Please note: This article was originally written slightly dumbed down for other message boards (Not just the GSN one. This board has a higher than norm intelligence than most).
Courtesy Multichannel Newswire:
http://multichannel.com/index.asp?l...y=searchResults (You'll need to register for a trial subscription to view the whole article, if you're already not a trial/paying sub)
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The key part is the ratings numbers.
GSN, per the article, is Down 40% from a year ago (August 2002), with a 0.3 average rating.
That right there speaks VOLUMES. A Year Ago, You had BWTS (WML, TTTT, IGAS, and the Passwords), the evening vertivisions with, among other things, $10K/$20K Pyramid, 60s NG, Combs Syndie FF [Celeb only, sadly], and others [and 80s LMAD from Oct to Dec, but it was HSq in Aug.\), and only 4 originals (Whammy aired before the PM Vertivision, and then Lingo/FoF/RR/NG aired afterwards).
Ya know, I think all this \"progress\" GSN has made (more originals, WL, Love Connection, and, sadly, the MG/FF/PYL/CS/H2 morning blocks [4 of which I could care less about]) has only served to hurt the network.
Normally, a lot of complaints against the network can only be backed up by loose complaints or personal opinions, but, for once, the opinions that say that GSN was better off with a more classics-driven lineup, have the Nielsens to back them up. Of course, at that point, Whammy reruns were averaging around a .6, ditto FoF eps, RR had a .7, and Lingo had a consistent .8, so some originals are good, so that helped bigtime. Of course, it also proves that a moderate # of originals is better than the current overkill