Game Show "Channels" On Roku,...Etc... Thread.

[BrandonFG]

Later than spring 98. I remember sneaking a peek at GSN in summer '99, and they were still doing a different season every day.

[Chelsea Thrasher]

When Price is Right joined GSN's regular schedule in Dec 1996, they aired half-hour episodes during the day and hour-long just before primetime.  The hour-long episodes went as Chelsea described like this:

Monday - 1975 (starting with the first hour-long show)
Tuesday - 1979-80
Wednesday - 1982-83
Thursday - 1986-87
Friday - 1991-92

They did this for quite a while but eventually it became mostly just 1983 episodes (probably in April 1998).

Since we're being hyper-specific about it all here and since I'm in a mood to make sure the info's right when someone googles this a few years later (and since I have a pretty decent quantity of what GSN actually aired)

From launch (December 9, 1996) through the last day of the Goodson lease, October 10, 1997, the hour-long episodes had one episode a day with the season rotation listed above at 6PM. GSN's formal name for the scheduling pattern (per a 1997 printed schedule guide) was called "TPIR Anthology"

When the so-called "Dark Period" (I loathe that term) started, the show went to 2x airings per weekday of the same episode at 1PM and 7PM. 

When GSN changed up their schedule somewhat in January of '98, the 1PM/7PM airings became sequential episodes within that season (ex: 3/26/92 at 1, 3/27/92 at 7 on Fridays).  For the fur skip seasons [by then 1977-78 and 1980-81], this meant the next designated airable show from that part of the run. This held through April 17, 1998.

The Goodson shows came back Saturday, April 18, 1998.  At that point (well, the following Monday), the show consolidated to a single season showing episodes sequentially (and with the show changing time slots again), continuing on where the Tuesday run had been - the start of March 1981 (3/4/81 unless I have something mislabeled). 

When WinTV started in August '98, the afternoon airing for it became the "different episodes" run (but I don't believe there was a pattern, unlike before, and they absolutely reaired shows) - while the other airing, at whatever time it happened to be at that point on GSN (most often first thing in the morning at 8AM ET) continued the early 80s run 5x/week. The 80s run disappeared while the WinTV shows remained for a little starting October '99 (they'd gotten to around November '83-ish?) - to much tantruming on ATGS - but was eventually reinstated in place of the WinTV shows for Price's final months on GSN in 2000 when WinTV moved to other shows.

Later than spring 98. I remember sneaking a peek at GSN in summer '99, and they were still doing a different season every day.

WinTV yes (but no longer in a pattern), regular airings no - except for perhaps a one-off or two where WinTV wasn't "on" that day. But if that even happened at all, haven't seen any episodes where that's the case.

[Ian Wallis]

From launch (December 9, 1996) through the last day of the Goodson lease, October 10, 1997, the hour-long episodes had one episode a day with the season rotation listed above at 6PM. GSN's formal name for the scheduling pattern (per a 1997 printed schedule guide) was called "TPIR Anthology"

Ahh...I never knew that.  That's cool info!

When the so-called "Dark Period" (I loathe that term) started

I'm not crazy about that term either.  I always thought GSN went too heavy on the GT shows.  I guess nobody realized that they only had that original three-year lease on them.  When what some people refer to as "the dark period" started, I was excited because it meant we got to see some of the other shows for a change.  I must admit when the GT shows came back I was glad, but they jettisoned just about all of the other shows again.  I don't know why it had to be an "either or", and not some kind of mix.

That period did give us rare looks at some other cool shows they had - so it wasn't so dark.

[chad1m]

Social media ads for Sling TV tout new 1990s episodes coming to the Barker Era channel. Looks like they’re taking a “close enough” approach instead of calling them “white-hair Bob” episodes. (Yes, the image is from a 2000 special.)

[snowpeck]

When Price is Right joined GSN's regular schedule in Dec 1996, they aired half-hour episodes during the day and hour-long just before primetime.  The hour-long episodes went as Chelsea described like this:

Monday - 1975 (starting with the first hour-long show)
Tuesday - 1979-80
Wednesday - 1982-83
Thursday - 1986-87
Friday - 1991-92

They did this for quite a while but eventually it became mostly just 1983 episodes (probably in April 1998).

Since we're being hyper-specific about it all here and since I'm in a mood to make sure the info's right when someone googles this a few years later (and since I have a pretty decent quantity of what GSN actually aired)

From launch (December 9, 1996) through the last day of the Goodson lease, October 10, 1997, the hour-long episodes had one episode a day with the season rotation listed above at 6PM. GSN's formal name for the scheduling pattern (per a 1997 printed schedule guide) was called "TPIR Anthology"

When the so-called "Dark Period" (I loathe that term) started, the show went to 2x airings per weekday of the same episode at 1PM and 7PM. 

When GSN changed up their schedule somewhat in January of '98, the 1PM/7PM airings became sequential episodes within that season (ex: 3/26/92 at 1, 3/27/92 at 7 on Fridays).  For the fur skip seasons [by then 1977-78 and 1980-81], this meant the next designated airable show from that part of the run. This held through April 17, 1998.

The Goodson shows came back Saturday, April 18, 1998.  At that point (well, the following Monday), the show consolidated to a single season showing episodes sequentially (and with the show changing time slots again), continuing on where the Tuesday run had been - the start of March 1981 (3/4/81 unless I have something mislabeled). 

When WinTV started in August '98, the afternoon airing for it became the "different episodes" run (but I don't believe there was a pattern, unlike before, and they absolutely reaired shows) - while the other airing, at whatever time it happened to be at that point on GSN (most often first thing in the morning at 8AM ET) continued the early 80s run 5x/week. The 80s run disappeared while the WinTV shows remained for a little starting October '99 (they'd gotten to around November '83-ish?) - to much tantruming on ATGS - but was eventually reinstated in place of the WinTV shows for Price's final months on GSN in 2000 when WinTV moved to other shows.

Later than spring 98. I remember sneaking a peek at GSN in summer '99, and they were still doing a different season every day.

WinTV yes (but no longer in a pattern), regular airings no - except for perhaps a one-off or two where WinTV wasn't "on" that day. But if that even happened at all, haven't seen any episodes where that's the case.

The WinTV timeslot wasn't as strict about which season aired on which day like the "Anthology" slot had been, but they did typically get later in the run throughout the week. Monday shows were usually from very early in the hour era and Friday shows were generally from season 20 (though not always).

[BrandonFG]

When the so-called "Dark Period" (I loathe that term) started

I'm not crazy about that term either.  I always thought GSN went too heavy on the GT shows.  I guess nobody realized that they only had that original three-year lease on them.  When what some people refer to as "the dark period" started, I was excited because it meant we got to see some of the other shows for a change.  I must admit when the GT shows came back I was glad, but they jettisoned just about all of the other shows again.  I don't know why it had to be an "either or", and not some kind of mix.

That period did give us rare looks at some other cool shows they had - so it wasn't so dark.

I think the first GSN show I saw during that era was a late-70s TPiR. A few months later I discovered TJW, TTD, Treasure Hunt, and 3’s a Crowd. Given that I’d only read about these shows and never thought I’d be able to see GSN I was in Heaven. 

Getting the G-T library back was obviously cool, but I never overstood what was so “dark” about those few months.

[Blanquepage]

I think the overplaying of Dating Game & Newlywed Game, plus additions of content the online collective perceived as bad shows like Ruckus, 3's a Crowd, etc, is what fed the whole "Dark Period" characterization. Decades later, I rather enjoy digitizing all the Ruckus I stockpiled, thank you very much 
I DO regret not recording more Feud '94, though.

[Brakus]

With the Season 17 (1988-1989) episodes going live on the TPiR Barker Era channel and BUZZR today, it got me to thinking - they skipped over a couple seasons to get to Season 17, and Bob Barker didn't let his hair go gray until the fall of 1987 (Season 16). And of course, nothing yet from the 1990s or 2000s with Bob. TPiR Barker Era channel will turn 5 years old in December, and yet most of the hour-long episodes up to now have been from 1982-1986. Any reason for the time skip between 1986 to 1988?

Regardless of the reason, I'm glad to see "new" episodes of TPiR from the late 1980s start to show up in the rotation.

[chad1m]

Any reason for the time skip between 1986 to 1988?

I can only guess starting with an episode number like 7001D makes for a cleaner-looking break for pre- and post-silver Bob.

[snowpeck]

Any reason for the time skip between 1986 to 1988?

I can only guess starting with an episode number like 7001D makes for a cleaner-looking break for pre- and post-silver Bob.

My guess is they wanted to jump to a point - with white-haired Bob and Rod - that the current target ad demographic remembers from their childhood.

[chad1m]

Buzzr and The Barker Era announced today that 100 fresh episodes of The Price Is Right, "in HD", as they are promoting (?)

The higher-quality transfer does look really nice on streaming. It's smoother and less jarring than any of the other shows that have been converted. In the first act of today's episode, you can even see the indents in the carpet the showcase podiums have left.

[Chelsea Thrasher]

Audiences have been vocal for the past half-decade for episodes with gray-haired Bob, and 7001D is the first "round" number where his hair's white if you're looking for a starting point and have made peace with not starting with a grey-haired season premiere (6941D) or Bob's first gray show (6614D)

But by staying there it's still so far in the past you get a lot of the "vintage" elements, shows before what eventually happened with the models, and Bob still in full command as a host (Dian leaves in '93, anything past S25 it's a lottery, and a LOT of shows past S30 are just bad).

I'd have probably just started at the S18 premiere - if only to get both Bob's lone turntable entrance AND a Betty White walkon during the 3rd ep of the premiere week - but I am also never going to turn my nose at any selection of Barker episodes through the 90s.