GSN makes Big Primetime Changes

[SRIV94]

So, based on the buzzerblog schedules, are the $25K Pyramids still from the same block of episodes they've already been airing?

Yes.  They've been airing 771 (9/2/85) through 977 (6/17/86).  So they're starting with the 3/26/86 and 3/27/86 episodes.

Not sure about the $100K ones (don't follow that version as closely), but I would assume so.

[Allstar87]

Not sure about the $100K ones (don't follow that version as closely), but I would assume so.

For $100K Pyramid, they've been airing 371 (9/7/87, start of the 8th tournament) to 550 (the 9/2/88 finale).

The block does indeed begin with episodes from that range; the 9/14/87 & 9/15/87 episodes will air first.

[gamed121683]

IDK, sounds they ripped a page of the Nick at Nite playbook and they're pulling a "Block Party Summer" on us.

[xavier45]

Ratings have been posted for the last two weeks of the new GSN schedule. And right now, the classics are holding their own. The winners out of the Friday marathon looks to be The $25,000 Pyramid and Card Sharks. Here's the ratings from the last two Fridays:

November 18th:

6:30pm: Baggage (259,000)
7:00pm: Match Game (172,000)
7:30pm: Match Game (213,000)
8:00pm: The $25,000 Pyramid (298,000)
8:30pm: The $25,000 Pyramid (328,000)
9:00pm: Card Sharks (262,000)
9:30pm: Card Sharks (301,000)
10:00pm: Family Feud (190,000)
10:30pm: Family Feud (257,000)
11:00pm: The $100,000 Pyramid (238,000)
11:30pm The $100,000 Pyramid (245,000)
http://thevoiceoftv.com/nielsen-tv-ratings/gsn-ratings-november-14-20-2011/

November 25th:

6:00pm: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (324,000)
7:00pm: Match Game (238,000)
7:30pm: Match Game (270,000)
8:00pm: The $25,000 Pyramid (348,000)
8:30pm: The $25,000 Pyramid (381,000) 6th most watched show for the week
9:00pm: Card Sharks (371,000) 10th most watched show for the week
9:30pm: Card Sharks (343,000)
10:00pm: Family Feud (253,000)
10:30pm: Family Feud (250,000)
11:00pm: The $100,000 Pyramid (258,000)
11:30pm: The $100,000 Pyramid (236,000)
http://thevoiceoftv.com/nielsen-tv-ratings/gsn-ratings-november-21-27-2011/

[Vahan_Nisanian]

I hate to be opening a can of old Worms, or being a douchebag, but I think it's disappointing that even if an older show (from the 70s like Match Game for example) gets the best ratings ever, it will not convince GSN to go back and get more episodes. They think it's a smarter business move to run the same episodes to the ground, and manage to achieve the exact same ratings. I thought they'd be more like an independent DVD company that licenses classic TV-on-DVD from big companies (like Shout! Factory for example), and if the show does well, logically, they'll go back and get more seasons/episodes.

[TLEberle]

They think it's a smarter business move to run the same episodes to the ground, and manage to achieve the exact same ratings.

Because it is a smarter business play for them.

/Nobody likes me.
//Everybody hates me.
///Guess I'll go
////Aw, you know the rest.

[Tim L]

Based on the ratings I am seeing here, "New" episodes would probably not get much higher ratings than what you have already.."New" episodes would probably cost them, and wouldnt give the same return..So it is a better business deal for them,,

[clemon79]

I hate to be opening a can of old Worms, or being a douchebag

But you're so *good* at it! Go with your strengths, I say.

[Pyramid80]

Has anyone noticed how many mistakes are made on the Friday night game show airings?  I mainly notice it during Pyramid, but most everytime during the first commercial break, the show will start over for about 20 seconds and then the show picks up where it should have been in the winners circle.  The GSN staff must really be partying on Friday nights because they sure can't handle the tape machine.

[xavier45]

More changes are being made within the next few weeks. Million Dollar Monday and Flashback Friday are both being replaced, the latter will continue to be Classic. Mondays will now be Original Monday, starting next week with 5 hours of Engvall Lingo. December 26th will be Chain Reaction, January 2nd will be Whammy!, January 9th is Woolery Lingo, and January 16th is Catch 21. Also, starting next week, Fridays will now have 5 hours of The $100,000 Pyramid.

Also there are some minor updates as well. On January 2nd, High Stakes Poker, Chain Reaction and The $25,000 Pyramid all leave the schedule. And Dancing with the Stars debuts Saturday, January 21st at 6:00pm with back to back episodes. It will also rerun Sunday afternoons at 1:00pm.

All this comes from Buzzerblog's Facebook page.

[Jay Temple]

Also, starting next week, Fridays will now have 5 hours of The $100,000 Pyramid.

The one slightly good thing to come out of this, if they do what they were doing before, would be seeing a tournament from start to finish. (On 12/31/03, they ran a marathon of nothing but complete tourneys. That actually jump-started my tape collection.)

[chrisholland03]

I'd rather poke myself in the eye for 5 hours than endure 5 hours of Bill Engvall.