Author Topic: Playmania has been Cancelled! (Read 12454 times)

xavier45 · « **on:** October 13, 2007, 06:27:30 PM »

According to the Perf, GSN has cancelled Playmania. And if you have seen the show lately, you will know why. The show is just not the same as it used to be. But then again, it was never that great of a show.

But anyways GSN will now extend the Tuesday night Schedule to Tuesday-Saturday now Starting on October 31st. And even though he does not mention it, I am sure the Sunday night Schedule will stay the same. So now we have more Trivia Trap and Now You see It!

http://tvgameshows.net/bignews.htm

Chelsea Thrasher · « **Reply #1 on:** October 13, 2007, 07:22:38 PM »

Good news.

chad1m · « **Reply #2 on:** October 13, 2007, 07:41:54 PM »

Of course it's good news for those who wanted more classics, but for those who had once enjoyed the show, not such good news.

MikeK · « **Reply #3 on:** October 13, 2007, 08:21:29 PM »

The best part news out of all this...

[quote name=\'xavier45\' post=\'166647\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 06:27 PM\']...more Trivia Trap and Now You see It![/quote]

At least I took GSN's little cash cow for some coin before the udders dried up.

TLEberle · « **Reply #4 on:** October 13, 2007, 09:11:50 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'166654\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 04:41 PM\']Of course it's good news for those who wanted more classics, but for those who had once enjoyed the show, not such good news.[/quote]My exposure to Playmania is less than most, but in my handful of viewings, I saw the same pattern play out:

1. Puzzle goes up on the screen
2. Hostess vamps while the Player's Lounge is empty
3. Camera swirls around the studio while thumping techno music bed plays
4. More vamping by hostess. (And too bad for me, it was Mel in five-out-of-five viewings)
5. Some dullard gets on the line, and gives a wrong answer.
6. More vamping
7. The underpants gnomes come, stage a coup, and I'm forced to make an early morning Costco run
8. More vamping, this time a hint is put up, or more money in the pot
...
19. Someone finally breaks through to solve the puzzle

I think the fastest time that I ever saw from puzzle to solve was 20 minutes. And it's not like the vamping was all that interesting, or clever. Most of the time it was nausea inducing because Mel was jumping around the place, as if the floor was made of hot lava. If you found enjoyment in that, I'm curious to know where it was derived. For real.

I'm not all that sad to see Playmania replaced by something a bit more game-y, as it were. Now, if I had to suffer through two hours of PM a night in order to keep the network solvent, then by all means, have Horseface park her keister in front of a camera/TelePrompTer and go to town.

chad1m · « **Reply #5 on:** October 13, 2007, 09:38:38 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'166663\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 09:11 PM\']
I think the fastest time that I ever saw from puzzle to solve was 20 minutes.
[/quote]

Normally, one-shot games take usually three to eight minutes to solve.

And Horseface? Don't you think that's just going above and beyond rude?

TLEberle · « **Reply #6 on:** October 13, 2007, 09:51:40 PM »

[quote name=\'chad1m\' post=\'166666\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 06:38 PM\']
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'166663\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 09:11 PM\']
I think the fastest time that I ever saw from puzzle to solve was 20 minutes.
[/quote]

Normally, one-shot games take usually three to eight minutes to solve.[/quote] Oof. I would have paid GSN myself for a three-minute game on any of those days.

Quote

And Horseface? Don't you think that's just going above and beyond rude?

Can I play the "ain't libel when it's true" card? No? I forgot, it's Serious Business here, all day, every day.

I apologize to Mel's fan. I'll go back to HumorMode == Off.

Jay Temple · « **Reply #7 on:** October 13, 2007, 10:02:00 PM »

[quote name=\'xavier45\' post=\'166647\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 05:27 PM\']But anyways GSN will now extend the Tuesday night Schedule to Tuesday-Saturday now Starting on October 31st.[/quote]
Note to self: Change VCR's weekly program to daily.

MikeK · « **Reply #8 on:** October 13, 2007, 10:13:52 PM »

[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'166668\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 09:51 PM\']Can I play the "ain't libel when it's true" card? No? I forgot, it's Serious Business here, all day, every day.[/quote]
Taking a page from Joe Raygor's book...

Horseface. Serious business.

chad1m · « **Reply #9 on:** October 13, 2007, 10:25:14 PM »

I'm not taking it as "serious business", but I think that was just a pretty rude statement.

TLEberle · « **Reply #10 on:** October 13, 2007, 10:29:56 PM »

[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'166672\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 07:13 PM\']
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'166668\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 09:51 PM\']Can I play the "ain't libel when it's true" card? No? I forgot, it's Serious Business here, all day, every day.[/quote]
Taking a page from Joe Raygor's book...

Horseface. Serious business.
[/quote]I should be shocked, I really should. But then, I've seen far weirder stuff here.

It was supposed to be all in jest. (the underpants gnomes aside should have been a red flag) I truly meant no offense.

bandit_bobby · « **Reply #11 on:** October 13, 2007, 10:48:03 PM »

The show went down the toilet once Mel Peachey left.

Scrabbleship · « **Reply #12 on:** October 13, 2007, 11:46:57 PM »

[quote name=\'bandit_bobby\' post=\'166676\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 10:48 PM\']
The show went down the toilet once Mel Peachey left.
[/quote]

Not even then. It fell down a cliff when the split of the block into 100 Winners and quiznation took place. The two halves did not equal the whole of Playmania before the split.

Joe Mello · « **Reply #13 on:** October 14, 2007, 01:55:31 AM »

[quote name=\'Scrabbleship\' post=\'166680\' date=\'Oct 13 2007, 11:46 PM\']Not even then. It fell down a cliff when the split of the block into 100 Winners and quiznation took place. The two halves did not equal the whole of Playmania before the split.[/quote]
I disagree somewhat. 100 Winners probably was the start of the downhill fall, but not because necessarily it was bad. It basically exposed the good and bad things about Quiznation. The bad was that it was slower than molasses in January, but it had to be that way because that way they could actually try to turn a profit as opposed to giving away several thousand dollars to a few dozen people. It was then that the numbers turned, 100 Winners was pulled and Quiznation became slower than 3-year-old molasses in the Arctic in January.

So 18 months for Playmania or thereabouts? Does the volume of episodes make it the most prolific original in GSN's history? I'd have to think it has more shows than Lingo.

chad1m · « **Reply #14 on:** October 14, 2007, 02:09:20 AM »

If the show is indeed over in two weeks, the show will have just under 400 episodes under its belt.