Date, and possibly Kenny vs. Spenny and Spy TV, will not just turn off most of the traditionalists (a given) but also fail to attract new viewers.
The blackjack show is closer to traditional in-studio gamers, so the execs probably figure it's the safest show to lead the changes with on March 15. They sure aren't kicking things off with two hours of Spy TV.
As I said before, I'm honestly surprised that these plodding statements of the obvious are controversial with anybody. That's what I really "just don't get."
aaron sica:
[quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Feb 17 2004, 08:26 AM\'] Oh come on, you can't seriously believe that any significant number of traditionalist game show fans will even give half a chance to stuff like Fake-a-Date [/quote]
I don't know about you, but I don't knock shows, no matter how bad they may sound, until I give them a try and watch them. I'm a "traditionalist game show fan", but that doesn't mean I can't like stuff like Fake-A-Date. Does that comment mean I like the show? No. Like I said, don't knock anything until you give it a fair shot.
AH3RD:
[quote name=\'whampyl03\' date=\'Jan 28 2004, 09:45 PM\'] Didn't see this posted anywhere here yet, so I thought I'd go for it.
Love Connection will be making a whopping 21 appearances a week now...
Win, Lose or Draw will be making an exit...
Game related programming will be making an entrance...
Here's a link...
http://adlink.com/resource_center/programm...04&endtime=1770.
THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED DUE TO GRAMMATICAL ERRORS. [/quote]
I still see several GS oldies but goodies on the new schedule, so it's not a total loss...
CaseyAbell:
Sure there are individual exceptions. There are nearly 300 million people in this country, after all. But really, expecting most traditionalist game show fans to give stuff like Fake-a-Date a chance is like expecting most hip-hop fans to groove on Lawrence Welk. I'm sure there are hip-hoppers out there who might ADORE the accordion-meister, but pitching a marketing campaign at them is, well, not a real great idea.
Oh, the March 15 schedule has more than a few oldies but goodies. In fact, the schedule offers eighteen classics and a bunch of traditional in-studio originals from the Boden era. GSN is tiptoeing into non-trad stuff REAL carefully. And my opinion is that they'll show no mercy to any non-traditional shows that hurt their household count, even if they marginally improve the demos. It's been too much of a hard slog back from the near-death experience of last August and September.
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