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Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: bellbm on June 07, 2004, 05:34:28 PM
Does anyone know how many more weeks are left of the 88-89 season running on GSN?
I'm wondering what season they will show next.  Have they shown the 89-90 season yet?
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: adamjk on June 07, 2004, 05:46:45 PM
Depends on whether you mean the weekday or weekends run. The weekday run is into April. The weekend run is in late december. Almost 1989 in fact.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: Steve Gavazzi on June 07, 2004, 06:09:10 PM
The 89-90 season is the one they were showing prior to the first run-through of this one.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: adamjk on June 07, 2004, 06:12:48 PM
No they were showing the 96-97 season I do believe.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: gameshowguy2000 on June 07, 2004, 07:04:25 PM
I think it was From Spring-Fall 2000, it was '96-'97 season, from Fall 2000-Spring 2001, it was the '89-'90 season, and from Fall 2001-now, we're in the '88-'89 season.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: tmq800 on June 07, 2004, 07:21:33 PM
[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 06:04 PM\'] I think it was From Spring-Fall 2000, it was '96-'97 season, from Fall 2000-Spring 2001, it was the '89-'90 season, and from Fall 2001-now, we're in the '88-'89 season. [/quote]
 

The season I'd like to see next:  the 1991-92 season.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: clemon79 on June 07, 2004, 07:33:02 PM
[quote name=\'tmq800\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 04:21 PM\'] The season I'd like to see next:  the 1991-92 season. [/quote]
 Please, someone help me with my aching head and explain to me the significance of the 91-92 season of WOF that makes TMQ800 want to see it so badly?
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: adamjk on June 07, 2004, 07:34:39 PM
Yeah I was wondering the same thing.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: tmq800 on June 07, 2004, 07:41:28 PM
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 06:33 PM\'] [quote name=\'tmq800\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 04:21 PM\'] The season I'd like to see next:  the 1991-92 season. [/quote]
Please, someone help me with my aching head and explain to me the significance of the 91-92 season of WOF that makes TMQ800 want to see it so badly? [/quote]
 

There were 2 weeks of shows I missed because I was in Europe May 25-Jun 6.


I had to watch the French version of Wheel in a Paris hotelroom.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: adamjk on June 07, 2004, 07:42:50 PM
So you missed two weeks so what? Don't mean to sound mean or anything, but as I have said before, there is more to life then game shows.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on June 07, 2004, 07:50:22 PM
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 06:33 PM\'] [quote name=\'tmq800\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 04:21 PM\'] The season I'd like to see next:  the 1991-92 season. [/quote]
Please, someone help me with my aching head and explain to me the significance of the 91-92 season of WOF that makes TMQ800 want to see it so badly? [/quote]
 His VCR was probably broken that year.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: tmq800 on June 07, 2004, 07:55:42 PM
[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 06:50 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 06:33 PM\'] [quote name=\'tmq800\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 04:21 PM\'] The season I'd like to see next:  the 1991-92 season. [/quote]
Please, someone help me with my aching head and explain to me the significance of the 91-92 season of WOF that makes TMQ800 want to see it so badly? [/quote]
His VCR was probably broken that year. [/quote]
 

My VCR wasn't broken, it was at home.

I was a senior in college who had only a B&W TV, and no connection to a VCR.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: gsfan85 on June 07, 2004, 08:01:43 PM
They are just going to begin replaying 1988-89.  GSN only has the rights to air the current season of Wheel and the current season of Jeopardy! that are airing as we speak for some odd reason.  That's why they just begain the two over again.

If anyone else can be more detailed, it would be great.

Adam
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: adamjk on June 07, 2004, 08:03:40 PM
That will be somewhat good for me, since I only started taping these runs a short time ago on weekends. I can get the shows I missed easier and faster this way.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: Don Howard on June 07, 2004, 08:26:10 PM
[quote name=\'tmq800\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 06:21 PM\'] The season I'd like to see next:  the 1991-92 season. [/quote]
 I hope they go back to the Todd Russell version.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: MikeK on June 07, 2004, 08:41:08 PM
[quote name=\'tmq800\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 07:55 PM\'] My VCR wasn't broken, it was at home.

I was a senior in college who had only a B&W TV, and no connection to a VCR. [/quote]
 A degree-granting institution accepted you?  And you graduated about 12 years ago?

Wow...  I'm speechless.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: zachhoran on June 07, 2004, 08:43:49 PM
[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 07:41 PM\'] [quote name=\'tmq800\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 07:55 PM\'] My VCR wasn't broken, it was at home.

I was a senior in college who had only a B&W TV, and no connection to a VCR. [/quote]
A degree-granting institution accepted you?  And you graduated about 12 years ago?

Wow...  I'm speechless. [/quote]
 Give credit where credit is due, painful as it is sometimes. Remember that "I" graduated from such an institution.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: dzinkin on June 07, 2004, 08:54:45 PM
[quote name=\'gsfan85\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 08:01 PM\'] They are just going to begin replaying 1988-89.  GSN only has the rights to air the current season of Wheel and the current season of Jeopardy! that are airing as we speak for some odd reason.  That's why they just begain the two over again.

If anyone else can be more detailed, it would be great. [/quote]
 Uh, Adam... GSN, via Sony, owns the shows outright.  They can air whatever syndie seasons they want.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: zachhoran on June 07, 2004, 09:16:43 PM
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 07:54 PM\']
Uh, Adam... GSN, via Sony, owns the shows outright.  They can air whatever syndie seasons they want. [/quote]
 Not  to doubt you or anything, but isn't the deal GSN/Sony struck with LIberty Digital a couple years ago holding them back from airing WOF, J!, and Newlywed Game episodes besides the seasons currently running(1988-89 WOF, 1997-98 J!, and 1985-86 Newlywed)?
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: TV Favorites on June 07, 2004, 09:19:28 PM
I have also heard that GSN can't air anything they want from the Sony library at the drop of a hat.  They must also pay for airing rights like other networks.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: dzinkin on June 07, 2004, 09:28:29 PM
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 09:16 PM\'] [quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 07:54 PM\']
Uh, Adam... GSN, via Sony, owns the shows outright.  They can air whatever syndie seasons they want. [/quote]
Not  to doubt you or anything, but isn't the deal GSN/Sony struck with LIberty Digital a couple years ago holding them back from airing WOF, J!, and Newlywed Game episodes besides the seasons currently running(1988-89 WOF, 1997-98 J!, and 1985-86 Newlywed)? [/quote]
 I'm pretty sure they changed seasons at least once since Liberty bought half.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on June 07, 2004, 09:40:14 PM
[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 08:28 PM\'] [quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 09:16 PM\'] [quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 07:54 PM\']
Uh, Adam... GSN, via Sony, owns the shows outright.  They can air whatever syndie seasons they want. [/quote]
Not  to doubt you or anything, but isn't the deal GSN/Sony struck with LIberty Digital a couple years ago holding them back from airing WOF, J!, and Newlywed Game episodes besides the seasons currently running(1988-89 WOF, 1997-98 J!, and 1985-86 Newlywed)? [/quote]
I'm pretty sure they changed seasons at least once since Liberty bought half. [/quote]
 They did, as they did with Pyramid.  More than likely, they just don't care.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: irismason42 on June 07, 2004, 09:43:45 PM
If you're looking at the PR, Liberty brought half of GSN in 2000 while Michael was still the GSN boss and since Sony still halfway own GSN, they can still show us more nighttime seasons of Wheel of Fortune and still show more Syndie seasons of Jeopardy! and Liberty won't stop GSN from airing some early episodes of the Syndicated Jeopardy! so we can Alex again with dark gray hair and no glasses. Take a look at The $100,000 Pyramid, we were stuck at the Season 3(1987-88 Season) episodes for awhile and now they're showing Season 2(1986-87 Season) for 1 more week.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: TV Favorites on June 07, 2004, 10:12:14 PM
Maybe they decided to purchase another season of the shows?  Their contract could have been up, so they decided to get another season, hence the reruns.  I tend to believe that GSN has limited rights to the Sony shows, otherwise (not to give GSN any ideas), why don't they just run one season of Family Feud or Match Game for instance?
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: dzinkin on June 07, 2004, 10:25:10 PM
[quote name=\'TV Favorites\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 10:12 PM\'] Maybe they decided to purchase another season of the shows?  Their contract could have been up, so they decided to get another season, hence the reruns.  I tend to believe that GSN has limited rights to the Sony shows, otherwise (not to give GSN any ideas), why don't they just run one season of Family Feud or Match Game for instance? [/quote]
 Aren't Feud and MG the best performers for GSN as far as classics are concerned?  Perhaps those are a higher priority as a result.  How many people are going to notice with Wheel and J!, especially considering that those two run every day in syndication as well?
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: TV Favorites on June 07, 2004, 10:33:10 PM
I just used Feud and Match Game for instance, but the same could be said about Card Sharks and Blockbusters.  While those shows were on weekday mornings (when the schedule ran 7 days a week), more than one season of those were aired as well.  It isn't as noticible now that the shows are on weekends only, but so far they haven't gone back and repeated any episodes of the 2 mentioned shows since the current run started.

Also, thericker at the GSN boards has said that GSN must license shows from Sony.  Not sure how accurate it is, but based on the trends of what shows get rerun to death and what shows don't, I'd say he's correct.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: sshuffield70 on June 07, 2004, 10:40:20 PM
[quote name=\'tmq800\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 06:55 PM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 06:50 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 06:33 PM\'] [quote name=\'tmq800\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 04:21 PM\'] The season I'd like to see next:  the 1991-92 season. [/quote]
Please, someone help me with my aching head and explain to me the significance of the 91-92 season of WOF that makes TMQ800 want to see it so badly? [/quote]
His VCR was probably broken that year. [/quote]


My VCR wasn't broken, it was at home.

I was a senior in college who had only a B&W TV, and no connection to a VCR. [/quote]
 So if I read this right.....(and I don't know that I am......).........you had a black and white TV and no VCR, while at the same time I had a TV/VCR combo unit?  Are you sure you even graduated that year??  With a post like that, I'd have thought you graudated in 1962, not '92.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: bellbm on June 07, 2004, 10:41:22 PM
Well, since Wheel and J! aren't leaving the daytime schedule when the change comes next week, lets hope they are going to run a new season of episodes.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: dzinkin on June 07, 2004, 10:41:57 PM
[quote name=\'TV Favorites\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 10:33 PM\'] I just used Feud and Match Game for instance, but the same could be said about Card Sharks and Blockbusters.  While those shows were on weekday mornings (when the schedule ran 7 days a week), more than one season of those were aired as well.  It isn't as noticible now that the shows are on weekends only, but so far they haven't gone back and repeated any episodes of the 2 mentioned shows since the current run started.

Also, thericker at the GSN boards has said that GSN must license shows from Sony.  Not sure how accurate it is, but based on the trends of what shows get rerun to death and what shows don't, I'd say he's correct. [/quote]
 They have to license the shows, but it's still pretty much in-house... it's not as though they have to go to a third party like Fremantle or Hatos-Hall to get the shows.

That notwithstanding, GSN has repeated seasons of WoF and J! before, and switched seasons at least once since Liberty bought half of GSN.  Unless thericker or someone else at GSN comments specifically on why the seasons have started over, Wurtzel's explanation, yours, Mark's, and mine are all speculation.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: TV Favorites on June 07, 2004, 11:10:51 PM
One thought I had...it could be a small possibility that GSN could have all seasons of Sony shows but only show one or two seasons so they have fresh content (i.e. "lost seasons") if they lose the G-T library.  Just trying to look at both sides of this.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: dzinkin on June 07, 2004, 11:17:20 PM
[quote name=\'TV Favorites\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 11:10 PM\'] One thought I had...it could be a small possibility that GSN could have all seasons of Sony shows but only show one or two seasons so they have fresh content (i.e. "lost seasons") if they lose the G-T library.  Just trying to look at both sides of this. [/quote]
 That does make some sense... and there are probably a half-dozen other explanations we don't know about.  It just made little sense to me that they'd have trouble getting WoF and J! reruns -- it's not like someone else is jumping at the chance to get game show reruns, and while they do technically have to license the shows, it's pretty much in-house.

Of course, if someone else *is* trying to get the reruns and wants to start a new network, I'm not going to complain. :-)
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: Steve Gavazzi on June 07, 2004, 11:41:31 PM
[quote name=\'tmq800\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 07:41 PM\'] There were 2 weeks of shows I missed because I was in Europe May 25-Jun 6. [/quote]
 Oh, my freaking GOD.

Y'know, I missed eleven years of TPiR while I was in school (why I didn't think of taping it until 12th grade, I'll never know), in addition to ten years before I was even born, and I'm pretty damn sure I'll survive if I never see them.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: HairMetalLives on June 08, 2004, 01:05:59 AM
[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 06:42 PM\']there is more to life then game shows.[/quote]
Bull peppers!
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: Dbacksfan12 on June 08, 2004, 09:09:57 PM
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 07:43 PM\'] [quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 07:41 PM\'] [quote name=\'tmq800\' date=\'Jun 7 2004, 07:55 PM\'] My VCR wasn't broken, it was at home.

I was a senior in college who had only a B&W TV, and no connection to a VCR. [/quote]
A degree-granting institution accepted you?  And you graduated about 12 years ago?

Wow...  I'm speechless. [/quote]
Give credit where credit is due, painful as it is sometimes. Remember that "I" graduated from such an institution. [/quote]
 Would that institution be Hamburger U?
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: zachhoran on June 08, 2004, 09:18:07 PM
[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jun 8 2004, 08:09 PM\']
Give credit where credit is due, painful as it is sometimes. Remember that "I" graduated from such an institution. [/QUOTE]
Would that institution be Hamburger U? [/quote]
 It was GSU.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: sshuffield70 on June 08, 2004, 09:31:08 PM
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jun 8 2004, 08:18 PM\'] [quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Jun 8 2004, 08:09 PM\']
Give credit where credit is due, painful as it is sometimes. Remember that "I" graduated from such an institution. [/QUOTE]
Would that institution be Hamburger U? [/QUOTE]
It was GSU. [/quote]
 Of course, it would be called Going South University.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: JacksonBrowne1980 on June 08, 2004, 09:32:02 PM
they could air the 1984-85 season or the 1985-86 season. those seasons of WOF were on when i was little.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: adamjk on June 08, 2004, 10:01:31 PM
Maybe they'll start at the beginning again who knows.
Title: Wheel of Fortune on GSN
Post by: Winkfan on June 08, 2004, 11:09:51 PM
The season I'd like to see next:  the 1991-92 season.
I hope they go back to the Todd Russell version.
That'll happen when Johnny Gilbert gets a Daytime Emmy!

Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Anne Meara of the Big Board!