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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: davemackey on March 27, 2004, 01:58:59 AM
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Geez, now the commercial breaks aren't even sacred. Now GSN has seen fit to put up a one- or two-second ID BETWEEN COMMERCIALS. It's almost like a hiccup when your local spots don't start exactly on time on your local cable channels.
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Aside from my second viewing of TWSOBJ, and a Tuesday episode of MG '7X, I've just realized that I practically haven't watched GSN all week.
The network is just too annoying for me now. I've REALLY have had enough of that new and "exciting" graphics package. That, and that new voice-over guy who does the promos and coming up next screens further adds to the annoyance. It's really brought me to the breaking point.
Completely Off Topic: However, I have taken a greater liking to ESPNNEWS, though; It's starting to reduce the GSN-related pains a slight tad.
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whampyl03 wrote:
Aside from my second viewing of TWSOBJ, and a Tuesday episode of MG '7X, I've just realized that practically haven't watched GSN all week.
TWSOBJ???
whampyl03 continued:
The network is just too annoying for me now. I've REALLY have had enough of that new and "exciting" graphics package. That, and that new voice-over guy who does the promos and coming up next screens further adds to the annoyance. It's really brought me to the breaking point.
Completely Off Topic: However, I have taken a greater liking to ESPNNEWS, though; It's starting to reduce the GSN-related pains a slight tad.
Odd that you'd find the new GSN voiceover guy irritating, but the constant screaming of highlights by ESPNEWS announcers doesn't bother you. :-)
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TWSOBJ???
The World Series of Blow J..... Black Jack.
Odd that you'd find the new GSN voiceover guy irritating, but the constant screaming of highlights by ESPNEWS announcers doesn't bother you. :-)
The one thing I like about ESPNews is the fact that they allow the ticker to continue, even during commercial breaks.
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The one thing I like about ESPNews is the fact that they allow the ticker to continue, even during commercial breaks.
Advertisers have been resistant to that on the two main ESPN channels, and I just don't understand why. As easy as it is to flip around during commercials, you'd think that anything designed to keep people around during your spots would be a good thing, even if it did distract ever so slightly from your message.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Mar 27 2004, 02:54 PM\']
The one thing I like about ESPNews is the fact that they allow the ticker to continue, even during commercial breaks.
Advertisers have been resistant to that on the two main ESPN channels, and I just don't understand why. As easy as it is to flip around during commercials, you'd think that anything designed to keep people around during your spots would be a good thing, even if it did distract ever so slightly from your message. [/quote]
For what it's worth, DirecTV covers up the ticker during the "local" ad break when they insert their commercials for Dr. Greg Cynaumon and his take on the Pasta Pot, or that bald guy who thinks nobody knows how to use their computers.
Needless to say, the volume level also peaks during the local break.
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Is it me or is GSN simply wasting time on some of the split screen endings? Seems like I recall where they'll throw in a couple of station IDs just to burn the entire credit/fee plug space.
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I miss Winnie
-Joe R.
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Is it me or is GSN simply wasting time on some of the split screen endings? Seems like I recall where they'll throw in a couple of station IDs just to burn the entire credit/fee plug space.
Especially during the 'full-credit' roll on the show being aired at the time. Heck, I could do a better job doing voiceovers at the end of their B&WO shows. Here are some that I've come up with while watching B&WO.
To go with To Tell the Truth, Beat the Clock, and/or Password:
1.) "What will Richard, Brett, and Charles say next? Match Game, every evening at 6:30pm Eastern only on GSN!"
2.) "It's the ORIGINAL 'Whammy-busting' game show! Press Your Luck, weekends at 11:30am Eastern on GSN!"
3.) "Make the rounds with the ORIGINAL Hollywood Squares! Every weekday morning at 10:30am Eastern only on GSN!"*
To go with What's My Line:
1.) "Art class was never this much fun! Win, Lose or Draw, every evening at 7:00pm Eastern on GSN!"*
2.) "Join the Love Connection and catch the 'granddaddy' of today's dating shows! Every evening at 7:30pm Eastern on GSN!"
3.) "Whether it's Dawson or Combs, you're sure to get an hour of 'feuding fun!' Every day at 5:00pm Eastern of GSN!"
To go with I've Got A Secret:*
1.) "You'll always go bananas; even if you don't sit in the 'banana section.' Tattletales, every morning at 9:00am Eastern on GSN!"*
2.) "Are two heads really better than one? See for yourself. Blockbusters every morning at 10:00am Eastern on GSN!"
Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Anitra Ford of the Big Board!'
(*if GSN was still running that show)
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[quote name=\'catnap1972\' date=\'Mar 28 2004, 10:03 PM\'] Is it me or is GSN simply wasting time on some of the split screen endings? Seems like I recall where they'll throw in a couple of station IDs just to burn the entire credit/fee plug space. [/quote]
They're definitely wasting their time. And what's worse, they're wasting their time with the split-screens, when they COULD BE using their promos in the background.
But Noooooo. They decided that that the best way to do promos is by doing it the Split-Screen way. Well, it's gonna hurt them in the long run rather than help them, I promise you that.
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Mar 28 2004, 11:04 PM\'] But Noooooo. They decided that that the best way to do promos is by doing it the Split-Screen way. Well, it's gonna hurt them in the long run rather than help them, I promise you that. [/quote]
Do tell us why. You realize that 99% of GSN's viewership don't even NOTICE trivia like this, right?
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Mar 29 2004, 01:04 AM\'] [quote name=\'catnap1972\' date=\'Mar 28 2004, 10:03 PM\'] Is it me or is GSN simply wasting time on some of the split screen endings? Seems like I recall where they'll throw in a couple of station IDs just to burn the entire credit/fee plug space. [/quote]
But Noooooo. They decided that that the best way to do promos is by doing it the Split-Screen way. Well, it's gonna hurt them in the long run rather than help them, I promise you that. [/quote]
Perhaps, you could enlighten us with a better method?
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GSN, if you're reading this:
HIRE TAMMY WARNER AS GSN VOICEOVER NOW !!!!!
Seriously, those were pretty good. But, if you were hired. What would you do if they made you do one for "Kenny vs. Spenny" ?
-Joe R.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Mar 29 2004, 02:31 AM\'] GSN, if you're reading this:
HIRE TAMMY WARNER AS GSN VOICEOVER NOW !!!!!
Seriously, those were pretty good. But, if you were hired. What would you do if they made you do one for "Kenny vs. Spenny" ?
-Joe R. [/quote]
Who can destroy a low-budget cable network more quickly? Find out on Kenny vs. Spenny, Thursdays at 10pm Eastern on GSN, the network for games.
:-p
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[quote name=\'davemackey\' date=\'Mar 27 2004, 01:58 AM\']Geez, now the commercial breaks aren't even sacred. Now GSN has seen fit to put up a one- or two-second ID BETWEEN COMMERCIALS. It's almost like a hiccup when your local spots don't start exactly on time on your local cable channels.[/quote]
I had noticed it with the changeover and commented that it's similar to the "break bumpers" European channels run in and out of commercial breaks, even down to the one-second length and no sound. In the old days, ITV used to slip the bumpers between commercials, but now it's just at the beginning and end of the break.
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GSN, if you're reading this:
HIRE TAMMY WARNER AS GSN VOICEOVER NOW!!!!!
Seriously, those were pretty good. But, if you were hired. What would you do if they made you do one for Kenny vs. Spenny?
-Joe R.
Great Scott! GSN's doing enough promos for that show (and the rest of their new stuff) already! They'd only ask me to promote their 'pre-8:00pm EST' line-up. However, they'll probably also get complaints like, "Get that chick to shut up about PYL already! I can't hear the Password theme over her prattle!" or "I wanna hear Johnny Olson/Bern Bennett/Jack Clark/John Cannon; not what's-her-face!"
Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Janice Pennington of the Big Board!'
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When I was an intern at the UPN affiliate in Chicago in 1996, among my duties was writing episodic voiceover promos...e.g., "Mitch is in hot water on 'Baywatch,' next on UPN Power 50." They were vetted by the promotions director before they actually got recorded and went on the air, but still, the fact that this is something they had interns do should tell you how highly esteemed the art of writing voiceover promos is in television land.
Actually, when I watched SoapNet for the first time last week, to see if my closed captions were properly showing up on their "Days of Our Lives" same-day repeats, I was a little surprised to discover that they did only a voiceover promo during the closing credits.
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[quote name=\'JRaygor\' date=\'Mar 28 2004, 11:07 PM\'] I miss Winnie
-Joe R. [/quote]
We all do.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Mar 29 2004, 05:07 PM\'] I had noticed it with the changeover and commented that it's similar to the "break bumpers" European channels run in and out of commercial breaks, even down to the one-second length and no sound. [/quote]
The break bumpers are properly called "eye catches". Back when FX was fX, they did a little eye catch with the fX box coming out of a commercial break.
Seems that GSN is trying to do a little eyecatch to pad out the end-of-show time, but considering that all it is is their spiffy new logo, it isn't much of an eyecatching thing to fill time.