Normally, this would be in Mini Buzz, but there’s too many changes and opinions to bother.I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cable network pull an acquired show after such a short run. After two, maybe three, episodes, GSN has pulled Show Me the Money from their lineup. It’s not even on their show list anymore. A representative from GSN told BuzzerBlog, “[It's] just a schedule change for the moment.” It’s being replaced by Dog Eat Dog. I’d honestly like to know if GSN thought that picking up a rather large failure would be smart. Did they actually think a show that hardly got over 5,000,000 people after people finally saw the show and was practically universally panned would be a big hit.
The awful Richard Karn episodes of Family Feud are gone from the 11PM ET hour starting July 17th. They had a hit there with I’ve Got A Secret, but apparently that wasn’t good enough. It’s being replaced by more poker which is exponentially better than Karn’s Feud. EDIT: MINOR CHANGE HERE. Karn Feud will air on Tuesday, July 18th at 11PM ET, but it looks like that’s the only day so far. Also, here’s another of the changes I wanted to post. It looks like Quiznation won’t be airing on Tuesdays starting on the week of July 16th. There’s a gap in airings, as the show isn’t appearing on July 17th or July 18th, which in GSN’s time definition is Monday and Tuesday. We’ll keep you updated if this changes.
GSN should take a look at how the British version of GSN, Challenge, runs. They employ the same general game theory that we have, but they expand it more. They air episodes of shows like Whose Line is it Anyway, Gladiators, and other things like that. I’m glad GSN is finally realizing that the reality shows aren’t working, but it’s now apparent that the game shows they have aren’t working. GSN missed out big time on American Gladiators. Some general game pickups like Junkyard Wars, Whose Line is it Anyway?, and shows of that ilk can’t hurt any more than what they have now. Apparently Karn Feud and Show Me the Money haven’t been the successes they have wanted. GSN’s lineup is just void of any fun anymore. If they don’t want to look back to Challenge, look to the old 2002-2003 lineup, with a much wider variety in their originals and a more successful schedule in general. The originals back then had a wider variety of game play, not just all word games. You had trivia, word, psychological, and pure luck shows. It’s just not looking good right now. There’s a reason the old network had higher rated shows than the current lineup. I do enjoy the current lineup and it has a lot of terrific shows, most of which are coming very soon, but it just doesn’t have the same appeal as it did five years ago.
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