Author Topic: GSN Ratings Tanking... (Read 24537 times)

aaron sica · « **Reply #30 on:** October 07, 2007, 01:40:14 PM »

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'165826\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 12:08 PM\']
The third year saw the debut of The Price is Right.
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And how exciting THAT was....They started trotting out TPiR at just about the same time I got DISH Network and was able to see GSN, which was November 1996. For the first few weeks or so, it would "pop up" on the schedule. I can remember tuning into "Prime Games" hoping to see a MG episode, but then Peter Tomarken would say they were going to run a TPiR episode instead. On Saturdays, I hoped to see some other classic shows, but instead, they would run a 2 hour block with a Cullen TPiR ep, a full-hour TPiR, and a 1/2 hour Kennedy syndie.

Those were indeed the days...

clemon79 · « **Reply #31 on:** October 07, 2007, 01:43:33 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' post=\'165821\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 08:34 AM\']
One, you vastly underestimate the importance of the "owned by Comcast" part. The Evil Empire protects its own.[/quote]
And I question the veracity of the original statement anyhow...I'm in the #12 market in the country, and not only is G4 on the digital tier, before Comcast bought it it wasn't even on the LOW digital tier, it was one of those jobs you had to buy an extra package for...

(That said, Comcast Seattle has *serious* bandwidth problems, so they have to be really choosy.)

/doesn't stop them from giving three channels to HSN, QVC, and Jewelry TV

Joe Mello · « **Reply #32 on:** October 07, 2007, 03:11:41 PM »

G4 is also on the 1st digital tier in the #4 market. The only reason it was in my house was because my dad still wanted HBO and digital was the only way to keep it.

It's odd in Pittsburgh (22): GSN and G4 are extended cable, and the digital packages have several foreign language channels, but no Spanish station.

/Probably distracted by the pissing match with the Big Ten Network

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 07, 2007, 03:25:49 PM »

I don't even know where G4 is on my digital tiers.

IMHO, GSN could be better if they just stuck with the basics first: Wheel, J!, Match Game, Feud, and Millionaire. Then supplement that with TPiR, $ale, and Scrabble (if they can ever get the rights), then throw whatever crap else they want. People know about most of them (all but Sale and Scrabble, at least).

That's wishful thinking, though.

[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'165840\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 03:11 PM\']
/Probably distracted by the pissing match with the Big Ten Network
[/quote]
Yeah, Comcast sucks.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #34 on:** October 07, 2007, 04:41:56 PM »

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'165841\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 03:25 PM\']
IMHO, GSN could be better if they just stuck with the basics first: Wheel, J!, Match Game, Feud, and Millionaire. Then supplement that with TPiR, $ale, and Scrabble (if they can ever get the rights), then throw whatever crap else they want. People know about most of them (all but Sale and Scrabble, at least).
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With the exception of Match Game, all those other shows are being aired right now on regular TV. (Crosswords is just Scrabble dulled down and I'm giving Temptation a wide berth.) Why would you watch something on cable when you can see it already on regular TV? I'd rather have exclusive product.

TLEberle · « **Reply #35 on:** October 07, 2007, 07:36:20 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'165847\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 01:41 PM\']With the exception of Match Game, all those other shows are being aired right now on regular TV. (Crosswords is just Scrabble dulled down and I'm giving Temptation a wide berth.) Why would you watch something on cable when you can see it already on regular TV? I'd rather have exclusive product.[/quote]Except Scrabble and Crosswords are only similar in that you solve clues to get to words; the games are different in every other way. And regarding Temptation, would you rather eat filet mignon or a hunk of grade-D meat? The two are worlds apart in terms of quality. GSN should do whatever will make them the most money. If that equals reality reruns, casino programs and infomercials, then there it is.

Quick straw poll: who even thought GSN would even last this long? Or would last through 1995? I'm a bit astonished myself.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #36 on:** October 07, 2007, 10:29:32 PM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'165847\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 03:41 PM\']I'd rather have exclusive product.[/quote]"Tune into GSN, home of Small Talk!

I can hear the clickers changing now.

trainman · « **Reply #37 on:** October 07, 2007, 11:00:37 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'165833\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 10:43 AM\'](That said, Comcast Seattle has *serious* bandwidth problems, so they have to be really choosy.)

/doesn't stop them from giving three channels to HSN, QVC, and Jewelry TV
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Hmm, there mu$t be $ome rea$on for that.

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It's odd in Pittsburgh (22): GSN and G4 are extended cable, and the digital packages have several foreign language channels, but no Spanish station.

There still aren't even any over-the-air Spanish TV stations in Pittsburgh, are there?

(The first time I saw Game Show Network "live" was a few weeks before the end of the Dark Period, in my apartment in Library, PA, when I was one of the first customers of TCI of the South Hills to have digital cable installed. They had sent out a postcard listing the new digital channels. When I got down the list to 161, I knew I'd be making a call ASAP.)

mmb5 · « **Reply #38 on:** October 08, 2007, 07:57:46 AM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'165833\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 01:43 PM\']
/doesn't stop them from giving three channels to HSN, QVC, and Jewelry TV
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Disturbing fact I read two weeks ago in the New York Times. Only one out of every 150 people watching a shopping channel are buying anything. That means the other 149 are watching for entertainment value.

--Mike

catnap1972 · « **Reply #39 on:** October 08, 2007, 09:53:07 AM »

[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'165891\' date=\'Oct 8 2007, 07:57 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'165833\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 01:43 PM\']
/doesn't stop them from giving three channels to HSN, QVC, and Jewelry TV
[/quote]
Disturbing fact I read two weeks ago in the New York Times. Only one out of every 150 people watching a shopping channel are buying anything. That means the other 149 are watching for entertainment value.

--Mike
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Is it more disturbing that they're actually watching it for entertainment, or that everything else is bad enough that a shopping channel looks good?

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #40 on:** October 08, 2007, 10:18:53 AM »

[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'165891\' date=\'Oct 8 2007, 07:57 AM\']
Disturbing fact I read two weeks ago in the New York Times. Only one out of every 150 people watching a shopping channel are buying anything. That means the other 149 are watching for entertainment value.[/quote]
"No thanks, just browsing."

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #41 on:** October 08, 2007, 04:52:55 PM »

Quote

Quick straw poll: who even thought GSN would even last this long? Or would last through 1995? I'm a bit astonished myself.

I was hoping this would be a bigger hit than it is. I guess when it first went on the air, I didn't realize game shows were in sort of a "niche" area. After all, they've been on TV practically since the beginning. Somebody other than us must be watching them...

narzo · « **Reply #42 on:** October 08, 2007, 10:20:37 PM »

[quote name=\'catnap1972\' post=\'165899\' date=\'Oct 8 2007, 08:53 AM\']
[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'165891\' date=\'Oct 8 2007, 07:57 AM\']
[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'165833\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 01:43 PM\']
/doesn't stop them from giving three channels to HSN, QVC, and Jewelry TV
[/quote]
Disturbing fact I read two weeks ago in the New York Times. Only one out of every 150 people watching a shopping channel are buying anything. That means the other 149 are watching for entertainment value.

--Mike
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Is it more disturbing that they're actually watching it for entertainment, or that everything else is bad enough that a shopping channel looks good?
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AHEM!....um... let's see here...

Mr. Armadillo · « **Reply #43 on:** October 11, 2007, 12:11:09 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'165847\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 03:41 PM\']
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'165841\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 03:25 PM\']
IMHO, GSN could be better if they just stuck with the basics first: Wheel, J!, Match Game, Feud, and Millionaire. Then supplement that with TPiR, $ale, and Scrabble (if they can ever get the rights), then throw whatever crap else they want. People know about most of them (all but Sale and Scrabble, at least).
[/quote]

With the exception of Match Game, all those other shows are being aired right now on regular TV. (Crosswords is just Scrabble dulled down and I'm giving Temptation a wide berth.) Why would you watch something on cable when you can see it already on regular TV? I'd rather have exclusive product.
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Actually, that makes me curious...if you asked random people whether they'd rather watch an episode of Wheel from 1988 or Card Sharks from 1988, which one do you think would get more votes? Or, more to the point, more eyeballs?

(insert some obvious point about the television industry and $$$ that I've missed/left out here)

SRIV94 · « **Reply #44 on:** October 11, 2007, 04:19:44 PM »

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'165841\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 02:25 PM\']
[quote name=\'Joe Mello\' post=\'165840\' date=\'Oct 7 2007, 03:11 PM\']
/Probably distracted by the pissing match with the Big Ten Network
[/quote]
Yeah, Comcast sucks.
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QFT. Although BTN isn't blameless either.