Online Pick of the Week (11/27) - GSN Montage 1996

This week, GSN turns 17. So this week's online pick will feature a good memory of the good ol days. This features a montage of various promos back from 1996, featuring various things. Oh, this might make people think they're in heaven. Enjoy it. It features a couple jingles for 2 game show panelists.

I actually remember this watching the day both of those panelists died (or pretty close!) Scary yes.



Game Show Network 1996 Montage, My Online Pick of the Week

I Love a Parade

Happy Thanksgiving. While I wait for dinner, I've watched a little bit of Deal or No Deal, a full week with Anson Williams on an old tape of Match Game 74, and Rugrats.

Now I'm watching the Macy's Parade on NBC. It's the 85th year for the parade. I love the floats and the marching band. Many great performances too. Just saw a Spiderman dance thing. Loved that. Next is the Rockettes. Love this thing, and Al Roker does an amazing job. Can't wait to see more

Happy Thanksgiving

Head for the Hillz!!!!!!1

Here's a board conversation in response to GSN's recent acquisition of Dancing With the Stars

A poster:
It is very sad to have to see this in pure black and white now. I never would post inaccurate/false information. I'm sorry everyone didn't see this coming or believe me a month back. All I can say is, Friday Night Classics better do well!!!


I never believed, and I still don't believe your theory.

Dancing With the Stars doesn't mean the demise of older shows. Maybe on Friday nights, but not totally.


GSN Word of Wisdom No. 12
12) A game show, by its dictionary defintion, is “a television program on which contestants compete for prizes in a game or a quiz.”*By fulfilling this definition, ALL competitive reality shows are game shows, whether you like them or not. On the other hand, Love Connection*is not (its citation in The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows*notwithstanding).

Another poster, commented on Buzzerblog's post:
DWTS has competition (important element of most game shows) to win a prize (another important element of most game shows). It even takes place in a conventional studio setting. DWTS is much more of a game show

It does fall under the Game Show Category. Like it or not.

Yet another poster
When these schedule shake-ups happen, I think we'll be more accurately be able to tell whether gloom and doom is on its way or not
Agreed

Everyone, DANCE OFF!!!

GSN just made an acquisition. Recent Wheel of Fortune? Harvey Family Feud? Nope. Dancing With the Stars. A few GSN board notes.

A poster
I have a feeling those weeknight blocks (Million Dollar Mondays, Flashback Fridays, etc.) will be done by the time 2012 comes around. They're probably doing this just as a filler until they pick up something to fill those slots,
Had a feeling they were temporary, and Dancing With the Stars will probably receive a nice Primetime slot. Of course they're fillers.

and I have a feeling DWTS is likely a show GSN will do well with.
Oh, it probably will, it's widely popular.

Another poster
How long will it be til an espiode is shown on gsn for a 2nd time? maybe 4 hours cause you know they'll repeat it to death

Oh, like with Who Wants To Be a Millionaire and Deal or No Deal, DWTS will start with humble beginnings, 2 a day, then eventually expand and be all over the schedule. So yeah, it's gonna be "Rerun Abused"

A Third Poster
I still don't have much interest in going back and watching old reruns.
I don't like the show period.

I would've loved to see Harvey Feud, or Wheel of Fortune, but this is probably gonna be good for ratings.

Aaaaaaaaaaand complaints that GSN will get several season of a talent competition but rerun the same season of Classics in 3...2...1......
I don't complain, I just long to see something else. But the seasons of DWTS have 11-15 episodes each, so there's about 100 episodes. Match Game's curren lease has 400. Perry's Card Sharks has about double that lease.

Online Pick of the Week (11/20) - Family Feud (Dawson) International Beauties

Well, today is a very special day. Richard Dawson, the original host Family Feud turns 79 today. In honor of that this weeks pick is an episode of Dawson Feud. However with Thanksgiving coming up this week, we need to focus on gratitude, so it's an episode in GSN's lease.

But it's a good one. This is an International Beauties episode. Miss USA vs. Miss Universe from 1981. This aired on Friday during Flashback Fridays. It's a good episode. Who will win, the natives, or the foreigners :). Watch to see.

Oh, and Happy Birthday Richard, one of my favorite Feud hosts and Match Game panelist, when he enjoyed being there on the shows.

Family Feud international beauties, my online pick of the week. Happy Thanksgiving BTW.

Longing For a Return

Here's another convo from the boards

A Poster:
So, I have a question here that I think we all want an answer to.

Why were game shows like Greed, Twenty-One, Weakest Link, That's The Question, etc. removed from the GSN schedule line-up in early 2009?

Was it all because of ... what was that woman's name... Kelly Goode ... that's it...?

Were these shows performing THAT poorly in ratings, that GSN just decided to cut them off altogether?

Or was it that GSN lost the rights to airing them?

And why did it specifically happen at the end of March 2009, instead of, let's say, November 2010 or June 2011? What was so special about that date on the calendar?

Is it possible GSN will start airing them again, considering they've been off the schedule for ALMOST 3 YEARS now?

Another Poster:
I honestly think that a certain someone (who is no longer with the network but whose initials are KG), allowed that lease to expire, because it wasn't in the fake reality and Alley Cat garbage vein that she wanted to go in. Clearly, Carnie's little medical docudrama and Drew's not-ready-for-Whose-Line improv act were not the future (well, duh!), considering that this is a game show network with a core audience who prefers that genre. And we are going to see the ramifications of her choices for a while.

All of the shows you listed were removed during somewhat big changes:

Greed left in September 2008, when Bingo America debuted, Greed was pretty much a dead horse being beat.

That's the Question left in January 2009, when shows like Tic Tac Dough, and Now You See it left and changed out for Match Game 74 and Eubanks Card Sharks were added to weekdays.

Twenty-One left in January 2009, after being on for 2 years, I think the rights expired. Of course it had weekend late nights.

Both versions of Weakest Link left when Deal or No Deal debuted. Russian Roulette and Monty's Let's Make a Deal left at this time too. However a Halloween episode aired in October 2009.

A 3rd Poster
What GSN needs right now is the addition of more classics. Match Game, $25,000-$100,000 Pyramid, Card Sharks and Dawson Family Feud aren't enough. GSN has enough money right now to buy or lease more episodes of all those shows, plus bring back more classics like Love Connection, Blockbusters etc. on weekdays.


The only show I would love to see back is Password Plus. If they brought that back I would be a happy man. Of course Russian Roulette would make me happy too.

Speaking of older shows, just caught a glimpse of some Flashback Fridays. Caught the end of the 7:30pm episode of Match Game 74. I have this episode in my archives. Doesn't bother me. I enjoyed seeing it again. Also caught a glimpse of The $25,000 Pyramid with Bill Cullen as a guest. Probably have this too, but still good to see. I DVRed Dawson Family Feud and The $100,000 Pyramid. Loved them. Good to see them somewhere other than mornings or Latenights. For those that whimper and whine about the schedule, look at it. Please

Possible Change of Plans

The online schedule rolls over another day. And it shows changes for Saturday the 26th

11:30am - The Newlywed Game (Replaces Catch-21)
6:00pm - Family Feud (Karn) (Replaces Deal or No Deal)
6:30pm - Family Feud (Karn) (Replaces Engvall Lingo)
9:00pm - Family Feud (O'Hurley)(Replaces Karn Feud)
12:00am - The Newlywed Game (Replaces Poker)
12:30am - The Newlywed Game (Replaces Poker)
1:00am - The Newlywed Game (Replaces Poker)
1:30am - Baggage (Replaces Poker)
2:00am - Baggage (Replaces Poker)
2:30am - Baggage (Replaces Poker)
3:00am - High Stakes Poker (Replaces Catch-21/Woolery Lingo)

My opinions BRACE YOURSELVES


Well, Catch-21 could end up being gone soon. Odd seeing it ejected from weekends.
More Karn. OK, how bout some O'Hurley.
More Jerry/Sherri? Well good thing I'm asleep
Poker being cut down? Good.
Wonder what Sunday brings us?

Also looks like the Weekend Feud marathons are not happening. Of course that Feud change could be the marathon. I don't think so though. I wonder what Sunday brings us. Hopefully the Million Dollar latenight block on Sundays remain. We'll find out tomorrow.

Feudin' Around the Christmas Tree (Plus 78 Sharks)

Well we're approaching the end of the year. So, that means Christmas is coming up. So for Christmas, there will be GSN marathons. Let's look at them:

For Flashback Friday's the one old show on the network that doesn't get Friday Night exposure Card Sharks with Jim Perry will air for Flashback Fridays. Nice. I love the 1978 Christmas episodes with Jorge. He cracks me up. Can't wait to see.

For Christmas Eve, it's Family Feud with Richard Karn and John O'Hurley. Oh well.

If you can wait a day, on Christmas Day Family Feud with Richard Dawson. Who said older shows are dying on GSN.

Also, Black and White Overnight hangs around for the week of December 19th.

Once again, you can't say GSN doesn't care about older shows. Look at what's happening with the schedule.

And Million Dollar Mondays REMAIN

Online Pick of the Week (11/13) - Weird Newscasters

Before Improv-A-Ganza infected GSN, the only Drew Carey Improv thing we had was Whose Line is it Anyway. My favorite act, Weird Newscasters. Thisnone features Colin Mochrie, Chip Esten (who does a Christopher Walken impersonation), Wayne Brady (Britney-Christina), and Ryan Stiles on weather. This was a funny one. Enjoy Weird Newscasters my Online Pick of the Week

How Soon I Forget

I will rewind to a time in my life. Late February 2007. I get back from a fire station tour. My mother introduced me to a new game show on FOX that evening. It was titled
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader. I watched, thought it was weird. Watches it again, and enjoyed it. I got home at the end of the 10:00pm episode and am watching the 11:00pm episode. I forgot how much I enjoyed the network episodes. I never cared for the syndicated version. Glad to see it again. If I'm around next Sunday, I'll watch. Now I'll enjoy Million Dolla Mondays tomorrow. Hopefully not the last time I can enjoy that.

Looking Back - The $100,000 Pyramid

Finally, almost there. The last thing of the Flashback Friday Salute which begins tonight.

We bring you to The $100,000 Pyramid. The nighttime version of Pyramid.

Here is a September 1985 episode with Markie Post and Charlie Siebert and Jack Clark announcing.

Here's the Flashback Friday lineup

7:00pm - Match Game 74
8:00pm - The $25,000 Pyramid
9:00pm - Card Sharks (Eubanks)
10:00pm - Family Feud (Dawson)
11:00pm - The $100,000 Pyramid

Enjoy it, starts tonight.

Jim Beats Them All

Happy 11/11/11. It's 11:11am PST. Recently there was a thread about your favorite Card Sharks hosts. Guess who it is :D


The Perry version. I liked the theme song. The set was amazing (the 86 set was good as well), and Jim was a very awesome host who always seemed to know what he was doing, and he always did good with the suspense of the cards.

Bill Rafferty's version is a close 2nd. I enjoyed Rafferty's hosting style, and the extra features (the car, prize cards, other surveys), and he was fun to watch.

Eubanks was OK. His hosting style wasn't the best, but it's not unwatchable. The extra features were good too.

Bullard = Suckage. Sorry Pat, good guy, awful host.

Million Dollar Monday Ending and Other Worries

I was looking on the Directv guide, and it rolled over to November 21st and spotted The Newlywed Game for 5 hours on Monday night. Then later I looked over to Tuesday the 22nd and saw Baggage. The Wednesday nights are also Baggage. It appears Million Dollar Mondays are over. I'd like to be wrong. Who Wants To Be a Millionaire bombed back in September, and lasted two weeks. Looks like Regis' Monday night slot also lasted 2 weeks. Oh well, it obviously bombed, along with the other shows in that block.

Makes me wonder about Flashback Fridays. I think the Monday and Friday things were a 2 week deal. I might be jumping the gun, but who knows. I think we should wait and see, but doesn't surprise me. Amy Introcaso-Davis is now at GSN, and at Oxygen she increased original programming by 83%. Maybe she's doing that now.

UPDATE: Flashback Fridays Appear to survive according to Directv. Tomorrow we find out if Million Dollar Mondays survive.

Looking Back - Family Feud The Richard Dawson Years

Family Feud has plenty great spots. Except Dawson. So in my 5 day Flashback Picks, we go to the 10:00pm hour. This shown finally airing somewhere other than 9:00am, with that marathon coming up.

Yes, they're starting with 1981, so we'll look somewhere else.

How ' bout 1979? Sounds good. Blower vs. Odhe from 1979. Who will win. Watch.

And watch Family Feud with Richard Dawson at 10:00pm on Flashback Fridays.

Looking Back - Card Sharks, The Bob Eubanks Years

prefer Perry over Eubanks, but GSN chose to air the Eubanks version on Flashback Fridays. Oh well, no big deal. So, GSN will start with the January 1986 premiere. Well, as I did with the other 2 shows, I'll outside the lease.

Here is an October 1986 episode. No i did not screw you over, this is the 3rd episode featuring the car game, which GSN hasn't shown since June 2007. Will it be won on this episode, wait and see. Watch Card Sharks on Flashback Fridays at 9:00pm ET. If you want Perry, check 10:00am and 3:30am

Online Pick of the Week (11/6) - Blockbloopers

Hi. I love Bill Cullen's Blockbusters very much. They say no one's perfect, and Bill Cullen is no exception. Blockbloopers. Poor Bill sometimes screwed up, an sometimes funny stuff happened. Enjoy this clip montage of Bill Cullen's Blockbuster Bloopers.

Blockbloopers my Online Pick of the Week.

Deal or Are You Smarter Than a Feud

Cheesey title. Oh well, looks like GSN has their marathons chosen for Thanksgiving weekend. On Thanksgiving day from 8am-12am is Deal or No Deal. 16 hours. Wow. On Black Friday from 8am-7pm is Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader. On Saturday 26th, From 9am-12am, 15 hours of Karn and O'Hurley Family Feud. Want to see more Feud, tune in Sunday the 27th from 9am-7pm for Family Feud with Richard Dawson. Sounds OK to me, I will tune in here for some episodes.

Holiday Treat

I sometimes have to dispel rumors. To those who think GSN is becoming a huge pile of crap, need to look at what's going on. On December 12, at 3:00am ET, What's My Line? followed by I've Got A Secret at least for that week. I think you know what to expect. Last years episodes? Wrong.

Here's what to expect

Monday, December 12th

3:00AM: What’s My Line; 6/4/61; Hosted by John Daly; Celebrities: Phil Silvers, John Sellers, Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Joey Bishop
3:30AM: I’ve Got A Secret; 6/3/63; Hosted by Garry Moore; Celebrities: Betsy Palmer, Hugh O’Brian, Bess Myerson, Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen
Tuesday, December 13th

3:00AM: What’s My Line; 5/8/60; Hosted by John Daly; Celebrities: Dick Van Dyke, Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, Benett Cerf, Gertrude Berg
3:30AM: I’ve Got A Secret; 2/1/61; Hosted by Garry Moore; Celebrities: Jayne Meadows, Betsy Palmer, Bess Myerson, Hengry Morgan, Spike Jone, Steve Allen
Wednesday, December 14th

3:00AM: What’s My Line; 10/4/64; Hosted by John Daly; Celebrities: Dorothy Kilgallen, Buddy Hackett, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Steve Allen
3:30AM: I’ve Got A Secret; 10/16/61; Hosted by Garry Moore; Celebrities: Betsy Palmer, Bess Myerson, Henry Morgan, Art Linkletter, Bill Cullen
Thursday, December 15th

3:00AM: What’s My Line; 2/1/66; Hosted by John Daly; Celebrities: Ginger Rogers, Mark Goodson, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Harry Belafonte
3:30AM: I’ve Got A Secret; 10/8/62; Hosted by Garry Moore; Celebrities: Betsy Palmer, Bess Myerson, Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen, Victor Borge
Friday, December 16th

3:00AM: What’s My Line; 6/26/55; Hosted by John Daly; Celebrities: Betty White, Dorothy Kilgallen, Jose Ferrer, Bennett Cerf, Fred Allen
3:30AM: I’ve Got A Secret; 12/4/61; Hosted by Garry Moore; Celebrities: Roy Rogers, Betsy Palmer, Bess Myerson, Henry Morgan, Bill Cullen

Wow. Really thrilled. Good set of episodes. Love 1961-1962 episodes of IGAD. Gotta buy more tapes.

Looking Back - The $25,000 Pyramid

Continuing this madness, we look at the 8:00pm show, The $25,000 Pyramid. The show gains an hour on Flashback Fridays at 8:00pm. Yes it will be the 1985-1986 range of episodes. So we'll look into a different era.

Let's go back September 24, 1982, the Friday episode of premiere week. Celebrities are Robert Mandan and Constance McCashin. How will this go? Watch and find out, and watch Flashback Fridays on GSN at 7pm ET

Looking Back - Match Game

I figured with Flashback Fridays debuting on Friday, we'd look at the shows they're airing in that block. We'll start today with the 7:00pm show, Match Game.

It will be the '74 episodes, AGAIN! But on my blog we'll explore the other realm of Match Game. This is the link to the first part of an episode of a 1977 episode with Abe Burrows, BS, CNR, Rosemary Forsyth, RD, BW. It is a good one, and it is a Game Show Network Broadcast. Enjoy.

Keep on Rollin

While GSN boardies complain about not having Match Game 76, I complain about something else. Barley any existing episodes of High Rollers. Practically no 1974 episodes exist. On't a couple and they haven't been seen ever. Only a few 1978-1980 episodes exist. Debuting on April 24, 1978 (familiar date) on NBC (no I'm not talking about that) this fun dice game was a blast. In the game you rolled a dice to take numbers 1-9 on a board. By clearing a column, you won prizes. It was a best 2 out of 3 match. The winner got to play Big Numbers clearing numbers on a board for more prizes. Rolling doubles got you an insurance marker. If you rolled a number that could not be cleared, that was it.

Unfortatley only a few episodes exist, including a 1978 episode, a couple 1979 episodes, and a couple 1980 episodes, including the finale.

The show lasted until June 20, 1980. It was revived in 1987 with Wink Martindale. I never cared for Wink's revival, just way too many mini games. Shame little of the Trebek episodes exist.

Running a Marathon

According to Buzzerblog's Twitter, on Sunday November 27th, GSN is airing a Richard Dawson Family Feud. That's right, Dawson. I don't what they'll be airing episode wise. Here's what I would love to see.

*Premiere
*First Time I've Ever Gotten Aroused
*Alligator Episode
*1,000th Episode
*September
*Dawson's Birthday
*Richard Meets Gretchen
*Finale

That's what I'd like to see.

Gone Again

Well, I've never really watched 60 Minutes that much. As a matter of fact I haven't watched it since February 2008. But I learned this morning that commentator Andy Rooney who stepped down last month passed away last night. He started at CBS in 1949 writing for Arthur Godfrey. His segment started as a replacement thing in the Summer of 1978. In 1994 he said some things about Kurt Cobain after his suicide, saying it overshadowed Nixon's death. He said other controversial things in his tenure. He stepped down in Fall of 2011.

Andy Rooney
1919-2011

You Get a Promotion

Hey all. Today I got a day off from school today. So I watched some GSN, and saw some promos. One that stood out to me. Promotion for the upcoming Primetime blocks. On Mondays it's Million Dollar Monday. Tuesday get hitched with Sherri and The Newlywed Game. On Wednesdays get a date with Jerry Springer and Baggage. On Thursday's make a deal with Howie and Deal or No Deal. On Fridays we flashback to retro game shows. I saw clips for Eubanks Card Sharks, Dawson Feud, Match Game and The $25,000 Pyramid. Haven't seen an older game show promoted since 2009. Hope this experiment works for them.

Scary, no exaggeration

Just last night I went to a Halloween Party and watched 2 movies. One of those movies was When a Stranger Calls. Gee, next time I'm home alone I shouldn't answer lol. But anyway, if you've seen the movie, it can be quite horrifying. Things like that could happen in reality. If you watch it, watch at your own risk. I couldn't sleep last night thinking about some serial killer watching me in my sleep.