$ale of the Century to GSN.

[TLEberle]

Scott, what kind of numbers are you expecting? The show airs at 6:30 in the morning here in Seattle. Unless you\'re one of the networks running news or the old independent stations that would run cartoons from six to nine, you\'re lucky to beat a hash mark each morning. And this is GSN, as opposed to those things I mentioned.

[BrandonFG]

Scott, what kind of numbers are you expecting? The show airs at 6:30 in the morning here in Seattle. Unless you\'re one of the networks running news or the old independent stations that would run cartoons from six to nine, you\'re lucky to beat a hash mark each morning. And this is GSN, as opposed to those things I mentioned.

Press Your Luck did better at 9:30am then $ale is currently doing, butasSeth said, it\'s only three days in ratings. 

Press Your Luck aired on GSN in the past, and is a fairly popular 80s pop culture memory. Sale of the Century is rebuilding a fanbase after not airing anywhere in close to 20 years. Slightly different scenario.

 

If these low 100K ratings remain similar a month or two from now, then there is a problem.

Thanks John Madden.

[SRIV94]

If these low 100K ratings remain similar a month or two from now, then there is a problem.

 

Thanks John Madden.

We also would have accepted Tim McCarver.

[TLEberle]

Doug, I never accept Tim McCarver, though I bet our Scott here does.

[SRIV94]

Doug, I never accept Tim McCarver, though I bet our Scott here does.

You\'ll miss him when he\'s gone.  But then again, you\'ll also miss the Bubonic Plague.

[Steve Gavazzi]

Of course, the fact that it\'s the show with the Whammies that everyone who grew up in the \'80s remembers doesn\'t factor into it one bit.

[Loogaroo]

There\'s also the cost of licensing to factor in. I\'m guessing SOTC episodes ended up being far cheaper to get the rights to than PYL.

[Jimmy Owen]

Of course, the fact that it\'s the show with the Whammies that everyone who grew up in the \'80s remembers doesn\'t factor into it one bit.

PYL and $ale were time slot competitors back in the day.  I\'m sure the kids who watched PYL don\'t remember $ale as much.

[aaron sica]

Of course, the fact that it\'s the show with the Whammies that everyone who grew up in the \'80s remembers doesn\'t factor into it one bit.

PYL and $ale were time slot competitors back in the day.  I\'m sure the kids who watched PYL don\'t remember $ale as much.

As I might have said before, the interesting factor around these parts is that $ale (and actually, Super Password, too, come to think of it) were NOT seen in this area. WGAL carried a bit of $ale when it premiered, but after that, the entire hour 10-11am hour (when it was sitcom reruns and game shows) was filled with syndicated fare. \"Noonday on 8\" filled the noon slot from 1980-on, so \"Super Password\" never saw the light of day here either. Anyone around here who didn\'t know any better is seeing these shows for the first time.

[PYLdude]

But aren\'t PYL\'s rights and Sale\'s rights owned by Fremantle now? That\'s how I understood it, so why would they charge more for GSN to lease the certain amount of episodes from PYL than Sale?

 

(Noticed also that Fremantle inserted its closing logo bumper onto the Sale episodes...I might be deducing a little too much but might it mean that there\'s more of this version out there than some have said, and that they have it in their archives?)

[Vahan_Nisanian]

What I wanna know is how exactly did the rumors start that NBC\'s practice of erasing daytime game shows was still going strong in the 80\'s, in contrast to CBS and ABC? Does anyone who originated during the ATGS days recall how exactly such rumors began?

[PYLdude]

A search of this forum should find you Mitt Dawson\'s theory that he posted. He said a lot of the music was gone and he believed the episodes went with it IIRC.

[Vahan_Nisanian]

Now that I think about it, there was a guy by the name of \"Paul the Flea\" (does anyone remember him?). He had an a-z game show survival list, and he listed $ale of the Century and Scrabble, as supposedly having all of their pre-1985 daytime episodes destroyed, even though for the latter, USA showed some of them.

 

He also listed Time Machine, as also being destroyed by NBC, as well as daytime Wheel of Fortune, from up until around 1984 or 1985, no longer existing.

[PYLdude]

Wheel\'s iffy. Time Machine I don\'t understand why there\'s an issue.


Now that I think about it...maybe the question as to whether or not the eps exist shouldn\'t be asked of NBC but instead of Fremantle- Time Machine is a Grundy property too, and has anybody noticed that there really hasn\'t been much broadcast quality episodes of Hot Streak that have surfaced?

[JasonA1]

Hot Streak exists.

-Jason