Chuck's Back

Well, looks like GSN is changing a part of the schedule again. Jeopardy! once again disappears from the schedule. And they haven't finished out the season yet. Oh well, some things I still would've liked to see, but oh well, life moves on.

It's replacement is something that is not on the schedule at the moment. Chuck Woolery's Lingo. According to the PDF schedules, it will be Season 5, with Chuck and Shandi.

Well, I enjoy Lingo but the Chuck and Shandi seasons weren't my favorites. They were OK, but I don't know, it just doesn't click with me. I just don't know. I didn't mind Stacey Hayes that much, but I personally think Lingo is best with just one host. I do prefer the Bill Engvall version over Chuck and Shandi, but of course, you can't beat Chuck solo, during his first two seasons. I'm sure 2003 episodes will turn up again soon. Might take a long time, but they'll be back, and I'll be watching. So Starting Monday February 25th at 11:30am, Woolery Lingo replaces Jeopardy!

Online Pick of the Week (6/24) - Jeopardy! 3000th Show

Well, this last weekend, Alex Trebek had a heart attack. He's doing better from what I've read and will return to the Jeopardy! set very soon. So for this week (which I'm a little late on), I picked the Jeopardy! 3000th show from September 19, 1997. This was a good show, which featured clips from the 1984 premiere. The Jeopardy round also featured the exact categories from the premiere in the Jeopardy round. The Double Jeopardy round had different anniversary categories, the future, September 1984 (when the show debuted), 3000, and more. Very cool episode. So, that's what I picked. Alex also listed other game shows that made it to 3,000.

The show is still going today. Jeopardy!'s 3000th Show My Online Pick of the Week

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.

A Change Reaction

Comments from a GSN board conversation:

A poster:
But probably for just 3 more months.
You are just eagerly awaiting for the Pyramid series to disappear. Well, if you don't like it, that's OK, different strokes for different folks

Has anybody given thought that they might put 25K on a daily weeknight slot once DWTS debuts? Doubt it, but hey, they gave older shows a Friday night block. And they might pick up a different season of both versions. It's not out of the question.

Oh, and Buzzerblog confirmed Alfosno and Chuck replace poker.

Another poster:
Is that what they're showing now?
Yes. They're showing the 1987-1988 season. Fans of The $100,000 Pyramid might not have seen it for a while. It will be good for that show.

Poster #3
As far as Pyramid at 10:30 AM goes, I have to ask... who cares if it's 25k or 100k? IT'S THE SAME SHOW! Same host, same set, same everything. Plus, 100k hasn't been beaten into the ground yet the same way 25k has. I mean, is someone going to tune in at 10:30 and say "Where did 25,000 Pyramid go? I love that show! Well, I can't watch this. It's 100,000 Pyramid! I hate that show!"?
I agree. The normal morning viewer won't notice a huge difference.

Same Poster as above:
However, I agree with everyone that the Pyramid hour should have remained at at 2 am, with Jeopardy at 1:30.

I agree

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.

A New Season

Ah yes, A New Season was one of my favorite Peter Koppes songs from the band The Church. But many game shows will experience this next month. Here is what to see.

Monday September 5th - Millionaire with Meredith Viera

Monday September 12th - Family Feud with Steve Harvey, in Atlanta Georgia

Monday September 19th - Wheel of Fortune with Pat Sajak, and new Announcer Jim Thornton
Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek
Let's Make a Deal with Wayne Brady
The Price is Right with Drew Carey and George Gray's first full season as an announcer.

Hope you enjoy them. I'll post reviews for most of them, except Millionaire. I will be returning from Idaho.

I'll Take GSN Schedule Changes for $1,000 Alex

Just got back from camping for a week. Good times. Now to this thing which is new to me. Seems as if July was a barren month for schedule changes. So we're due for another one. Right? Correct. Apparently having started today, Match Game is gone off the weekend schedule at 9am. Oh well, it was early 75 so it's not a big loss. Taking its place. Engvall Lingo, Improv, Tattletales? Nope. Jeopardy! will take its place. Nice, even if it is the 2005-2006 season, who cares? If you enjoy Jeopardy! than tune in Weekend mornings.

Baggage gets 5:30pm replacing Inaba. Syndie Deal or No Deal gets 6:00pm.

Also Karn Feud will air at 8:00pm and O'Hurley at 9:00pm on Saturdays. Almost out Improv.

And Deal or No Deal gets weekdays at 5:00pm. Interesting. I like these changes.

Now Very Scarce

Just got back from a special week of camp and I also celebrated my birthday. My present? Pretty much all of the Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy episodes on YouTube were removed. That sucks. So many great episodes of both shows. That's very disappointing. A few episodes are still up, but for how much longer.

UPDATE: a group of 1988-1989 episodes were just removed.

UPDATE: All of gamehowluvr86's WoF episodes are gone too.