Author Topic: CBS Cancels Guiding Light (Read 44546 times)

PYLdude · « **Reply #180 on:** April 04, 2009, 10:37:08 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'212161\' date=\'Apr 4 2009, 06:39 PM\']
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'212142\' date=\'Apr 4 2009, 02:23 PM\']
That's why the $25K is a close second - the tiebreaker is no big deal. Wipe the score clean Get 7 in 30 seconds, can your opponent do it in the same time? It cut down on straddling, but really made tiebreakers uneventful, IMHO.[/quote]
I so do not agree with this. Team A posts a really good time, Team B, against all odds, beats it, Dick sells it like Ric Flair getting kicked in the head. That's great television.
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Now THAT, folks, is an analogy.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #181 on:** April 04, 2009, 11:36:34 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'212165\' date=\'Apr 4 2009, 07:29 PM\']
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'212162\' date=\'Apr 4 2009, 04:43 PM\']
Mrs. Muckenfuss would be highly pissed at me because I didn't take that into consideration when I wrote the rule book for the show. Very good point.[/quote]
The *other* way to get around that is to book your contestants who have come from out of town for earlier in the week, and then save a few locals (and I'm sure there is no shortage of locals) for the positions where if they get bumped it's not the end of the world.
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ISTR that they do this on J!

RyanCDN · « **Reply #182 on:** April 05, 2009, 01:05:12 AM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'212147\' date=\'Apr 4 2009, 03:43 PM\']
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'212142\' date=\'Apr 4 2009, 05:23 PM\']I never saw any problem with bringing the same two players back the next day. Quite a fair deal.[/quote]Except for Mrs. Muckenfuss from Podunk, MO, who gathered up her last $500 to spend on airfare and hotel to play on the fifth game on the five day taping of Pyramid who, thanks to a tie, has been bumped for the next taping, set to commence in a week.
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I guess in 2 words - oh well. That is the chance you take with it. Technically, if that was going to be a problems, couldn't lil Mrs. Muckenfuss choose not to win? This would hold true for a returning champion as well then.

DoorNumberFour · « **Reply #183 on:** April 05, 2009, 01:05:59 AM »

[quote name=\'RyanCDN\' post=\'212175\' date=\'Apr 5 2009, 01:05 AM\']
[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'212147\' date=\'Apr 4 2009, 03:43 PM\']
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'212142\' date=\'Apr 4 2009, 05:23 PM\']I never saw any problem with bringing the same two players back the next day. Quite a fair deal.[/quote]Except for Mrs. Muckenfuss from Podunk, MO, who gathered up her last $500 to spend on airfare and hotel to play on the fifth game on the five day taping of Pyramid who, thanks to a tie, has been bumped for the next taping, set to commence in a week.
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I guess in 2 words - oh well. That is the chance you take with it. Technically, if that was going to be a problems, couldn't lil Mrs. Muckenfuss choose not to win? This would hold true for a returning champion as well then.
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chad1m · « **Reply #184 on:** April 05, 2009, 01:09:55 AM »

[quote name=\'RyanCDN\' post=\'212175\' date=\'Apr 5 2009, 01:05 AM\']This would hold true for a returning champion as well then.[/quote]Except most shows that had a distant returning champion (including modern-day Jeopardy!, as evidence by Braniac) pay for a return visit. I never said that they couldn't do this for those who don't get to play (putting Angelians last is a really good idea to combat this problem), but they certainly wouldn't be expected to, nor would they be likely to.

DrBear · « **Reply #185 on:** April 05, 2009, 09:32:16 AM »

When I tried out for J! in Chicago it was specifically stated that (a) if you were called to appear, travel was on your dime but (b) if you got on the show, won and had to appear on another taping date, you flew back on their dime.

And What's My Line? did roughly the same thing on its show; the contestants from London, Seattle and Kansas were the first two contestants before the Mystery Guest; if everything ran short and they had time for a last-segment contestant, it was someone from Jersey or Long Island.

TimK2003 · « **Reply #186 on:** April 06, 2009, 08:19:18 PM »

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'211892\' date=\'Apr 2 2009, 03:48 PM\']
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'211888\' date=\'Apr 2 2009, 03:41 PM\']
I don't quite know the logistics of programming, but I have a feeling that a lot of CBS affiliates still do well with TPiR as a lead-in. I'd like to think they'd raise all kinds of hell if CBS told them to move Price, which still holds it own at 11/10c. [/quote]
In addition: try convincing the general demographic of people TPIR seems to get nowadays* that their show now airs at 3. That just doesn't look like a pretty sight.
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Hmmm...The Early Bird Senior Special at Golden Corral or TPIR???

Jeremy Nelson · « **Reply #187 on:** April 07, 2009, 04:28:15 PM »

[quote name=\'catnap1972\' post=\'212141\' date=\'Apr 4 2009, 04:22 PM\']

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“Sale of the Century” is another format prime for a comeback, particularly with its strong product-placement possibilities.

Uh, we already tried that one...didn't work out so well.

Or does anyone think Dismantle wouldn't fuck it up again?
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Depends. How much control does a network get over the content of its shows? (e.g. Who has more control over TPiR- Fremantle or CBS?)

chris319 · « **Reply #188 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:59:26 PM »

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How much control does a network get over the content of its shows? (e.g. Who has more control over TPiR- Fremantle or CBS?)

Ultimately CBS is the buyer so they are in a position to exert influence over a packager -- or cancel the show.

That Don Guy · « **Reply #189 on:** April 07, 2009, 10:05:19 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'212147\' date=\'Apr 4 2009, 02:43 PM\']
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' post=\'212142\' date=\'Apr 4 2009, 05:23 PM\']I never saw any problem with bringing the same two players back the next day. Quite a fair deal.[/quote]Except for Mrs. Muckenfuss from Podunk, MO, who gathered up her last $500 to spend on airfare and hotel to play on the fifth game on the five day taping of Pyramid who, thanks to a tie, has been bumped for the next taping, set to commence in a week.
[/quote]Whereas if she wins the game on the day, it wouldn't be a problem to return a week later for her first day as returning champion?

-- Don

chad1m · « **Reply #190 on:** April 07, 2009, 10:55:18 PM »

[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' post=\'212415\' date=\'Apr 7 2009, 10:05 PM\']Whereas if she wins the game on the day, it wouldn't be a problem to return a week later for her first day as returning champion?[/quote]
[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'212177\' date=\'Apr 5 2009, 01:09 AM\']Except most shows that had a distant returning champion (including modern-day Jeopardy!, as evidenced by Braniac) pay for a return visit. I never said that they couldn't do this for those who don't get to play (putting Angelians last is a really good idea to combat this problem), but they certainly wouldn't be expected to, nor would they be likely to.[/quote]

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #191 on:** April 07, 2009, 11:11:24 PM »

Jack Barry had a good solution. He would ask each player if they could come back for the next show. I don't recall seeing anyone say no.

PYLdude · « **Reply #192 on:** April 08, 2009, 01:22:55 AM »

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'212418\' date=\'Apr 7 2009, 10:11 PM\']
Jack Barry had a good solution. He would ask each player if they could come back for the next show. I don't recall seeing anyone say no.
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But wasn't he only doing that jokingly/facetiously? At least, that's what I heard.

JasonA1 · « **Reply #193 on:** April 08, 2009, 01:25:45 AM »

Believe it's time for a WHOOSH, although considering the source of the joke, I shall make it a whoosh.

-Jason

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #194 on:** April 08, 2009, 02:43:49 PM »

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'212422\' date=\'Apr 7 2009, 10:22 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'212418\' date=\'Apr 7 2009, 10:11 PM\']
Jack Barry had a good solution. He would ask each player if they could come back for the next show. I don't recall seeing anyone say no.
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But wasn't he only doing that jokingly/facetiously? At least, that's what I heard.
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I've heard of at least one player saying no.