[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jun 9 2005, 12:39 PM\']
Now that I see the price tag, I've gotta think that this is a huge mistake for GSN economically. With obvious exceptions such as TV Land, a cable network rises and falls on the strength of their original programming, not on some cool rerun they bought. OLN needs the attention that Survivor will bring them, but for a (slightly) more established operation like GSN,
Race is just one more off-network repeat. Those six big ones could have gone a long way toward developing better new shows.
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I see your point, and to be honest, I'd rather see more original shows from GSN. However, on GSN's side, they are picking up one of the hottest reality shows on TV right now. Not to mention the aforementioned fact that they are seasons that a majority of Race viewers did not see. Promote the hell out of it, and if GSN has any kind of quality salespeople working, you could see a strong increase in ad revenue.
It's a gamble, no doubt, but it's a gamble I'm glad GSN is taking.