GSN September Schedule (Adlink link)

[Chelsea Thrasher]

http://adlink.com/resource_center/programm...04&endtime=1770
Big.  Changes.

Match Game goes from 3 to 5 slots
All New 3's a Crowd goes from 1 to 3 slots
Russian Roulette, Weakest Link get  big timeslot upgrades...Family Feud two-pack on weekdays gets minor downgrade.  
Lingo down to once only on weekdays, and scattered weekend airings.  (Rerun abuse setting in?)
SpyTV weekends only
World Series of Blackjack swaps out with Celebrity Blackjack
Greed gets a double-run on Mondays
...and it goes on, and on....

[whampyl03]

All things considered, I guess this would be considered a passable schedule in the post Network era.  Always great to see the return of Hollywood Showdown.

BUT 19 AIRINGS OF ALL NEW 3's A CROWD A WEEK?!?!

[Chelsea Thrasher]

All New 3's a Crowd, effective with this September schedule, will air more weekly than any show on the network besides Match Game and Street Smarts.

I just don't understand what on Earth could be gained from airing an original that produced it's last first run episodes four years ago and that got kicked off the network TWO years ago...

[ilb4ever2000]

[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' date=\'Aug 18 2004, 01:05 AM\'] I just don't understand what on Earth could be gained from airing an original that produced it's last first run episodes four years ago and that got kicked off the network TWO years ago... [/quote]
They must feel it'll attract the young'uns.

Aren't Password and WML? supposed to be done by then? Guess they're going to retread them...Meh (yeah, I know, be lucky they're on at all, shut up already).

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'Seth Thrasher\' date=\'Aug 17 2004, 11:36 PM\'] http://adlink.com/resource_center/programm...04&endtime=1770
Big.  Changes.

Match Game goes from 3 to 5 slots
All New 3's a Crowd goes from 1 to 3 slots
Russian Roulette, Weakest Link get  big timeslot upgrades...Family Feud two-pack on weekdays gets minor downgrade.  
Lingo down to once only on weekdays, and scattered weekend airings.  (Rerun abuse setting in?)
SpyTV weekends only
World Series of Blackjack swaps out with Celebrity Blackjack
Greed gets a double-run on Mondays
...and it goes on, and on.... [/quote]
 Could be worse, but could be better. Assuming Adlink is correct, the only
classic show loss as of 9/27 will be WOF. Those who bitch about GSN airing only the 1988-89 season may stop doing so. It will be the first schedule in GSN's 10 year history not to include WOF. J!, Feud, and Newlywed will now be the only classic game shows to have aired for all 10 years of GSN's history.

[itiparanoid13]

I really like this schedule.  Its safe to assume that Friend or Foe? and Whammy will be gone shortly.  The only reason FoF was on the schedule in this first place was because of Fake A Date IMO.  Being the RR fan I am, its nice to see RR have a good time slot.  Its amazing to me that RR still gets good ratings, according to GW, and the show has been in reruns forever.  GSN will apparently be waiting until Gene Rayburn rises from his grave till they show the Lingo Tourney of Champions.  

The bad- Why on gods earth must GSN put All New 3s A Crowd back?  And 3 times a week?!  This is hopefully something that will not last long.  Weakest Link needs to go to a weekend only slot also.  How about we pull out some 21 for a little bit?  And I dont understand how Dog Eat Dog is still on.  I understand that the show is doing good, but there are not many episodes made.  We will be having the same episodes over and over to the point of WinTuition level rerun abuse.  That would be a nice change.  Overall, this is the best schedule I have seen since June of 2002.

[aaron sica]

I like this schedule,  and one neat thing about it stands out to me., albeit really stupid..

MG will be on weekdays from 3-4pm (in the Eastern Time Zone), which means an episode will air from 3:30-4, just like where CBS put it for a good chunk of the '70s! That's some nostalgia value.

Of course, half the fun will next be travelling to GSN's forums to see the reaction to this...

[aaron sica]

One last thing to add to speculation (or not)....

The Adlink schedule has, from 5:30-8:30 AM (EST) on Sundays, "TBA". Another classics block?

[tommycharles]

[quote name=\'itiparanoid13\' date=\'Aug 18 2004, 08:12 AM\'] I really like this schedule.  Its safe to assume that Friend or Foe? and Whammy will be gone shortly.  The only reason FoF was on the schedule in this first place was because of Fake A Date IMO.  Being the RR fan I am, its nice to see RR have a good time slot.  Its amazing to me that RR still gets good ratings, according to GW, and the show has been in reruns forever. [/quote]
 Um... ok, maybe I'm just being slow this morning, but can someone connect the dots here for me? How does FoF relate to Fake a Date?

And yes, it's interesting to see more RR exposure, but we'll see how well all of this pans out by, say, November.

I'm not one to complain about GSN, heck I haven't watched it in months. But Sept 2004 looks pretty crappy compared to, say, Sept 2001 (purely talking about the GSN sched).

T

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Aug 18 2004, 08:19 AM\'] Um... ok, maybe I'm just being slow this morning, but can someone connect the dots here for me? How does FoF relate to Fake a Date? [/quote]
 They both suck?

[itiparanoid13]

[quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Aug 18 2004, 10:19 AM\'] Um... ok, maybe I'm just being slow this morning, but can someone connect the dots here for me? How does FoF relate to Fake a Date? [/quote]
 They were made by the same company, Buccieri.  I just assume that FoF just came as a deal with Fake A Date, and that was one of the few reasons it survived.

[tommycharles]

[quote name=\'itiparanoid13\' date=\'Aug 18 2004, 10:34 AM\'] [quote name=\'tommycharles\' date=\'Aug 18 2004, 10:19 AM\'] Um... ok, maybe I'm just being slow this morning, but can someone connect the dots here for me? How does FoF relate to Fake a Date? [/quote]
They were made by the same company, Buccieri.  I just assume that FoF just came as a deal with Fake A Date, and that was one of the few reasons it survived. [/quote]
 Ahh I see. So they gave GSN FoF reruns for cheap if they bought FaD? That's an interesting thought.

Question - how much control does GSN have over it's original shows? I mean, I know they aren't produced "in house" or whatever (please correct me if I'm wrong), but is the net actively involved in making the shows, or just placing the ep orders?

[itiparanoid13]

Every GSN original BESIDES Russian Roulette is GSN exclusive.  Russian Roulette is a Sony show syndicated to GSN.  Whoever would syndicate a game show to GSN has severe head problems.  However, GSN does hold the right to order new episodes of RR as with all the originals.  I also learned this from talking to Gunnar Wetterberg: They cant do a thing with the originals as long as GSN holds them.  He and Mark L said they wouldnt have minded pitching RR to syndication or a network, but GSN wont give up the rights.

[CaseyAbell]

A very traditional schedule. Everything is studio game shows except Star Search, Spy TV and (very, very arguably - I should know, I've argued it very, very often) Blackjack.

All New Three's a Crock should be sleeping with the fishes, but the double run at midnight my time makes no difference to me. Street Smarts is spread all over the place, which is fine with me because I've gotten to like the show quite a bit. Newlywed Game also returns in force, which again is no problem with moi.

The prime time schedule shouts "temporary" until new series of Blackjack and Dodgeball are ready, plus the pool and horseracing shows, the return of KvS, and any other as-yet-unannounced projects. Something tells me that Greed and Weakest Link will not endure for many months in all those prime time slots.

Wonder if Mr. Sajak had anything to do with the disappearance of WoF. He seemed less than overjoyed with the show getting any exposure at all on GSN. Gee, Pat, it's only a itty-bitty niche network.

By the way, BW&O for the week of 9/20/04 lists a showing of Number Please! We're really delving into the vault if that's true:

http://adlink.com/resource_center/programm...04&endtime=1770

EDIT: Adlink always puts "TBA" at the end of their schedules. Doesn't mean anything except they don't have any more schedule to list. And three rare classics WILL rotate into BW&O for the week of 9/20, if Adlink is accurate. Wouldn't be amazed to see more down the line. GSN execs talked up the 50s and 60s shows in the Houston Chronicle story.

[Jimmy Owen]

NP has got to be the Pottery Corn Dishes ep.  Great videotape quality but unbearable because of the incessant music.