Temptation's fate

[comicus]

Temptation has been cut from double run to single run in Pittsburgh.  Apparently WBGN feels that infomercials for the Lauren Hutton Face Disc at 6:30 p.m. will do better than Rossi Morreale and his endless supply of love.

Keep in mind, WBGN is an LP station carried on a minority of the area's cable systems, unavailable via either satellite provider, and harder to pull in over the air than a 747 with a lasso.  Unless they've run out of new episodes to air, or there's some other factor I'm missing, I see this as preparations to take the patient off life support.

Thanks again, Fremantle, for rendering yet another flawless format virtually impracticable for future use.  Password is next to the gallows, I see.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'169377\' date=\'Nov 12 2007, 05:49 PM\']
and harder to pull in over the air than a 747 with a lasso. [/quote]
Well played.

[Scrabbleship]

[quote name=\'CountdownRound\' post=\'169377\' date=\'Nov 12 2007, 08:49 PM\']
Thanks again, Fremantle, for rendering yet another flawless format virtually impracticable for future use.  Password is next to the gallows, I see.
[/quote]

And yet the people in charge get nothing even short of a reprimand for their failures. Nobody at Fremantle would survive in work in the real world because in the real world they would have been fired a LONG time ago for lack of performance.

Ginger Simpson's next job should be night supervisor at a Jack in the Box in Pomona, not producing game shows poorly. She is unfit to produce any television and should be blackballed from the industry for its good. Ditto Vynnidge and company for allowing this to happen when they could have put their feet down. If only Fremantle had the cojones to hire Bob Boden or Rich Cronin to run things... .

[TimK2003]

[quote name=\'Scrabbleship\' post=\'169383\' date=\'Nov 13 2007, 12:48 AM\']
Ginger Simpson's next job should be night supervisor at a Jack in the Box in Pomona, not producing game shows poorly. She is unfit to produce any television and should be blackballed from the industry for its good. [/quote]


How much of a hand did she have in the remake of "Love Connection" with Pat Bullard at the helm?  And how long did that show actually last in syndication?   At least she's consistent!

[Scrabbleship]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'169393\' date=\'Nov 13 2007, 10:24 AM\']
[quote name=\'Scrabbleship\' post=\'169383\' date=\'Nov 13 2007, 12:48 AM\']
Ginger Simpson's next job should be night supervisor at a Jack in the Box in Pomona, not producing game shows poorly. She is unfit to produce any television and should be blackballed from the industry for its good. [/quote]


How much of a hand did she have in the remake of "Love Connection" with Pat Bullard at the helm?  And how long did that show actually last in syndication?   At least she's consistent!
[/quote]

Consistently horrible which breeds a poor track record, Lingo notwithstanding.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' post=\'169393\' date=\'Nov 13 2007, 10:24 AM\']
How much of a hand did she have in the remake of "Love Connection" with Pat Bullard at the helm?  And how long did that show actually last in syndication?
[/quote]
Approximately one season (1998-99). I forgot all about that abomination. Absolutely no chemistry felt on the set whatsoever...almost as if folks were there to pick up a paycheck. Gee, why does THAT sound familiar?

[Matt Ottinger]

[quote name=\'Scrabbleship\' post=\'169396\' date=\'Nov 13 2007, 12:10 PM\']
Consistently horrible which breeds a poor track record, Lingo notwithstanding.[/quote]
And many of us maintain that Lingo has been a success despite poor production decisions, because the game is just that good.