Does the title seem familiar to you? Yeah it does to me as well. On Monday, we announced GSN’s acquisition of John O’Hurley’s first two seasons of Family Feud. Well it was announced on Tuesday that ION Television, a network that used to be known as PAX has also picked up the show. It begins on April 7th which is actually a month before it premieres on GSN. The show will air at 7pm & 7:30pm. That’s right, two airings. Check your local listings for times in your area though.
ION Television (PAX) back in the day used to air shows such as Supermarket Sweep and Shop Til’ You Drop every night until they changed formats and have recently become your TV Land of channels airing such classics as Mama’s Family, Baywatch, Who’s The Boss?, and the awesome Drew Carey Show. Yeah, Family Feud really doesn’t fit into ION’s schedule really well, but hey, I’m not complaining.
I know this probably isn’t news to anyone, but actor Heath Ledger died earlier today. While this isn’t really game show related, I’m sure all of us can agree dying at the age of 28 with such a promising career ahead of him really sucks. We here at BuzzerBlog send out our condolences to the Ledger family.
As previously reported Nickelodeon GAS is ceasing production after 6am tomorrow (12/31) morning. This is your final chance to watch and DVR shows like GUTS, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Figure it Out, Get the Picture, Double Dare 2000, and Nick Arcade. While they say it’s going Broadband, for some reason I don’t think Viacom cares enough to actually go through with it. While the channel may be crap now, the shows are still golden and this is your last shot to see them.
Former 2-Minute Drill host Kenny Mayne is back at it in the game show world. Well, he at least covered a segment for ESPN on game shows. It features Wink Martindale, Pat Sajak, Howie Mandel, Claudia Jordan, and Ken Jennings. They discuss Randy Moss’ attempt in getting a new game show on the air. This is a comedy segment where pretty much every guest in this short two and a half minute segment are acting out of character. It’s really funny, just give it a watch. Click HERE for the video.
A writer from the blog, LAist, recently visited the set of American Gladiators for a taping. It is an interesting read, and only has minor spoilers that don’t spoil the outcome of any gameplay. You can read the article HERE. American Gladiators premieres January 6th on NBC.
GSN, originally known as the Game Show Network was launched to the public 13 years ago on this day, December 1st. 13 years of airing classics like What’s My Line, Match Game, and Family Feud, to hit originals such as Lingo and Whammy!. Happy Birthday GSN, I hope you don’t go through that awkward teenager stage.
Following the October 31st edition of Playmania/Quiznation, the show will be no more as GSN has cancelled what used to be a really good show. The show really started to slip when they decided that doing pretty much 3 games a show was better than 10 games a show. This transition happened after the Goddess Mel Peachey left the show back in April.
Replacing the two hour block is another two hour block of…you guessed it! Reruns! At 12am we get some fun Who Wants to Be a Millionaire which I’m sure everyone is excited for. But then the actual good news starts as for 5 days a week, 1am to 2am consists of Trivia Trap and Now You See It. This may be a good step in the right direction for GSN. But it’s probably just some filler until they find something better to fill it with.
Entertainment Tonight and The Insider both got an inside look at Drew Carey on the new set of The Price is Right. Both shows are syndicated by CBS so it’s the same interviewer, but still two totally different interviews. The set looks so awesome and Drew looks like he’ll fit in just fine. There’s are minor spoilers of gameplay, but nothing too dramatic. If you do not want to get spoiled by the set either, then don’t click the links below.
Entertainment Tonight
The Insider
Ken Jennings recently posted some entries on Grand Slam in his blog with his interesting perspective on the show, his opponent, and answered an important question. What did he do with that big glass bowl of a trophy? Well you’ll have to click here to find out. I found it pretty cute and funny.
Nickelodeon Games and Sports (Nick GAS), a once popular kids channel to see the many game shows Nickelodeon produced in the 90s, has announced that they will be going Broadband-Only. The reason for the replacement is The N 
Noggin, two seperate channels that shared one, are going to be spliting up into their own channels, and Nick GAS ’s slot gets one of them. The channel used to have such a variety of shows, blocks, and segments with hosts such as Dave Aizer, Vivianne Collins and Mati Moralejo. A network that used to show 20-25 shows a week, now only shows 6 shows a day with each host being dropped from the network, with it being a sign that Nickelodeon just doesn’t care anymore for this channel. They have not announced when this will be happening although I expect it to happen within the next year. It had a great run, but I think laying it to rest is for the better now.
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