[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' post=\'224297\' date=\'Aug 27 2009, 10:10 PM\']One could also argue that 21st-century producers just don't know as much about the genre in general as Goodson did.[/quote]
Well, few do. That doesn't necessarily mean that they're wrong, though, as you seem to be suggesting. I know that doing a retake for fingerprints may be silly to an old hand, but in this era of super-high-def 1,000,000p televisions, I don't think it's unreasonable to wonder how something like that reflects on a production. Same thing for the aged game sets people cling to in the name of tradition. Again, I'm not completely excusing the choppier edits or the disembodied voice overs. I'm just saying that with the need to keep a rigid format within time constraints, I'm willing to cut them some slack.
As for the lack of experience, it's not like there was much chance to learn about game shows during the 90s, with the genre being pretty dead. Where else is someone supposed to get game show production experience now? They've fallen out of favor in network nighttime. Lack of and/or bad clearances make syndication seem increasingly unlikely. (Gotta have room for the Oprah spin-offs!) Cable may be fertile ground, as you can mold a game show out of other types of shows, but the smaller budgets may not impress the casual viewer, especially after the big money shows of a decade ago. Finally, I wonder if CBS is the only network serious about daytime programming anymore, with constant rumors of NBC giving up on Days and ABC wanting to cut a soap as well. I just don't know how you're supposed to build a stellar reputation in this environment.
