[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Aug 24 2004, 11:43 AM\'] [quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Aug 24 2004, 07:36 AM\'] GSN's schedule remains overwhelmingly dominated by game shows whether you count Blackjack or not. Eight-five percent of the programming hours today [/quote]
Your good points are lost in the fact you must thumb this in our noses again. Not everyone agrees with you on what is and isn't a gameshow. [/quote]
Like I've been saying for a while, the fine line on what is or is not a game show has been blurrying for years. We've established that, for example, Match Game is a game show, but Extreme Dodgeball is not. However, ED is more of a contest, and for that matter, MG is also a contest by definition. Hence, GSN's change of focus. If it's not an infomercial, it's still a contest of some sort, whether the prize is cash, or a car, or a trip, or a flokati rug, or a trophy, or a soulmate, or a role in a bad TV movie, or just the right to humiliate your opponent.
EDIT: I think Casey may have a potential storyline for ESPN's upcoming scripted series about a poker tournament (I'm not clever enough to make this up.)