Buzzr Discussion

[jimlangefan]

It's really great to hear that five shows are getting fresh episodes after all this time.  I may not have Buzzr, but at least i can see some of the episodes somehow .  Even though only two of the chosen five air daily, and of those two, only Super Password interests me.  Will be great to see the start of John Goss's run on $ale, since GSN skipped it.  Either way, it's a step in the right direction for sure.

Makes me wonder why there are no fresh episodes of PYL yet.  I wonder if GSN may be planning to lease fresh episodes after the current one expires, and the lease may follow the same format as Match Game and $25K Pyramid currently on GSN (remainder of '86 followed by some previously-leased eps. for PYL)?

From the looks of it and Buzzr's comments they are going to gradually bring new episodes to the network.  They are just starting with these 5.   I removed the first sentence of my reply as I misunderstood what you meant about John Goss's run on GSN.  Sorry about that.

This is probably their attempt to make the "new" episodes stretch out farther by only having a few shows refresh at a time.

IF Buzzr brings shows to the schedule like GSN does and do something like 60 at a time, the Sunday night lineup can go 30 weeks before repeating, but shows that get a double play daily won't last very long.  6 weeks tops for those shows.  But who knows?  We'll see how long it lasts, but I am very excited for the Sunday nights to pick back up!

[snowpeck]

It's really great to hear that five shows are getting fresh episodes after all this time.  I may not have Buzzr, but at least i can see some of the episodes somehow .  Even though only two of the chosen five air daily, and of those two, only Super Password interests me.  Will be great to see the start of John Goss's run on $ale, since GSN skipped it.  Either way, it's a step in the right direction for sure.

Makes me wonder why there are no fresh episodes of PYL yet.  I wonder if GSN may be planning to lease fresh episodes after the current one expires, and the lease may follow the same format as Match Game and $25K Pyramid currently on GSN (remainder of '86 followed by some previously-leased eps. for PYL)?

From the looks of it and Buzzr's comments they are going to gradually bring new episodes to the network.  They are just starting with these 5.   I removed the first sentence of my reply as I misunderstood what you meant about John Goss's run on GSN.  Sorry about that.

This is probably their attempt to make the "new" episodes stretch out farther by only having a few shows refresh at a time.

IF Buzzr brings shows to the schedule like GSN does and do something like 60 at a time, the Sunday night lineup can go 30 weeks before repeating, but shows that get a double play daily won't last very long.  6 weeks tops for those shows.  But who knows?  We'll see how long it lasts, but I am very excited for the Sunday nights to pick back up!

Exactly. Promote new episodes for a third of your shows for six weeks, then another third of your shows for six weeks, then the last third of your shows for six weeks. Then maybe by then you can start all over again.

[SwohS Emag]

Zap2It currently lists a two-hour block of To Tell the Truth from 8-10pm ET on Thursday, January 14.  What is interesting about this is that it is listed as half hour blocks rather than 40-minute segments, suggesting these may be special airings of 70s era or later.

[SwohS Emag]

Buzzr's online schedule currently confirms four episodes of To Tell the Truth (70s) will air in primetime on Thursday 1/14.

[snowpeck]

Buzzr's online schedule currently confirms four episodes of To Tell the Truth (70s) will air in primetime on Thursday 1/14.

Specifically from the year 1970, so they should be from the psychedelic set era.

[jimlangefan]

Buzzr's online schedule currently confirms four episodes of To Tell the Truth (70s) will air in primetime on Thursday 1/14.

Specifically from the year 1970, so they should be from the psychedelic set era.

Not only that, according to the schedule, the second airing that night has three episodes from 1971.  So unless it's a typo, we'll probably be treated to 8 episodes that night.

[SwohS Emag]

Buzzr's online schedule currently confirms four episodes of To Tell the Truth (70s) will air in primetime on Thursday 1/14.

Specifically from the year 1970, so they should be from the psychedelic set era.

I suppose this is wishful thinking, but there's a possibility (not a probability) that the 1970 episodes might be from season 1 of this version.  That season has never rerun on GSN.

[SuperMatch93]

Buzzr's online schedule currently confirms four episodes of To Tell the Truth (70s) will air in primetime on Thursday 1/14.

Specifically from the year 1970, so they should be from the psychedelic set era.

I suppose this is wishful thinking, but there's a possibility (not a probability) that the 1970 episodes might be from season 1 of this version.  That season has never rerun on GSN.

Weren't the season 1 episodes wiped? (Or at least, not in the G-T master list.)

[JonSea31]

The online schedule for the coming week on Buzzr shows Super Password entering February 1985 by the end of the week.  If all goes well, we may end up seeing the full Tournament of Champions relatively soon.

As for the claim about Season 1 being wiped, keep in mind it's just a claim, and maybe it's a case of GSN's copies being damaged, whereas the master copies at FremantleMedia may likely exist.  GSN's copies of classic game shows may not be from the studio masters - they may be from the network copies.

[PYLdude]

Jonsy, why do you care about a channel you can't watch? That's PJTP.

[PYLdude]

Okay, one thing I noticed while watching the WML? episodes that were aired tonight...are the ones that air on the weekend on a different schedule than the ones airing during the week?

[sotcfan2004]

As I type, BUZZR is airing John Goss' first episode, previously skipped by GSN. Looks like I'll need to set the DVR for the later showing.

[PYLdude]

I didn't remember where BTC was when they started rerunning but Double Dare picked up from where it had left off, so all appears good.

[TPIR75]

I didn't remember where BTC was...

The last episode I have in my collection from Buzzr is #13, October 3; last night they picked up where they left off.

[jimlangefan]

Jonsy, why do you care about a channel you can't watch? That's PJTP.

Normally, I would agree but let's put this in perspective.  Back in the day, how many of us cared about and discussed GSN even though we couldn't watch it?