[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Nov 22 2004, 12:26 AM\']
Kids, how many times have we discussed the economics of this? The premise of the thread is faulty because CBS will likely keep TPIR after Barker is gone. They'll save jillions of dollars on Barker's salary (the new emcee will make far less) and they'll save zillions of dollars in production costs by going back to a six-show-per-week taping schedule. This will be a windfall for Fremantle and CBS. The lower production costs will cushion any revenue loss due to a dip in the ratings.
Okay people, okay. In the course of one short day and some 25-odd responses to what I felt was a legitimate idea, many of you have succeeded in prompting mental flashbacks to when I was just 13 and getting it from all sides in and out of Junior High because everyone else allegedly knew tons more than I did did about practically anything that was supposed to matter.
I simply felt that if CBS bought "Whammy!" for the morning, it would work as another revival of a once-proven property that did reasonably well for that network, as well as bringng it to the masses who don't get GSN because their systems don't carry it or they won't spring for digital cable. But if Chris says TPIR with a new host after Bob leaves is the safest bet, since he was willing to spell out the whole scenario, I believe him. No CBS adaptation of "Whammy!", no "Seven Keys/Spin-Off Hour" (though it should still be considered by someone else), no "Eye Guess/Three On A Match Hour" that would utilize a 9-monitor board that would later have another row of three set on top for the "Match" portion, no more suggestions of any kind from this apparently clueless misfit whose efforts to bring his own brand of relevance to this group are now prove about as welcome as my 1990 plea to the CBS station I left behind to move here to pick up a couple of non-game syndies me and the entire market was missing then. So long for now...
