GSN makes Big Primetime Changes

[xavier45]

This is all from Buzzerblog:

Mondays
7pm: Million Dollar Password
8pm: Power of 10
9pm: 1 vs. 100
10pm: Millionaire
11pm: Deal or No Deal

Tuesdays
7pm-12am: The Newlywed Game

Wednesdays
7pm-12am: Baggage

Thursdays
7pm-12am: Deal or No Deal

Fridays
7pm: Match Game '74
8pm: The $25,000 Pyramid
9pm: Card Sharks (Perry)
10pm: Family Feud (Dawson)
11pm: The $100,000 Pyramid

Saturdays
7pm-930pm: Family Feud (Karn)
930pm-Midnight: Family Feud (O'Hurley)

Sundays:
7pm-12am: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

Some interesting changes there to say the least. I'm really surprised to see classics getting not only a Primetime slot, but a whole 5 hour block in Primetime. It will be interesting to see what the ratings for this will be.

[Stevek83]

I was frowning while reading this...until I scrolled down to Friday

[Matt Ottinger]

Definitely some outside-the-box thinking.  Heck, why not try anything?

[Chelsea Thrasher]

The "Spaghetti Test" it is then. Throw everything you've got onto the schedule, and see what sticks.  

I'd have to imagine that a strong showing by the older series on Fridays would probably have a not-insignificant effect on GSN's willingness to license the older series. And regardless, five hours of the older stuff in prime real estate on the network is just plain spiffy.

[Craig Karlberg]

At least GSN's trying something diffrent.  I kinda expected what the primes looked liked untill I saw Friday's schedule.  If this Friday schedule holds up, thos is what we need.  Something to at least counter the Hub's 7PM ET slot of Family Game Night anyways.

[catnap1972]

I was frowning while reading this...until I scrolled down to Friday

Yea, but unfortunately it's likely to be the same ten-times-retread episodes they've run into the ground already.

(then again, maybe it's like Seth said--if it works, maybe they'll open the wallet)

[Matt Ottinger]

I'd have to imagine that a strong showing by the older series on Fridays would probably have a not-insignificant effect on GSN's willingness to license the older series.

The problem with that line of reasoning is that there's significant evidence that's not going to happen.  If the older series were going to provide a "strong showing", they would have done so already.  I think this is more a "be grateful for what we have" situation.

[aaron sica]

After reading about the schedule changes on Buzzerblog, just for kicks I went over to the GSN forums to see what was said. Big mistake as my head spun for about an hour.

If the forum is to believed, people "in the know" are saying that by this time next year, all classics (i.e. MG, FF) will be gone.

[Vahan_Nisanian]

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if all classics (including MG and FF) are gone come next year.

[clemon79]

If the forum is to believed, people "in the know" are saying that by this time next year, all classics (i.e. MG, FF) will be gone.

And, um, what makes these people so "in the know?"

[aaron sica]

If the forum is to believed, people "in the know" are saying that by this time next year, all classics (i.e. MG, FF) will be gone.

And, um, what makes these people so "in the know?"

They have "sources", but refuse to identify them.

Sorry, that invalidates the whole argument.

[clemon79]

They have "sources", but refuse to identify them.

Then I would suggest the forum is not to be believed.

[Vahan_Nisanian]

But given the direction that GSN is going, what if they are right? What if all pre-1990s game shows (including 70s MG and 70s FF) are gone come next year?

[BrandonFG]

But given the direction that GSN is going, what if they are right? What if all pre-1990s game shows (including 70s MG and 70s FF) are gone come next year?

It would suck since those two have aired on GSN for years (since day 1 I believe), but there's always Youtube. At least if I want to watch the games without extended commercials, pop-ups and credit squeezes, I have that choice.

[Matt Ottinger]

After reading about the schedule changes on Buzzerblog, just for kicks I went over to the GSN forums to see what was said. Big mistake as my head spun for about an hour.

If the forum is to believed, people "in the know" are saying that by this time next year, all classics (i.e. MG, FF) will be gone.

Your post made me go back and check that place out.  Once upon a time I said that we shouldn't be going around talking trash about other forums, but man, comparing that level of debate to grade schoolers is an insult to grade schoolers.

"billycw" over there is the de facto leader of the VERY vocal "GSN is crap because they won't air classics" bandwagon. He probably has the e-mail addresses of some low-level GSN staffers who share their opinions about what's going on, which he then reports as "inside sources" fact, especially when he can use it to support his singleminded cause.  Given that this new person just started her programming job, I think it's probably a bit early to be talking about large, sweeping things that are definitely going to happen.