02Feb2012
Week Two of “Dancing With the Stars” on GSN Continues to Dive
Viewers of GSN may not have to live with Dancing With the Stars much longer, if the executives are paying any attention to the ratings. Week one was an ominous start but not a disaster. It's become a ratings disaster in week two. The off-network reruns of the popular ABC dancing game show are proving anything but popular for the network where traditional game shows tend to do the best. The show lost over a quarter of its audience from the debut week. Click here for the full run down.
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Report: “Baggage” Cleared for Syndication in 70% of the Country
It's been a slow news day and an incredibly busy day, personally, for all of us. Luckily we found something interesting for you. According to Marc Berman and TV Media Insights, Sony Pictures Television's Baggage looks to be syndicated full time starting Fall 2012. According to TVMI, the Jerry Springer-hosted dating show has been cleared in 70% of the country. Baggage began a syndication test run in January 2011 throughout ten markets, where it saw ratings hovering around 0.8 to 1.0. These are off-network reruns of the GSN version which has been silent for months. Click here to check out a fun moment from the show.
Read MoreView Comments (9)25Jan2012
GSN’s “Dancing With the Stars” Debut Fails to Crack Top 15; Debuts at 325,000 Viewers
Good news for fans of traditional game shows today, but not-so-good news for GSN. The much-advertised debut of the off network reruns of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, for all intents and purposes, tanked in its debut showing. No episode managed to crack the top 15 most watched programs of the network. GSN's usual standby off network reruns of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?, Family Feud, and Deal or No Deal managed to rate higher. Not only that their originals Baggage, The Newlywed Game, Catch 21, and Whammy! to either rank higher or not far behind the expensive acquisition. Even the abused The $100,000 Pyramid did better. Click here for the full rundown of each episode's rating, what it means, and other opinions.
Read MoreView Comments (43)21Dec2011
Last Chance to Enter GSN’s “Family Feud Family Reunion Sweepstakes”
Want to win a trip to Jamaica with your entire family? GSN has been giving you the chance with the "Family Feud Family Reunion Sweepstakes". We've been talking about it a lot on Facebook, but this is your last chance to enter. The sweepstakes goes along with GSN's Family Feud marathon on Christmas Eve and Day, December 24th and 25th. To enter visit the network's Facebook page. You can earn more entries by commenting about the sweepstakes on Facebook and adding the network on Twitter. The winner will be announced Christmas Day during the Family Feud marathon. Good luck. The contest ends Friday, December 23rd.
Read MoreLeave a Comment20Dec2011
“Russian Roulette” Shows How a Drop-Based Show Should be Done
We're in our third straight year of game shows that involve dropping people for losing. We had Downfall, and then 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show, and now Who's Still Standing?. However, these shows, especially the recent NBC one mentioned last, makes us remember just how incredibly good Russian Roulette was and how far ahead GSN/Game Show Network was ahead of anyone else. It also does show us that GSN can create a show that rivals anything else out there if they put out effort. We've posted some of the show on Facebook, and we wanted to go into it more here. Click here to see some of the show and why both television producers and GSN should look back to it.
Read MoreView Comments (19)05Dec2011
GSN Removes “High Stakes Poker” and “Chain Reaction” in January; Adds “Jeopardy!”
GSN issued their schedules for January as we drift closer to 2012, unbelievably. The network will be taking away two shows and shuffling a few things around because of it. First, GSN will be removing High Stakes Poker from the lineup effectively January 2nd, 2012. Also being completely removed is Chain Reaction, and The $25,000 Pyramid loses some but not all of its slots. Jeopardy! returns to the weekday lineup as well. Click here to learn about all the changes.
Read MoreView Comments (36)01Dec2011
GSN Turns 17; Debuts This Day in 1994
GSN is almost old enough to buy us a carton of smokes legally. It's GSN's 17th birthday. On this day in 1994 Game Show Network debuted. The very first show ever shown on Game Show Network was Match Game. What's the first show that appears on the schedule weekdays like today, its birthday? Match Game. Funny how things come full circle. Without GSN we wouldn't have some of the all-time great game and dating shows like Lingo, Russian Roulette, and Baggage, nor some incredibly good short lived cult shows like Late Night Liars. Congratulations to David Goldhill and everyone at GSN and I look forward to more years of GSN. Click here to watch the first moments of GSN's existence.
Read MoreView Comments (29)22Nov2011
GSN Acquires “Dancing With the Stars” Reruns for January 2012
Today GSN announced it has acquired the exclusive off-network rights to ABC's popular dancing game show Dancing With the Stars. GSN will be the only network to air the reruns of the celebrity dancing game hosted by Tom Bergeron which last night alone saw over 20 million viewers, many in GSN's core demographic. The network has picked up the rights to series four through 13, the current season which concludes tonight. They also have the rights to the upcoming 14th series. Season four includes former GSN host Shandi Finnessey. Former GSN's 1 VS 100 host Carrie Ann Inaba is a judge on the series. Click here to learn more about GSN's big ticket pickup.
Read MoreView Comments (62)09Nov2011
GSN Brings Back 50s and 60s Game Shows on December 12
For at least the week of December 12th, fans of the classic black and white game shows from the 50s and 60s get a chance to see some of their favorites again. GSN will be airing the classic panel games What's My Line? and I've Got A Secret late nights for at least the week of December 12th. What's My Line? will air at 3:00AM and I've Got A Secret at 3:30AM. They have not released schedules after that date so there's no indicator what happens then. This continues GSN's recent dig into their archives, as the network has started "Flashback Fridays" each Friday at 7:00PM ET. The shows will air at 3:00AM ET, so set your DVRs early. Click here for the full episode listing, including the original airing date, host, and celebrities who will be appearing.
Read MoreView Comments (14)25Oct2011
GSN Features Different Programs Each Night Starting November 7th
GSN is revamping their recently struggling primetime lineup starting November 7th. Instead of featuring the same shows night after night, GSN will showcase different programs, both old and new, from 7:00PM ET to 12:00AM ET. These shows carry on at least through the week of November 14th. We don't have schedules after that, so if shows rotate after that it's not known. If you're a fan of the old shows, you may want to watch Fridays to show the network you want to see more of these shows. Click here to read about all the new schedule changes.
Read MoreView Comments (43)18Oct2011
GSN Acquires “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader”; Debuts November 6th
GSN has acquired the rights to the hit Fox game show Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader. The Jeff Foxworthy hosted quiz show, which tested adults on material that appears somewhere in fifth grade text books, will begin airing Sunday, November 6th, at 7:00PM ET on GSN. Fifth Grader ran from 2007 to 2009 on Fox in primetime and from 2009 to 2011 in syndication as a half hour version. The Hub currently airs the half hour syndicated episodes. GSN has not indicated yet if this will be the hour long million dollar edition or not, but given the half hour edition airs with The Hub and both the syndicated half hour episodes of Deal or No Deal and Millionaire never did that well for them, I'd guess it would be the primetime episodes. We'll let you know as soon as we find out. Click here to watch a trailer GSN released.
Read MoreView Comments (11)17Oct2011
iOS Morning Buzz: “Only Connect”, “Lingo”, “You Don’t Know Jack”, “The Cube”, and “Crystal Maze”
I just got the iPhone 4S so this post is incredibly timely. I often get asked about ways to play different popular game shows. The iOS platform, for iPhone or iPad, is the easiest way to take the game with you. There are many new and updated games which can keep you busy for hours. Take a look at a choice few that we found and feel will get you excited. Click here to read about iOS games for Only Connect, Lingo, You Don't Know Jack, The Cube, and Crystal Maze.
Read MoreLeave a Comment04Oct2011
GSN Hires Stephen Croncota as Chief Marketing Officer
I love the business of television. It's why I like bringing you stories like this. GSN announced late yesterday that they have hired Stephen Croncota as the Chief Marketing Officer of the network. Stephen reports to CEO David Goldhill and is responsible "for shaping all aspects of GSN's brand." Croncota previously worked for E! as the senior vice president of marketing, senior vice president of programming for Style; SVP, Creative Director for Cartoon Network, and CMO for Versace in Italy. Click here to read a statement from Croncota.
Read MoreView Comments (16)07Sep2011
Kelly Goode Out as SVP of Programming at GSN
A major personnel change is going on at GSN. Kelly Goode, the senior vice president of programming, is out of the network. Kelly started in 2008 and helped bring in The Newlywed Game (with a variety of others after some format adjustments), Big Saturday Night, Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza, Instant Recall, Carnie Wilson: Unstapled, The Game Show Awards, and Hidden Agenda among others. As of this writing no replacement has been named. GSN announced Kelly has, however, inked a production deal with the network for the next two years. In Hollywood this is basically called a Golden Parachute, which is really a generous benefits packaged bestowed upon someone after they are out of their position. Click here to read a personal comment about this.
Read MoreView Comments (32)26Aug2011
GSN Revamps September 2011 Schedule
Starting next week (August 29th) and through September at the very least, GSN will undergo some significant schedule changes. Gone are newer shows like Improv-A-Ganza, Love Triangle, and Lingo. They are going back to their roster of shows that work and that viewers still enjoy. Classic fans are getting an extra late night hour of shows as well. Click here to read about all the changes.
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