[quote name=\'ethanmx2\' post=\'221814\' date=\'Aug 3 2009, 12:54 PM\']While I do hope LMAD for the best, my pessimism is getting the best of me. Don't be surprised if by the end of season 1, or in season 2 we start seeing crossover between LMAD and TPIR be it by contestant or producer design. Still, I give LMAD at least 3-4 years on the air, and will watch it as much as possible, despite Fremantle's reputation of ruining OTHER classic game shows (HINT HINT).[/quote]
I think CBS will go for the obvious
Whose Line connection, and I'm willing to put my next check on a Wayne Brady TPiR cameo sometime between Oct. 2-5. Other than that, I think the two shows' formats interloping will be slim*.
With product placement, if the show is pulling anything better than what
Guiding Light did ratings-wise, I don't see CBS not keeping it around. Product placement=profit. LMaD's lower production costs=more money for CBS.
Days of Our Lives spends about $1.7 mil a week (I tried to find the thread mentioning that, but Invision says it was possibly moved or deleted);
GL with its production costs probably hovered between $750K-1 mil a week. An estimated
$400K budget was tossed around for LMaD.
As much as I would've loved to see
Pyramid on CBS, I can see the network's decision here.
*When the shows aired concurrently in syndication (1972-1978; 1985-86), did they ever air back-to-back in anyone's markets?