[quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'132651\' date=\'Sep 26 2006, 08:58 AM\']
I received one of my letters yesterday (I had sent out SASE for every taping, max of 4 tickets just to cover myself). It was basically a small piece of cardboard stating that they received around 200,000 ticket requests and due to that, I didn't get any tickets.
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Just out of curiosity, is there some written or unwritten rule anywhere that states that game shows -- particularly the ones that do special tapings "on the road" -- *cannot* charge for tickets?
One would think that with all of the high demand for tickets (like J! in NYC), that Sony could sell the tickets through a specific ticket outlet and take the monies received and either donate the proceeds to charity or use it to purchase nice t-shirts or souvenir trinkets for each audience member to take home on their way out the door.
As far as regular tapings back at their home bases, game shows would have a hell of a time to find enough people who would pay to see a show *and* fill the studio to capacity -- except for maybe TPiR.