Author Topic: DonD banished to late night in Cincinnati (Read 2553 times)

brianhenke · « **on:** February 04, 2010, 05:42:17 PM »

I didn't know this until earlier this week, but WSTR (Star 64) in Cincinnati has dumped the syndicated Deal or No Deal from 3-4 p.m. to 1:30 am to 2:30 am.

With such a downgrade in time slots in a market like Cincinnati, it looks more and more like DonD will not be back in any form (network or syndie) come this fall.

Brian

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #1 on:** February 04, 2010, 07:20:37 PM »

[quote name=\'brianhenke\' post=\'235426\' date=\'Feb 4 2010, 05:42 PM\']I didn't know this until earlier this week, but WSTR (Star 64) in Cincinnati has dumped the syndicated Deal or Nor Deal from 3-4 p.m. to 1:30 am to 2:30 am.

With such a downgrade in time slots in a market like Cincinnati, it looks more and more like DonD will not be back in any form (network or syndie) come this fall.

Brian[/quote]
My Network dropped it in favor of "Don't Forget the Lyrics" and I don't think NBCU even offered it at NATPE this year.

visualbasicwizard · « **Reply #2 on:** February 04, 2010, 09:44:56 PM »

WWJ in Detroit has had it on after Ferguson since the Fall.

TLEberle · « **Reply #3 on:** February 07, 2010, 09:31:14 PM »

[quote name=\'brianhenke\' post=\'235426\' date=\'Feb 4 2010, 02:42 PM\']With such a downgrade in time slots in a market like Cincinnati, it looks more and more like DonD will not be back in any form (network or syndie) come this fall.[/quote]I don't think it was getting renewed, even if Cincinnati was putting it up against and crushing Jeopardy.

For my money, the show was never able to hit the sweet spot. The primetime show had awful pacing and way out of whack money. The daytime show had an excellent game board, but they dragged at the beginning and went way too fast at the end, not allowing the viewer to savor what should be the good parts.

I will not need a drink to cry into when Deal or No Deal is no longer in first-run episodes.

Lirodon · « **Reply #4 on:** February 08, 2010, 04:46:35 PM »

Buzzerblog confirmed that B&C confirmed that Syndy DoND has been canned.

Well that was fun while it lasted (/sarcasm)

BrandonFG · « **Reply #5 on:** February 08, 2010, 05:14:16 PM »

[quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'235563\' date=\'Feb 8 2010, 04:46 PM\']Buzzerblog confirmed that B&C confirmed that Syndy DoND has been canned.

Well that was fun while it lasted (/sarcasm)[/quote]
It was still better than what NBC put out. My problem was that they simply sped up the game to make it unlike the primetime version. The bank offers were better, and the payouts were what you see on average for a daytime game show. That was about it, the excitement that I've seen on the British or Australian versions were still lacking...

catnap1972 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2010, 06:37:53 AM »

[quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'235563\' date=\'Feb 8 2010, 04:46 PM\']Buzzerblog confirmed that B&C confirmed that Syndy DoND has been canned.

Well that was fun while it lasted (/sarcasm)[/quote]

Oh no worries...GSN will be sure to ram a few more hours (daily) down our throats in the months to come....

TheLastResort · « **Reply #7 on:** February 09, 2010, 12:08:40 PM »

[quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'235563\' date=\'Feb 8 2010, 04:46 PM\']Buzzerblog confirmed that B&C confirmed that Syndy DoND has been canned.[/quote]

Yeah, but has anybody confirmed Buzzerblog's confirmation of B&C's confirmation?

bandit_bobby · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2010, 12:25:24 PM »

I would like GSN to pick up the syndicated version sometime next year after it goes off the air.

TLEberle · « **Reply #9 on:** February 10, 2010, 02:54:05 AM »

[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'235596\' date=\'Feb 9 2010, 09:25 AM\']I would like GSN to pick up the syndicated version sometime next year after it goes off the air.[/quote]Really? I would think you would be displeased by the lack of big-prize winners.