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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: Timsterino on July 08, 2003, 04:26:17 AM
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Weakest Link is going Interactive according to Steve Beverly's site. It all sounds good to me. I do wish GSN picked up the Regis version of Millionaire.
Tim :-)
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[quote name=\'Timsterino\' date=\'Jul 8 2003, 04:26 AM\']I do wish GSN picked up the Regis version of Millionaire.[/quote]
Same here. It would be great to see those shows again.
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Whoa whoa whoa. How many episodes of Twenty-One were made? A dozen? Tops?
Hmm. Nineteen, according to the other post. As a marathon. Well, okay. I still have doubts.
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Who owns the rights to Twenty-One?
Ben
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jul 8 2003, 10:20 AM\'] Whoa whoa whoa. How many episodes of Twenty-One were made? A dozen? Tops?
Hmm. Nineteen, according to the other post. As a marathon. Well, okay. I still have doubts. [/quote]
Being Weakest Link and Lingo are both on GSN, would it be safe to say that Phil Gurin (who produced/-es) all three would have something to do with this acquisition?
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Not only do you have the problem of the limited nature of \"Twenty One\", you also have the fact that Pax ran that mofo into the ground a few years back in reruns.
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Who owns the rights to Twenty-One?
NBC. The company that sold the prime time \"TWL\" package to GSN.
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I'm not too upset about this. I LOVED 21 and thought it should stay around for awhile. Let's just hop that it doesn't get played frequently, as there are only 19 eps. of it.
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Well, I'm happy that Lingo was picked up for another season. As for Twenty-One, Well, the First Ep. was OK, but after that it was a train wreck. As for the Weakest Link Marathon, I'm not that impressed. It does now support Interactive play, so that will make the Interactive game fans happy I guess...
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jul 8 2003, 11:54 AM\']
Who owns the rights to Twenty-One?
NBC. The company that sold the prime time "TWL" package to GSN. [/quote]
Yet they still are hoarding Concentration *shrugs*
Any chance that the BBC TWL will ever see the light of day here? Would love to have seen the EastEnders special where Wendy Richard gets to the finals :-)
J.
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I just wanna say that this 21 pick-up makes me believe that think Phil Gurin is getting way too much influence within GSN. You just know he was a catalyst behind this, and it's REALLY starting to irk me that programming choices are being made in this way.
Yeah, I know, I'm a hopeless idealist. Sue me.
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I just wanna say that this 21 pick-up makes me believe that think Phil Gurin is getting way too much influence within GSN. You just know he was a catalyst behind this, and it's REALLY starting to irk me that programming choices are being made in this way.
Then there's Bob Boden getting royalties off of showing Greed over and over again...
But at any rate, it looks like Twenty-One's about as close as we're getting to a B&E show back on GSN.
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[quote name=\'parliboy\' date=\'Jul 8 2003, 02:29 PM\'] I just wanna say that this 21 pick-up makes me believe that think Phil Gurin is getting way too much influence within GSN. You just know he was a catalyst behind this, and it's REALLY starting to irk me that programming choices are being made in this way.
Yeah, I know, I'm a hopeless idealist. Sue me. [/quote]
I too have thought about that. What can we do? I am glad to see \"Twenty-One\" again (I never caught the PAX re-runs) but I hope it is not a long term renewal.
Tim :-)
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I'm of the opinion that GSN just wants recent reruns, I don't think it is because certain people get royalties. Wouldn't \"Think Twice\" be on the sked if there were some ulterior motive?
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Hey, it could be worse: They might bring back a Fleming-era original, like AN3aC. ;)
(What's funny is that AN3aC was a Gurin product...)
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This is good news. It seems to me that they are trying to set the record straight with the classic fans who were disturbed by the gamertv announcement of late.
Any library pickup is good, at this point.
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[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Jul 9 2003, 11:56 AM\'] Any library pickup is good, at this point. [/quote]
That's so not true. I'd rather them dig into what they have, or save money for the good stuff than to acquire junk.
Brandon Brooks
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Jul 9 2003, 10:27 PM\'] [quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Jul 9 2003, 11:56 AM\'] Any library pickup is good, at this point. [/quote]
That's so not true. I'd rather them dig into what they have, or save money for the good stuff than to acquire junk.
Brandon Brooks [/quote]
I have to say I agree with Brandon on this one...I cringe at the thought of seeing a press release with something like..
\"GAME SHOW NETWORK ACQUIRES STONE-STANLEY LIBRARY\" or... \"GAME SHOW NETWORK ACQUIRES KLINE AND FRIENDS LIBRARY\".....
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They already do have K&F's WLoD, although they probably got it from Disney. THey actually have Masters of the Maze from their acquisition of some of the 90s Family Channel shows, of which they've shown Family Challenge and Wild Animal Games.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jul 10 2003, 07:18 AM\'] They already do have K&F's WLoD, although they probably got it from Disney. THey actually have Masters of the Maze from their acquisition of some of the 90s Family Channel shows, of which they've shown Family Challenge and Wild Animal Games. [/quote]
How long did they last on GSN, Zach? (FC and WAG I mean).......I don't think they were on the schedule too long..
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THey were on weekends for several months around 1998 or 1999.
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[quote name=\'CBSJokersWildFan\' date=\'Jul 8 2003, 04:06 AM\'] [quote name=\'Timsterino\' date=\'Jul 8 2003, 04:26 AM\']I do wish GSN picked up the Regis version of Millionaire.[/quote]
Same here. It would be great to see those shows again. [/quote]
Ehhh....I tend to disagree. These shows are stale; and once you get past the first 50 or so-were they so great?
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actually the stone stanley library (minus LOHT which is the sole property of Viacom and is still seen on GAS) could be lucurative, Hate it as the fandom does, Shop til you drop was a great commercial success which lasted 10 years in various incarnations and fun house is a hidden treasure that would be a great show for the weekends, and aside from it's cheapness Quicksilver was a decent game just so free 4 all never EVER sees the light of DAY!
Actually when Roth hosted Masters of the Maze it was a very good show IMHO, it was a better concived version of LOHT's endgame with the teammate serving as guide rather than hanging around waiting for the whammies to bite and the various whammies being able to be vanquished with correct answers. of course that joystick needed to be recallibrated so that the partner wouldnt be told to go backwards when they wanted them to go down. however whoever thought Mario Lopez would make a good host needs to be shot quick. too bad i didnt get GSN when they were airing that show again.
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[quote name=\'Starkman\' date=\'Jul 20 2003, 09:25 PM\'] actually the stone stanley library (minus LOHT which is the sole property of Viacom and is still seen on GAS) could be lucurative, Hate it as the fandom does, Shop til you drop was a great commercial success which lasted 10 years in various incarnations and fun house is a hidden treasure that would be a great show for the weekends, and aside from it's cheapness Quicksilver was a decent game just so free 4 all never EVER sees the light of DAY!
Actually when Roth hosted Masters of the Maze it was a very good show IMHO, it was a better concived version of LOHT's endgame with the teammate serving as guide rather than hanging around waiting for the whammies to bite and the various whammies being able to be vanquished with correct answers. of course that joystick needed to be recallibrated so that the partner wouldnt be told to go backwards when they wanted them to go down. however whoever thought Mario Lopez would make a good host needs to be shot quick. too bad i didnt get GSN when they were airing that show again. [/quote]
They were called \"Temple Guards\"; not whammies.
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GSN does have Masters of the Maze as they acquired a number of FAM games from that era, but have not aired it.
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[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jul 20 2003, 10:00 PM\'] They were called "Temple Guards"; not whammies. [/quote]
Big red stuffed devils with big W's on them. Tat wuld be a funi.
Brandon Brooks
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no duh. i know what they were called :rolleyes: i refer to any odd money, turn, time stealing creature when reffering to more than one show of that type as whammies because they were the most well known rather than switch between the terminology from show to show, geez i guess you guys go around interchanging the names of puffs and kleenex too ;)...thanks for not treating me like a barris contestant ;)
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I believe Masters was Kline and Friends anyways. I think that the best Family Channel Show was Family Challenge with Ray Combs.
ObTwentyOne: I wonder why they bought rights to Twenty-one just for the Marathon, seems a little bit of a waste to me.