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Video game programs coming to GSN
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--- Quote ---A few years down the line, we'll have a 'Game Show Classics' Network that is seperate from GSN, wich will air Gameshows from the 50's, to the 80's, with no end credit interuptinos for new show promotion, or screen squashes for online adds.. One can only hope..
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I don't see that happening unless in the future, cable is abolished and people can subscribe directly to any network they wish. It has taken GSN a long time to get onto cable lineups and they still have a long way to go. Can you imagine how hard it'll be to convince them to add ANOTHER GSN...one that appeals to less people than the current one?
--- Quote ---If they (or any other network) could hook you into watching 21 hours of commercials a day, you're damn skippy they would.
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It's called PIN...Product Information Network. Well, it's infomercials, but basically the same.
clemon79:
[quote name=\'jalman\' date=\'Jun 30 2003, 06:42 PM\'] GSN, while gaining a large user base, should be "truer to itself." I've observed that Joe Viewer gives his/her highest praises for the older programming of GSN. IMO, one of the advantages of cable/satellite is the variety of distinct niche channels. GSN broadening their programming choices too far rarely ever ends in success (my immediate example is Who Dares Wins).
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And if the ratings bear that out, I will be pleased to march right behind you in the I Told You So parade :)
But until then, I have to think these people have information that I as a mere viewer am not privy to.
Matt Ottinger:
I have to say it's getting a little redundant to see the same dozen or so voices raised in protest any time GSN tries something different.
They're not going to \"alienate loyal viewers\" any more than ESPN alienates football fans when they air women's bowling, or NBC alienates fans of E/R when they air \"Friends\". GSN cannot survive by running a program schedule that constantly caters to the same small audience of devotees any more than MTV could have survived by remaining a 24-hour music video service. But you guys think GSN has some grand responsibility to preserve and rerun the same programming over and over and over.
You do realize that they're not going to make any new episode of Combs Feud, don't you?
If you don't want to watch the new shows, don't. If enough people don't, they'll drop those shows and try something else. My impression (based on a pretty consistant past history) is that the same people who complain about this awful programming move will somehow be able to tell us every detail about the shows, including the precise moment when reruns start. But of course you won't be watching.
beatlefreak84:
--- Quote ---You do realize that they're not going to make any new episode of Combs Feud, don't you?
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Of course not! However, the only reason I complained is because GSN seems to be sacrificing a lot of its classics in order to make room for \"cutting-edge\" programming. While new programming can be worth a look, we know of some of the original shows that are faltering; why not give them a rest and try out these new shows?
--- Quote ---If you don't want to watch the new shows, don't. If enough people don't, they'll drop those shows and try something else. My impression (based on a pretty consistant past history) is that the same people who complain about this awful programming move will somehow be able to tell us every detail about the shows, including the precise moment when reruns start. But of course you won't be watching.
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Oh, you got that right, Matt. And, nope, I won't be watching them on GSN anymore than I watch them on G4 (which is NEVER!). Honestly, the only show I watch on G4 is \"Starcade\" (naturally); other than that, I couldn't care less about video games on TV. Oh, and, if you ever see me recall every detail about the shows and say they suck and why would I watch them, feel free to banish me to the STYD room (I liked TTD '90, honestly; STYD is more torture for me!)!
beatlefreak84:
--- Quote ---You gotta wonder why they didn't at least try to acquire Starcade and/or Hi Score
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Well, I can't comment on \"Starcade,\" but I can for \"Hi Score:\" if you go to G4, you see that only six episodes exist to this date! I think that would kinda make for a very short-running series, wouldn't it?
However, I'd suffer through the reruns to get more looks at Julia Reed! :)
BTW, does anybody know if more episodes exist than G4 claims, or were only 6 made?
Anthony
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