Copied and pasted from a post I made at GSN in response to a post about the Cronin interview:
Originally posted by tattooed
This is why I think many of you have been adversed to Cram and Funny Money, and even reality/game shows: They're all unconventional, and it's driving you up the wall. You like your traditional game show setup, in a traditional studio, with your traditional host (generally male) in a suit and tie.
I rather like Funny Money, FYI. It's enjoyable. Cram is not.
I detect a bit of bitterness over there not being a lot more female emcees in that statement. May I remind everyone that there have been female emcees since
1949 when Arlene Francis hosted Blind Date? Hm....
\"Game-related programming\" isn't just the upcoming video game block. This also includes documentaries like Big Bucks (which got GSN its highest ratings ever, thank you very much) and stuff like Naturally Stoned (which, let's face it, was an experiment, as the video game block will be).
Okay, I stuck my foot in my mouth in a way. BB: TPYLS and NS were game SHOW related. Simply GAME related can include said game SHOW related programming, but at the same time everything else [Game **** among it]
I bolded part of that for a reason, as if you couldn't tell. This is exactly what GSN needs to do, like it or not, to move forward. You may not like what exactly they do, but let's face it; many of those moves are inevitable. He does NOT want to go solely down the video game path; it's just a piece of the big picture. But some of you here don't seem to get that yet.
But look at it again--he says \"Classic game shows,\" followed by 4 examples of original programming. Where's the 50/50 there? And he wraps it up by saying he wants to \"stay true to his genre.\" Bullcrap. If it's called \"Game Show Network,\" is the genre video games? No. I wonder what the Game Show Network's genre is....
I think those three shows mentioned by name because they're the most popular of the classics on the network. They're on the schedule more often than any of the other classics--and even more often than all of the current originals! I don't think Cronin doesn't care about the other stuff he has; he simply mentioned the ones that are the most popular.
I think exactly the opposite. If Cronin cared about his other stuff, why hasn't any of it been shown since Fleming left and even earlier than that? It would have been nice to dig out some \"Hollywood Connection\" for the Buddy Hackett tribute. No reason whatsoever he couldn't have done that.
So will many of us here.
TPiR is the only thing I agree with in his long chain of crap. God knows he'll find a way to screw it up anyway........
I hope, in regards to Lingo, that the format doesn't really change all that much. I think the main qualm was always with the dollar amounts awarded to the winners, and the fact that the runners-up get no cash whatsoever. I can tolerate that for other shows, but not in the case of Lingo.
Extra cash means nothing to the MTV kids he wants to grab. I said this to someone in a PM and I'll say it here: I'll bet they're gonna have Icey holding the balls next season. Anyone remember Winnie from the old days? Icey is the new Winnie: all over the network, but not serving any purpose.
I do understand (somewhat) what was meant in regards to the 1980s version of the game. It lasted six years, sure (and from what I've read, it came back briefly in 1993--same format and all); but if it didn't do well, it didn't do well. It couldn't exactly be helped. (I'd still love to see that version, though. I only vaguely remember seeing it when I was younger.)
If it didn't do well, it wouldn't have lasted six years.
