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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: dzinkin on October 25, 2007, 06:41:31 PM
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The full story from Mediacaster is here (http://\"http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=75479&issu\"), but here's the key excerpt:
Among the variety of programs that are set to air on GameTV include Last Comic Standing; America’s Next Producer; Dog Eat Dog; The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest For The Best; Treasure Hunters; Beg, Borrow & Deal; Acting Crazy; Game On; Joke’s On Us; The Last Word; Love Handle; Love Me, Love Me Not; Mad Dash; The Mole; Supermarket Sweep; Test Pattern; and TimeChase.
Where GSN started with classic traditional game shows and added casino games, this channel is going in the opposite direction. Any thoughts as to whether it will be any more successful?
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maybe, maybe not, but too bad I don't live north of the border..I'd love to see some of those Canadian classic shows (The Mad Dash and Test Pattern especially...)
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I went into a Mad Dash to rush to my ExpressVu guide - and although they list a channel, I can't find it in a package...
Still though, I'm up for Test Pattern any day of the week. And I find that you can't go wrong with mole (ok, maybe the celeb eps...)
Ryan.
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'167920\' date=\'Oct 25 2007, 05:41 PM\']
The full story from Mediacaster is here (http://\"http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=75479&issu\"), but here's the key excerpt:
Among the variety of programs that are set to air on GameTV include Last Comic Standing; America’s Next Producer; Dog Eat Dog; The Rebel Billionaire: Branson’s Quest For The Best; Treasure Hunters; Beg, Borrow & Deal; Acting Crazy; Game On; Joke’s On Us; The Last Word; Love Handle; Love Me, Love Me Not; Mad Dash; The Mole; Supermarket Sweep; Test Pattern; and TimeChase.
Where GSN started with classic traditional game shows and added casino games, this channel is going in the opposite direction. Any thoughts as to whether it will be any more successful?
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What--no reruns of Super Pay Cards or Pitfall?
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They seem to have a lot of recent "reality" type programs which weren't very good in first-run. The studio-bound game shows would be nice to see. I'm going to predict success for this new channel, as I don't think the pressure of ratings or advertiser demands is as great as it is at GSN.
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[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'167923\' date=\'Oct 25 2007, 04:01 PM\']
I went into a Mad Dash to rush to my ExpressVu guide - and although they list a channel, I can't find it in a package...
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I get no channel 274 on my ExpressVu at the moment, either. For a "themed" channel, that seems like a really strange place for it on the lineup, too, as opposed to down in the 600s where one would think it should be. The 200s are generally the mainstream broadcasters and local stations.
Perhaps it will get added overnight -- and I sure hope this doesn't mean they'll file a claim to have GSN taken off Canadian TV as "competition"!
(Yes, I get ExpressVu down here, and I pay an ever-increasing sum for it every month, thanks to our collapsing US$.)
Add on edit: I see a website for the current channel, http://www.cgtv.com (http://\"http://www.cgtv.com\") -- but it looks like it hasn't even been touched since 2005. Certainly no mention of any upcoming change.
And on 2nd edit: I found a second website -- http://www.cgtvcanada.com (http://\"http://www.cgtvcanada.com\") -- that actually appears to be more current, and which has a current "weekly schedule," but which ended on Thursday. Still no mention of the change, though. And it looks like the channel is being sent on ExpressVu's Nimiq2 satellite, which means you need a dual-LNB setup to get it ... and you need to be in Nimiq2's footprint, which sadly, I am not.
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[quote name=\'DjohnsonCB\' post=\'167925\' date=\'Oct 25 2007, 07:43 PM\']
What--no reruns of Super Pay Cards or Pitfall?
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Screw that! I'm wondering why the hell they aren't doing a double-run of Blake Emmons' Chain Reaction???
;-P
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Looks worth checking out...wonder if they'll also have other long-running Canuck quizzers, like Definition or Reach For the Top.
Chuck Donegan (The Intrigued "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' post=\'167944\' date=\'Oct 26 2007, 01:57 AM\']
Looks worth checking out...wonder if they'll also have other long-running Canuck quizzers, like Definition or Reach For the Top.
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Catalena Productions was a Canadian company, no? If so, what became of them when they went belly up c. 1982? I ask being they syndicated LMAD80 and Pitfall, and wonder if the two shows could end up on the channel, as neither reran nationally in the US. (Pitfall, IIRC, aired in repeats for a couple of years in NYC, but not nationally).
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I'm way out of ExpressVu's range, let alone Nimiq2's footprint to see any of that stuff. Sure wish I could see The Mad Dash again. I still can't get over that BIG HONKIN' BOARD of theirs. It certainly puts MMM to shame in terms of size. Now if only they acqire Headline Hunters, It's Your Move & Beyond Reason, I'd be all set. Oh well. Guess I'l have to settle with GSN for now.
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Catalena Productions was a Canadian company, no? If so, what became of them when they went belly up c. 1982? I ask being they syndicated LMAD80 and Pitfall, and wonder if the two shows could end up on the channel, as neither reran nationally in the US. (Pitfall, IIRC, aired in repeats for a couple of years in NYC, but not nationally).
They were indeed Canadian...I think the company folded after going bankrupt, so no clue who holds the rights, although Hatos-Hall co-produced LMaD, if that helps.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Rhodes Productions syndicated Pitfall in the US and it aired on KHJ in LA as late as 1986. Global in Canada showed it long after production ended as well. It sure would be nice to see an arrangment whereby Alex gets paid for all that work he did.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'167952\' date=\'Oct 26 2007, 10:19 AM\']
Rhodes Productions syndicated Pitfall in the US and it aired on KHJ in LA as late as 1986. Global in Canada showed it long after production ended as well.[/quote]
Rhodes also distributed the 1980 LMAD as well -- maybe that company had some kind of connection with Catalena for distribution.
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'167952\' date=\'Oct 26 2007, 10:19 AM\']It sure would be nice to see an arrangment whereby Alex gets paid for all that work he did.
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Will Alex want to see "Pitfall" back on the air, considering that it was one of his worst times of his life (per Wikipedia)?
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Will Alex want to see "Pitfall" back on the air, considering that it was one of his worst times of his life (per Wikipedia)?
As much as I loved the show, that was my 1st thought, too...LOL...LMaD would be less of a prob, considering Monty didn't get stiffed.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Will anyone here be getting the channel? If so, let me know about a trade...could easily work something out for an off-air assortment. :-)
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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Looks like there's a section telling all the game shows which will be airing, complete w/airtimes...unfortunately, nothing beyond what was announced in the press release is mentioned, but still not a half-bad lineup:
GameTV's game shows (http://\"http://www.igametv.com/program_page.php?index=programs&type=game_show\")
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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The Last Word? This isn't the Martindale version is it?
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If "Pitfall" ever returned, you could construct a whole set of promos surrounding the truly DUMB people this show attracted. Like Rod, the guy who first answers "London" in response to the question "What country would you be in, if you were attending Cambridge University?" and when Alex even tries to HELP him by giving him another chance and going "What COUNTRY?" dumb Rod, goes, "I don't know!"
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[quote name=\'Eric Paddon\' post=\'167996\' date=\'Oct 26 2007, 10:00 PM\']
If "Pitfall" ever returned, you could construct a whole set of promos surrounding the truly DUMB people this show attracted. Like Rod, the guy who first answers "London" in response to the question "What country would you be in, if you were attending Cambridge University?" and when Alex even tries to HELP him by giving him another chance and going "What COUNTRY?" dumb Rod, goes, "I don't know!"
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Somewhere around the Internet, there's a clip of Rosemary, where she takes several seconds, and runs into a similar question about Australia.
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Looks like there's a section telling all the game shows which will be airing, complete w/airtimes...unfortunately, nothing beyond what was announced in the press release is mentioned, but still not a half-bad lineup:
There's always the hope that they'll pick up additional shows as they go along...like GSN sort of did.
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'167997\' date=\'Oct 26 2007, 10:09 PM\']
[quote name=\'Eric Paddon\' post=\'167996\' date=\'Oct 26 2007, 10:00 PM\']
If "Pitfall" ever returned, you could construct a whole set of promos surrounding the truly DUMB people this show attracted. Like Rod, the guy who first answers "London" in response to the question "What country would you be in, if you were attending Cambridge University?" and when Alex even tries to HELP him by giving him another chance and going "What COUNTRY?" dumb Rod, goes, "I don't know!"
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Somewhere around the Internet, there's a clip of Rosemary, where she takes several seconds, and runs into a similar question about Australia.
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Ah yes...not to mention her spending some 65(?) seconds in a pitfall after a string of incorrect answers, which proved the hit of GSC7 some 9 years ago. :-) Incidentally, her question was "The continent is Australia; how many countries are on it?", to which she answered "Five" (the answer: one...Australia!).
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'JerrysFeudinAgain\' post=\'167995\' date=\'Oct 26 2007, 09:40 PM\']
The Last Word? This isn't the Martindale version is it?
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I'd think so...it did indeed tape in Canada...but I don't see it listed among the game shows. That's the one I was really looking forward to seeing. (Well, looking forward to trading for, anyway.)
Perhaps it'll join the lineup later?
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Dust off Talkabout, and Michael Reagan's Lingo, and I might move up north!
/and where the heck is Definition?
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Talkabout would be such a good (cheap) game to revive, too. I bet a revival would be a huge hit on GSN.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'168016\' date=\'Oct 27 2007, 10:02 AM\']
Dust off Talkabout, and Michael Reagan's Lingo, and I might move up north!
/and where the heck is Definition?
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I have a feeling Definition could have been a little too much license-wise to pick up right off the gun.
Where's Emmons and Edwards Chain Reaction?
/fuming that they get Supermarket Sweep, though
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The channel's website is up, with an introductory video that has some clips:
http://www.igametv.com/ (http://\"http://www.igametv.com/\")
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[quote name=\'Kniwt\' post=\'168024\' date=\'Oct 27 2007, 11:14 AM\']
The channel's website is up, with an introductory video that has some clips:
http://www.igametv.com/ (http://\"http://www.igametv.com/\")
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Not a bad site, except that the person in charge of copy hasn't read up on their use of apostrophes in some time.
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Update for Canadians that have BellExpressVu:
I just got off the phone with a nice lady named Victoria at the call centre. She had a hard time finding CGTV/GameTV/choose your name on channel 274 because although they say they offer it they couldn't find it in the system!
What she said in the end is that she seems to think that it is a new channel that they've just picked up and will be broadcasting starting Monday. No guarantees of course but that was the digging that she was able to do. Also, she says if it's 274, that it will be part of the basic package. Again, we'll see what comes of it.
Fingers crossed!
Ryan :)
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Not a bad site, except that the person in charge of copy hasn't read up on their use of apostrophes in some time.
I hate when that happen's. :-D
Anyway, they seem to have more in common w/Challenge, the UK's version of GSN, which also airs casino series and movies along those lines...however, what they do have in terms of traditional game shows def looks good, and hopefully they'll add some to the Mon-Thu lineup before too long, if it takes off (so far, they're only scheduled for Fri-Sun).
And yeah, once they get going, hopefully they'll add some more classic Canadian games like Definition or the late 80s USA originals.
Chuck Donegan (The Optimistic "Chuckie Baby")
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Wow. I read the posts, tuned to Rogers 288 and was rewarded with... The Mad Dash, and the first words I heard Pierre Lalonde say informed the contestant she could land on a square containing a typewriter!
Oh, the nostalgia!
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If anyone from up north wouldn't mind posting some YouTube clips of these shows that some of us haven't seen, that would be amazing!
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I'll post some next week, now that I know this awesome show is back.