20Dec2005
“Here is Your First Subject: GO!” watch a Pyramid Marathon!
GSN's going to pay respect to the oldest teenager, Dick Clark, as he returns to his celebration of ringing in the new year with a marathon of The $100,000 Pyramid. The popular game show hosted by Clark will show 12 episodes from the 1986-1987. It will show many memorable occasions, such as $100,000 wins and some of the funniest moments in the show's history, including Vicki Lawrence walking off the set after a poor performance. The schedule is as follows. 12:00PM- Ep. 359 (Lynn Herring VS Paul Kreppel) 12:30PM- Ep. 211 (Joel Brooks VS Shelly Smith) 1:00PM- Ep. 261 (Abby Dalton VS Jamie Farr) 1:30PM- Ep. 306 (Mary Cadorette VS Nathan Cook) 2:00PM- Ep. 281 (Lauri Hendler VS Stuart Pankin) 2:30PM- Ep. 251 (Nathan Cook VS Teresa Ganzel) 3:
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Deal or No Deal Opens Huge!
Deal or No Deal's first show opened with an 8.1! It was beaten by The King of Queens and CBS's always dominant Monday comedy block, but the show had an 8.1/12 in the overnights, with over 11 million viewers. However, the real important night is tonight. Can it maintain a high audience? Let's all hope and find out. Remember, you can join us and chat LIVE with Deal or No Deal fans from all over the country starting at around 7:30-7:45PM ET as Buzzer and ClassicGameshows.com bring you the Game Show Chat! Visit it at this link.
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Deal or No Deal Review Pt. 2
I don't think I have seen a show in at least 10 years that has drawn a national reaction of "TAKE THE MONEY YOU MORON" more in my life than Deal or No Deal. This tremendous show, hosted by Howie Mandel, finally debuted tonight at 8PM ET on NBC (it'll be on every day this week at that time for those who care). Might I say that all of our whoring has paid off? I have to credit the show's success partly to an absolutely terrific first contestant. Karen Van and the "Minivans" were one of the best opening teams I have seen in a long long time. You cheered for her, you called her and her family morons, you praised them, you did everything. I was nearly jumping up out of my seat shouting "DEAL" near the end of the show at the television. If a TV s
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Drab or No Drab?
NBC's (semi-) new primetime game show Deal or No Deal premiered tonight. Alex is writing a more in-depth and coherent review, so I'll give my pros and cons of the show. Pros. !. Paced surprisingly well @. Howie Mandel channels the British WWTBAM host, Chris Tarrant, in his hosting-- a very good thing #. The money tree is well-arranged, creating excellent drama during the show $. The audience was damn good, adding to the atmosphere exactly as they should %. The audience game was interesting, but not overly intrusive Cons. !. No trivia game to determine contestants at the start of the game; this is probably for time concerns, at least @. There was an obsessive amount of editing, and some audio edits made it obvious that they were ed
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Want to be on the newest podcast?
Yes, we are recording one. All you have to do is go to the Deal or No Deal chat tonight at one of these links. Buzzer & ClassicGameshows.com Game Show Chat ClassicGameshows.com There, play along, guessing what is in each case. If you do the best throughout the evening, you have the opportunity to be on the newest podcast! Hey, it's not a real prize, but you get to hear your voice next to ours, and isn't that what this place is about? Well, no it's not, but still...
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A Betty White Christmas on GSN
Time to relive this post. One of TV's most beloved women, Betty White, will get her own marathon as GSN gives you "A Betty White Christmas" on December 25th starting at 12:00PM ET/PT. The marathon will feature her first game show apperance on a 1955 What's My Line and then a speciak 1963 episode of Password with her late husband Password host Allen Ludden. More games will happen in this schedule.... 12PM- What's My Line 12:30PM- Password 1:00PM- Tattletales 1:30PM- Match Game PM 2:00PM- Password Plus 2:30PM- To Tell The Truth 3:00PM- Family Feud 3:30PM- Body Language 4:00 & 4:30PM- Match Game All times Eastern/Pacific. Ms. White was known for roles on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Golden Girls, as well as having a recurring role o
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Win $10,000 with Deal or No Deal
We finally have the contest rules. One case will be deemed the "lucky case" during the evening. When the show is on, text or input to the website what case you think is the lucky one. If you're right, you may be randomly drawn to win $10,000 LIVE on NBC later that evening. Here are the rules on the page; good luck.
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November GSN Ratings
Well, this one isn't overly great. GSN went back to a .3 rating for the month of November with a headcount of 200,000. It managed to get above Discovery Health Channel, but had a lower rating that TVGuide Channel. Let's see a big December. Source: CableWORLD
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Reminder: Chat with Deal or No Deal Fans Tonight!
Just basically a "push". Want to communicate as players on NBC's Deal or No Deal make terrific or terrible decisions? Buzzer and ClassicGameshows.com are teaming up to bring you a live chatcast! Just go to this link tomorrow at around 7:30-7:45PM ET so we can know who is who and chat during the show. It's not a giant, memory eating web chat. If you need more help, email me at itiparanoid13@gmail.com. Buzzer & ClassicGameshows.com Game Show Chat! ClassicGameshows.com
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World Series of Blackjack Crowns First Satellite Champ
GSN's hit show "The World Series of Blackjack" had been picked up for the 2006 tournament and was doing satellite tournaments in Colorado's Ute Mountain Casino to find it's players, as report before. GSN finally has one of the players. Patricia M. Nicholas of Durango, Colorado picked up $3,150 and has a shot at winning over a half of a million dollars when GSN's World Series of Blackjack 2006 debuts sometime next year. Patricia stated “After the first round I only had $1,800 in chips. I thought to myself: don’t throw dirt on the grave yet. I just had to dig in and I turned that $1,800 in chips into $16,000 to take first place. I’m so excited to be going to Las Vegas as a winner from Ute Mountain Casino. All my friends and family can’t b
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Boston Herald: NO DEAL!
The Boston Herald is posting its review for Deal or No Deal, and it's looking like a No Deal for ABC. The big complaint is the gameplay itself: Can you really base a whole game on DRAMA without skill? The Herald says, no. The Boston Herald
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Anything To Win Review Part 2
Let's have two opinions of the show. Cory's was below, now here's mine. The first word that came out of my mouth: wow. Easily it's the most attractive documentary series I've seen. Anything To Win is basically like True Hollywood Story or Behind The Music or any of those types of shows. However, this one strictly deals with games. The first thing thing that I was impressed with is, when opening the press kit, the wide variety of topics. I figured this would just be sports, but no. It goes into biographies of people, groups, schools, and even organizations like the Lottery. There's something for every game lover. Each interview is thorough and extremely indepth. On the DVD, I was given Act 1 of the episode featuring MIT VS Las Veg
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Chat With NBC Deal or No Deal Fans!
Want to communicate as players on NBC's Deal or No Deal make terrific or terrible decisions? Buzzer and ClassicGameshows.com are teaming up to bring you a live chatcast! Just go to this link tomorrow at around 7:30-7:45PM ET so we can know who is who and chat during the show. It's not a giant, memory eating web chat. If you need more help, email me at itiparanoid13@gmail.com. Buzzer & ClassicGameshows.com Game Show Chat! ClassicGameshows.com
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Anything to Win Review
So, GSN has done documentaries before. Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal? Good. The video game one? Ehhh... not so much. But GSN's rolling out a new series of documentaries chronicling winners: maybe by cheating, maybe by sneakiness, maybe by any means necessary. The first episode is about Rosie Ruiz and the Boston Marathon. For those not in the know, Ruiz won the Boston Marathon woman's race in 1980. Funny thing was, no one saw her throughout the race. Although she denies cheating, the official winner was deemed Jacqueline Gareau. But that's not for here. You can read more after I'm done. The presentation that GSN has is on par with documentary shows like those on CourtTV or the Discovery channel. It has excellent historical cli
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Lingo Looks for Look-Alikes
What alliteration in that title. Lingo's fifth series will be searching for contestants who believe they look like Shandi or Chuck to apparently play a game of Lingo and win more than $10,000. Please call 323-769-6600 if you want a shot. Craigslist posting
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