Maybe somebody knows… when a show gets yanked like that, the contestants still get their winnings, right? Or is there something in the agreement that says if the show doesn’t air you don’t get the prize?

And speaking of contestant agreements, that’s something I’d like to read about more on a game show blog. What people know about contestant agreements. We know contestants have to keep their mouth shut until the show airs, but there have to be all sorts of other little gotchas in the agreements. I’d like to know more about what the non-disclosure parts say.

There is however a VERY clear, almost certainly master-quality clip of Cross-Wits from about 1977 or so on ralphedwards.com, which implies that perhaps that show really is intact (since the third episode with Greg Morris, Meredith MacRae et al exists in full at the Museum of Television and Radio, in master quality) and that clip places another existing episode at halfway through the run.

And don’t hate on The Mole. (Although it was one of those shows that had a very limited shelf life.)

BTW, what does DED mean?

With all the wishful thinking that GSN should take the Barry & Enright games out of of mothballs (ABSOLUTELY!) Why stop there? The suits at Sony ought to look into acquiring the library of games from the late Ralph Edwards’ estate (the original “Cross Wits” “Name That Tune”- the Tom Kennedy/Dennis James era, and let’s not forget “Truth or Consequences” from 1965-74); Since GSN has aired “Let’s Make A Deal,” why NOT “Split Second”? And, there’s Heatter-Quigley, who not only gave us the (original) “Hollywood Squares,” as well as “GAmbit” and “High Rollers.” Fremantle also owns the rights to Reg Grundy’s old shows-namely, “Sale of the Centruy” and “Scrabble.”

A lot of the shows that are on GSN Now are just O.K. they should be a lot better than what they are. I’m indeed hoping that Camoulfage and Without Prejudice really make a mark for the network. But as far as the classic games– I have to agree. Some of those shows need to come back like Tic-Tac-Dough, Joker’s Wild, Bullseye, Wheel of Fortune Chuck Woolery, and Pat Sajak. Blockbusters is a great game, but I fear that it’s has come to overkill.

There has always been that question of ‘What about Scrabble and Sale of the Century’ and a bunch of other shows that have these hard contract deals to work out. How come they haven’t been further persued? As the laws of gaming goes: Great risks bring great rewards.

Right now, it’s just not looking good for GSN if they continue down the path that they’re going with this whole Richard Karn Feud and throwing too many old GSN Docs. that we already know the answer to.

That’s all i’m saying other than–

for the 2nd time i get to say in the style of William Shatner: “Show Me The Pink Slip”

Also, GSN would do themselves well to remake more classics. Yes, they’ve done Chain Reaction, but needless to say, we feel they can do better.

You should however take into account that, in a way, they are somewhat starting to go down the “more originals” route. Without Prejudice looks good, we ALL can’t wait for Grand Slam, and maybe Camouflage will turn out great as well. Also, there’s good ‘ol Lingo to fall back on.

I know GSN knows this, just like we all do, Great Production value + Good/Great Host + Smart Game Play = Great GameShow! Obviously, they don’t always employ this, (see CR), but GSN has had to change before, there’s no reason they couldn’t change now. At least that’s what I’m hoping.