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Dodgeball On, Mole Gone?
CaseyAbell:
The second non-traditional debut week of June 14 continues to take shape. The much talked-about dodgeball show takes over Mole's slot at 10:00 Tuesday:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories....02162297&EDATE=
Don't know if Mole burrows underground for good, or if it will surface somewhere else on the schedule. I liked the show but maybe there's some truth in the old cliche about reality not repeating well. Still, this dodgeball epic looks like it could be fun despite the presence of Bill Maher, who must have come cheap. Certified Public Assassins?
EDIT: Oops, it's not Bill Maher, it's Bil Dwyer. Don't know anything about him. Also, all this reshuffling of the non-traditional stuff shows that maybe the Prof was right when he exulted over its poor performance in the ratings. So far the only non-trad show that's getting nice words and a renewal from GSN is Blackjack.
Also, Dog Eat Dog and Average Joe might well take over the timeslots of Kenny vs. Spenny and Fake-a-Date starting the week of June 14. Nope, Rich Cronin didn't give me a call, but that's how things seem to shaping up. Looks like GSN is unhappy over the performance of all the non-traditional shows except Blackjack.
So they'll try different non-trad shows. Lotsa luck, guys!
One more note: the Mole's first season, which began its repeat on GSN this week, ran for nine eps. GSN doesn't have time to get them all in before Dodgeball takes over the timeslot on June 15. I can't see them shifting the last couple of episodes to a different timeslot, so my guess is that they'll skip a couple of the shows.
daveromanjr:
I'm sorry, but I really can't image Extreme Dodgeball bringing in the numbers GSN is hoping for.
I may watch Average Joe, however, since I missed it the first time and the idea of it sounds pretty good actually.
SRIV94:
[quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Apr 29 2004, 07:42 AM\'] EDIT: Oops, it's not Bill Maher, it's Bil Dwyer. Don't know anything about him. [/quote]
Dwyer had hosted DIRTY ROTTEN CHEATER for PAX, and if memory serves was also the host of BATTLEBOTS on Comedy Central. He was also among a number of personalities lending opinions to VH-1 on their I LOVE THE (insert decade here) shows. So he's been around.
Doug
clemon79:
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Apr 29 2004, 08:16 AM\'] Dwyer had hosted DIRTY ROTTEN CHEATER for PAX, and if memory serves was also the host of BATTLEBOTS on Comedy Central. [/quote]
And I wanna say before that he worked for ESPN for a while. So he does have a sports background. (If nothing else from doing Ultimate Fan League for FSN.)
Clay Zambo:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Apr 29 2004, 10:53 AM\'] And I wanna say before that he worked for ESPN for a while. [/quote]
Well, don't let me stand in your way...
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