BUZZR Q3 2023

[Blanquepage]

Weekend Blockbusters gets to #312 on 8/5 before taking an oddly small step back to #293 on 8/6.
Assuming things remain constant, #312 will air again on 9/9. Perhaps to be in synch with a Fall refresh? Ever hopeful.

And...no refresh. We're back to 166 on 9/10. Oh well. TTTT does refresh on 9/4 though.

[Blanquepage]

We're getting a 40-episode PYL weekend stunt 9/16 and 9/17 beginning at Noon ET both days.

9/16 ep #s: 1, 2, 26, 27, 70, 71, 99, 100, 169, 170, 177, 178, 179, 180, 194, 215, 602, 615, 616, 203

9/17 ep #s: 218, 219, 233, 234, 235, 283, 350, 351, 425, 429, 449, 499, 515, 516, 139, 140, 643, 582, 651, 138

[Blanquepage]

Some schedule changes starting 9/25:

Mornings: Talkabout departs, Card Sharks returns
8:30 - 10:00 - Classic Concentration Triple Header
10:00 - 11:00 - Family Feud '82
11:00 - Noon - Card Sharks '79

Weekday Overnight: Black and white shows return, looks like the same content available on Amazon Prime
4:00 - TTTT '61
4:40 - WML '55
5:20 - IGaS '61

Weekends: Temptation returns to the schedule 1:00-2:00PM, Blockbusters moves to 4AM

[Winkfan]

Some schedule changes starting 9/25:

Mornings: Talkabout departs, Card Sharks returns

BOO to the first one.

Weekday Overnight: Black and white shows return, looks like the same content available on Amazon Prime
4:00 - TTTT '61
4:40 - WML '55
5:20 - IGaS '61

Now if BUZZR can find room for the other four B&W shows (No, I do not mean you, Mr. Shriner!)

Cordially,
Tammy

[JohnXXVII]

Nice to see the BW shows return! Maybe they can also do a 2 hour block of B&W Password, Beat the Clock, and The Price Is Right, on weekends or on alternate days?

I would like to see Narz Conentration return, and Whew! I wasn't a fan of them keeping Talk About over Whew!

It's ironic that lately GSN has been airing more rare material than Buzzr. GSN aired 45 year old episodes of Match Game 78 never rerun, while Buzzr keeps skipping the same syndicated Match Game episodes that have been skipped for decades. Who would have thought!

[Matt Ottinger]

Weekday Overnight: Black and white shows return, looks like the same content available on Amazon Prime
4:00 - TTTT '61
4:40 - WML '55
5:20 - IGaS '61

I realize there are far fewer of us who care about the ins and outs of the B&W shows, plus I know I shouldn't have any expectations that they would go to much trouble for programming that's going to air in the middle of the night, but it's getting harder to be excited by these announcements.  Shake loose the 160 or so Secret shows from the fifties than GSN never aired, and you will have my attention.

[tvmitch]

Interesting guide data error for Buzzr on my Channels DVR software today: an airing of Whew! is on the schedule every day this week at 4:30pm.

What actually aired was an episode of Classic Concentration, which matches the buzzrtv.com schedule.

Maybe something to keep an eye on, would be nice to see it return.

[snowpeck]

Interesting guide data error for Buzzr on my Channels DVR software today: an airing of Whew! is on the schedule every day this week at 4:30pm.

What actually aired was an episode of Classic Concentration, which matches the buzzrtv.com schedule.

Maybe something to keep an eye on, would be nice to see it return.

Yeah most of the guide services have the placeholder schedule for this week, which is making recording things with PVR software a pain.

[Pyramid80]

Interesting guide data error for Buzzr on my Channels DVR software today: an airing of Whew! is on the schedule every day this week at 4:30pm.

What actually aired was an episode of Classic Concentration, which matches the buzzrtv.com schedule.

Maybe something to keep an eye on, would be nice to see it return.

It’s not an error with the channel programming software.  The person in charge of the scheduling for cable TV’s programming guide forgot to put in the right schedule for this week, so the default placeholder old schedule is up for this week instead.  It’s programmed and fixed for next week though, so whoever is in charge better fix the schedule for this week soon!

[Robair]

Obligatory Classic Concentration freshness post. Starting October 9th another (possibly) 30 episodes go fresh (although they may not seem fresh since the entirety of the '90 Tournament of Champions is included and that is on YouTube now). Fresh shows will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (all three) and Thursday (just the first show).

If this is a 3-week flight of new shows, barring missing shows, this should take us up to episode number 909.

[Chelsea Thrasher]

Buzzr's Chills + Thrills is a 4 day stunt running from 10/28 to 10/31, with new-to-buzzr content the first three nights, and Halloween itself featuring a mashup of the first three days' reruns AND a couple of additional new shows. The 3 hour blocks run from 8p-11p ET on 10/28 to 10/30, then in a 10 hour marathon from Noon to 10PM on the 31st; as far as I know, the majority of this has never rerun on Buzzr including all of $ale:

October 28th:
Sale (NBC Daytime) 1483 & 1484 (Trick or Treat Week 1/2)
To Tell the Truth 66 1153 (DAYTIME SHOW)
What's My Line 60_0006 (Peter Lorre, 2/14/6)
I've Got a Secret 60_0007 (Peter Lorre, 2/17/60) - (very uncommon for a pre-1961 IGAS to turn up)
(Peter Lorre did both panel shows within 3 days of each other?)

October 29th:
Sale (NBC Daytime) 1485 & 1486 (Trick or Treat Week 3/4)
Family Feud (Dawson ABC) 77-192 (Halloween '77) (ONLY running on the 29th) (I believe this is one of the first appearances of a 1970s Dawson ep on the network)
Family Feud (Combs SYN) 91 - 4-614
Family Feud (Combs CBS) 89 - 341
Family Feud (Combs SYN) 89 2-226

October 30th:
Sale (NBC Daytime) 1487 & 1488 (Trick or Treat Week 5/6 - Halloween was on the 31st so they did 6 eps)
To Tell the Truth 76 - 2891
To Tell the Truth 91 - 156
Family Feud (Karn) 04-060
Family Feud (O'Hurley) 06-063 (I think this is John's first Buzzr appearance?)

October 31st (largely but not entirely reruns) drops Family Feud '77 but adds Family Feud '94...and the Newlywed Game:
CBS 60s Panel shows rerun from 12p-2p
Sale Trick or Treat Week reruns from 2p-5p
Family Feud 94-045 (Dawson revival version) (ONLY runs on 10/31)
Combs FF 1989 hour reruns from 6p-7p
Combs FF (SYN) 91 - 4-614 reruns at 7p
To Tell the Truth 76 & 91 rerun from 730p-830p
Family Feud (Karn) rerun at 830p
Family Feud (O'Hurley) rerun at 9pm
Newlywed Game 96 1-063 (with special guest co-host Elvira) runs at 9:30pm (10/31 ONLY).

***Asterisks on Newlywed Game; Might? be wrong. I know as a certainty that Buzzr was trying to work out which episode she appears in because they wanted to air it; they skipped the show when running through that portion of the season a few weeks ago, and it's out of accord with the episodes running immediate after or earlier that week. It's not in the promo and their website descriptions are generally useless. As far as I know this is the Elvira episode, but I haven't seen anything promoting it, although in general Newlywed isn't something they've rushed to include in promotions period.

[CarpetCrawler]

Pleasantly surprised to see a 1976 episode of TTTT pop up as well... those are exceedingly rare when it comes to being reran, even by Game Show Network!!

[Marshall Akers]

Halloween ties for the forthcoming TTTT airings:

1153: Richard Cassarino, movie monster maker.
2891: Cortlandt Hull, curator of the Witches' Dungeon monster movie museum in Bristol, Connecticut.
N156: Sheila Mills, real-life bride to Universal Studios' Frankenstein...who also plays his bride at Universal.

Thanks,


Marshall

[tvmitch]

Buzzr's Chills + Thrills is a 4 day stunt running from 10/28 to 10/31, with new-to-buzzr content the first three nights, and Halloween itself featuring a mashup of the first three days' reruns AND a couple of additional new shows. The 3 hour blocks run from 8p-11p ET on 10/28 to 10/30, then in a 10 hour marathon from Noon to 10PM on the 31st; as far as I know, the majority of this has never rerun on Buzzr including all of $ale:

Thank you, Chelsea, for typing up this list, it will be a handy resource for which shows to record next week.

[snowpeck]

Just got Buzzr's press release for the Halloween marathon and it includes a photo of Elvira on The Newlywed Game.