20Apr2011
GSN Cuts Back on Poker in Wake of Government Crackdown
It's been a rough week if you're a poker fan. Last Friday, April 15th, the US government began a major crackdown on online poker sites. The case U.S. v. Scheinberg et al. lead to the three largest online poker destinations being shut down, those being PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker/Ultimate Bet. Many of you have been rightly concerned about what this will do to some of your favorite poker television programming, most of which is at least somewhat sponsored by the major sites. GSN has made its decision in regards to its very popular program High Stakes Poker, hosted by Norm Macdonald. Click here to read more about the network's cutback on poker, plus a statement from a GSN spokesperson.
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Norm Macdonald to Host “High Stakes Poker”; Show Goes 3D for Season Seven
GSN's popular poker show High Stakes Poker is going into a major transformation in its upcoming seventh season. First of all, the last long time cast member, host Gabe Kaplan, is no longer with the show. The new host of GSN's popular cash poker show is the incredibly talented and funny comedian Norm Macdonald. Kara Scott, who joined the show last season, will return for behind the scenes reporting and more. The new season begins Saturday, February 26th, at 8:00PM ET and 11:00PM ET. Click here to learn more information about the seventh season, including the show's switch to 3D.
Read MoreView Comments (11)22Oct2010
GSN’s “High Stakes Poker” Renewed for Seventh Season
PokerNewsDaily is reporting that GSN has renewed its popular poker cash game High Stakes Poker for a seventh season. The show had a remotely rocky sixth season with declining ratings, schedule changes, and controversial cast changes including the removal of longtime host A.J. Benza. However, it's done well enough to bring Gabe Kaplan and company back for another season. Taping will begin November 18th for three days. No word yet on when it will show up.
Read MoreView Comments (1)26Mar2010
News Flashes: Rich Fields Video, “Trust Me”, and “Poker” Ratings
I've got a few news flashes for you today. *A few weeks ago we talked about ABC picking up a new Mark Burnett pilot Trust Me, I'm A Game Show Host. The show involves two hosts talking about something, with one being truthful and the other lying. The contestants have to figure out which one is trying to trick the other. It looks like that's going to tape its pilot soon. Craigslist posts are going up for a new Mark Burnett game show that fits the description perfectly. As with everything else it's based out of Los Angeles, so if you're in the area and want a shot at big money, click here to participate. It looks to be a really interesting and different show if nothing else. *GSN released some High Stakes Poker ratings information.
Read MoreView Comments (9)19Feb2010
Ratings Report: All But “Family Feud” Down
We've got ratings for the week ending February 2nd coming up. First, though, we got reports of ratings for the premiere of High Stakes Poker. Given how popular the show has been in the past, the ratings are shockingly low. We've got reports that the show sixth season debut only got a .2 rating. It's very down, by that show's standards. I wonder what happened. Has interest just died down? I've been hearing from a few people that there really was practically little attention given or huge support, showcasing what is probably the channel's most valuable show (and rightly so).
Read MoreView Comments (10)26Oct2009
The Current “High Stakes Poker” Situation
I know we're behind on the game discussing the whole High Stakes Poker fiasco with A.J. Benza being fired and everything, but I just wanted to wait until I got a lot more information. Especially information from very credible sources. One of these credible sources happens to be A.J. Benza. He's great and I really feel for him. I also feel a horrible horrible mistake that is going to hurt the show a bit was made. Read A.J.'s blog if you get a chance by clicking here. It's an interesting read. I've been talking to A.J., who I never got the chance to talk to before, and he's really fantastic. He got completely screwed on this and we'll have more with him coming up, trust me. For those not familiar High Stakes Poker is a pretty popula
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Weekday Afternoon GSN Schedules Changes on November 9th
We've got a few changes coming to the weekday afternoon lineup on GSN for you. Super Password will be losing its weekday slots and be regulated to weekend mornings. At 11:00AM ET is now Love Connection, which GSN loves to pull out for some unknown reason constantly. The dating show is hosted by Chuck Woolery. 11:30AM ET will see Wheel of Fortune, which moves from its old 12:30PM ET slot. At 12:00PM ET is Match Game which replaces Jeopardy!. 12:30PM ET is the Richard Dawson edition of Family Feud. 1:00PM ET interestingly sees the daytime return of the Tom Bergeron edition of Hollywood Squares. These episodes will be from the Whoopi Goldberg years. Finally, at 1:30PM ET is Jeopardy!. Not sure why we're seeing Love Connection comin
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“High Stakes Poker” Season Five Pictures
I think we have a few fans of GSN's High Stakes Poker around here so some of you may like this. GSN provided us with pictures from the recent tapings of season five of High Stakes Poker. No idea when the show will debut, but we should find out soon. Remember, tomorrow starts about a week and a half of automatically posted stories counting down the top 10 moments of 2008. Isn't new technology awesome? I'm going to be traveling most of this next week, so have a great holiday week and I'll see you soon.
Read MoreView Comments (2)21Nov2008
Various GSN News Items
Sorry, I thought someone was updating the site when I went away. Guess not. But lots of GSN news in my inbox. First off watch GSN Live tomorrow. Alan Thicke who hasn't been as awful as an Expert on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? this week as I imagined, will be the guest. You can see him at around 1:15PM ET. He hosted a GSN show called Three's A Crowd a long time ago. Apparently it wasn't that popular because I don't remember him on GSN at all. Bingo America tomorrow is going to be great for all home viewers playing along as well. On Friday, the hit GSN show Bingo America will be matching any $50 winner with a $50 gift certificate for a "turkey". Although it may be worth noting that there's no way in hell you'll be getting your
Read MoreView Comments (9)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
Read MoreView Comments (5)12Aug2008
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)15Nov2007
GSN on YouTube
GSN has been very active on their YouTube channel lately, with a ton of new High Stakes Poker stuff, including full episodes from the first season. Go check them out.
Read MoreView Comments (3)06Jun2007
GSN Announces New Text-In Competitions
Sometime this summer, GSN will start a new "text and play" contest with the two Casino Night programs: High Stakes Poker and World Series of Blackjack. High Stakes Poker viewers will see two cards on TV, and they can text in on whether they want to play with those cards. World Series of Blackjack viewers can play with the show by hitting or standing on their own hand. Both shows will have texters competing against each other, with the top ten appearing on a leaderboard. On a related note, a new Slingo game show in the Phillipines that launches on July 21 will be using something very similar to the above, but not much is known about this system, much less the game, as of now.
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GSN Renews “High Stakes Poker” For Season 4
Today, GSN announced the renewal of their highest rated male 18-35 show, High Stakes Poker for a fourth season. Rich Cronin, CEO and President of GSN, stated that the show will tape in May at the South Point Hotel, Casino, and Spa in Las Vegas. GSN is planning on making this the richest season of the show yet, as competitors will bring up to a million dollars to the table. In fact, check out the last few episodes of this season (Tonight, April 2nd, at April 9th) as players bring over $4,000,000 to the table. “We are very pleased with the success of HIGH STAKES POKER and the tremendous buzz it has generated,” said Cronin. “It is far and away the most talked about poker show. We plan on making HSP 4 the richest season yet with players
Read MoreView Comments (3)09Jan2007
GSN Goes All In for “Vegas Night”
Much like GSN tried with Casino Night a while ago, the Network for Games will be airing interstitial programming on Mondays starting January 15th called "Vegas Night". These little segments will air between GSN's highest rated original "High Stakes Poker" and "World Series of Blackjack". Comedian Ben Begley and "Amercial Idol" personality Kristin Holt will be reporting from Vegas, showing the city in all it's glory plus offering poker tips. On the first night, the two will show you the Blue Man Group's show at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. "Vegas Night" will continue every Monday until April 16th. “We want to super-serve our audience that tune in to our weekly casino related programming with all things Vegas. VEGAS NIGHT will prov
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