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chris319

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« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2007, 02:37:31 PM »
So is it five shows that actually aired on ABC and two that went unaired, for a total of seven episodes? Where do you suppose they got seven and two?

Hell, we used to tape TEN episodes of Password Plus at a time and they ALL aired (except for the George Peppard episode). Then we taped 10 more after that ... and THEY all aired. My mind is reeling.

Note to GSN management: I can fix you up with two low-mileage, English telenovela series, five episodes per week, hardly ever viewed.
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Chelsea Thrasher

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« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2007, 02:49:39 PM »
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So is it five shows that actually aired on ABC and two that went unaired, for a total of seven episodes? Where do you suppose they got seven and two?

There were seven shows total, so it was probably just confusion on whether the two episodes were in addition to, or included with, that 7 count.  

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Note to GSN management: I can fix you up with two low-mileage, English telenovela series, five episodes per week, hardly ever viewed.

Hell, if they're this starved for programming, I've got a backlog of about 2 years of local cable access programs  they can air.  

It'd still be more entertaining than this.
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Clay Zambo

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« Reply #17 on: May 22, 2007, 02:51:10 PM »
A little "Summer Replacement" action, anyone?  Run each one once, while you're working up something else to premiere in the fall, perhaps?
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« Reply #18 on: May 22, 2007, 03:39:26 PM »
[quote name=\'Clay Zambo\' post=\'153074\' date=\'May 22 2007, 02:51 PM\']
A little "Summer Replacement" action, anyone?  Run each one once, while you're working up something else to premiere in the fall, perhaps?
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Naah. GSN is going to run this sucker into the ground till the tape wears out on its own.

Really bad pickup. Won't watch, unless I'm desperate.
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tpirfan28

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« Reply #19 on: May 22, 2007, 03:45:37 PM »
I wonder how much they paid per episode for this.  But yet they won't go out and get something their message board people want.  (It's a stretch.  Try to go with it.)

And they wonder why we b****, moan, and complain (aka don't watch) GSN anymore.
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« Reply #20 on: May 22, 2007, 03:50:09 PM »
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'153080\' date=\'May 22 2007, 03:45 PM\']
I wonder how much they paid per episode for this.  But yet they won't go out and get something their message board people want.  (It's a stretch.  Try to go with it.)

And they wonder why we b****, moan, and complain (aka don't watch) GSN anymore.
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Well, on one hand, of course they're not there to please us. Hell, if that were the case, they wouldn't squeeze credits. ;-)

On the other hand, I don't understand what there is to gain from this. People didn't watch it on ABC, why the hell are they gonna watch it now? At least "21" was a Top 20 show that NBC canceled prematurely. "Greed" won its timeslot on several occasions, and even "Super Millionaire" had respectable primetime ratings.

This pickup, I just don't understand.
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« Reply #21 on: May 22, 2007, 03:53:05 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'153081\' date=\'May 22 2007, 03:50 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'153080\' date=\'May 22 2007, 03:45 PM\']
I wonder how much they paid per episode for this.  But yet they won't go out and get something their message board people want.  (It's a stretch.  Try to go with it.)

And they wonder why we b****, moan, and complain (aka don't watch) GSN anymore.
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Well, on one hand, of course they're not there to please us. Hell, if that were the case, they wouldn't squeeze credits. ;-)
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Not to mention that giving GSN's message board inhabitants what they want would be difficult for anyone without a master's degree in child psychology.
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« Reply #22 on: May 22, 2007, 04:17:43 PM »
[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' post=\'153072\' date=\'May 22 2007, 01:49 PM\']
if they're this starved for programming, I've got a backlog of about 2 years of local cable access programs  they can air.  

It'd still be more entertaining than this.
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That, or I could call the local university TV station and have them pull out the tapes of the game shows they did.
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« Reply #23 on: May 23, 2007, 02:00:29 AM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'153052\' date=\'May 22 2007, 10:10 AM\']Y'know, I suggested a modification of the rules some time ago...[/quote]I was right there with you, but I think it needs something more than "These thirty squares hide money amounts from $1 and $50,000, a right answer wins you that amount, a wrong answer deducts it." Then again, what with the current climate, maybe you don't.

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'153081\' date=\'May 22 2007, 12:50 PM\']This pickup, I just don't understand.
[/quote]So, the company that wouldn't lay out to run a single episode of TPIR has enough scratch to buy seven episodes of a show that did poorly; either GSN is bad at money management or ABC is cash-poor and was willing to take whatever they were given.

Even if GSN is going after the channel-surfers, this just seems wrong on many levels.
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« Reply #24 on: May 23, 2007, 02:34:44 AM »
Or Matt is right, and Endemol foisted this off on them in a package deal for something they actually did want, like more Millionaire.

Or they're just high on freakin' crack.
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« Reply #25 on: May 23, 2007, 07:46:58 AM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'153148\' date=\'May 23 2007, 02:34 AM\']
Or they're just high on freakin' crack.
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They don't have Thousand Dollar Bee (yet)...so they'd be on lower-level addicting drugs. :)

EDIT: Why couldn't they pick up the Rich List from Fox, and then piggyback this, the Rich List, and Greed in a rotation?
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« Reply #26 on: May 23, 2007, 10:01:55 AM »
Someone said "The Rich List" would have been obligated to give away a huge amount of money if the shows had actually aired, which works against ever seeing it on GSN.  If the shows don't air, the contestants don't have to be paid. My guess is not as much money was given away on the two unaired SMTM eps.
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« Reply #27 on: May 23, 2007, 11:48:08 AM »
Also, Million Dollar Dancer Julianne Hough has been seen on ABC every Monday and Tuesday night for the last ten weeks as the partner of the winnah of "Dancing With the Stars" Cycle 4.

I know, outlandish, but I wouldn't be surprised about anything these days.
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« Reply #28 on: May 23, 2007, 01:19:47 PM »
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'153148\' date=\'May 23 2007, 02:34 AM\']
Or Matt is right, and Endemol foisted this off on them in a package deal for something they actually did want, like more Millionaire.

Or they're just high on freakin' crack.[/quote]

I don't remember Endemol ever being associated with Millionaire, so it's probably the latter.
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tpirfan28

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« Reply #29 on: May 23, 2007, 01:23:10 PM »
[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'153181\' date=\'May 23 2007, 01:19 PM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'153148\' date=\'May 23 2007, 02:34 AM\']
Or Matt is right, and Endemol foisted this off on them in a package deal for something they actually did want, like more Millionaire.

Or they're just high on freakin' crack.[/quote]

I don't remember Endemol ever being associated with Millionaire, so it's probably the latter.
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Unless.......

GSN wants Deal or No Deal repeats.  And Endemol is making them air this first.

(What other Endemol properties are there, anyway?)
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