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.

More GSN Ratings, and Some More Notes

All rights, let's look at some more GSN ratings folks. The February 6-12 ratings are in. Well, I saw some interesting numbers all around. There were a few 500K's, and 400K's. That was actually a pretty darn good week if you ask me. Here are some observations I'd like to point out:

• Maybe block scheduling is good. Family Feud pulls big numbers on Monday Night.
• 5th Grader did decent in pretty much all slots. Hey, this show works.
• DWTS pulls OK numbers on Saturday nights. Let's forget about the other slots.
• Perry's Card Sharks and The $100,000 Pyramid are the greatest combination in mornings. 252K in the 10:00am hour. Match Game 74 at 11:30am did OK, but Eubanks in daytime just doesn't work. Try Pyramid or something else.
Wondering how the block scheduling stuff did? Here is the averages:

Feud Mondays - 442K
Newlywed Game - 332K
Baggage Wednesdays - 254K
Deal Thursdays - 346K
Dancing Fridays - 217K (second set 128K)
Dancing Saturdays - 241K
5th Grader Sundays - 462K     

Feud, Newlywed Game, and Deal or No Deal rock latenights. While Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader reigns majestic over Sunday nights. Baggage has lost some steam apparently, not good IMO. I like this show. There are rumors it's going into syndication.

Dancing averaged 241K on Saturday nights. Not totally bad, but not good like on Monday night. But GSN can live with those numbers. Fridays (which I will speak about later) averaged 217K for the first set, and 128K for the second set (11:00am-4:00am). Not great, but it will probably do for now.


Also, you may have noticed that I deleted the post about The $100,000 Pyramid on Friday nights. It turns out that is not happening. They're going back with what the originally planned on showing, so that post does not need to be there. That's why the post is gone.

Not Too Impressive

Well,I have decided I will now do GSN ratings, and Game Show ratings. And the week of January 30th-February 5th of GSN ratings have been released. Dancing With the Stars must have cost 2 arms and a leg. It ain't a epic fail like Love Triangle, but it ain't a hit like Baggage was. In fact, The $100,000 Pyramid does better. Here are the ratings:

DANCING WITH THE STARS Fri 6:00PM- 7:30PM 193
DANCING WITH THE STARS Fri 7:30PM- 8:30PM 178
DANCING WITH THE STARS Fri 8:30PM-10:00PM 212
DANCING WITH THE STARS Fri 10:00PM-11:00PM 171
DANCING WITH THE STARS Fri 11:00PM-12:30AM 193
DANCING WITH THE STARS Fri 12:30AM- 1:30AM 156
DANCING WITH THE STARS Fri 1:30AM- 3:00AM 141
DANCING WITH THE STARS Fri 3:00AM- 4:00AM 66
Average for 6-11 PM: 189K
Average for 11p-3a: 139K
Average for entire block: 164K

DANCING WITH THE STARS Sat 6:00PM- 7:00PM 239
DANCING WITH THE STARS Sat 7:00PM- 8:30PM 252
DANCING WITH THE STARS Sat 8:30PM- 9:30PM 246
DANCING WITH THE STARS Sat 9:30PM-11:00PM 292
DANCING WITH THE STARS Sat 11:00PM-12:30AM 185
DANCING WITH THE STARS Sat 12:30AM- 1:30AM 144
DANCING WITH THE STARS Sat 1:30AM- 3:00AM 96
DANCING WITH THE STARS Sat 3:00AM- 4:00AM 50
Average for 6-11 PM: 257K
Average for 11p-3a: 119K
Average for entire block: 188K

 DANCING WITH THE STARS Sun 1:00PM- 2:00PM 148
DANCING WITH THE STARS Sun 2:00PM- 3:30PM 176
DANCING WITH THE STARS Sun 3:30PM- 4:30PM 142
DANCING WITH THE STARS Sun 4:30PM- 6:00PM 149

Not that bad, but could be better. Sunday afternoons reak. The repeats in general aren't good either.

However Howie, people still love watching you, regardless how much you get played into the ground. He did good, everything else also OK.

FAMILY FEUD Mon 7:00PM- 7:30PM 204
FAMILY FEUD Mon 7:30PM- 8:00PM 231
FAMILY FEUD Mon 8:00PM- 8:30PM 297
FAMILY FEUD Mon 8:30PM- 9:00PM 331
FAMILY FEUD Mon 9:00PM- 9:30PM 329
FAMILY FEUD Mon 9:30PM-10:00PM 339
FAMILY FEUD Mon 10:00PM-10:30PM 298
FAMILY FEUD Mon 10:30PM-11:00PM 310
FAMILY FEUD Mon 11:00PM-11:30PM 195
FAMILY FEUD Mon 11:30PM-12:00AM 196
Average: 273K

NEWLYWED GAME (GSN) Tue 7:00PM- 7:30PM 138
NEWLYWED GAME (GSN) Tue 7:30PM- 8:00PM 223
NEWLYWED GAME (GSN) Tue 8:00PM- 8:30PM 271
NEWLYWED GAME (GSN) Tue 8:30PM- 9:00PM 304
NEWLYWED GAME (GSN) Tue 9:00PM- 9:30PM 310
NEWLYWED GAME (GSN) Tue 9:30PM-10:00PM 409
NEWLYWED GAME (GSN) Tue 10:00PM-10:30PM 309
NEWLYWED GAME (GSN) Tue 10:30PM-11:00PM 284
NEWLYWED GAME (GSN) Tue 11:00PM-11:30PM 286
NEWLYWED GAME (GSN) Tue 11:30PM-12:00AM 329
Average: 286K

BAGGAGE Wed 7:00PM- 7:30PM 303
BAGGAGE Wed 7:30PM- 8:00PM 273
BAGGAGE Wed 8:00PM- 8:30PM 248
BAGGAGE Wed 8:30PM- 9:00PM 299
BAGGAGE Wed 9:00PM- 9:30PM 336
BAGGAGE Wed 9:30PM-10:00PM 326
BAGGAGE Wed 10:00PM-10:30PM 302
BAGGAGE Wed 10:30PM-11:00PM 312
BAGGAGE Wed 11:00PM-11:30PM 314
BAGGAGE Wed 11:30PM-12:00AM 232
Average: 295K

DEAL OR NO DEAL Thu 7:00PM- 8:30PM 402
DEAL OR NO DEAL Thu 8:30PM-10:00PM 542
DEAL OR NO DEAL Thu 10:00PM-11:00PM 452
DEAL OR NO DEAL Thu 11:00PM-12:00AM 388
Average: 446K

 ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER Sun 6:00PM- 7:00PM 178
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER Sun 7:00PM- 8:00PM 251
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER Sun 8:00PM- 9:00PM 251
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER Sun 9:00PM-10:00PM 224
ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER Sun 10:00PM-11:00PM 380
Average: 257K

Well, Howie did well, averaging 446K for his 5 hours. 5th Grader took a hit due to the Superbowl, but did about as good as the dreaded dancers. Hey its last showing got 380K.

How about we look at daytime.

8:00am - Match Game - 119K
8:30am - Match Game - 180K
9:00am - Family Feud (Dawson) - 158K
9:30am - Family Feud (Karn) - 174K
10:00am - Card Sharks (Perry) - 234K
10:30am  - The $100,000 Pyramid - 247K
11:00am - Card Sharks (Eubanks) - 179K
11:30am - Match Game - 209K
12:00pm - Lingo (Woolery) - 186K
12:30pm - Lingo (Woolery) - 220K
1:00pm - Deal or No Deal - 196K
2:00pm - Catch-21 - 237K
2:30pm - Lingo (Engvall) - 212K

Wow, The $100,000 Pyramid did really well. Catch-21 did 2nd in daytime, and Card Sharks with Jim Perry did well. Eubanks just doens't work out though.

A Lot of Crap

Well, I have had better days for sure. This one I found out first. GSN is changing it's schedule in January. Starting January 23rd First, the ever popular Saturday night winners, Karn and O'Hurley on Family Feud will get Monday nights, with Karn at 7:00pm-9:30pm, and O'Hurley at 9:30pm-12:00am. OK. Tuesdays-Thursdays. Fridays,

Will now feature Karn Feud at 2:00pm, 3 hours of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader 3:00pm. I can live with that. Then after that, I'm changing the channel. At 6:00pm-4:00am, is Dancing with the Stars. Yeah, I will not be watching. I absolutely hate this show with a passion, and now they're running it to hell. Freakin wow. On Saturday nights, it airs again from 6:00pm-4:00am. Yay, I no longer have to worry about Saturday night TV. At least last years Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! is on. Sometimes I hang with friends, so I don't have to worry if I'm DVRing something. Hey, I'll be dancing when the show premieres.

And it takes over 1:00pm-6:00pm on Sundays. Flashback Fridays are gone, which is now The $100,000 Pyramid for 5 hours.

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.