[quote name=\'Neumms\' post=\'117105\' date=\'Apr 26 2006, 11:20 PM\']
If they brought back another panel show, could they find four more good gay panelists? Just kidding.
I, too, love the new show and am saddened they need to take the B&W Overnight slot for the re-airings of the new one. Stick those in the morning, and if the b&w shows are losing steam, make it Old But in Color Overnight and show the syndicated runs of the panel shows.
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I was awake last night at 2 a.m. and watched the new "IGAS." For the most part, I liked what I saw. Both the panelists, Bil and Burt Dubrow as producer seem to be getting what made "IGAS" work, but are doing it for 2006 and late-night TV. It's definitely better than the misguided Oxygen version. Yes, it pales a little next to Mr. Daly and the "WML?" gang right after it in that time slot, but it still holds up on its own.
Sorry, Steve, but "IGAS" was never Wholesome Family Entertainment that the AFA could love--it was a program of relatively sophisticated adults doing adult things in the old sense, including being mildly risque every so often. It's just that today's "mildly risque" is a little different--and nothing I saw last night offended my sensibilities. (And Billy wasn't asking "is it sexual?" on every spot.) This version stays in the tradition--and made the smart move of not making a big deal of an all-gay panel (since "Queer Eye" isn't the sensation it was when this was first floated to GSN). The audience may be hooting a little too often and I'd rather hear a more extended buzzer than a "buzz-buzz," but that's nit-picking. All in all, a diverting little entertainment and I hope it continues to do well for GSN.
And any GSN shows that play the credits over the wrap-up gets my vote.