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Vgmastr:
Upon looking at this link, I noticed a couple of schedule changes I didn't notice before.

Cram replaces LMAD at 9am Fri, Sat, & Sun.
Blackjack replaces back-to-back FF at 5pm on Wed.
Blackjack replaces Lingo and MG at 9pm on Thurs.
Blackjack replaces Newlywed Game and Love Connection at 7pm on Friday.

Too much blackjack!

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'Vgmastr\' date=\'Mar 11 2004, 10:20 AM\'] Upon looking at this link, I noticed a couple of schedule changes I didn't notice before.

Cram replaces LMAD at 9am Fri, Sat, & Sun.
Blackjack replaces back-to-back FF at 5pm on Wed.
Blackjack replaces Lingo and MG at 9pm on Thurs.
Blackjack replaces Newlywed Game and Love Connection at 7pm on Friday.

Too much blackjack! [/quote]
 Looks like 70s LMAD may be another casualty after this weekend(granted, the 1971-73 and 1975-77 seasons of the 70s shows have been cycled through a few times).

Chelsea Thrasher:
All of the excess Blackjack slots are for next week only.   Cram's change is permanent.

Another one bites the dust (Or rides the bus, take your pick)

CaseyAbell:
The Cram change does now look to be permanent. A few days ago it was only listed for 3/15 and 3/29. Now it goes through the end of April. LMAD still gets four showings a week.

Blackjack is definitely the non-trad show GSN is betting (sorry) the most on. They've ordered additional eps already, it seems to be getting the most promos of any of the new shows, the changes kick off with a double-run of the card game, and the premiere week retreads the show again and again.

Kenny vs. Spenny and Spy TV seem to be real throw-ins, almost like Shows To Be Named Later, to borrow a term from baseball. I'm not wagering the house on long GSN runs for these shows, especially with Dog Eat Dog and Average Joe now in the house.

Fake-a-Date and Mole seem to fall somewhere between. The network doesn't seem super-sold on the shows, but GSN isn't just tossing them out there. They're marching Evan Marriott around some talkfests.

The nightmare for GSN execs, of course, is that EVERYTHING bombs and the 10:00 numbers start hurtling towards the abyss last seen in August and September.

Of course, some would welcome this nightmare in the hope that GSN would suddenly start flooding prime time with game show rarities from the vaults. I think the chances for this scenario are somewhat less than zero. At most GSN would try something like the remedy for the near-death experience last year: Millionaire, Lingo, Match Game, Lingo, Match Game.

Come to think of it, they're keeping two-thirds of that remedy already.

tommycharles:
[quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Mar 11 2004, 01:25 PM\'] The Cram change does now look to be permanent. A few days ago it was only listed for 3/15 and 3/29. Now it goes through the end of April. LMAD still gets four showings a week.

Blackjack is definitely the non-trad show GSN is betting (sorry) the most on. They've ordered additional eps already, it seems to be getting the most promos of any of the new shows, the changes kick off with a double-run of the card game, and the premiere week retreads the show again and again.

Kenny vs. Spenny and Spy TV seem to be real throw-ins, almost like Shows To Be Named Later, to borrow a term from baseball. I'm not wagering the house on long GSN runs for these shows, especially with Dog Eat Dog and Average Joe now in the house.

Fake-a-Date and Mole seem to fall somewhere between. The network doesn't seem super-sold on the shows, but GSN isn't just tossing them out there. They're marching Evan Marriott around some talkfests.

The nightmare for GSN execs, of course, is that EVERYTHING bombs and the 10:00 numbers start hurtling towards the abyss last seen in August and September.

Of course, some would welcome this nightmare in the hope that GSN would suddenly start flooding prime time with game show rarities from the vaults. I think the chances for this scenario are somewhat less than zero. At most GSN would try something like the remedy for the near-death experience last year: Millionaire, Lingo, Match Game, Lingo, Match Game.

Come to think of it, they're keeping two-thirds of that remedy already. [/quote]
 I think betting on Blackjack is a good idea - the Mole could turn out to be a big ... miss. By my recollection, it's the first time a reality show has had offnet repeats. Would you watch if GSN started rerunning Survivor and you'd already seen it? That said, it's quite possible (specifically with the non-celeb versions) that people either didn't watch it originally or don't remember it.

I wasn't aware they had a major primetime drop in August/September of 03...what caused it?

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