Author Topic: GSN's April Ratings (Read 11529 times)

game show guy · « **on:** June 08, 2007, 03:28:03 PM »

Well, according to Cableworld, GSN fell down to a embarrassing 0.3 rating with 186 HH watching.

GSN needs to realize that with them showing the same CRAP in primetime is VERY DUMB and getting SO OLD now its not even funny. The ratings they are getting are VERY SAD.

Here is what they show in primetime:

High Stakes Poker
World Series Of Blackjack
Weakest Link
Dog Eat Dog
Greed
Chain Reaction

A few others like Show Me The Money will be coming. But that is it.

At least the poker shows do good in ratings. but why is gsn ratings so low?? Because of the next line I have typed.

WHY does GSN like to rerun abuse the same Weakest Link, Dog Eat Dog, Chain Reaction, and other CRAP in PRIMETIME for the 10,000,000^8 AIRING!! NO WONDER NO ONE watches GSN at night anymore.

Look at This. This was in July of 2003, and at that time they had a 0.4 rating with 209 HH watching. WHY?? MAYBE THIS IS WHY.

GSN had the Newlywed Game, Lingo, and MATCH GAME PM in Primetime then. That is WHY THE RATINGS were higher. And we had the SAME PRESIDENT THEN.

And it is not the Saturday night classics that made this rating low. ITS BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT OF GSN DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO PUT IN PRIMETIME. Instead, he put the SAME SHOWS!!

This is getting REAL SAD. I am about to CRY:(

WHY can't GSN look at the bad ratings for once and CHANGE PRIMETIME!! I really think NO ONE at GSN looks at the ratings they are getting. That is why NO ONE WATCHES!!

I used to watch GSN in primetime all the time when they had Best of Family Feud (DAWSON) Match Game, 3's a crowd and other CLASSIC GAME SHOWS. But not anymore. Only on weekends I watch cause they have the Dawson feud marathons, and 50 great game shows.

dzinkin · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2007, 03:46:33 PM »

Can someone else explain it to him this time? I don't have the energy.

Casey Buck · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2007, 03:48:22 PM »

Thad Dixon, is that you?

No wait, you only used one font size...

game show guy · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2007, 03:50:48 PM »

^So, David, you think that weakest link, dog eat dog, greed, poker shows, and other 2000 game shows get BETTER ratings then Match Game and Family Feud?

??

TLEberle · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2007, 03:53:58 PM »

[quote name=\'game show guy\' post=\'154682\' date=\'Jun 8 2007, 12:28 PM\']Well, according to Cableworld, GSN fell down to a embarrassing 0.3 rating with 186 HH watching. [/quote] I'm guessing they're just fine with it. They certainly have the power to influence that if they so choose.

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GSN needs to realize that with them showing the same CRAP in primetime is VERY DUMB and getting SO OLD now its not even funny. The ratings they are getting are VERY SAD.

But they're not. The ratings are tied to the amount of money that the channel earns for ad spots.

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At least the poker shows do good in ratings. but why is gsn ratings so low?? Because of the next line I have typed.

WHY does GSN like to rerun abuse the same Weakest Link, Dog Eat Dog, Chain Reaction, and other CRAP in PRIMETIME for the 10,000,000^8 AIRING!! NO WONDER NO ONE watches GSN at night anymore.

No conspiracy needed, actually. Ratings are a direct result of the number of people who watch. Perceived quality of the programming has nothing to do with the ratings. (See: Deal or No Deal.) And they still get 189,000 people to watch. That's great numbers for a casual viewing channel with a very narrow niche.

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I used to watch GSN in primetime all the time when they had Best of Family Feud (DAWSON) Match Game, 3's a crowd and other CLASSIC GAME SHOWS. But not anymore. Only on weekends I watch cause they have the Dawson feud marathons, and 50 great game shows.

Welcome to Economics 101.

1. In a free market, people are free to make choices.
2. The market determines the product, and a good product will stay on the market. A bad product will not.

You are free to make the choice to not watch. GSN is not programming to you, or to anyone. Their number one through ten interests are in making money. The strategy that they are employing is earning them money. It is that simple. Get that through your head.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2007, 04:05:14 PM »

You know what GSG? You need to stop caring about this. It seems like your life mission is to fix GSN to exactly what you want. News flash....IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. Yes, we can criticize them to hell and back for programming choices, but we move on with our lives. Your problem...you don't, and you need to. I'm sure there is not one single damn GSN executive that even knows that this forum exists. Even if they did, they won't act upon us. They don't even act upon things brought up by members on their own damn forum.

Case in point...drop it. They're not gonna change a thing.

/pissed over all the Paris Hilton coverage today

game show guy · « **Reply #6 on:** June 08, 2007, 04:06:37 PM »

^But, why would GSN think that rerunning the same 60 or so eps. of Weakest Link, 40 or so eps of Greed, 20 or so eps of Dog Eat Dog make them ANY more money?? Heck, all of these shows have been on GSN for YEARS!!!!!!! I don't get it!

game show guy · « **Reply #7 on:** June 08, 2007, 04:09:18 PM »

^ Alright, I will just choose not to watch GSN in primetime unless they fix it up. I was trying to help GSN by putting shows like Family Feud and Match Game in primetime which are their highest rated daytime shows! Thats all.

TonicBH · « **Reply #8 on:** June 08, 2007, 04:15:13 PM »

[quote name=\'game show guy\' post=\'154692\' date=\'Jun 8 2007, 01:09 PM\']
^ Alright, I will just choose not to watch GSN in primetime unless they fix it up. I was trying to help GSN by putting shows like Family Feud and Match Game in primetime which are their highest rated daytime shows! Thats all.
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Could you learn to start using the quote function, please? Otherwise it becomes harder to understand who you're replying to.

dzinkin · « **Reply #9 on:** June 08, 2007, 04:18:44 PM »

[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'154690\' date=\'Jun 8 2007, 04:05 PM\']
I'm sure there is not one single damn GSN executive that even knows that this forum exists. Even if they did, they won't act upon us.
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Actually, some GSN executives do know we exist, but obviously you're correct that they're not particularly inclined to program based on the whims of certain posters.

As I explained to GSG in email -- and as Messrs. Ottinger and Lemon have both noted in this forum in the past -- many of GSN's own executives and staffers are fans of the classics themselves. If a schedule of nothing but classics were the best choice for GSN business-wise, they'd do it in a heartbeat, and in fact would have no reason not to. It doesn't, so they don't.

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/pissed over all the Paris Hilton coverage today

Two good moments IMO:

- the back-to-prison motorcade stopped just as -- as if to make the perfect commentary -- it was passing a circus.

- Shepard Smith called Greta Van Susteren "Geraldo."

dzinkin · « **Reply #10 on:** June 08, 2007, 04:21:03 PM »

[quote name=\'TonicBH\' post=\'154694\' date=\'Jun 8 2007, 04:15 PM\']
Could you learn to start using the quote function, please? Otherwise it becomes harder to understand who you're replying to.
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Thanks, BJ -- I meant to make the point in an earlier post and forgot.

Game Show Guy: when you're told that you're making errors in quoting, the correct response is not to stop quoting entirely. As I warned you when you were inserting five or six nested empty quotes in each of your posts, if you don't start quoting properly, your posts will be deleted.

clemon79 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 08, 2007, 04:22:25 PM »

[quote name=\'game show guy\' post=\'154686\' date=\'Jun 8 2007, 12:50 PM\']
^So, David, you think that weakest link, dog eat dog, greed, poker shows, and other 2000 game shows get BETTER ratings then Match Game and Family Feud?

??
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What I THINK, if I were to express it here, would get me suspended. And trust me, you're not worth it.
[quote name=\'tpirfan28\' post=\'154690\' date=\'Jun 8 2007, 01:05 PM\']
You know what GSG? You need to stop caring about this.
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He claimed he already did.

Guess that ship sailed, huh?
[quote name=\'game show guy\' post=\'154691\' date=\'Jun 8 2007, 01:06 PM\']
I don't get it!
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Boy, howdy.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 08, 2007, 04:27:37 PM »

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'154695\' date=\'Jun 8 2007, 04:18 PM\']
- Shepard Smith called Greta Van Susteren "Geraldo."
[/quote]Saw it (flipped from MSNBC to Fox moments earlier) and was definitely the highlight of the coverage.

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'154697\' date=\'Jun 8 2007, 04:22 PM\']
He claimed he already did.

Guess that ship sailed, huh?
[/quote]Less than 24 hours ago. Brilliant. Guess I can file that one as the definitive GSF Pyramid clue for "Things that Lasted Less Than Paris Hilton's First Jail Term".

game show guy · « **Reply #13 on:** June 08, 2007, 04:30:44 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'154697\' date=\'Jun 8 2007, 04:22 PM\']
[quote name=\'game show guy\' post=\'154686\' date=\'Jun 8 2007, 12:50 PM\']
You know what GSG? You need to stop caring about this.
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He claimed he already did.

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That was the weekend schedule daytime. At least Primetime on the weekends makes me watch and puts a BIG smile on my face with 50 Great Game Shows- To Tell The Truth and others, and Family Feud (Dawson) marathons on Sunday nights!

clemon79 · « **Reply #14 on:** June 08, 2007, 04:37:20 PM »

[quote name=\'game show guy\' post=\'154699\' date=\'Jun 8 2007, 01:30 PM\']
That was the weekend schedule daytime. At least Primetime on the weekends makes me watch and puts a BIG smile on my face with 50 Great Game Shows- To Tell The Truth and others, and Family Feud (Dawson) marathons on Sunday nights!
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Jesus, someone just kill me now and END IT.