Author Topic: Match Game airings (Read 11203 times)

Gamer · « **on:** November 18, 2005, 09:49:06 PM »

I've noticed that none of the older Match Game episodes are airing on GSN right now. They're all the newer episodes with the different set and no Richard Dawson. Does anyone know if GSN will be showing the older episodes any time soon? Older as in MG73 to 77? It's kinda strange that all three weekday airings and the weekend airings are all later episodes.

Esoteric Eric · « **Reply #1 on:** November 19, 2005, 02:24:34 AM »

[quote name=\'Gamer\' date=\'Nov 18 2005, 06:49 PM\'] Does anyone know if GSN will be showing the older episodes any time soon? Older as in MG73 to 77?[/quote]I believe that the weekend episodes @ 3 PM (ET) are early MG '74.
Or am I SDP?*

Esoteric Eric... *Smokin' Dried Poppies (a term I heard one of my bosses use to refer to a clueless someone; woulda made a good name for a grunge band, huh?)

Gamer · « **Reply #2 on:** November 19, 2005, 07:05:05 PM »

Thanks! I caught MG74 today at 3PM(ET). At least one airing is an older one.

Gamer · « **Reply #3 on:** December 06, 2005, 09:43:11 PM »

Well today I noticed that the 3:30(ET) airing of Match Game is MG '76 but I suspect this might have been a one-time deal because Pat Morita from Karate Kid was on the panel and I heard he recently passed away. Guess I'll see tomorrow if MG '76 is still on.

FeudDude · « **Reply #4 on:** December 06, 2005, 09:52:55 PM »

[quote name=\'Gamer\' date=\'Dec 6 2005, 10:43 PM\']Well today I noticed that the 3:30(ET) airing of Match Game is MG '76 but I suspect this might have been a one-time deal because Pat Morita from Karate Kid was on the panel and I heard he recently passed away. Guess I'll see tomorrow if MG '76 is still on.

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GSN is doing a weeklong tribute to Pat Morita. So MG76 will be on tomorrow and the rest of the week, but probably not next week.

Gamer · « **Reply #5 on:** December 07, 2005, 10:20:20 PM »

Oh well. Too bad it's not permanent. I'm getting sick of those "Blue" MG episodes. Each one of the 3 weekday airings are "Blue" episodes.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 07, 2005, 11:32:05 PM »

[quote name=\'Gamer\' date=\'Dec 7 2005, 10:20 PM\']Oh well. Too bad it's not permanent. I'm getting sick of those "Blue" MG episodes. Each one of the 3 weekday airings are "Blue" episodes.
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Everything comes full circle. I seem to remember back around '98 or '99; all they showed were episodes from early in the run.

uncamark · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2005, 04:23:02 PM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Dec 7 2005, 10:32 PM\'][quote name=\'Gamer\' date=\'Dec 7 2005, 10:20 PM\']Oh well. Too bad it's not permanent. I'm getting sick of those "Blue" MG episodes. Each one of the 3 weekday airings are "Blue" episodes.
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Everything comes full circle. I seem to remember back around '98 or '99; all they showed were episodes from early in the run.

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And this is not like 100-episode sitcoms that can recycle in five months. When you're doing a series that made approximately 250 episodes every year, it's going to take almost real-time for them to recycle.

Gamer · « **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2005, 09:58:48 PM »

Exactly. That's why it would make sense for gsn to show a different year for each airing to get as many different episodes aired as possible. After all the show airs 3 times a weekday and twice on the weekends.

clemon79 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 09, 2005, 10:33:46 AM »

[quote name=\'Gamer\' date=\'Dec 8 2005, 06:58 PM\']Exactly. That's why it would make sense for gsn to show a different year for each airing to get as many different episodes aired as possible. After all the show airs 3 times a weekday and twice on the weekends.

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Except a) most people don't care, and b) then the diehards would bitch that they were cycling through them too fast.

But stress the (a). The average viewer just sees Match Game and goes "ooh, Match Game, I remember this."

Gamer · « **Reply #10 on:** December 09, 2005, 07:22:59 PM »

You're right. Most people don't care. It's a good thing they show Match Game at all. I'll just have to be satisfied with the 2 episodes of mg '74 that trickle out each week.

pocketchange2006 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 26, 2005, 11:07:37 PM »

MG '74 at 11 et/10ct.

What amuses me is the fact that GSN is touting MG "That 70's hour" as starting next Monday at 11pm/10ct. It is already in that slot. That is a "duh" on GSN's part for sure. Par for the course I guess.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 26, 2005, 11:48:37 PM »

[quote name=\'pocketchange2006\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 10:07 PM\']MG '74 at 11 et/10ct.

What amuses me is the fact that GSN is touting MG "That 70's hour" as starting next Monday at 11pm/10ct. It is already in that slot. That is a "duh" on GSN's part for sure. Par for the course I guess.

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I believe the difference is that MG will air all five weeknights at 11PM ET/PT starting next week, whereas it's only airing tonight this week. So officially the touting is for next week.

Doug

pocketchange2006 · « **Reply #13 on:** December 26, 2005, 11:53:02 PM »

Actually 7 nights a week if tvguide.com is right.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #14 on:** December 26, 2005, 11:56:59 PM »

[quote name=\'pocketchange2006\' date=\'Dec 26 2005, 10:53 PM\']Actually 7 nights a week if tvguide.com is right.

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Good catch--I didn't think to even look at the weekend.

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