GSN Giveth, and GSN Taketh Away

Well, Beginning April 21st, we have some interesting daytime changes. It hasn't been confirmed by PDF schedules or online schedules yet, but Directv has them. Here they are.

9:00am - Password Plus (Replaces Blockbusters)
9:30am - Whammy! (Replaces Press Your Luck) (This hurts)
10:00am - The $25,000 Pyramid (Replaces $ale of the Century)
10:30am - $ale of the Century (Replaces The $25,000 Pyramid)
11:30am - Lingo (Woolery) (Replaces The $100,000 Pyramid)
2:30pm - Chain Reaction (Replaces The Pyramid)

Well, there you have it. I don't know what the Weekend schedule has quite yet. But it looks like Blockbusters, Press Your Luck and The $100,000 Pyramid depart the schedule. Shame. I like Blockbusters and was thrilled when GSN brought it back last December. One of my favorites, and Bill was a great emcee. Was fun to see it back. Fun while it lasted. Same with Press Your Luck. I love Whammy! don't get me wrong, but not in the place of the original. Then again, the same 57 episodes have been repeated a lot in the last year. And $100,000 Pyramid goes away once again. That'll probably be back before we know it. Then again, we haven't seen weekends yet.

Glad to see Chain Reaction back. As for Woolery, please be just Woolery, no co-hosts. I'd definetley watch.

Starts April 21st. There may be more. Maybe Blockbusters and Press Your Luck on weekends at 9:00am.

Remembering a Legend - Geoff Edwards

Didn't I just do one of these? Unfortunately I did, and I'm doing it again. Shortly after the passing of Jim Lange, I read that Game Show Great Geoff Edwards passed away yesterday after complications of pneumonia at the age of 83.

As a game show fan, this is a really sad week. I remember when Richard Dawson died just a few weeks after Dick Clark. This is even more difficult, week by week is simply sad.

Geoff was one of my favorite hosts. He could handle each and every game well. He had a great sense of humor with each show, and was geniunley nice with each contestant. He knew each game, how to play it, and well.... he was just amazing. He had several fun moments, whether humorous, or just big money wins. I especially liked the work he did on Treasure Hunt presenting the prizes (or the klunks). He is very underrated in my opinion. He's done shows such as Jackpot!, Treasure Hunt, Play the Percentages, The Big Spin, and Chain Reaction.

 Although I dind't care for the 1986-1991 version of Chain Reaction, the only good thing about it was Geoff. It was very cheap, low-budget, and could be dull, but Geoff was the only good part. He did sub for Bill Cullen in 1980 while Bill was on Password Plus. 

R.I.P. Geoff. We'll miss you

January Changes - Deal Reaction

Well, GSN shakes up the schedule on Monday.

First, at noon, Shop Til You Drop goes bye-bye. Lingo with Chuck Woolery takes that spot. It will be season 5. With it being a double run, dare I hope to see the Season 2 episodes with just Chuck?

At 3:00pm, Chain Reaction drops off the schedule completely. Replacing it is Deal or No Deal with Howie Mandel, the NBC version.

Karn Feud disappears from weekdays. Shop Til You Drop gains another hour at 5:00pm.

My thoughts. Interesting to see Shop Til You Drop expand in the afternoon. 2 hours seems a little much though. Then again it does lose the noon slot. Good to see Lingo and Deal or No Deal back. Both good shows. Sad to see Chain Reaction go. It's been doing good numbers for the network. Oh well, it's be back soon. Starts Monday January 20th

And, We Change....AGAIN

Well, GSN is changing the schedule yet again, and daytime looks to be getting some changes.Let's look at them, shall we.

At 8:00am, Match Game departs and Richard Dawson's Family Feud moves in. There's your first error. His version of Feud has proven it cannot start of the day. Remember 2 years ago when Dawson's version couldn't crack 100K on a regular basis. It does currently at 9:00am, but that's because he's got Gene as a lead-in. This will hurt whatever is at 8:30am, which is still Match Game 74. 


At 9:00am is Password Plus. Looks to me like the show is failing at 10:00am, and they're giving it a throwaway slot. And with a potential week 9:00am hour, yep, this show's gonna fail :( I also wonder if they will run the episodes they have now 7 days a week considering the fact the show got added to Weekends. Meaning if they air an episode Friday, meaning the next episode will air Saturday. Hm.

As for the next change, The $100,000 Pyramid will air at 10:00am. Well, here's the first good part I see. Good addition, whether it be 1985-1986, or even 1987-1988 (Which they're airing), good move.

And Chain Reaction will air at 11:30am. Yeah, GSN's version. I think Match Game should've been left there.

And for Noon, we've got Jeopardy!. Hm, that's interesting, Alex always seems to show up in that spot.

Harvey does Swell, But Only That

 Well, another set of GSN ratings has been updated. Hey, it's Steve Harvey's first week on GSN. Well, he got 5 slots in the top ten. His highest, 390,000 viewers. The top show was a Sunday Night 5th Grader airing and that was 401,000 viewers. Well, he did well, but the ratings are sinking in quicksand. Maybe the block scheduling isn't working out too well.

Monday Feud - 261K
Newlywed Tuesday - 225K
Harvey Wednesday - 326K
Deal Thursday - 173K
Pyramid Friday - 231K.

Wow, Howie took a huge fall on Thursday nights. Don't know what that was about, but it happened. Newlyweds are slipping a little bit. Hate the show, but that's bad for GSN (the ratings).

Other notes to point out on the schedule, Karn at 4:00pm does well with 258K for that hour. It's been better, and that's the best hour out there. Chain Reaction's return to the lineup averaged 204K. Not the best, but it could've been much worse. The new afternoon spot for 5th Grader  averaged 240K. Perry's Card Sharks exits with a 215K average, while Eubanks leaves with a pathetic 172K. Yeah, he doesn't work in daytime, and Bert Convy with Super Password will end up working a lot better. Still daytime could use some changes (episode wise)  And why GSN is keeping Dancing With the Stars is probably to be getting their money's worth, gee that show is stinking.

And also, O'Hurley will take over the 4:00pm-6:00pm Sunday slots here in the next couple weeks.

Moving On to Something Different

Well, Million Dollar Mondays just haven't worked out. So their gone. Apparently there are a lot of changes. Mondays will now be GSN original marathons.

All times 7:00pm-12:00am

Monday December 19th, Lingo (Engvall)
Monday December 26th, Chain Reacton
Monday January 2nd, Whammy!
Monday January 9th, Lingo (Woolery)
Monday January 16th, Catch-21

Also the Flashback Friday block is gone. Instead on those Friday nights, beginning December 23rd is The $100,000 Pyramid from 7:00pm-12:00am, at least til January 20th. So The $25,000 Pyramid is dead, almost.

I'll take Shows that are disappearing for $600 - "Things a GSN boardie would say"

GSN usually likes to make changes to its schedule, especially in January. Here are the changes

High Stakes Poker gains..... It's eviction at 3:00am. Replacing it? Well it doesn't sy but I assume it will be Catch-21 and Woolery Lingo. No surprise there.

That was seen from 30 miles away. But here's one I never saw coming. Chain Reaction dies. Yes, it's gone. Over the summer I watched it a little bit, and came to like it a little bit. But I never really got thy change of heart like I did with Karn Feud. Woolery Lingo replaces its 3:30pm slot (all 7 days). If you are sad to see Todd sign off on weekend mornings waiting until the afternoon to see him again, Whammy! goes to weekends at 10:00am

Well, one that we knew could happen, The $25,000 Pyramid leaves (except for Friday nights, and that might not last so I consider it a goner). Replacing it The $100,000 Pyramid at 10:30am, and Jeopardy! at 2:00am. Um hooray!?!?! I don't mind seeing 100K in daytime (in fact I like it better), but I'll miss 25K, especially if it is a winner for Friday nights. Then again, Chain Reaction is also gone. I don't mind Jeopardy!, but I'd rather have another 1/2 hour of Dick Clark.

Changes For Everynight

Sorry, I've been busy, with school starting and the sudden death of a friend of mine, it's been busy, except doing online picks of the week. But here I am with more stuff. GSN is doing some changes with its schedule. Here they are

Monday
7:00pm - Million Dollar Password
8:00pm - The Power of 10
9:00pm - 1 vs. 100
10:00pm - Who Wants To Be a Millionaire
11:00pm - Deal or No Deal

Tuesday: The Newlywed Game 7pm-12am

Wednesday: Baggage 7pm-12am

Thursday: Deal or No Deal (NBC) 7pm-12am

Friday
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

Saturday: Family Feud (Karn/O'Hurley)7pm-12am

Sunday: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader 7pm-12am

Other Changes

Weekdays
2:30pm - Deal or No Deal SYN
6:00pm - The Newlywed Game
12:00am - Lingo (Engvall)

Weekends
3:00pm - Whammy!
3:30pm - Chain Reaction
4:00pm - Family Feud (Karn)



Sunday