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Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: tyshaun1 on June 15, 2009, 01:16:56 PM

Over at pifeedback.com (http://\"http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/39210607/m/73110829/p/2\"), "Douglas" has posted the week of June 1-7 for GSN's ratings, listing every show by viewership, time slot and day. Surprisingly enough (or not), the Game Show Awards pretty much bombed for them, while Deal or no Deal and 1 vs. 100 are off to good starts. Catch 21 is their highest rated show. IMO, the most interesting read is how the ratings for each show can swing drastically from day to day.......

Tyshaun

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: MizzouRah! on June 15, 2009, 07:39:01 PM

[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'218078\' date=\'Jun 15 2009, 12:16 PM\']Over at pifeedback.com (http://\"http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/39210607/m/73110829/p/2\"), "Douglas" has posted the week of June 1-7 for GSN's ratings, listing every show by viewership, time slot and day. Surprisingly enough (or not), the Game Show Awards pretty much bombed for them, while Deal or no Deal and 1 vs. 100 are off to good starts. Catch 21 is their highest rated show. IMO, the most interesting read is how the ratings for each show can swing drastically from day to day.......

Tyshaun[/quote]
I'm shocked at quite a few of the ratings. First, Chain Reaction still pulls in a well above average amount of viewers, while their Poker shows are pretty much tanking(Is it rerun season for these)? Donnymid beats all the Dick Clark versions and Match Game may finally be losing it's sparkle. I'd love to see what MG '90 could pull after being off the schedule for a while. Obviously time slots mean a lot, but the classics aren't pulling what I'd hoped. Kinda sad!!

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: tvmitch on June 15, 2009, 09:58:55 PM

You know what GSN should learn from this? Catch 21 is a well-done strict game show that is doing well in the ratings. There is a correlation here. Viewers want and will watch good original game shows on GSN, who knew!

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: tvwxman on June 15, 2009, 10:44:53 PM

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'218116\' date=\'Jun 15 2009, 09:58 PM\']There is a correlation here. Viewers want and will watch good original game shows on GSN, who knew![/quote]
I'm sorry, what does this corellation have to do with Catch 21.

/It sucks.
//The hosts suck.
///The contesti suck.
////It's not the game. I loved Gambit. This is not Gambit. This sucks.

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: chad1m on June 15, 2009, 10:48:49 PM

[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'218116\' date=\'Jun 15 2009, 09:58 PM\']Viewers want and will watch good original game shows on GSN.[/quote]Statistics show 73% of viewers watch the show on mute.

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: catnap1972 on June 16, 2009, 05:39:12 AM

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218119\' date=\'Jun 15 2009, 10:48 PM\']Statistics show 73% of viewers watch the show on mute.[/quote]

That low?

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: ChrisLambert! on June 16, 2009, 12:19:03 PM

[quote name=\'catnap1972\' post=\'218143\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 05:39 AM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218119\' date=\'Jun 15 2009, 10:48 PM\']Statistics show 73% of viewers watch the show on mute.[/quote]

That low?
[/quote]

A further 27% are hearing-impaired.

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: Joe Mello on June 16, 2009, 01:24:42 PM

[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'218148\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 12:19 PM\'][quote name=\'catnap1972\' post=\'218143\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 05:39 AM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218119\' date=\'Jun 15 2009, 10:48 PM\']Statistics show 73% of viewers watch the show on mute.[/quote]
That low?
[/quote]
A further 27% are hearing-impaired.
[/quote]
What?

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: BrandonFG on June 16, 2009, 01:56:53 PM

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'218152\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 01:24 PM\'][quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'218148\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 12:19 PM\'][quote name=\'catnap1972\' post=\'218143\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 05:39 AM\'][quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'218119\' date=\'Jun 15 2009, 10:48 PM\']Statistics show 73% of viewers watch the show on mute.[/quote]
That low?
[/quote]
A further 27% are hearing-impaired.
[/quote]
What?
[/quote]
Ohhhhh... (http://\"http://www.dahmus.org/blogimg/fry-see-what-you-did-there.jpg\")

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: comicus on June 16, 2009, 06:53:03 PM

[quote name=\'tvwxman\' post=\'218118\' date=\'Jun 15 2009, 10:44 PM\'][quote name=\'mitchgroff\' post=\'218116\' date=\'Jun 15 2009, 09:58 PM\']There is a correlation here. Viewers want and will watch good original game shows on GSN, who knew![/quote]
I'm sorry, what does this corellation have to do with Catch 21.

/It sucks.
//The hosts suck.
///The contesti suck.
////It's not the game. I loved Gambit. This is not Gambit. This sucks.
[/quote]

Catch 21 sucks compared to Gambit.  Compared to some of the other tripe GSN has trotted out recently, it's solid gold.

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: BrandonFG on June 16, 2009, 07:10:32 PM

[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'218179\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 06:53 PM\']Catch 21 sucks compared to Gambit.  Compared to some of the other tripe GSN has trotted out recently, it's solid gold.[/quote]
Compared to the crop of shows from 2002, it sucks. Honestly, tone down the contestants and it's watchable. Oh, and lose the faux-hip intro.

/Well, except for Friend or Foe and Whammy!
//Whammy! wasn't too bad
///Just wasn't too good either

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: mmb5 on June 16, 2009, 08:26:57 PM

And if you want it in chart form, viewers in thousands:

__Time  Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
09:00A  MG____153  MG____159  MG_____75  MG_____97  MG____127  MG____206  MG____122
09:30A  MGPM__163  MGPM__196  MGPM___79  MGPM__141  MGPM__171  P+____350  P+____171
10:00A  FF____196  FF____224  FF_____64  FF____154  FF____195  SPW___325  SPW___248
10:30A  25KP__215  25KP__241  25KP___93  25KP__215  25KP__211  FF____335  FF____239
11:00A  SPW___116  SPW___178  SPW____95  SPW___174  SPW___175  WPYL__340  WPYL__234
11:30A  SPW___120  SPW___172  SPW___131  SPW___117  SPW___186  CR____370  CR____311
12:00P  J!____177  J!____220  J!____152  J!____188  J!____212  Mil-M_333  Mil-M_269
12:30P  WoF___260  WoF___256  WoF___198  WoF___229  WoF___293  HSQ___356  HSQ___289
01:00P  100KP_258  100KP_357  100KP_169  100KP_283  100KP_330  1vC___522  1vC___361
01:30P  MG____247  MG____380  MG____156  MG____239  MG____334  
02:00P  FF____225  FF____346  FF____220  FF____244  FF____369  DoND__482  DoND__384
02:30P  P+____254  P+____346  P+____237  P+____263  P+____392  
03:00P  LINGO_269  LINGO_301  LINGO_218  LINGO_256  LINGO_316  FF____489  NG-W__413
03:30P  LINGO_358  LINGO_355  LINGO_297  LINGO_343  LINGO_390  FF____535  GSA___288
04:00P  PYR___276  PYR___356  PYR___272  PYR___289  PYR___374  NG-W__499  
04:30P  FF____296  FF____391  FF____270  FF____260  FF____376  CAT21_394  
05:00P  CR____347  CR____400  CR____289  CR____396  CR____433  Mil-R_464  
05:30P  FF____365  FF____357  FF____394  FF____384  ???___352  
06:00P  NG-W__375  NG-W__368  NG-W__496  NG-W__453  NG-W__390  1vC___469  HSP2__181
06:30P  CAT21_451  CAT21_424  CAT21_639  CAT21_364  CAT21_431  
07:00P  DoND__386  DoND__518  DoND__443  DoND__380  DoND__346  DoND__428  PSTAR_205
07:30P
08:00P  FF____271  FF____538  FF____439  FF____572  FF____472  GSA___425  HSP4__276
08:30P  Mil-M_407  Mil-M_415  Mil-M_364  Mil-M_525  Mil-M_410  
09:00P  FF____457  FF____494  FF____313  FF____464  FF____361 HSP5__380
09:30P  Mil-M_358  Mil-M_424  Mil-M_279  Mil-M_446  Mil-M_378  
10:00P  NG-W__294  NG-W__282  NG-W__226  NG-W__365  NG-W__360 WPT___367
10:30P  CAT21_296  CAT21_275  CAT21_296  CAT21_313  CAT21_247  GSA___264  
11:00P  DoND__380  DoND__350  DoND__430  DoND__355  DoND__362  
11:30P
12:00A  Mil-R_257  Mil-R_288  Mil-R_353  Mil-R_309  Mil-R_427 HSP5__264
12:30A
01:00A  J!____175  J!____201  J!____281  J!____246  J!____359  NG-W__197  PSTAR_216
01:30A  HSQ___171  HSQ___146  HSQ___238  HSQ___222  HSQ___219  CAT21_164  
02:00A  100KP_185  100KP_121  100KP_178  100KP_178  100KP_196  1vC___121  HSP2__151
02:30A  25KP__164  25KP__140  25KP__148  25KP__190  25KP__219  
03:00A  FF____133  FF____119  FF____195  FF____175  FF____176  FF_____87  
03:30A  PW____100  PW_____98  PW____129  PW____129  PW____127  PW_____70

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: xavier45 on June 16, 2009, 08:34:02 PM

It's good to see a classic like Password Plus get higher ratings than Poker. 5 out 7 of Password Plus' airings got more than 250,000 viewers. 3 out of the 5 airings for High Stakes Poker got over 250,000 viewers. Even their new Poker Stars show could only manage around 210,000 viewers for both of its airings.

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: WhammyPower on June 16, 2009, 09:47:37 PM

I find it interesting that Wednesdays get significantly less viewers than the rest of the weekdays, except for the "pre-primetime" block where Karn Feud is slightly higher, and NG and C21 are significantly higher.

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: MizzouRah! on June 16, 2009, 11:31:05 PM

And I've just noticed another interesting trend...With the exception of Wed., check the drop off from $25K Pyr. to P+ each morning. Would this be attributed to TPiR airing in the majority of markets at this time and people flipping to CBS?

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: CarShark on June 17, 2009, 01:14:15 AM

[quote name=\'xavier45\' post=\'218188\' date=\'Jun 16 2009, 08:34 PM\']It's good to see a classic like Password Plus get higher ratings than Poker. 5 out 7 of Password Plus' airings got more than 250,000 viewers. 3 out of the 5 airings for High Stakes Poker got over 250,000 viewers. Even their new Poker Stars show could only manage around 210,000 viewers for both of its airings.[/quote]
How much of P+'s ratings is people watching P+ and how much is it people watching the GSN Live interstitials? As for the poker shows, I don't know how much having a 4-year-old rerun right before it hurts it. I don't think you can do the victory dance just yet. Anyways, now that you can win Oodles (GSNs new cybercurrency) by watching and answering questions about the shows in the GSN Live block, I wouldn't be surprised to see some of those numbers go up. Doesn't mean that people actually like the shows, just that they're after free stuff.

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: Craig Karlberg on June 17, 2009, 03:11:32 AM

I'm curious as to what the ratings for Big Saturday Night were.  I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled the same numbers as the GSAs or even lower than that.  Judging by the reviews, the BSN segments got ripped to shreds while the game shows themselves(20Q & The Money List) got good reviews(20Q was precieved better than feared).

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: Jimmy Owen on June 17, 2009, 11:18:45 AM

If I'm reading it right P+ numbers are about the same on Saturdays without the GSN Live wraparound as they are on weekdays.

Maybe they should move the poker shows to a different day.  There's a lot of sports programming that appeals to the same demographic so poker ends up not being the first choice for sports viewers.  Maybe a late night slot either before or after the NBC poker show.

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: Mr. Armadillo on June 17, 2009, 12:22:50 PM

[quote name=\'MizzouRah!\' post=\'218101\' date=\'Jun 15 2009, 06:39 PM\']I'm shocked at quite a few of the ratings. First, Chain Reaction still pulls in a well above average amount of viewers, while their Poker shows are pretty much tanking(Is it rerun season for these)?[/quote]

Yes, the poker shows are all in reruns right now.

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: rwalker on June 18, 2009, 08:56:15 PM

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'218241\' date=\'Jun 17 2009, 11:18 AM\']If I'm reading it right P+ numbers are about the same on Saturdays without the GSN Live wraparound as they are on weekdays.

Maybe they should move the poker shows to a different day.  There's a lot of sports programming that appeals to the same demographic so poker ends up not being the first choice for sports viewers.  Maybe a late night slot either before or after the NBC poker show.[/quote]

Poker was Monday nights on there for quite awhile. I wonder what the "Sunday night Dawson Feud" pulled for numbers? They did that about 2 years ago right before they did a schedule change.  Seemed like Celeb. Millionaire, Lingo, TTQ, etc., were things on Sunday nights(even catch 21 last summer at 10pm), I'm having trouble remembering what all they did on Sunday nights though. Seems to be a slot that's changed too much.

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: tyshaun1 on August 11, 2009, 08:25:08 PM

Douglas at PI Feedback (http://\"http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/39210607/m/73110829/p/2\") has updated the ratings for GSN to include July 27-Aug. 2. The bump that DoND gave the network seems to be wearing off, and 20Q and The Money List seem to be doing mediocre to lousy, probably a strong reason why they all but abandoned the Big Saturday Night wraparounds...... and perhaps maybe why Fred Roggin left the network?

Tyshaun

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: Johnissoevil on August 11, 2009, 09:47:57 PM

[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'222675\' date=\'Aug 11 2009, 08:25 PM\']Douglas at PI Feedback (http://\"http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/39210607/m/73110829/p/2\") has updated the ratings for GSN to include July 27-Aug. 2. The bump that DoND gave the network seems to be wearing off, and 20Q and The Money List seem to be doing mediocre to lousy, probably a strong reason why they all but abandoned the Big Saturday Night wraparounds...... and perhaps maybe why Fred Roggin left the network?

Tyshaun[/quote]

Hmm, perhaps it's time for GSN to talk to Fremantle again and see about regaining the rights to a certain cult show where those little red pests were taking away contestants' cash and prizes...

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: JacksonBrowne1980 on August 12, 2009, 04:41:19 PM

i agree and get back the goodson-todman library and get more classics, and get more rights to more classics

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on August 12, 2009, 04:50:32 PM

[quote name=\'JacksonBrowne1980\' post=\'222812\' date=\'Aug 12 2009, 03:41 PM\']i agree and get back the goodson-todman library and get more classics, and get more rights to more classics[/quote]I'm sorry, what do you want to have happen? [quote name=\'Fenner\']Hmm, perhaps it's time for GSN to talk to Fremantle again and see about regaining the rights to a certain cult show where those little red pests were taking away contestants' cash and prizes.[/quote]I don't think that would even remotely help things.  I seem to recall the ratings for most of the morning classics were pretty mediocre.

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: CarShark on September 05, 2009, 04:12:35 PM

Just bumping this up so we can discuss the new numbers for the week of August 17-23 (http://\"http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/39210607/m/73110829?r=480104732#480104732\").

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: TLEberle on September 05, 2009, 04:52:46 PM

What exactly do these figures mean? I realize that out of however many million people, a niche cable channel isn't going to grab a bunch of eyeballs, but 65,000 for a late-late-night show doesn't seem....as horrible as I was going to say. And is 500,000 all that hot stuff, under those same conditions?

Title: GSN Ratings in their entirety
Post by: Mr. Matté on September 05, 2009, 07:46:05 PM

What I don't get is if weekday P+ was doing alright in the daytime ratings (assuming these numbers are accurate), why did that get replaced instead of something lower-rated such as one of the SPs or (God forbid) $25,000 Pyramid?