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New show coming to Buzzr on February 17...
aaron sica:
--- Quote from: Dbacksfan12 on February 01, 2019, 09:58:09 PM ---Responding to Anthony's post here...perhaps they feel the name value of Hollywood Squares is worth it. As an aside, does anyone remember if it was one of the shows listed in that interminable poll they ran last year? Perhaps it scored highly.
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That was my thought about his post as well. The BUZZR facebook page is always littered with posts asking them to add shows (and the same fans explaining why adding said show is not possible), so maybe because it's Hollywood Squares, it was added. Granted, not the best example of the show, but HS nonetheless.
Joe Mello:
--- Quote from: beatlefreak84 on February 01, 2019, 09:30:32 PM ---At least there is a much better recognition with Classic Concentration to get some other people watching besides us game show geeks, and the show ran for six total years in daytime. This show didn't even make it a year and, from my second hand recollection (it was on before I was born), wasn't very popular.
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If they're able to get all 191 hour-long episodes, MGHS will have about 1.5x the total runtime of Celebrity Name Game (257 half-hours) and nearly 4 times that of Double Dare (96), both of which have also been on Buzzr.
Also if the "only get game shows that are popular" held that much weight, I don't think there would be as much grousing about Harvey Feud on GSN.
JMFabiano:
--- Quote from: aaron sica on February 02, 2019, 07:36:57 AM ---
--- Quote from: Dbacksfan12 on February 01, 2019, 09:58:09 PM ---Responding to Anthony's post here...perhaps they feel the name value of Hollywood Squares is worth it. As an aside, does anyone remember if it was one of the shows listed in that interminable poll they ran last year? Perhaps it scored highly.
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That was my thought about his post as well. The BUZZR facebook page is always littered with posts asking them to add shows (and the same fans explaining why adding said show is not possible), so maybe because it's Hollywood Squares, it was added. Granted, not the best example of the show, but HS nonetheless.
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That and it's yet another version of MG hosted by Gene Rayburn, and a rare one at that. So for the Rayburn completist, there's that (coupled with them showing NBC's TMG from time to time as needed).
Mike Tennant:
This quote from the Vulture article seems to explain Buzzr's rationale pretty well:
--- Quote ---But reviving MGHSH also lets Buzzr give its game show diehards more episodes of the very popular Match Game format (the ‘70s version runs multiple times each day, while ABC is now airing a revival in primetime) as well as some form of Hollywood Squares, reruns of which haven’t been seen regularly in years. While Deetjen would likely be very open to the idea of airing the original Peter Marshall-hosted Squares, Buzzr parent company Fremantle doesn’t own the rights to it (unlike most of the other games on the channel). “This is a way to slide in Hollywood Squares to our lineup,” he says. “If you were to do a Mt. Rushmore of game shows, it and Match Game would both be on it.”
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JMFabiano:
--- Quote from: Mike Tennant on February 02, 2019, 11:24:27 AM ---This quote from the Vulture article seems to explain Buzzr's rationale pretty well:
--- Quote ---But reviving MGHSH also lets Buzzr give its game show diehards more episodes of the very popular Match Game format (the ‘70s version runs multiple times each day, while ABC is now airing a revival in primetime) as well as some form of Hollywood Squares, reruns of which haven’t been seen regularly in years. While Deetjen would likely be very open to the idea of airing the original Peter Marshall-hosted Squares, Buzzr parent company Fremantle doesn’t own the rights to it (unlike most of the other games on the channel). “This is a way to slide in Hollywood Squares to our lineup,” he says. “If you were to do a Mt. Rushmore of game shows, it and Match Game would both be on it.”
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Quite possible, I mean they had to talk to MGM, didn't they?
Anyway...I will say that with all the complaints about elements of the show...I'm glad to see it again. Nostalgia and all that. It'll be surreal to have pristine copies on TV now, just like it is with Classic Concentration.
On the topic, and in line with what I've asked around about...there's two related items I wonder whether or not they can be (re-)found. One is a picture of the floor mural at the original location of the NBC Experience in NYC. As this featured shots of their shows over the years, and included Squares...but not the Marshall version. No, they not only chose a scene from the MG/HS version, but the PILOT set (host/contestant area is all grey, not red, yellow, and blue). That one's on par with the 80s magazines that did reports on video games and used CRAZY OTTO screenshots to represent Pac-Man.
Second thing is an interview I recall being posted online with Gene Rayburn. Notable because they did touch upon MG/HS, and while he was savage against BTB '85, Gene was much milder talking about the earlier show...even saying his "hated co-host" Bauman was a nice guy but didn't have hosting chops.
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