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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: gsfan85 on May 29, 2015, 12:36:32 PM
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Hey everyone,
Just an FYI, according to the PDF, Shop 'Til You Drop will air episode "301" on Wednesday June 17th. Since "201-265" was the Family Channel's 2nd season, does anyone know what 301 might be? Lifetime Season 3 maybe?
Next up would be the first PAX season from 2000, but those have already aired with a different episode numbering pattern.
Thoughts?
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My first thought is that it's simply an error, and they meant to put "201", "202", and "203" instead.
Since "201-265" was the Family Channel's 2nd season,
Which in turn confirms that not only did Season 6 finish its 65-show order, but Seasons 1-5 had a total of 555 shows.
does anyone know what 301 might be? Lifetime Season 3 maybe?
I doubt the Family Channel era would've reused Lifetime-era production codes, but without any Lifetime-era slates around I can't say for sure.
Based on what we know about the run, if "301" (etc.) isn't an error it might be the 301st Lifetime episode, which would most likely be Season 3 (1993) or 4 (1993-94). I'm reasonably certain the 1991-94 run had over 400 episodes, in any case.
The only other thing that came to mind (and I freely admit this is extremely unlikely) was that The Family Channel or FOX Family commissioned another season, but quickly canned it.
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The only other thing that came to mind (and I freely admit this is extremely unlikely) was that The Family Channel or FOX Family commissioned another season, but quickly canned it.
Another possibility is that Pat Finn self-funded a season shot in an abandoned shopping mall near his home.
I freely admit this is extremely unlikely.
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The only other thing that came to mind (and I freely admit this is extremely unlikely) was that The Family Channel or FOX Family commissioned another season, but quickly canned it.
It would have never happened. Once FOX acquired Family Channel, production on all game shows ceased immediately. That's why Shopping Spree only had 24-ish episodes in its second season.
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Once FOX acquired Family Channel, production on all game shows ceased immediately. That's why Shopping Spree only had 24-ish episodes in its second season.
That's what I thought, but wasn't 100% sure about. Thanks for clearing that up, Mike. :)
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Didn't PAX air...I want to say it was the last Lifetime season of STYD once upon a time?
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They did, from November 1999 through the end of March 2000, replacing repeats of the Family Channel era and in turn replaced by the PAX revival.
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They did, from November 1999 through the end of March 2000, replacing repeats of the Family Channel era and in turn replaced by the PAX revival.
IIRC, PAX aired the Universal Studios Hollywood episodes of the Lifetime TV run, which was Season 4, so I think that's what we're gonna see come June 17 or the 3rd season which still used the College Mad House theme music.
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I'm not very familiar with the show pre-Dee, so this will be fun to watch. It already seems a lot less overproduced than the later years, like fewer instances of gratuitous canned applause throughout the playing of stunt games.
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I thought Pat and Mark L. Walberg had better chemistry and interaction...it seemed a little forced during the Dee years. Plus, I found Dee's grandmother "character" a little weird.
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I thought Pat and Mark L. Walberg had better chemistry and interaction...it seemed a little forced during the Dee years. Plus, I found Dee's grandmother "character" a little weird.
That's mighty generous of you, there, Lord Hyphen.
I've watched the repeats from the last couple of days and my opinion of the show has softened. Sure, it's a silly trifle (yesterday a guy in a bull helmet would "spear" two prices with his velcro horns and the distaff partner had to price the relevant item, as always needing three of five right to win the stunt) and the bonus game could be straight from the Barry-Enright stable but it accomplishes what it sets out to do. And while the 90 second quiz round was never a battle for mental giants it was exciting more than it wasn't, and Pat Finn paced the round perfectly, increasing the intensity as the time ticked away.
All up it wasn't as bad as the memories and memes made it out to be, but it also wasn't great shakes either. A fun and light half-hour to indulge in sometimes where people have fun and win stuff. These days I would love for game shows to aspire to that.
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Looks like we won't see Lifetime Season 3 for long...looks like after 10 episodes it switches to the 1994 season (episode 4011), taped at Universal Studios Hollywood according to the PDFs. This happens on Wednesday 7/1.
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I thought Pat and Mark L. Walberg had better chemistry and interaction...it seemed a little forced during the Dee years. Plus, I found Dee's grandmother "character" a little weird.
That's mighty generous of you, there, Lord Hyphen.
A lot weird? ;-)
I've watched the repeats from the last couple of days and my opinion of the show has softened. Sure, it's a silly trifle (yesterday a guy in a bull helmet would "spear" two prices with his velcro horns and the distaff partner had to price the relevant item, as always needing three of five right to win the stunt) and the bonus game could be straight from the Barry-Enright stable but it accomplishes what it sets out to do. And while the 90 second quiz round was never a battle for mental giants it was exciting more than it wasn't, and Pat Finn paced the round perfectly, increasing the intensity as the time ticked away.
All up it wasn't as bad as the memories and memes made it out to be, but it also wasn't great shakes either. A fun and light half-hour to indulge in sometimes where people have fun and win stuff. These days I would love for game shows to aspire to that.
I haven't seen Shop Til You Drop in years, but I remember being particularly harsh on the show as a teen. If I watched it now, I'd prolly have a similar view as yours. Not Emmy-award winning television, but not horrible either, just a fun, cheesy game show that didn't take itself too seriously.
I dunno if that's because I feel shows like Deal or No Deal set an ugly precedent for the genre, or if I've just grown up. But, I will say, I do wish we could have more fun, cheesy game shows that don't take themselves too seriously. When I look at the current crop of shows, I'd like to think we're slowly returning to that. Celebrity Name Game is slowly winning me over, and I actually find myself watching Monopoly Millionaires Club pretty regularly. So, who knows?
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Looks like we won't see Lifetime Season 3 for long...looks like after 10 episodes it switches to the 1994 season (episode 4011), taped at Universal Studios Hollywood according to the PDFs. This happens on Wednesday 7/1.
Well, it was, until Shop, Catch 21 and one Deal or No Deal got bumped off the schedule (https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/39357cb2-1342-4bd0-8f9f-0584376244a4) in favor of another Card Sharks episode, The $25,000 Pyramid and Whammy!.
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Return of $25,000 Pyramid AND Catch/Deal are thanked for their participation? I joined up at just the right time.
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Looks like we won't see Lifetime Season 3 for long...looks like after 10 episodes it switches to the 1994 season (episode 4011), taped at Universal Studios Hollywood according to the PDFs. This happens on Wednesday 7/1.
Well, it was, until Shop, Catch 21 and one Deal or No Deal got bumped off the schedule (https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/39357cb2-1342-4bd0-8f9f-0584376244a4) in favor of another Card Sharks episode, The $25,000 Pyramid and Whammy!.
Looks like the 2nd episode of the day of Card Sharks is about 100 episodes after the first airing. Are these ones that aren't part of the current lease?
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Looks like the 2nd episode of the day of Card Sharks is about 100 episodes after the first airing. Are these ones that aren't part of the current lease?
It's from the tail end of the current lease, which ends at 349.
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Looks like we won't see Lifetime Season 3 for long...looks like after 10 episodes it switches to the 1994 season (episode 4011), taped at Universal Studios Hollywood according to the PDFs. This happens on Wednesday 7/1.
Well, it was, until Shop, Catch 21 and one Deal or No Deal got bumped off the schedule (https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/39357cb2-1342-4bd0-8f9f-0584376244a4) in favor of another Card Sharks episode, The $25,000 Pyramid and Whammy!.
I'm glad that Pyramid is back.
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Just an FYI, starting Monday 7/5, the 2nd Card Sharks airing of the day will be from the Perry run (1979). They'll also be starting Match Game's Syndicated run.
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They'll also be starting Match Game's Syndicated run.
But not after showing the 10 unaired Match Game 79 episodes, starting this Monday.
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They'll also be starting Match Game's Syndicated run.
But not after showing the 10 unaired Match Game 79 episodes, starting this Monday.
I thought there were 16 unaired episodes?
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But not after showing the 10 unaired Match Game 79 episodes, starting this Monday.
I thought there were 16 unaired episodes?
There may have been more. What's airing now were the final aired episodes. Starting Monday will be two weeks, none of which originally aired. The only time they've been seen before next week was well over a decade ago.