Tape Date Bug

[johnnyd1788]

How long did GSN use their green ball "Taped ______" bug to show the tape date? I don't remember if it ever was active when I first got GSN...

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'johnnyd1788\' post=\'123738\' date=\'Jul 9 2006, 09:13 PM\']
How long did GSN use their green ball "Taped ______" bug to show the tape date? I don't remember if it ever was active when I first got GSN...
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They showed the tape dates(in the early years, the Green Ball logo was absent, and their first logo was seen in the bug) during the shows from their 12/1/94 launch to around 1999.

[Dbacksfan12]

Way to throw in the "Horan Spin".

I believe the green ball logos came up around the time they lost the G-T library; I don't remember them lasting very long after that.

[Ian Wallis]

To be honest, that's one thing I wouldn't mind seeing return.

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'123749\' date=\'Jul 9 2006, 11:32 PM\']
Way to throw in the "Horan Spin".

I believe the green ball logos came up around the time they lost the G-T library; I don't remember them lasting very long after that.
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They continued in 1998 and 1999 back when they did Faux Pause picks. The partial episode of Emmons Chain Reaction Jimmy F. C. had up on his site came from a FPP airing of it, and it had the bug with the June 1986 tapedate.

[Allstar87]

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'123776\' date=\'Jul 10 2006, 08:58 AM\']
To be honest, that's one thing I wouldn't mind seeing return.
[/quote]
Same here. I got GSN in 2001, so I never saw them until I started tape trading. They're pretty helpful if you're trying to figure out when a program aired, and the year isn't shown in the end credits.

[PYLW]

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'123776\' date=\'Jul 10 2006, 08:58 AM\']
To be honest, that's one thing I wouldn't mind seeing return.
[/quote]

I'd have to agree, the bugs seemed so cool looking, and sometimes I really would like to know the date of a show without having to look it up on the 'net...

[Jay Temple]

The last time I watched TVLand, they had brief title cards giving the airdates and small pieces of information. I know that reading the info would take away from the ad time, but just flashing the card for a second or two would be very helpful and (at least with most celeb-based shows) not that difficult to track.