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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: Matt Ottinger on July 22, 2010, 02:52:10 PM
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Buzzerblog and About.com are quoting a GSN press release that says Carnie Wilson will not return when The Newlywed Game begins a fourth season this fall. The About.com story has already started "wouldn't it be interesting..." speculation about Eubanks joining the show.
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She wasn't really very good as host anyway. I prefer career hosts to people looking for something to do between singing gigs. Hopefully Bob will take the reins full-time.
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CNN and People are also reporting Carnie's departure...here's the link...
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/22/c...x.html?hpt=Sbin (http://\"http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/22/carnie.wilson.leaving.ppl/index.html?hpt=Sbin\")
JD
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The National Enquirer put a little twist to the story...
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/carnie_wil...celebrity/69038 (http://\"http://www.nationalenquirer.com/carnie_wilson_fired_newlywed_game_jerry_springer/celebrity/69038\")
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I've never been a really big fan of relationship games. I'd watch Carnie's version of TNG every now and then.
During the times I watched, I could tell she had loads of fun with the format and the contestants.
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I think it is terribly amusing that Bob returning to this version would mark the second time he has been brought in to pinch hit. Not that I care much for the show in any version.
Question for those in the know: has the amount of game material decreased with each new version of Original Recipe Newlywed Game?
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'244780\' date=\'Jul 22 2010, 07:54 PM\']Question for those in the know: has the amount of game material decreased with each new version of Original Recipe Newlywed Game?[/quote]
No. The '80s version had as much material as the '60s / '70s one, at the minimum.
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I'll say this much, Carnie was A LOT better than Paul Rodriguez was. That said, I myself wouldn't mind seeing Eubanks make yet another return to the show. But if it's not him, hopefully they'll go with someone who takes as much care of the show as Carnie did.
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I wonder if it was Carnie's decision or GSN's that she leave TNG. It does open the door for Eubanks, but there are younger hosts available as well.
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[quote name=\'BillCullen1\' post=\'244896\' date=\'Jul 24 2010, 12:48 AM\']I wonder if it was Carnie's decision or GSN's that she leave TNG. It does open the door for Eubanks, but there are younger hosts available as well.[/quote]
True. But GSN did give Wink a show a few months back (albeit he did deserve a better gig).
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Well, there's apparently a pretty good reason she ain't coming back... Carnie is suing (http://\"http://thresq.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/07/carnie-wilson-lawsuit-game-show-network.html\") GSN for over a quarter million dollars she feels she's owed from Unstapled.
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Hopefully this will be incentive enough for GSN to stay *out* of reality docu-drama programming.
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[quote name=\'chrisholland03\' post=\'245230\' date=\'Jul 30 2010, 09:53 AM\']Hopefully this will be incentive enough for GSN to stay *out* of reality docu-drama programming.[/quote]
You'd think they would've learned their lesson from their reality efforts during the rebranding period.
Wait, what am I talking about here? Network executives learning from their mistakes?!
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A GSN spokesperson says: "We are not aware of any lawsuit by Carnie Wilson against GSN."
That's an odd statement for a spokesperson to make to a reporter who presumably has the information in front of him. "We don't comment on legal matters" is the typical answer. "Lawsuit? WHAT lawsuit?" makes you appear a little clueless.
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[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'245225\' date=\'Jul 29 2010, 11:14 PM\']Well, there's apparently a pretty good reason she ain't coming back... Carnie is suing (http://\"http://thresq.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/07/carnie-wilson-lawsuit-game-show-network.html\") GSN for over a quarter million dollars she feels she's owed from Unstapled.[/quote]
Kind of odd that she would give up her game show host gig because of some minor litigation. What is a career goal for some is merely just another job to somebody else, I guess.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'245241\' date=\'Jul 30 2010, 02:58 PM\']Kind of odd that she would give up her game show host gig because of some minor litigation.[/quote]
Then again, would you want to work for your employer after taking them to court? I mean, if they owe her the money, then definitely pay up, but I can't see her comfortably going back to work with them after that's all said and done...
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A lot of the above speculation seems to assume that Carnie left the show voluntarily. At least one tabloid story suggests otherwise, you'll note that she's not quoted in the GSN press release, and historically, when it comes to a B-level star on a B-level show, it's usually the production company that's looking to make the change. This could be a quarter million dollars worth of sour grapes from a recently fired host. The timing is certainly interesting, at the very least.