Author Topic: $ale of the Century to GSN. (Read 130818 times)

JMFabiano · « **Reply #135 on:** March 23, 2013, 04:57:06 PM »

As for the schedule in general, other interesting but small notes: well it looks like Dawson Feud is totally gone. It\'s not even on the weekends. And PW+ is still on weekends, and seems to start well into the rule changes, but the first week with the changed opening spiel (\"It\'s Password Plus!\").

The Pyramids · « **Reply #136 on:** March 23, 2013, 06:45:37 PM »

I assume when Dawson \'Feud\' returns it with \'new\' shows. This was another chance to bring Ray Combs show back but it looks like it will have be at least another year.

TLEberle · « **Reply #137 on:** March 24, 2013, 11:41:18 AM »

You effectively explained why I liked not having endgame shopping.

I\'ve said it here before, I\'ll say it here again and probably not the last time: as a contestant I would choose the money game format. As a viewer I find the winner\'s board a more exciting final segment than \"do you want to keep what you\'ve won or risk it to win more?\" No less than Chris Lemon said \"the excitement of [shopping] is not what happens (upstage), but what happens on the other side of the door.\" I\'ll happily debate the finer points of each of the three different final act formats, but I\'m not going to badmouth someone who says that he likes the money game best because we all have our eccentricities. What I will say is that to ask \"Other than cutting shopping, what was the drastic change to the format?\" is right next to \"Other than the incident how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?\" The drastic change was drastic on its own.

While I think that Sale of the Century didn\'t and doesn\'t need a bonus game to put a bow on it (similarly to Split Second), I really like what Temptation did with it; play a game to build a jackpot that you can cash out on night seven or try to double it on night eight.

For about ten years now I\'ve been paying my own cable bill which means I have to choose what channels I want to watch and what ones I don\'t. Last month when I downgraded it got to the point that I was using the Preferred Plan precisely one hour a week and I just can\'t spend $15 a month on that. I look at the acquisition and say \"Good on you, bloody well about time that you went off the reservation but it isn\'t going to get me to take you guys back.\" For people who are saying \"Any Sale is better than nothing,\" would you level up on your cable plan due to this move and nothing more?

clemon79 · « **Reply #138 on:** March 24, 2013, 01:28:25 PM »

No less than Chris Lemon said \"the excitement of (shopping) is not what happens (upstage), but what happens on the other side of the door.\"

When did I say that? That was awfully damned profound of me.

What I will say is that to ask \"Other than cutting shopping

If you want to say \"cutting the shopping endgame,\" or if what you said was shorthand for that, that\'s one thing. But it needs to be made clear that no matter how many times people make the claim, shopping did not get completely cut out of the show, and what remained still had an impact on the game, and IMO not an appreciably different one than it had before.

For people who are saying \"Any Sale is better than nothing,\" would you level up on your cable plan due to this move and nothing more?

Of course not, because I\'m not going to level up my cable for a 13-week commitment to *anything*; the contest business is just far too fickle for me to put that sort of trust in them. Nor does anyone fault you for choosing not to. (To my knowledge. If someone does, well, they\'re a ninny.) But it\'s not an either-or proposition. For you, yes, it involves a financial expenditure to get on board, and that\'s a decision you made, and that\'s fine. For the mass majority of us, the requested investment comes in daily blocks of 22 minutes since we already have GSN, and that\'s a far smaller price to pay.

TL;DR: Those of us who are still excited about this news are excited because for us it\'s 100% gift horse, and I for one have little interest in checking out the quality of the dentistry.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #139 on:** March 24, 2013, 02:21:18 PM »

I wonder if GSN will show the final episode?

BrandonFG · « **Reply #140 on:** March 24, 2013, 02:39:46 PM »

For about ten years now I\'ve been paying my own cable bill which means I have to choose what channels I want to watch and what ones I don\'t. Last month when I downgraded it got to the point that I was using the Preferred Plan precisely one hour a week and I just can\'t spend $15 a month on that. I look at the acquisition and say \"Good on you, bloody well about time that you went off the reservation but it isn\'t going to get me to take you guys back.\" For people who are saying \"Any Sale is better than nothing,\" would you level up on your cable plan due to this move and nothing more?

Chris summed it up perfectly for me. I don\'t have cable and no pressing desire to do so now. Sale is in my top 10 favorites, but like The Pyramid, subscribing to cable for a show that could be gone in 3 months is incredibly short-sighted, esp. when I didn\'t really watch GSN that much when I had service. There\'s enough episodes on Youtube* to fill the void for me, and I\'m not going to cry over it.

Don\'t get me wrong, I think it\'s awesome of GSN to go back in time and introduce a relatively unknown show to its casual viewers (or even the younger ones here), out of the blue. It\'s the kind of thing you just don\'t hear about cable channels doing anymore, so I do love that. It\'s still not something I\'d plunk upwards of $50 to see.

*Besides, my totally selfish side would love to hear the theme song over the credits. ;-P

Loogaroo · « **Reply #141 on:** March 24, 2013, 03:38:34 PM »

This brings up a pretty interesting question for those who currently don\'t subscribe to GSN by choice: How many more of these sorts of moves (i.e. acquiring additional shows, putting already-owned shows back on the schedule) would it take for you to reconsider?

TheInquisitiveOne · « **Reply #142 on:** March 24, 2013, 11:34:33 PM »

If I had my druthers, I\'d probably do the Winner\'s Board, but risking your winnings each day. Perhaps allow a champion two matches if they score $100 or more. But overall, I liked the idea that a win was a win no matter what the amount, because it encouraged players to buy more during the front game. I\'m with Chris in that I don\'t think most people even thought ahead anyway - those that did bought less, and thus, likely made less exciting games out of it.

-Jason

Which is exactly how they did it in Australia (with one exception: hitting or passing the $100 plateau resulted in the car being placed on the board to be won that night. Otherwise, the car would be prize number 6. There was another way, but it\'s not the crux of this discussion). I\'d go one further and chuck the cash prizes (the $10,000 and $3,000 cards), reduce the prize field to six (making the \"WIN\" card the only way to get the car), and maybe continue progressing the cash jackpot at $1,000/day, starting at $50K.

As for Loogaroo\'s last question, GSN made a huge step in convincing their channel is still a good place to watch with $ale. When budgets permit them, they should try for more acquisitions...mainly shows that have been away from GSN for more than five years. If the fans don\'t bite, go back to what they know.

The Inquisitive One

Chelsea Thrasher · « **Reply #143 on:** March 26, 2013, 02:15:33 PM »

Revised PDFs for the weeks of 4/1, 4/8, and 4/15 are now out. Couple of minor changes:

*$ale will now start with show #1496 (OAD: 11/10/88), three eps earlier than planned. Episodes #1503-1505 are being skipped, though I don\'t recall if this was reflected originally. .

*PYL will now start with show #052 (OAD: 12/1/83), meaning show #51 is now being skipped, as well as show #66. Show #56, which was originally going to be skipped, will now air as normal on 4/5.

*Episodes 735-740 of P+ are being skipped in the weekend run.

Vahan_Nisanian · « **Reply #144 on:** March 26, 2013, 04:11:33 PM »

Eps. 735-740 of P+ have always been skipped over by GSN, as far back as I can remember.

Bryce L. · « **Reply #145 on:** March 26, 2013, 05:55:55 PM »

Eps. 735-740 of P+ have always been skipped over by GSN, as far back as I can remember.

Celebrity refusing to clear their week, maybe?

JasonA1 · « **Reply #146 on:** March 26, 2013, 05:58:57 PM »

Celebs that week were Jenilee Harrison and James B. Sikking.

-Jason

Jeremy Nelson · « **Reply #147 on:** March 26, 2013, 11:44:56 PM »

Not going to mention the blogger\'s name since he seems to get satisfaction when it\'s mentioned around here....

This guy?

Which is exactly how they did it in Australia (with one exception: hitting or passing the $100 plateau resulted in the car being placed on the board to be won that night. Otherwise, the car would be prize number 6. There was another way, but it\'s not the crux of this discussion).

I always thought that the Cash Card/ Slot Machine minigame was the only way to get it put on the board early...I never knew that a $100+ score had the same effect.

Personally, what $ale does right in the first 18 or so minutes of the show makes me kinda indifferent about what happens in the final 5. I\'m just grateful that GSN stepped out of their box and gave us something a little different.

BTW, If GSN wanted to do new eps that were contained, they could take the player\'s front game score and carry it over to a bonus round like the one from the 21 revival. Let the champ answer questions of increased difficulty and dollar amounts, allowing them to stop whenever they have enough to claim the next prize level.

TLEberle · « **Reply #148 on:** March 27, 2013, 12:21:28 AM »

It wouldn\'t be hard to come up with a format where the daily champion could play for a trip, car or cash jackpot, or you could have three players on all week and the eventual winner can go shopping. I don\'t need to fill in the details because if you\'re of a mind you\'ve already done that and if you aren\'t you don\'t care. It goes to show how badly the format was bungled in 2007 that a good format could have been created to satisfy lots of angles but they didn\'t bother because that would require effort.

Bryce L. · « **Reply #149 on:** March 27, 2013, 06:15:07 AM »

It wouldn\'t be hard to come up with a format where the daily champion could play for a trip, car or cash jackpot, or you could have three players on all week and the eventual winner can go shopping. I don\'t need to fill in the details because if you\'re of a mind you\'ve already done that and if you aren\'t you don\'t care. It goes to show how badly the format was bungled in 2007 that a good format could have been created to satisfy lots of angles but they didn\'t bother because that would require effort.

Three players on all week... isn\'t that how one of the tournaments in the Perry series played out?