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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: urbanpreppie05 on October 17, 2003, 10:14:26 AM
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And here are my opinions-
I DON'T think the network will become the next G4.
I was watching quite a bit of it, and the VG promo was not promoted that much, in comparison to Millionaire, Elvira, and Cram. I just don't think it will be around that long. And if it is, so what? I'll just find something else to do with my time.
Cram, in my opinion, is a GREAT show. Funny Money, is not.
The classics still prevail more than the originals...even the "new" classics. Let's Make A Deal, Family Feud, Match Game, Newlywed Game, Pyramid, Wheel of Fortune, WWTBAM, Greed, Weakest Link....GSN is turning into a network to appeal to as many people as possible-not just a select few- so no Go, Bullseye, Break the Bank or Bumper Stumpers. So what if some shows are showing the same seasons- having just got GSN, i haven't seen them-and because of my insane work/school schedule, I won't be able to watch every episode. BTW, one thing I have noticed that if you have seen all 150 of the 1988-1989 season of wheel...there's a problem.
The VG Block looks interesting, and I may watch it...but i don't know.
I am very glad to have GSN, and look forward to watching the shows in the future. I just wanted to state my two cents.
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[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 09:14 AM\'] BTW, one thing I have noticed that if you have seen all 150 of the 1988-1989 season of wheel...there's a problem.
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I'm hoping that when they get through all 150 shows (which of course, running them more often now, they should get through the season quicker), that they actually *do* go to a new season... Really wouldn't make any sense otherwise.
Congrats on getting GSN, BTW - had it on my satellite service for nearly 7 years, and upon moving back with my parents, who only have cable, I can still keep up with it.
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[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 10:46 AM\'] [quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 09:14 AM\'] BTW, one thing I have noticed that if you have seen all 150 of the 1988-1989 season of wheel...there's a problem.
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I'm hoping that when they get through all 150 shows (which of course, running them more often now, they should get through the season quicker), that they actually *do* go to a new season... Really wouldn't make any sense otherwise.
Congrats on getting GSN, BTW - had it on my satellite service for nearly 7 years, and upon moving back with my parents, who only have cable, I can still keep up with it. [/quote]
It will take 39 weeks to get through the 1988-89 season of WOF if it does run Mon-Fri(the season is 195 episodes for Wheel)
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Congrats on getting GSN, BTW - had it on my satellite service for nearly 7 years, and upon moving back with my parents, who only have cable, I can still keep up with it.
Thanks! Last week, Someone wrote on one of the posts that Time Warner of Akron/Canton was moving GSN down from Digital 105 to Analog 71 effective Monday. However, I emailed Time Warner...and they said no new channels were added or moved. Monday rolled around, I checked 71, and...nothing. Wednesday rolled around, and I tried some other channels, and lo and behold- Match Game was on channel 67!
I found this story to be interesting..y'all may not! :-)
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[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 11:07 AM\'] I found this story to be interesting..y'all may not! :-) [/quote]
Well, you're talking to someone that, for years, at least once a day, scanned all the TV channels to see if there was anything new (and once in a blue moon, there would be)..
So yes, I find your story interesting :)
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Well, you're talking to someone that, for years, at least once a day, scanned all the TV channels to see if there was anything new (and once in a blue moon, there would be)..
This is sorta OT...but did anyone ever take their standard TV's (minus cable) and try to find over-the-dial stations not near you?
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Yup. And I only get 2 channels that way (Due to living in a rural area). a WB affil out of Knoxville TN, and a PBS affil out of Cookeville, TN that we got on cable anyway .
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[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 11:51 AM\'] This is sorta OT...but did anyone ever take their standard TV's (minus cable) and try to find over-the-dial stations not near you? [/quote]
Yes, that's actually a hobby called TV-DX'ing.....I once got WBFF-45 out of Baltimore in that way...
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[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 11:51 AM\']
Well, you're talking to someone that, for years, at least once a day, scanned all the TV channels to see if there was anything new (and once in a blue moon, there would be)..
This is sorta OT...but did anyone ever take their standard TV's (minus cable) and try to find over-the-dial stations not near you?[/quote]
I live about 20 miles north of Chicago, and during certain conditions (mostly weather-related--I think [someone else here has probably got better insight]) I can pick up stations out of Milwaukee, South Bend, IN and/or Grand Rapids, MI (meanwhile, I can't get the alternate PBS affiliate out of Merrillville, IN).
Before the NFL changed its broadcasting rules to allow home markets to carry both halves of an NFL doubleheader (in certain conditions), getting those signals used to net me bonus games (sometimes they came in really clearly). Now the occasions to get a bonus game are rarer, but every once in a while it'll still happen.
And to turn this back to game shows, WTMJ in Milwaukee was the closest station to me where I could pick up the nighttime syndie GONG in 1978 (at one point they also aired the NBC/Woolery run of WoF about an hour and a half after WMAQ in Chicago did).
Doug
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[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 11:51 AM\']
Well, you're talking to someone that, for years, at least once a day, scanned all the TV channels to see if there was anything new (and once in a blue moon, there would be)..
This is sorta OT...but did anyone ever take their standard TV's (minus cable) and try to find over-the-dial stations not near you? [/quote]
We live in what I call a buffer zone. That is, we automatically receive 2 feeds of CBS, ABC, and NBC due to our location.
How does one go about getting thse over-the-dial stations?
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Hmm let's see...here's what I picked up over the years-
Remember, Akron is 35 miles south of cleveland
21 WFMJ-NBC Youngstown: Funny thing- i get 21 clearer on my over-the-dial TV then channel 3 in cleveland!
27 WKBN-CBS Youngstown: This is how I watch H2 on clear days...
7 WTOV-NBC Wheeling WV
4 WDIV-NBC Detroit
and one day...don't ask me how...but I got CBS 9 from somewhere in Michigan.
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I'm about 10 miles northeast of Cleveland. From here, I've gotten every channel out of Toledo (13, 24, 36, a few others whose numbers I don't recall); 2, 4, 7, and 50 out of Detroit; 23 in Akron (pre-PAX days, when it was WAKR, an ABC affiliate); and numerous channels out of Canada including CKCO-10 (CBC) out of London (which was also available by an old provider here in the late 80s), TV Ontario, Global, CTV, and a French-language CBC affiliate out of Toronto.
Making this game show-centric, I was able to see MG 90, Trivia Trap, and Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak out of Akron, TPiR at 4 PM Eastern from CKCO, and a slew of Canadian games including Talk About, Baloney!, and a few games "en francais".
I should hook up the ol' antenna and see what's out there now. I haven't tried that in at least a decade.
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 01:08 PM\'] How does one go about getting thse over-the-dial stations? [/quote]
Not to sound flip, but you need a TV without cable (the small black and white I have for doing this isn't even hooked up to an outdoor antenna [at least, I don't THINK it is]). Then you just start at Channel 2 and start flipping around the dial. Whatever you get, you get.
Doug
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Heh, what you guys are talking about is how we Canadians get any American stations at all! Most of the people in my area can pick up...
CHEX - CBC aff. - 12
???? - TVO aff. - 18
CIII - Global aff. - 27
???? - SRC aff. - 44
CFTO - CTV aff. - 54
If we fiddle around with the ol' rabbit-ears (or if you have a decent outdoor antenna), we can get CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, WB, and sometimes even PAX.
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Back in my college days in the 70s when the only cable in dorm rooms was in the dorm lounges (and the DeKalb, Illinois cable system was just the Chicago and Rockford stations, public access, an NIU channel and a time-and-temperature channel), I used to pick up all sorts of stations, depending on what side of the building my dorm room was. Got my only looks at the never-in-Chicago-or-Rockford Jack Narz "Concentration" and nighttime "Break the Bank" thanks to DXing, among other shows.
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 01:08 PM\'] We live in what I call a buffer zone. That is, we automatically receive 2 feeds of CBS, ABC, and NBC due to our location.
How does one go about getting thse over-the-dial stations? [/quote]
I grew up in an area like that... with the added bonus that the Louisville channels moved an hour earlier for DST while we (and the Indianapolis stations) did not, meaning I had two chances to watch any network show.
The only thing I miss about the ol' hometown :)
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[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 01:36 PM\'] Hmm let's see...here's what I picked up over the years-
Remember, Akron is 35 miles south of cleveland
21 WFMJ-NBC Youngstown: Funny thing- i get 21 clearer on my over-the-dial TV then channel 3 in cleveland!
27 WKBN-CBS Youngstown: This is how I watch H2 on clear days...
7 WTOV-NBC Wheeling WV
4 WDIV-NBC Detroit
and one day...don't ask me how...but I got CBS 9 from somewhere in Michigan. [/quote]
I was able to get Channel 7 CBS in Wheeling and Channel 9 NBC in Steubenville, Ohio and Channel 6 NBC in Johnstown, PA in SW PA waaay back in the 80s via an antenna. That part of SW PA was never even offered cable until 1991.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 10:48 AM\'] I live about 20 miles north of Chicago, and during certain conditions (mostly weather-related--I think [someone else here has probably got better insight]) I can pick up stations out of Milwaukee, South Bend, IN and/or Grand Rapids, MI (meanwhile, I can't get the alternate PBS affiliate out of Merrillville, IN). [/quote]
I was always amazed by how well the South Bend stations came in my very-close-to-Lake-Michigan dorm at Northwestern, especially on warm nights. The Fort Wayne stations and western Michigan UHF stations would also come in on occasion, but Milwaukee was tough.
Growing up in Tampa, I never had much luck with TV DXing...I think I'd only ever get Channel 6 (CBS) from Orlando and Channels 11 (CBS) and 20 (NBC) from Fort Myers, and those only when reception conditions were perfect. (Well, I guess Channel 40 from Sarasota counted as DX reception, but it didn't "feel" like it, because it always came in well, and it had been on cable in Tampa at one point. I took advantage of the good reception to watch MG '90.)
Although, as I understand it, Tampa's Channel 3 (PBS) is a very common DX "catch."
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[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Oct 17 2003, 11:07 AM\']
Congrats on getting GSN, BTW - had it on my satellite service for nearly 7 years, and upon moving back with my parents, who only have cable, I can still keep up with it.
Thanks! Last week, Someone wrote on one of the posts that Time Warner of Akron/Canton was moving GSN down from Digital 105 to Analog 71 effective Monday. However, I emailed Time Warner...and they said no new channels were added or moved. Monday rolled around, I checked 71, and...nothing. Wednesday rolled around, and I tried some other channels, and lo and behold- Match Game was on channel 67!
I found this story to be interesting..y'all may not! :-) [/quote]
It was I who gave you the bogus information..sorry about that. I had read a little something in the Canton Paper about a month ago. I knew it was moving down from 105 to the 60's 70's area..When I typed my original post 71 was kind of a guess..I tape B&W Overnight on my Digital Cable DVR-It caught the channel change without a hitch. Glad you are enjoying GSN..
Tim Lones
Canton, Ohio
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urbanpreppie: What do you mean for GSN there's a problem when you've seen the 1988-1989 Wheel of Fortune (or even 1997-1998 Jeopardy!, 1985-1986 Newlywed Game, 1987-1988 $100,000 Pyramid, or most recently 2001-2002 Hollywood Squares with Tom Bergeron) aired over and over again indefinatly on the cable network?
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[quote name=\'cac8383\' date=\'Oct 18 2003, 12:24 AM\'] I've had GSN on analog cable channel 99 since March 2002. I used to watch it 24/7 until April 15, 2002. [/quote]
I seriously hope your exaggerating slightly when you say 24/7.
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It was I who gave you the bogus information..sorry about that. I had read a little something in the Canton Paper about a month ago. I knew it was moving down from 105 to the 60's 70's area..When I typed my original post 71 was kind of a guess..I tape B&W Overnight on my Digital Cable DVR-It caught the channel change without a hitch. Glad you are enjoying GSN..
Thanks! I never saw anything in the Beacon about it. But if it wasn't for your posting, I would have never discovered (at least this week) the joys of "All-New Let's Make a Deal" before work, and The lovely Icey on "Cram" to wrap up my long days....
I was able to see MG 90, Trivia Trap, and Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak out of Akron..
See, that was the nice thing about 23...they ALWAYS showed the ABC shows cause they couldn't afford to buy syndie shows (We did carry Combs' Feud, and from what I heard, 1,000,000 Chance of A lifetime...OT, we also carried reruns of Inspector Gadget, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Widget the World Watcher, and T-Rex), tie all that up with "23 Newsday.."ahhh....good old WAKC-23!!!!
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and one day...don't ask me how...but I got CBS 9 from somewhere in Michigan.
Traverse City? I remember from a trip to that area in 1977 that there was a CBS affiliate, WWTV, on Channel 9 back then.
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and numerous channels out of Canada including CKCO-10 (CBC) out of London (which was also available by an old provider here in the late 80s), TV Ontario, Global, CTV, and a French-language CBC affiliate out of Toronto.
CFPL, Channel 10, used to be the CBC affiliate in London Ontario. Channel 10 is now an independent station, and CBC is on Channel 40. CKCO is Channel 13 and is the CTV affiliate.
Stange that all those Canadian stations are available on Ohio, but not listed in TVGuide.
To put this post back on game shows, Channel 10 runs "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" every night at 7 p.m.
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[quote name=\'urbanpreppie05\' date=\'Oct 19 2003, 07:41 PM\']
I was able to see MG 90, Trivia Trap, and Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak out of Akron..
See, that was the nice thing about 23...they ALWAYS showed the ABC shows cause they couldn't afford to buy syndie shows (We did carry Combs' Feud, and from what I heard, 1,000,000 Chance of A lifetime... [/quote]
The only syndie game I remember airing on WAKC was Davidson's Pyramid, at 5:30 PM. I don't remember WAKC carrying $1M Chance of a Lifetime. WJW-8 in Cleveland carried just the second season, either before the CBS morning lineup or instead of The $25K Pyramid. Combs' syndie Feud would've probably been the last half of the run, as WKYC-3 in C-town carried it for some time, from 1988 till at least 1991.