26Sep2008
Sunday Night is Casino Night on GSN
So my car completely broke down yesterday. I spent basically all day yesterday either swearing on the side of the street or trying to get my car fixed. It's why there was no news yesterday. But I did get a press release from GSN in my inbox last night that would have gone up. It's a reminder that the channel's poker programming, High Stakes Poker and World Poker tour are moving to Sunday nights starting this weekend, September 28th. “We think poker on Sunday night is a great way for viewers to end their weekend and begin their week,” said Kevin Belinkoff, Vice President of Original Programming and Development at GSN. “With HIGH STAKES POKER and WORLD POKER TOUR, we’re proud to have the best poker in the world and we’re looking forwar
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Casino Programming Moved to Sundays on GSN
Edit: I fixed the Sunday casino block schedule; sorry about the confusion, I overlooked that part in the original schedule excel file I was sent. World Poker Tour airs at 9:00PM ET and 1:00AM ET on Sundays. The other time slots that evening are High Stakes Poker. GSN's been doing a lot of rearranging recently. First off, just a minor note that the Sunday decades specials called Laugh Out Loud have been newly titled Play It Back. Those schedules remain the same. However, starting on September 22nd, all casino programming will be gone from weekday time slots. Casino programming will only been seen on Sundays from 7:00PM to 3:00AM ET and that's just a mishmash of High Stakes Poker and World Poker Tour. WPT is on Sundays at 1AM ET and
Read MoreView Comments (10)09Jun2008
GSN’s World Poker Tour Rights Expire
Interesting GSN developments that continue in the line or eliminating everything under former CEO Rich Cronin. The broadcast rights to World Poker Tour expired on Sunday, leaving the long time poker show without a home currently. GSN CEO David Goldhill said, “The World Poker Tour has been a great partner and the show continues to perform strongly on our network. We are continuing discussions with WPTE regarding how we may be able to work together – including perhaps broadcasting parts of Season VII.” This comes in a line of recent decisions eliminating everything from the network's past few years, including the probable cancellation of Lingo and World Poker Tour. So all the non-poker fans can be happy again. And yes, some of it does
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World Poker Tour Announces Season VI Locations
World Poker Tour may be changing to GSN for season six, but one thing that won't be changing is the usual tropical, exotic, and beautiful locations where the poker series. The highly rated casino show has scheduled 19 regular-season WPT tour stops and more special and invitational events such as Ladies Night. Some new stops this season will be the Caribbean's Turks & Caicos Islands, Casino Barcelona in Spain, and Mississippi's prestigious Beau Rivage. "It's important to continue delivering fresh and exciting experiences for our players and fans on both the tournament and television level," said Steve Lipscomb, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of the WPT. "By adding WPT stops in beautiful locations around the world coupl
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BREAKING NEWS: WPT Moves to GSN for Season Six
World Poker Tour Enterprises, Inc. has announced that season six of the World Poker Tour (WPT) will not air on the Travel Channel, as they have not exercised their option. Instead, WPTE has made an alliance with GSN for season six, with the option for at least two more seasons. This should be a good move for GSN, as their #1 rated show in the 18-34 demo is High Stakes Poker. Season five of WPT premiered Wednesday on the Travel Channel, so expect season six to start in April 2008.
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World Poker Tour Season 6 Info
The first, and best IMO, poker show on TV, the World Poker Tour, has announced its season 6 schedule, even though season 5 is still taping. Two special nights are appearing again for this season: "Ladies Night IV" and the "WPT Celebrity Invitational." Here's the complete list of events:
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