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Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: LetsGoYankees on December 08, 2012, 09:13:09 AM
What a year. Trending topics have been Dancing with the Stars, Steve Harvey's Family Feud, American Bible Challenge, The Pyramid and Beat the Chefs. It doesn't go without saying that the acquisitions of Minute to Win It and Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? have been continuous hits for the network. This has also been the year of six different classic leases, plus a much needed Jeopardy! lease.

Comments about 2012....
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Thunder on December 08, 2012, 01:38:07 PM
Has an opinion on the upcoming posts that are promised. (http://\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epkrs7XhvzU\")
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Jimmy Owen on December 08, 2012, 01:48:44 PM
I didn't think the Bible show would work, but it did!  They did some targeted outside advertising (conservative radio shows) so that helped bring awareness to the show.  Harvey Feud brought many eyeballs to the tube as well.  Pyramid disappointed; need better players and a better-known host to make it work.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: clemon79 on December 08, 2012, 01:53:49 PM
Has an opinion on the upcoming posts that are promised. (http://\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epkrs7XhvzU\")
I dunno; if it confines all of his uninformed blathering to one single thread, I think it serves a valuable purpose.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: BrandonFG on December 08, 2012, 01:58:54 PM
I don't watch GSN for a number of reasons, so I don't really care to rehash this argument again. But it aggravates the hell out of me that The Pyramid, a show that's actually very well produced as both a pilot and a regular series, can't seem to get a fair shake.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Vahan_Nisanian on December 08, 2012, 02:14:02 PM
It was mostly "been there, done that".
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: clemon79 on December 08, 2012, 02:23:44 PM
Well, according to Casey Abell
Aaaand....scene.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on December 08, 2012, 04:00:03 PM
More to post:
There's more of this?  Christmas has come early this year!
Quote
Just to list it for the hell of it, the good, the bad and the absolute ugly about GSN in 2012, in order as much as possible....

-High Stakes Poker leaves schedule (Dec. 2011)
The first thing you post in a list about 2012 came from 2011?  Go back to Buzz and take gslover87 with you.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: aaron sica on December 08, 2012, 04:23:20 PM
Here comes more of my obnoxious rambling...

Well, in the 12-step program, you're at #1, that's a start....
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: aaron sica on December 08, 2012, 04:52:49 PM
There's more of this?  Christmas has come early this year!

I'm sorry. I know it's a lengthy post but it gets points out about 2012.

Do you realize 99% of the reading audience doesn't give two squats?
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: PYLdude on December 08, 2012, 07:59:49 PM
not everybody may care.

Understatement.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Steve Gavazzi on December 08, 2012, 08:09:31 PM
Here comes more of my obnoxious rambling...

Oh, holy good Lord.

This is rapidly ceasing to be entertaining, even from a "how big of a fool can he make of himself?" standpoint.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: J.R. on December 08, 2012, 09:30:31 PM
Is it wrong that I lol'd hard at the uber-long mutl-color rundown of GSN's actions?
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Thunder on December 08, 2012, 10:22:37 PM
Absolutely not.

/He should have used white text.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: PYLdude on December 08, 2012, 11:20:46 PM
Ok how about this. How would you rate GSN in 2012 on a scale on 1 to 10? (10 being excellent, 1 being horrible)

Threeve.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: aaron sica on December 08, 2012, 11:54:06 PM
Ok how about this. How would you rate GSN in 2012 on a scale on 1 to 10? (10 being excellent, 1 being horrible)

Eleventy.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: clemon79 on December 09, 2012, 12:06:15 AM
Potato.

(I figure that's a number he'll understand.)
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: BrandonFG on December 09, 2012, 12:20:50 AM
(sigh) Can't one of you guys be serious?

To answer the question, 69.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Steve Gavazzi on December 09, 2012, 01:20:57 AM
Potato.

(I figure that's a number he'll understand.)

Po-ta-to, pu-ta-to.

/Wait, what?
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: J.R. on December 09, 2012, 01:28:54 AM
Potato.

(I figure that's a number he'll understand.)

Po-ta-to, pu-ta-to.

/Wait, what?
Doesn't understand:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S2NbJIwrsZc/SL6POEzfTPI/AAAAAAAAEa8/2V_vjTclYYk/s400/Quayle-Brown-q-left.jpg)
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Vahan_Nisanian on December 09, 2012, 01:29:36 AM
The mainstream media had every right to ridicule Dan Quayle over that. God bless them.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: PYLdude on December 09, 2012, 01:30:41 AM
The mainstream media had every right to ridicule Dan Quayle over that. God bless them.

Can you please just unplug your computer for a few days? You're just making it worse.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Vahan_Nisanian on December 09, 2012, 01:37:10 AM
The mainstream media had every right to ridicule Dan Quayle over that. God bless them.

Can you please just unplug your computer for a few days? You're just making it worse.
The mainstream media had every right to ridicule Dan Quayle over that. God bless them.

Can you please just unplug your computer for a few days? You're just making it worse.

Liar. I have a life outside of the Internet.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: TLEberle on December 09, 2012, 01:40:02 AM
Liar. I have a life outside of the Internet.
No you don't.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: PYLdude on December 09, 2012, 01:49:02 AM
The mainstream media had every right to ridicule Dan Quayle over that. God bless them.

Can you please just unplug your computer for a few days? You're just making it worse.
The mainstream media had every right to ridicule Dan Quayle over that. God bless them.

Can you please just unplug your computer for a few days? You're just making it worse.

Liar. I have a life outside of the Internet.

Please show me where in that post you double quoted where I said anything about your social life.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Vahan_Nisanian on December 09, 2012, 01:51:27 AM
You told me to unplug my computer for a few days. That certainly made it out to seem like I'm a lifeless loser.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: PYLdude on December 09, 2012, 01:52:41 AM
You told me to unplug my computer for a few days. That certainly made it out to seem like I'm a lifeless loser.

But that's not "gameshowlover87, you have no life outside of the Internet."

Even though I think it's relatively clear that gameshowlover87, you have no life outside of the Internet.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: JMFabiano on December 09, 2012, 04:01:03 AM
Potato.

(I figure that's a number he'll understand.)

Po-ta-to, pu-ta-to.

/Wait, what?

How was it pla...nevermind....
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Brian44 on December 09, 2012, 07:58:15 AM
Y'know, I've been a Yankees fan most of my life, but after all this drama, I'm seriously thinking of switching my allegiance to the Red Sox.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: aaron sica on December 09, 2012, 08:10:34 AM
Y'know, I've been a Yankees fan most of my life, but after all this drama, I'm seriously thinking of switching my allegiance to the Red Sox.

*win*
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Matt Ottinger on December 09, 2012, 12:23:00 PM
Alright i'll answer my own question.

In other news... (http://\"http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/furby-makes-high-tech-comeback/story?id=16743565\")
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: BrandonFG on December 09, 2012, 12:30:32 PM
You told me to unplug my computer for a few days. That certainly made it out to seem like I'm a lifeless loser.

But that's not "gameshowlover87, you have no life outside of the Internet."
But of course it is! Just like calling him an obnoxious, self-centered know-it-all* is the same thing as comparing him to Zach.

*/Or whateverthehell the phrase was
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: MikeK on December 09, 2012, 12:33:58 PM
Best thing that GSN can do in 2013: American Bible Challenge season 2 (and season 3), a 5th Grader or Minute to Win It revival, and acquire Wheel of Fortune
The best way to describe your best case scenarios (http://\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m59l7oUmRI1rs810go1_400.jpg\").
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: jjman920 on December 09, 2012, 12:42:51 PM
Okay, I'll play along.

I'll give GSN a 9 (because, no one's perfect, right?). They've had highs and lows with the American Bible Challenge and DWTS.

How about 2013? More PYL and Card Sharks and maybe another surprise acquisition. There are plenty of opportunities and GSN has proven that they can surprise me.

Two lines. My thoughts in two lines. Move over Shakespeare.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Vahan_Nisanian on December 09, 2012, 12:47:22 PM
How about 2013? More PYL and Card Sharks and maybe another surprise acquisition. There are plenty of opportunities and GSN has proven that they can surprise me.

It will probably just be the same 50 over and over and over again for both shows till the tapes stop working (slight exaggeration there). Count on it.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: gamed121683 on December 09, 2012, 01:20:45 PM
How about 2013? More PYL and Card Sharks and maybe another surprise acquisition. There are plenty of opportunities and GSN has proven that they can surprise me.

It will probably just be the same 50 over and over and over again for both shows till the tapes stop working (slight exaggeration there). Count on it.

Or as our Neighbors up North would call it, "Mad Dash" Mode.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: clemon79 on December 09, 2012, 01:34:00 PM
It will probably just be the same 50 over and over and over again for both shows till the tapes stop working (slight exaggeration there).
Huge exaggeration there! They will just dub the tapes over when they show signs of wear and rerun those fifty episodes until the End. Of. Time.

Forever.

For all time.

And you'll keep watching.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: J.R. on December 09, 2012, 02:42:01 PM
It will probably just be the same 50 over and over and over again for both shows till the tapes stop working (slight exaggeration there). Count on it.

That's a little much. The 50 episodes will go through cycles every 2 and a half months. So 'Episode 50' of the lease will be seen again around March 10th. It's not as bad of a rerun cycle as Engvall Lingo. The 50 episode lease just seems odd, even for GSN.

The two Pyramid hours are also nice, but that's not working as well as the two separate Woolery hours did in Mid 2010-June 2011. Let's hope something else big is coming to daytime.
More Furby-to-Furby interaction.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: BrandonFG on December 09, 2012, 02:45:18 PM
It will probably just be the same 50 over and over and over again for both shows till the tapes stop working (slight exaggeration there). Count on it.

That's a little much. The 50 episodes will go through cycles every 2 and a half months. So 'Episode 50' of the lease will be seen again around March 10th. It's not as bad of a rerun cycle as Engvall Lingo. The 50 episode lease just seems odd, even for GSN.

The two Pyramid hours are also nice, but that's not working as well as the two separate Woolery hours did in Mid 2010-June 2011. Let's hope something else big is coming to daytime.
More Furby-to-Furby interaction.
How dare you make such a comment like that!!1! That's by far the most offensive thing I have read on this forum!! I'm leaving for good!
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: BrandonFG on December 09, 2012, 02:46:56 PM
Okay. I'm back.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: aaron sica on December 09, 2012, 02:50:36 PM
Okay. I'm back.

OK, who had the pot at 1 minute? :P
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: J.R. on December 09, 2012, 03:05:48 PM
I totally had Brandon coming back at December 9th on 1:46 PM Central.

Where do I collect my winnings?
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: PYLdude on December 09, 2012, 06:40:34 PM
Ok how about this. How would you rate GSN in 2012 on a scale on 1 to 10? (10 being excellent, 1 being horrible)

Threeve.
Ok how about this. How would you rate GSN in 2012 on a scale on 1 to 10? (10 being excellent, 1 being horrible)

Eleventy.
(sigh) Can't one of you guys be serious?

I'd give 2012 for GSN an 8.5. A full point for everything with Dancing with the Stars, and another half a point for some schedule issues, especially 12-2pm weekdays at times this year.

Best thing that GSN did in 2012: Harvey Feud, American Bible Challenge, Minute to Win It acquired

Best thing that GSN can do in 2013: American Bible Challenge season 2 (and season 3), a 5th Grader or Minute to Win It revival, and acquire Wheel of Fortune

Is this a whoosh moment?
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: MikeK on December 09, 2012, 08:51:25 PM
Is this a whoosh moment?
Aren't they all?
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Johnissoevil on December 09, 2012, 09:50:53 PM
Quote
If Press Your Luck wasn't preempted two days during Thanksgiving (http://\"http://gameshow.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=24184&st=49#\") week, the last episode of the 50 episode lease would have aired on 12/21.  The end of the world is supposed to happen on 12/21.  Coincidence?

+5
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Johnissoevil on December 09, 2012, 10:02:27 PM
It will probably just be the same 50 over and over and over again for both shows till the tapes stop working (slight exaggeration there). Count on it.

That's a little much. The 50 episodes will go through cycles every 2 and a half months. So 'Episode 50' of the lease will be seen again around March 10th. It's not as bad of a rerun cycle as Engvall Lingo. The 50 episode lease just seems odd, even for GSN.

Come to think of it, even in GSN's "Game Show Network" days, they had short-lived shows whose runs didn't even consist of 200 episodes on the weekday schedule and went back to the beginning after they went through their entire runs.  Did you two break everything in your houses when shows like Hot Potato and Match Game '90 aired on weekdays?
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Vahan_Nisanian on December 09, 2012, 10:11:56 PM
No, because that was all that was ever made for both shows.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: PYLdude on December 09, 2012, 10:29:20 PM
No, because that was all that was ever made for both shows.

What's the difference? 200 episodes are 200 episodes anyway you slice it, aren't they?
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Steve Gavazzi on December 09, 2012, 11:18:17 PM
No, because that was all that was ever made for both shows.

So does that mean that in about two and a half weeks, you're going to break your computer?
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: cacLA8383 on December 09, 2012, 11:24:21 PM
No, because that was all that was ever made for both shows.

So does that mean that in about two and a half weeks, you're going to break your computer?

I smell rage quit city.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: BrandonFG on December 10, 2012, 09:02:42 AM
No, because that was all that was ever made for both shows.

So does that mean that in about two and a half weeks, you're going to break your computer?
Please say yes. Please say yes. Please say yes. Please s...
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Vahan_Nisanian on December 10, 2012, 09:26:43 AM
No. I realize there's more to life than just game shows.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: TLEberle on December 10, 2012, 10:10:32 AM
No. I realize there's more to life than just game shows.
Such as what?
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: aaron sica on December 10, 2012, 11:42:34 AM
No. I realize there's more to life than just game shows.
Such as what?

12-step programs.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: dale_grass on December 10, 2012, 12:41:04 PM
No. I realize there's more to life than just game shows.
Such as what?
And before you answer, be aware that we're looking for a more substantive answer than rubbing mom's bunions and My Little Pony fap sessions.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Vahan_Nisanian on December 10, 2012, 12:46:08 PM
Taking a walk for some fresh air, like I just did.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: TLEberle on December 10, 2012, 04:27:35 PM
For me, I didn't care as much about GSN back then. In regards to the 50 episodes PYL lease, there are bigger issues with GSN and life now
Such as?
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on December 10, 2012, 05:00:14 PM
Did you two break everything in your houses when shows like Hot Potato and Match Game '90 aired on weekdays?

I'm sure GSL87 wasn't alive then from the looks of it.
I'm quite sure that gameshowlover87 was alive when GSN was showing Hot Potato in reruns.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: J.R. on December 10, 2012, 08:08:16 PM
Taking a walk for some fresh air, like I just did.
Walking to the mailbox up the driveway doesn't count.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Thunder on December 10, 2012, 09:21:22 PM
We'll take what we can get.
Title: GSN in 2012
Post by: Thunder on December 10, 2012, 09:38:59 PM
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