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The Game Show Forum => Game Show Channels & Networks => Topic started by: tpirfan28 on December 23, 2024, 08:02:28 PM
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Just saw an ad tonight for a MG90 marathon, starting January 13th.
“New to Buzzr” so I’m assuming it’s finally getting a regular slot?
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A regular slot would be great. I know I'm in the minority here but (most likely stemming from the fact that I couldn't watch it during its original run) MG90 was a favorite.
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For those of you that missed the promo…
https://youtu.be/2s40bA2kMdU?si=qW3Nz8rCUcYZM9Ep
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Thanks for posting!! A few points docked however, Buzzr, for not spelling Ross’s last name right!
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“New to Buzzr” so I’m assuming it’s finally getting a regular slot?
I, for one, definitely hope that's the case.
Fingers crossed,
Tammy
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A regular slot would be great. I know I'm in the minority here but (most likely stemming from the fact that I couldn't watch it during its original run) MG90 was a favorite.
I enjoyed it then and I still enjoy it. I think, when it comes down to the format, that’s the best attempt that was made. Sure, the original 7x format works well too, but the addition of Match Up was a good touch.
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A regular slot would be great. I know I'm in the minority here but (most likely stemming from the fact that I couldn't watch it during its original run) MG90 was a favorite.
I enjoyed it then and I still enjoy it. I think, when it comes down to the format, that’s the best attempt that was made. Sure, the original 7x format works well too, but the addition of Match Up was a good touch.
Considering Buzzr is running/has run the CBS Daytime, MG PM weekly and the Nighttime MG 5-a week shows in groups, why not do a 2-hour Match Game block with one of each series with MG 90 rounding out the 4th spot? I'm pretty sure most of the Rayburn shows that can be aired are converted to digital, so Shaffer's version shouldn't be too hard to convert.
Love to see that as well with a 2-hour block of TTTT: The Colliers, The Moores/Garagiolas, the Wards, and the Elliott/Swann/Trebeks.
Some versions will recycle quicker than others, but by that time, Buzzr usually shuffles the schedule anyway.
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Considering Buzzr is running/has run the CBS Daytime, MG PM weekly and the Nighttime MG 5-a week shows in groups, why not do a 2-hour Match Game block with one of each series with MG 90 rounding out the 4th spot? I'm pretty sure most of the Rayburn shows that can be aired are converted to digital, so Shaffer's version shouldn't be too hard to convert.
Love to see that as well with a 2-hour block of TTTT: The Colliers, The Moores/Garagiolas, the Wards, and the Elliott/Swann/Trebeks.
Some versions will recycle quicker than others, but by that time, Buzzr usually shuffles the schedule anyway.
Completely OT, but this reminds me of one of the great retro programming blocks of all time. Six nights a week, the digital subnet H&I runs a five hour marathon of all five live-action broadcast Star Trek series. One episode each of every show from the original series to Enterprise. And yes, some versions recycle quicker than others, but when they do, they just go back to episode one for that series and start over. H&I will freshen up its schedule across other dayparts, but prime time has stayed essentially the same for almost nine years.
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GSN gave that multi-decade block treatment in the form of The Password Four, which I absolutely loved. BUZZR could do the same with TTTT, Password, and even TPIR.
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Completely OT, but this reminds me of one of the great retro programming blocks of all time. Six nights a week, the digital subnet H&I runs a five hour marathon of all five live-action broadcast Star Trek series. One episode each of every show from the original series to Enterprise. And yes, some versions recycle quicker than others, but when they do, they just go back to episode one for that series and start over. H&I will freshen up its schedule across other dayparts, but prime time has stayed essentially the same for almost nine years.
When I had visited my parents last month I stumbled upon this and knew exactly what I was doing every night at 8pm for the duration of my stay.
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Match Game 90 will air from 8:30am to 11:00am (!!!) for at least the week of the 13th and will run the first 25 shows straight through, one week per day.
A fantastic strategy when you're running out of things to run is totally to burn through 10% of the run in a single week, but I think this is actually my favorite version of the show so I'm also really contented to see it. Maybe not that much of it, but...
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Match Game 90 will air from 8:30am to 11:00am (!!!) for at least the week of the 13th and will run the first 25 shows straight through, one week per day.
A fantastic strategy when you're running out of things to run is totally to burn through 10% of the run in a single week, but I think this is actually my favorite version of the show so I'm also really contented to see it. Maybe not that much of it, but...
I'll set up the VLC accordingly. Thanks, Chelsea! I know this is considered "fightin' words" around here, but I do prefer Schafer's Shafer's version of MG to Rayburn's. So, I'm looking forward to this marathon. Granted, he's no Gene, but I do like his biting Northwestern wit & how it added to the show (He is the one who dubbed Bill Nye, "Bill Nye: The Science Guy", you know?).
As for WHY they're airing this marathon in the first place, I've heard some theories: It could be a launch marathon to celebrate the show's addition to the regular lineup, it's in honor of CNR's birthday on January 13th, or as a lead-up to the show's 35th anniversary in 2025 (though that's not until July). However, I'm liking Chelsea's theory of "After nearly a decade, we're running low on content, and we just don't have the funds to acquire shows outside of the Goodson library."
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Granted, he's no Gene
Which is fantastic and 90% of the reason why this version of the show is my favorite. Rayburn is overwhelmingly THE 'popular' host I absolutely just do not care for, and he's a lot of the reason I dislike the 70s version of the show as much as I do.
I think MG90 could have been something special (quality-wise) had Convy been able to be the host. His pilot week is absolutely my favorite set of Match Game episodes ever produced. It'd still have gotten cancelled in 1991 regardless but might have stood half a chance of CBS showing interest after all.
Also, learning from Adam that 'Yes, the contestants and celebrities didn't always see the Match-Up answers in the same order and were told this beforehand' completely papered over the thing that bugged me most as a viewer, and I wish they'd mentioned that from time to time. (I don't remember it really coming up when GSN ran the show in the early 2000s)
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I've always found 75-early 77 to be MG's peak. Question writing was very good and they booked panels that worked really well with each other, and this was before Dawson went full Dawson. 90 was alright but Ross couldn't seem to steer the show the right way when it got weird. Bert (from his time on Tattletales) would have been excellent.
BUZZR could do the same with TTTT, Password, and even TPIR.
Didn't they kind of do that with Password at one point, maybe 2-3:30PM? I think Tattletales rounded out that block.
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FYI, the 5x daily Match Game '90 marathon remains during the week of 1/20.
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A regular slot would be great. I know I'm in the minority here but (most likely stemming from the fact that I couldn't watch it during its original run) MG90 was a favorite.
I enjoyed it then and I still enjoy it. I think, when it comes down to the format, that’s the best attempt that was made. Sure, the original 7x format works well too, but the addition of Match Up was a good touch.
Agreed, it's good to see these again. I thought Ross eventually grew into his hosting role and did a good job.
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Match Game '90 block continues the week of 1/27 with episodes 51-75.
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Watching the first week of MG '90, and it's interesting to me that after two episodes and a taping break, they tweaked the tiebreaker into something more workable and repositioned the first break of the episode. It speaks to me of someone with a careful eye noting what could work better.
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I like the idea of splitting the pie like they did but there’s too much host language to keep up the suspense.
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On MG 90, it's so easy to cheat on Match - Up. Just keep picking either the first or last choice over and over. Eventually the celebrity will pick that up and do it too! Another reason why Match-up was such a bad idea.
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On MG 90, it's so easy to cheat on Match - Up. Just keep picking either the first or last choice over and over. Eventually the celebrity will pick that up and do it too! Another reason why Match-up was such a bad idea.
The computer would randomly display some answers in the opposite order.
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I wish they would have explained that more, since I thought the same thing until someone pointed this out a few weeks ago.
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Schedule for next week isn't up, but Valentine's Week is. Some notable points:
- Match Game '90 moves to fill in the weekday afternoon MG block, and a medley of Card Sharks with episodes from all 3 classic versions moves into the morning
- The FF hour will feature the ex-spouses week of Combs Feud and Valentine's Week from '85
- The Perry CS finale will air on 2/12, and the Eubanks finale on 2/14
An interesting shift on the weekdays; no Rayburn MG, CC whittled down to an hour, and going heavy on Card Sharks with 10 episodes a day.
I'm assuming that something similar is happening on the prior week...? We'll see on that one.
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Schedule for next week isn't up, but Valentine's Week is. Some notable points:
- Match Game '90 moves to fill in the weekday afternoon MG block, and a medley of Card Sharks with episodes from all 3 classic versions moves into the morning
- The FF hour will feature the ex-spouses week of Combs Feud and Valentine's Week from '85
- The Perry CS finale will air on 2/12, and the Eubanks finale on 2/14
An interesting shift on the weekdays; no Rayburn MG, CC whittled down to an hour, and going heavy on Card Sharks with 10 episodes a day.
I'm assuming that something similar is happening on the prior week...? We'll see on that one.
Noon to 3PM that week are all Valentine's related. Two Eubanks Card Sharks weeks with appropriate polling groups in the 1PM hour (one week is men who placed personal ads in the newspaper, not sure what the other is) and the Classic Concentration hour at 2PM is two different editions of "Love Week," one from 1989 and one from 1991. The 1989 week is new-to-Buzzr.
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A promo aired today for Buzzr's Card Sharks 40th Anniversary Morning Marathon, which begins Monday at 8:30 AM ET. (I'm not sure what exactly we're commemorating with that math.) The commercial showed clips from the versions hosted by Perry, Eubanks, Rafferty and, rerunning for the first time since 2002, Pat Bullard.
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A promo aired today for Buzzr's Card Sharks 40th Anniversary Morning Marathon, which begins Monday at 8:30 AM ET. (I'm not sure what exactly we're commemorating with that math.) The commercial showed clips from the versions hosted by Perry, Eubanks, Rafferty and, rerunning for the first time since 2002, Pat Bullard.
40 years since...the CBS pilot? Can't think of anything else, considering the actual 50th is in 3 years.
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The Bullard clips shown during the "40 Years of Card Sharks" promo appear to all be from one of the Pilots.
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I’m not sure which version to watch
Such a dilemma…
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A promo aired today for Buzzr's Card Sharks 40th Anniversary Morning Marathon, which begins Monday at 8:30 AM ET. (I'm not sure what exactly we're commemorating with that math.) The commercial showed clips from the versions hosted by Perry, Eubanks, Rafferty and, rerunning for the first time since 2002, Pat Bullard.
40 years since...the CBS pilot? Can't think of anything else, considering the actual 50th is in 3 years.
Funnily enough, the 45th anniversary of "Play Your Cards Right" is on Saturday...
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I’m not sure which version to watch
Such a dilemma…
No clip chips to save you either...
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40th anniversary of the Eubanks/Rafferty run, I guess?
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40th anniversary of the Eubanks/Rafferty run, I guess?
A year early for even that; Eubanks started 1/6/86, Rafferty was 9/8/86.
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Also a Valentine's event at 12noon the week of the 10th. I believe that Combs Feud batch is the one with the infamous clip. Name another name for a wife. "bitch!". It's been in the reels for years
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BUZZR's started airing an updated promo that removes any mention of the "40th anniversary"
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BUZZR's started airing an updated promo that removes any mention of the "40th anniversary"
Stuff like this makes me wonder sometimes if they have somebody who checks in here once in a while. Because while we're making a big deal about it, who else would possibly care?
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I don't know whether that's the case, and while it would be flattering, I think it's more likely there were comments made directly on one of Buzzr's social media channels.
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I am not bothering to check this before posting, but didn't at least the premiere of Eubanks CS have 1985 as a copyright date in the credits?
At least the first few shows would have been taped in late 1985, right? Not saying that's the reason the copyright would be 1985, but I seem to recall it.
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I am not bothering to check this before posting, but didn't at least the premiere of Eubanks CS have 1985 as a copyright date in the credits?
At least the first few shows would have been taped in late 1985, right? Not saying that's the reason the copyright would be 1985, but I seem to recall it.
The first five shows had 1985 copyrights.
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The first five shows had 1985 copyrights.
But man, if that's really how they got their "40th Anniversary" number, that means nobody in any position of oversight caught that this was a remake of a virtually identical 1978 show, nor did they spend even ten seconds to look up airdates.
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I am not bothering to check this before posting, but didn't at least the premiere of Eubanks CS have 1985 as a copyright date in the credits?
At least the first few shows would have been taped in late 1985, right? Not saying that's the reason the copyright would be 1985, but I seem to recall it.
The first five shows had 1985 copyrights.
Correct, as it was Goodson policy to go by tape date rather than airdate at the time.
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So does anybody have any notion as to what CS episodes we'll see this week?
I'm glad BUZZR dusted off the "Jim Perry 3000th" episode (airing right before the Perry finale on 2/12)--I could use a better quality copy.
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So does anybody have any notion as to what CS episodes we'll see this week?
I'm glad BUZZR dusted off the "Jim Perry 3000th" episode (airing right before the Perry finale on 2/12)--I could use a better quality copy.
It's looking like what's airing this week will repeat throughout the month. Jim's 3,000th aired yesterday and the Eubanks finale aired today.
On another note for the Match Game '90 block will end on 2/14 with #142 as MG '79 moves back in 2/17.
I'd been hoping to get a clear copy of Ross falling down the stairs, but eh well. I'm sure it'll be back sooner or later.
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Is there a reliable Buzzr Schedule out there currently that is similar to the format that they put on their website?
The website Schedule has been missing for weeks, but I didn't know if they were still supplying that info elsewhere.
The schedules I find on listing sites only have the title and never any info in what year/version etc that it may be.
For example, the multiple sites I found list all CS eps this week in the morning as 1986, when they are not.
Just trying to get a general idea of what CS eps are airing when among other things.
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The website Schedule has been missing for weeks, but I didn't know if they were still supplying that info elsewhere.
Just this week is borked, for whatever reason. No one seems to know what's airing when this week. Next week's episode lineup contains many of (all of?) the episodes that have aired this week.
2025-02-10 8:30am Card Sharks 86 0001
2025-02-10 9:00am Card Sharks 86 0089
2025-02-10 9:30am Card Sharks 86 0135
2025-02-10 10:00am Card Sharks 86 0165
2025-02-10 10:30am Card Sharks 86 0215
2025-02-11 8:30am Card Sharks 86 0216
2025-02-11 9:00am Card Sharks 86SYN 0001
2025-02-11 9:30am Card Sharks 87 0450
2025-02-11 10:00am Card Sharks 87 0451
2025-02-11 10:30am Card Sharks 87 0452
2025-02-12 8:30am Card Sharks 87 0453
2025-02-12 9:00am Card Sharks 87 0454
2025-02-12 9:30am Card Sharks 79 0273
2025-02-12 10:00am Card Sharks 80 0567
2025-02-12 10:30am Card Sharks 81 0864
2025-02-13 8:30am Card Sharks 88 0561
2025-02-13 9:00am Card Sharks 88 0562
2025-02-13 9:30am Card Sharks 88 0563
2025-02-13 10:00am Card Sharks 88 0564
2025-02-13 10:30am Card Sharks 88 0565
2025-02-14 8:30am Card Sharks 89 0826
2025-02-14 9:00am Card Sharks 78 0001
2025-02-14 9:30am Card Sharks 78 0018
2025-02-14 10:00am Card Sharks 78 0079
2025-02-14 10:30am Card Sharks 78 0144
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Thanks, Chad.
Only 1 Rafferty episode so far?
Of course it isn't even one with the Prize Cards....
Also the 01 Version or 00 Pilot hasn't shown up yet. I know there's some online but wanted to show my significant other how botched it was....
"40 Years of Card Sharks and the Same 25 Episodes"...
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Early this morning the Ross Shafer MG promo ran again, this time the mini-marathon is moving into the 5PM block, starting tomorrow, I believe.
Obviously do not know if they are continuing with the run or starting over.
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Early this morning the Ross Shafer MG promo ran again, this time the mini-marathon is moving into the 5PM block, starting tomorrow, I believe.
Obviously do not know if they are continuing with the run or starting over.
It was actually moved as of 2/3, they'll be continuing onward. Unfortunately, this is also the last week of it (for now hopefully) before MG '79 returns in its place.
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FYI, the Bullard CS pilot pops up at 8:30 ET on 2/24, and is then repeated on 2/27 at 10:30.
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FYI, the Bullard CS pilot pops up at 8:30 ET on 2/24, and is then repeated on 2/27 at 10:30.
That's a buried lead.
That hasn't been seen before, has it? I know the Tom Green one was .....
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FYI, the Bullard CS pilot pops up at 8:30 ET on 2/24, and is then repeated on 2/27 at 10:30.
That's a buried lead.
That hasn't been seen before, has it? I know the Tom Green one was .....
The Winc. folks posted it a while back.
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I'm glad BUZZR dusted off the "Jim Perry 3000th" episode (airing right before the Perry finale on 2/12)--I could use a better quality copy.
Turns out they didn't air the Perry finale at all (they reaired ep 78_105--the "Prince Charles Crown" moment).
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Starting 3/3, the weekday morning 5x series will be Super Password.
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GSN is currently airing the syndie episodes of Match Game. This time they are not skipping the Jimmie Walker weeks. This week they are airing one of them, shows that haven't been seen in 45 years! It's funny, I thought this would be something Buzzr would be doing, showing syndie MG episodes skipped for decades, but nope, it's GSN.
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Starting 3/3, the weekday morning 5x series will be Super Password.
Doesn't look like many episodes they haven't shown before--think I saw a 1987 ep with Martha Smith and Richard Simmons that's new to Buzzr, and maybe one or two others tops (and they're running one episode twice in that week, so it's only 24 episodes).
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The 2000 pilot for Card Sharks airs tomorrow (Monday) at 8:30am, then again Thursday at 10:30am.