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Newlywed Game coming to Buzzr?
JMFabiano:
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--- Quote from: tvwxman on October 19, 2021, 12:12:02 PM ---An ad Buzzr posted on FB says it hasn't been seen on over the air tv in 20 years. How can that be , esp with the new version on GSN for a few seasons?
If they're going to go back into the archives for this - great. Otherwise, i'm just not a fan and don't need to see the 97 version played again.
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It's technically correct: it hasn't been seen "over the air" in over 20 years--the last syndicated run ended in 1999, and GSN is a cable channel. Even though Buzzr is sometimes thought of as a cable channel, it's technically a digital broadcast channel.
Judging by the picture, it's the 1997-1999 Eubanks version. Yawn.
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Now wondering when GSN last reran the '90s version. (and the Twitter post says "not seen on TV" only)
If it will only be that version, a sizeable asterisk comes with it, needless to say. Sony doesn't seem too proud to acknowledge anything before the 90s, it seems...so if they're only getting the '97 version, I wonder if it was Sony that insisted on leasing out more contemporary episodes? Then again, we don't know which episodes yet for sure, so who knows?
--- Quote ---Now that we know what show it is, my guess is it takes the 10pm hour to replace MGHSH. Eubanks's Card Sharks now has the 9:30 PM slot, so you get 90 minutes of him.
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If it wasn't short-lived, I'd have said perhaps Trivia Trap, CS, and NG. But this sounds more like it. It also depends how many episodes they get/which version(s). An hour a day on the weekdays will burn through episodes really quick.
clemon79:
--- Quote from: chargeradiocom on October 19, 2021, 12:21:58 PM ---I’m wondering if this wording means they don’t have the rights to run it on the streaming feed, only OTA/cable.
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More likely that the streaming version of the channel doesn't even show up as so much as a blip on their distribution radar, as made evident by the number of ad sales made on it.
snowpeck:
--- Quote from: clemon79 on October 19, 2021, 12:57:29 PM ---
--- Quote from: chargeradiocom on October 19, 2021, 12:21:58 PM ---I’m wondering if this wording means they don’t have the rights to run it on the streaming feed, only OTA/cable.
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More likely that the streaming version of the channel doesn't even show up as so much as a blip on their distribution radar, as made evident by the number of ad sales made on it.
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Definitely eating my words on this acquisition.
Their streaming channel is on so many platforms, it has to be a moneymaker. So its odd that the wording specifically leaves it out.
clemon79:
--- Quote from: snowpeck on October 19, 2021, 01:24:24 PM ---Their streaming channel is on so many platforms, it has to be a moneymaker. So its odd that the wording specifically leaves it out.
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From what, carriage fees? They literally run nothing but house ads on it otherwise. What kind of carriage fees can they command?
snowpeck:
--- Quote from: clemon79 on October 19, 2021, 02:39:32 PM ---
--- Quote from: snowpeck on October 19, 2021, 01:24:24 PM ---Their streaming channel is on so many platforms, it has to be a moneymaker. So its odd that the wording specifically leaves it out.
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From what, carriage fees? They literally run nothing but house ads on it otherwise. What kind of carriage fees can they command?
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There are no ads on the stream on their website, but the various streaming platforms insert their own ads (Pluto especially) so I'm guessing there's a revenue sharing agreement.
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