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SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2004

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melman1:

--- Quote ---This Tom Jicha fellow sounds like a double of the Prof, a big fan of traditional studio gamers.
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Sigh.  Not again.

<< With this repositioning, we will be able to fulfill our vision, which is to be the leading network for interactive games, worldwide. >>

Now there's a spin I hadn't heard before.  That's what this is about?  The "interactive" stuff?  I don't believe that, not one bit. Even so, the new crap is supposed to help with that goal... how?

Obviously, Cronin sees a need to do "something" different periodically, just to get some attention.  But he's not remaking the network... he's changing one hour of programming at an hour where his viewership is probably close to zero, and changing the logo.  Big f-ing deal.

PeterMarshallFan:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Mar 14 2004, 03:14 PM\'] [quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Mar 14 2004, 09:18 AM\'] This Tom Jicha fellow sounds like a double of the Prof, a big fan of traditional studio gamers. [/quote]
Couldn't get through a post without taking another shot in your little "traditionalist" war, could you? [/quote]
 What else would you expect, Chris?

To answer melman's question:


--- Quote ---Now there's a spin I hadn't heard before. That's what this is about? The "interactive" stuff? I don't believe that, not one bit. Even so, the new crap is supposed to help with that goal... how?
--- End quote ---

Apparently a new, all-interactive network is in the offering to happen in the next year or two. Some rumors say that GSN will absorb the G4 network and turn that into the interactive channel, but that is just a rumor.

BrandonFG:
[quote name=\'AH3RD\' date=\'Mar 13 2004, 03:23 PM\'] ...as it will be THE VERY LAST DAY of broadcast for the one, the only, the original Game Show Network! The channel will celebrate 10 years on the air by changing its name (and, slightly, its format!) to GSN one day later, on March 15!

Of course, several oldies but goodies remain on the schedule, but what with the addition of repeats of "reality shows" (shudder!!), I'm sure the public will very quickly liken New GSN to New Coke. [/quote]
 This is starting to sound like 1999 and the whole Y2K scare...I have a feeling some of you have already began building underground shelters which you've stocked with non-perishable foods, old game show tapes, and your computers.

And if you haven't already made your shelter, here's what you do:

1) Go to Home Depot and purchase a bunch of bricks (1,000 should do) and a shovel

2) Starting digging yourself a 12' x 12' underground shelter...line it with bricks, and leave space for a 7' x 3' door (l x w).

3) Go to Wal-Mart and buy a couple of electric generators. If your Wal-Mart has a grocery store attached, purchase every single can of Campbell's soup you see.  Since most of you apparently never leave the house, let me remind you that there are no oversized grocery products marked "BONUS." Sorry, c'est la vie.

4) Go back to your shelter with your old game show tapes and enjoy. And don't bother setting the TV to any regular stations, such as CBS or ABC. Since most of you only watch game shows, you probably won't care what's actually going on in the outside world, such as, say, the Presidential election.

:-P

Timsterino:
Two things that are predictible here:

1. People complaining about GSN and how they are ruining everything.

2. People bashing the complainers in the same ole' tired way.

Lighten up, folks. :-)

Tim :-)

gameshowguy2000:
And the 3rd predictable thing, and I've mentioned it before:

Some (if not most) will be sleeping through the new channel, Snoring As We Speak, or SAWS for short.

As for me....ZZZZ.

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