GSN Schedule proposal

[PeterMarshallFan]

Mon-Fri

9AM: To Tell the Truth [Ward]
9:30: Bullseye
10AM: Break the Bank
10:30: Go
11AM: Beat the Clock [Narz/Wood]
11:30: Beat the Clock [Hall]
12PM: Weakest Link
1PM: Love Connection
1:30: Newlywed Game
2PM: Whammy!
2:30: National Lampoon's Funny Money
3PM: Lingo
3:30: Cram
4PM: The Joker's Wild
4:30: Tic Tac Dough
5PM: Family Feud [Dawson]
5:30: Family Feud [Combs]
6PM: $100,000 Pyramid
6:30: Match Game [Rayburn]
7PM: Win, Lose or Draw
7:30: Press Your Luck
8PM: Newlywed Game
8:30: Whammy!
9PM: Match Game PM
9:30: Lingo
10PM: Funny Money
10:30: Cram
11PM: Russian Roulette
11:30: Newlywed Game
12AM: Lingo
12:30: Cram
1AM: Funny Money
1:30: Whammy!
2AM: Match Game PM
2:30: Weakest Link
3:30-6:30AM: Black & White Overnight
6:30-9AM: Paid Programming

Weekends

9AM: Play the Percentages
9:30: Hollywood Squares [Marshall]
10AM: Treasure Hunt
10:30: $20,000 Pyramid
11AM: $25,000 Pyramid
11:30: $100,000 Pyramid
12PM-5PM: Same as weekdays
5PM-7PM: Video Game Block [I had to put it somewhere.....]
7PM: The Joker's Wild
7:30: Tic Tac Dough
8PM-11PM: Game of the Week
11PM-9AM: Same as weekdays

[Monarx]

Looks good to me.  Although I don't like Newlydread, it looks good.

[Jimmy Owen]

I feel that the new originals should not be shown in the daytime because it dissipates the prime time showings.  Prime time should be all original and well known reruns.  The only original I would put on in the daytime is the video game block and that would go in the before school hours where you have informercials scheduled.  The rest of the daytime hours should be made up of library programming.  I would only have one hour of infomercials a day at most, and I would put them on where GSN could charge a premium price.  Proposed infomercial time slot?  11am Eastern/10am Central.

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'PeterMarshallFan\' date=\'Sep 9 2003, 07:02 PM\'] Mon-Fri
I see some major problems with this already.

Your going to open the day with a version of \"To Tell the Truth\" that about 3 people remember?  And follow that up with 2.5 hours of obscure classics?  Also, isn't ending the day on a half hour somewhat obscure?  In addition, I noticed you conviently left out \"Friend or Foe\" off the entire schedule.

[whampyl03]

9AM: To Tell the Truth [Ward]
9:30: Bullseye
10AM: Break the Bank
10:30: Go

Although all 4 are great shows, there really aren't that many episodes in the vault...  about (very loose guesstimates) 50 episodes of Bullseye (I don't think all eps were transferred to GSN's Digital format), about 70 of Break The Bank, and about 100 episodes of GO really don't go that far on the weekday schedule.  They'll fall into Run-intotheground-itus rather quick.  These SHOULD be weekenders.

4PM: The Joker's Wild
4:30: Tic Tac Dough

I like the sound of that move.

2PM: Whammy!
2:30: National Lampoon's Funny Money
3PM: Lingo
3:30: Cram

Jimmy Owen's comments basically sum up how I feel about this move.

OVERALL:  Very well done.  Few slight problems here and there, but overall, a nice schedule.

[SplitSecond]

Cable outlets are (correct me if I'm wrong) allowed to combine all the numbers they draw from repeat showings within the day (or within a 24-hour period) into an aggregate rating.

There's no \"dissipation\" to speak of.  Time for a more clever excuse as to why you don't want to see the originals, perhaps?

[Jimmy Owen]

I do want to see the originals-in prime time, not daytime.  You don't see the real networks putting on that evening's episode of \"Friends\" or whatever in the daytime, they save it for prime time.  I guess the question is: How many times a day should the same show be rerun?  In my opinion two showings of the same ep per day is enough.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Sep 9 2003, 06:16 PM\'] Your going to open the day with a version of "To Tell the Truth" that about 3 people remember?  And follow that up with 2.5 hours of obscure classics? [/quote]
 Personally, I like the Robin Ward TTTT, and I rank it second to TTTT '90.

Leaving in the video game block is insanity writ large, tho.

In addition, I noticed you conviently left out \"Friend or Foe\" off the entire schedule.

Well, at least he got THAT right.

[Ian Wallis]

Although all 4 are great shows, there really aren't that many episodes in the vault... about (very loose guesstimates) 50 episodes of Bullseye (I don't think all eps were transferred to GSN's Digital format), about 70 of Break The Bank, and about 100 episodes of GO really don't go that far on the weekday schedule. They'll fall into Run-intotheground-itus rather quick.

I believe that \"Bullseye\" had 160 episodes converted.  \"Break the Bank\" had about 100 if you combine both the Kennedy and Barry runs.

OK, so you run throught the episodes quickly - simple:  once they're done, put another short-lived show in there.  GSN certainly has enough of those!

[catnap1972]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 10 2003, 11:38 AM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Sep 9 2003, 06:16 PM\']

In addition, I noticed you conviently left out "Friend or Foe" off the entire schedule.

Well, at least he got THAT right. [/quote]
 Since it's assumed that both it and Wintuition are on permanent hiatus anyway, I don't see what's wrong with leaving them off.

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 10 2003, 10:38 AM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Sep 9 2003, 06:16 PM\'] Your going to open the day with a version of "To Tell the Truth" that about 3 people remember?  And follow that up with 2.5 hours of obscure classics? [/quote]
Personally, I like the Robin Ward TTTT, and I rank it second to TTTT '90.

Leaving in the video game block is insanity writ large, tho.

In addition, I noticed you conviently left out "Friend or Foe" off the entire schedule.

Well, at least he got THAT right. [/quote]
 So your one of the three then, Chris?
Seriously, I have nothing personal against Robin Ward's \"To Tell the Truth\" other than the fact it's more than likely the least known version...people would turn to it say \"what's this\"? and move on to something more entertaining.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Sep 10 2003, 12:29 PM\'] So your one of the three then, Chris?
 [/quote]
 And proudly so. Didn't care for it so much in first run ('cuz it was a panel show and as a kid I was into games), but looking back, Ward paced the show faster than anyone before him, and the One-On-One round was a nice twist.

Plus it had a lot of chase lights on the set. I love chase lights.

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 10 2003, 03:16 PM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Sep 10 2003, 12:29 PM\'] So your one of the three then, Chris?
 [/quote]
And proudly so. Didn't care for it so much in first run ('cuz it was a panel show and as a kid I was into games), but looking back, Ward paced the show faster than anyone before him, and the One-On-One round was a nice twist.

Plus it had a lot of chase lights on the set. I love chase lights. [/quote]
 Well, I guess I know what to send you for Christmas, then.  *digs around in ShopKo's bargain bin*

[PeterMarshallFan]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 10 2003, 04:16 PM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Sep 10 2003, 12:29 PM\'] So your one of the three then, Chris?
 [/quote]
And proudly so. Didn't care for it so much in first run ('cuz it was a panel show and as a kid I was into games), but looking back, Ward paced the show faster than anyone before him, and the One-On-One round was a nice twist.

Plus it had a lot of chase lights on the set. I love chase lights. [/quote]
I liked it too, but I wonder---was the fast pace Ward's style, or was he pretty much forced to rush it to fit in the One-On-One game? 1o1 is fun, but it takes way too long to play, IMO.

[MCArroyo1]

I liked it too, but I wonder---was the fast pace Ward's style, or was he pretty much forced to rush it to fit in the One-On-One game? 1o1 is fun, but it takes way too long to play, IMO.

Probably both.

I agree that TTTT 80 was a great, if unknown, series.  I'd even say that Ward did a better job than anyone (except Gordon Elliott) who followed him.  Even though he never seemed to know how to look at a camera.