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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: Card Shark on October 29, 2025, 08:03:56 PM
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I'm just wondering why the show has a significantly smaller in studio audience in the new place. Was that just what they were given or was it meant to be able to get more tapings in during a day by decreasing the number of people they have to interview for each taping? Seeing these old episodes this week from the Television City area has just got me wondering.
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I believe it's simply that the new studio is smaller than Studio 33. There's less space onstage, too.
For those who have been there: Am I correct that the new chairs are slightly wider? And is there more space between rows (I assume to better facilitate coming on down without tripping over people's feet)?
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^I never saw the show at 33, but I went to the first tapings at Haven with several members of this board, and some remarked that there was indeed more space between rows.
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I believe it's simply that the new studio is smaller than Studio 33. There's less space onstage, too.
For those who have been there: Am I correct that the new chairs are slightly wider? And is there more space between rows (I assume to better facilitate coming on down without tripping over people's feet)?
Yes and yes. Much more comfy than CBS 33, but significantly smaller studio.
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I'm sur it's been mentioned before, but I don't remember. How do the seating capacities compare in actual numbers?
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^I never saw the show at 33, but I went to the first tapings at Haven with several members of this board, and some remarked that there was indeed more space between rows.
Having been to tapings at both, I'd confirm that. It's basically like the difference between an older movie theater seating where there was just enough room for everyone's legs between rows and the modern movie theater experience with plenty of legroom. The seats themselves at Haven do seem to be pretty roomy, so I bet that they are wider. I'm big around the middle and even bigger across the shoulders and didn't feel cramped, although I didn't have room to spread out, either.
I had the chance to get a tour of Television City the day before going to a taping at Haven, I was surprised by how close in size the audience areas actually are. Haven's is noticeably narrower, but there doesn't seem to be much of a difference in depth, and there's just a lot more space per seat.
I'm sur it's been mentioned before, but I don't remember. How do the seating capacities compare in actual numbers?
It's about half of what it was before. IIRC, Studio 33 sat right at 300. For the first couple seasons, Haven sat 160 (but they would go above that with folding chairs if there was a big crowd) but for Season 54 they removed the back row of permanent seats on the left and right sections and 145 is now considered a full house.
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It's about half of what it was before. IIRC, Studio 33 sat right at 300. For the first couple seasons, Haven sat 160 (but they would go above that with folding chairs if there was a big crowd) but for Season 54 they removed the back row of permanent seats on the left and right sections and 145 is now considered a full house.
I thought I noticed a row of seats was missing when I was there earlier this month, compared to when I was there last year. Good to know I wasn't going crazy. And even with the smaller amount of seats, they still had to bring in paid seat fillers for one of the shows I attended.
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Given that a crowd to see Price is Right is going to be amped anyway, the producers shouldn't need to add any crowd noise in even if there are only two hundred people in the audience? I don't know if the audition process has changed since the days of old, but taking a third of the time off of talking to everyone in the crowd, even for a few seconds at a time, would certainly be a savings.
Do we know if the show has started earlier/schedule more taping days? I certainly liked Payday Friday but knowing why it existed took some of the shine off of it.
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Given that a crowd to see Price is Right is going to be amped anyway, the producers shouldn't need to add any crowd noise in even if there are only two hundred people in the audience?
Barker shows were sweetened, so it wouldn't surprise me to know current shows with a smaller audience would be, as well.
-Jason
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Barker shows were sweetened, so it wouldn't surprise me to know current shows with a smaller audience would be, as well.
The one and only time my wife and I attended a Barker taping we couldn't hear a thing going on because it was so loud. It astonishes me that it needed to be enhanced.
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My guess is when an IUFB or showcase prize doesn't get the pop they were hoping for, some extra applause/cheering is added. I doubt they need much else.
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My guess is when an IUFB or showcase prize doesn't get the pop they were hoping for, some extra applause/cheering is added. I doubt they need much else.
Along those lines, my first thought was canned laughter. Certainly back when Bob was making the "37 hours" joke for the hundredth time.
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When I was at the show, there was a DVD lying around the office of a season 35 episode that had no sweetening, presumably pressed to see whether sweetening was necessary. Personally, I thought the audience levels sounded fine throughout the episode. I will admit, though, that the audience had tuckered out by the time the credits got rolling -- I could understand sweetening that.
It wasn't evident in that test episode, but there have been plenty of tapings where as soon as the final contestant was called to come on down, the audience went comparatively dead. I could imagine some days when sweetening would be desirable from act six onward.
Along those lines, my first thought was canned laughter. Certainly back when Bob was making the "37 hours" joke for the hundredth time.
Can confirm. I remember the first time I was a page standing at the base of the stairs and they played Range Game. Bob delivered his 37 hours line and I, knowing the beats of the show, dutifully laughed. I was the only person who did.