[quote name=\'beatlefreak84\' post=\'169778\' date=\'Nov 17 2007, 06:07 PM\'] top 18 shows,[/quote]
Top 20. Marathon's ten hours. 20 shows.
The more I look at it, the more the results, assuming they're progressing from worst-to-first in voting totals...look laregely upside-down. Does anyone actually think Hot Potato is more popular than Match Game, Family Feud? (Though I imagine the college demographic, given the chance, would love to see Bill tossing potatoes at contestants). Take a look at the 2003 Feast results sometime or another (I'm sure they're around here somewhere using the search function). I doubt the actual viewer opinion (aside from the nudges given to Bullseye and TJW) is much off from that.
But where *were* all the "average GSN viewers" that's always talked about. Were they just not interested in voting? Do they *actually* prefer Jackpot and Hot Potato over Match Game and Family Feud? Or has GSN's viewership eroded so much that there's just not many of them left? The way I was honestly expecting this to turn out was basically the first half of the marathon, minus Trivia Trap, plus LMAD, sprinkle in Millionaire, a couple originals, and maybe Pyramid, Wheel, and maybe TJW near the bottom, and there you go. This was wholly unexpected, and I can't help but wonder just how the hell it happened.