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GSN's Future
gameshowguy2000:
All I have to say is....ZZZZ (Snoring As We Speak, or SAWS for short)
aaron sica:
[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Mar 14 2004, 10:48 PM\'] All I have to say is....ZZZZ (Snoring As We Speak, or SAWS for short) [/quote]
It was dumb the first time you said it. Now, it's just lame.
zachhoran:
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Mar 14 2004, 10:13 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Mar 14 2004, 07:06 PM\'] [quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' date=\'Mar 14 2004, 09:04 PM\'] That one deserves a punishment FAR worse than the TTD '90 room. It deserves a punishment FAR worse than The Chamber Chamber.
But, what to do what to do? [/quote]
The GSWitch/GSG2K episode of Tic Tac Duh!, hosted by Patrick Wayne :) [/quote]
What the hell? Why are you dragging me into this? [/quote]
I changed it, you don't belong in the same category with GSG2K. My mistake.
CarbonCpy:
Here's a link for the complete story
Besides, Randy, you missed perhaps the most entertaining quote of all:
--- Quote ---MTV started as a music channel and evolved to be a youth culture channel, still music-based," Cronin said. "That's a model for us."
--- End quote ---
My rebuttal:
Interesting. Seeing as how MTV has become the pre-fabricated, festering armpit of pop culture --a complete 180 of what it started out as-- is this really a direction Cronin wants to take?
CaseyAbell:
Not much new in the AP article except some quotes from Cronin and a cable teevee pundit. An ironic note is the dismissal of video games as viable cable fare. I guess the reporter was unaware of GSN's short-lived video games block, or he would have used it to bolster his argument. Maybe he blinked and missed it.
I tend to agree with Cronin that five years from now the majority of GSN's programming will still be studio game shows. They've proven more resistant to rerun abuse than reality epics, because it's a lot easier to churn out zillions of eps for a studio gamer. GSN's economics will always dictate severe rerun cycles.
Casino games might be a little different, because you can get more of them onto tape relatively quickly. GSN is already planning a couple more series of blackjack shows.
The idea of "heading off" G4 seems a little silly, because that network doesn't look to be getting much traction. I can see where GSN might want to get in ahead of the reality and casino channels, because that kind of programming has a far better track record of success on cable than video games.
Not to get off-topic, but some folks think MTV started out as a pre-fabricated armpit of popular culture.
Finally, GSN's new site is up and running. Just posted my congrats to the techs for the new site's graphics.
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