Thursday, January 22, 2009

New Ratings List

Just a little heads-up to all of you readers. I have now added a Ratings list to the right side of this blog. I have ratings from January 6th-11th. I will try to update it every week. Credit for the ratings goes to http://www.broadcastingcable.com.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

A couple of GSN Schedule notes



First order of business is GSN's return to the Poker business. GSN is getting its Hit Poker Show, High Stakes Poker ready for air. It will begin to air on Sunday, March 1st. GSN will also continue to air a mixture of older seasons of the show along with World Poker Tour. I will get the time it will air as soon as it is released.

There is also a small change coming to GSN's daytime schedule. On February 9th, GSN will go back to episode 1 of Let's Make a Deal from 1971. This will replace The All New Let's Make a Deal on Weekdays at 11:00pm.

Fox pulls Hole In The Wall



Fox has decided to pull the Game Show Hole in The Wall after returning to the air on Sunday Nights this past Sunday. Ratings were horrible for the return episodes with the 7:00pm episode getting 3.39 million viewers and the 7:30pm airing getting 3.32 Million. There is no word on If the unaired episodes of Hole will ever air.

Replacing the show will be Game Show Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Reruns will occupy the Sunday at 7:00pm slot for at least 2 weeks.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Richard Brian DiPirro named new Director for Price



More news coming from The Price is Right camp. Former Director of Price, Bart Eskander, is going to be replaced by Current director for Deal or No Deal, Richard Brian DiPirro. It was announced by ClockGameJohn on Golden-road.net.

Other than Deal or No Deal, DiPirro has directed such shows as Whammy! for GSN, and Game Show Marathon for CBS. He will start right away.

Friday, January 16, 2009

GSN Celebrates Inauguration Day with Money!




GSN wants it viewers to tune in this weekend and Win next week with GSN Live. GSN will give viewers a chance to win an extra $100 in cash during its GSN Live interstitial Programming. While your watching your favorite Game/Casino Shows this weekend, watch at the bottom of the screen for "Fun Facts" about Presidents. Then on Monday, call into the show for a chance to win an Extra $100 on top of your regular winnings. If you answer the True/False Question correctly about the Trivia, You Win!

GSN Live - Weekdays from 12:00pm-6:00pm

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Breaking News: Price Director has been Fired!



After 8 Years on the job, Director Bart Eskander has been fired from his role on The Price is Right. This has been confirmed by Marc Greene from Fan site Golden-Road.net. Bart was put on the job after longtime Director Paul Alter was fired from the show by Bob Barker in 2000.

A poster from G-R.net says that Drew Carey was the person to fire Bart from the job. It has not been confirmed by anyone that this was the case.

I wish Bart all the best in his future endeavors.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Howie Mandel Hospitalized




Host of Deal or No Deal and NBC's new Prank show Howie Do it has been hospitalized due to an irregular Heart beat. His publicist Lewis Kay says "He did not have a Heart Attack". He was admitted so Doctors could monitor his condition. It is being said that he will be released tomorrow.

Best wishes to Howie on a speedy recovery.

Monday, January 12, 2009

ABC looking to Revive Millionaire



An interesting bit of news coming from Mediaweek and ABC today. Mediaweek reports that ABC is looking to revive Who wants To Be A Millionaire this August to help celebrate the shows 10th Anniversary in America (Yes, 10 years). ABC is also looking to bring back Regis to do the show. And looking at what is going on with Million Dollar Password, Regis may come back.

I am hoping this all comes together. Super Millionaire did great in ratings in 2004 but ABC decided to go ahead with Desperate Housewives and pushed the Millionaire franchise aside. Now with the Movie Slumdog Millionaire doing well at both the box office and at the Golden Globe awards last night and the show celebrating its 10th year in August, it looks like this could all come together. We will keep you posted on this.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Another Marathon Update!

Just updating everyone to tell you all that you have 4 more days to vote in the marathon. Right now the leader continues to be Inquisition followed by Pyramid, Scrabble, and Sale of The Century. So if your Favorite Game Show is not listed, then get to voting.

Friday, January 2, 2009

GSN's Catch-21 Casting for Second Season!



GSN is casting for another Game Show. This time it is their Hit Card Game Catch-21. The show is casting for it Second Season and they want you to try out for it. If you live in or are going to visit the Los Angeles area, then try out for the show to show how much of a Trivia and Card Shark you are. Auditions start on January 8th and taping begins in early '09.

Go here for Info: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/tlg/976430657.html

CATCH-21 - WEEKDAYS AT 7:30PM ON GSN

GSN's New Newlywed Game Casting Now!



If you and your New Spouse want to go on TV and show how much you know about eachother, Than GSN wants you to be on their New version of the Classic Game Show The Newlywed Game. The show will be taping 40 episodes in New York City sometime next month (FEB. 2009). For More info on how to be on the show, go here: http://www.embassyrow.com/.

Also, the show is looking for Goldyweds. If you were on the show during one of its runs from 1966-1999, GSN wants you. You and your spouse could go up against the "Newlyweds" and maybe win a Second Honeymoon.

The team making this is Embassy Row who have made such Game Shows as GSN's Chain Reaction and the CBS Primetime show The Power of Ten. There is no host for it yet, but I am really pulling for Bob Eubanks. No other host has been able to carry The Newlywed Game like Bob has. The show was revived in 1996 with Gary Kroger as host, but he was replaced with Eubanks after a short run on the show. But knowing Michael Davies past with revivals, he may get another 20-something to host the show (see Chain Reaction 2006). I hope this succeeds.

GSN Schedule Changes




We are back with the news right now. Most of the news right now will be coming from GSN. The first order of business is the changes to the schedule they will be making starting Tomorrow Night. Here they are listed below.

Saturday Nights/Early Sunday Mornings
1:00 AM - Dog Eat Dog [Replaces Twenty-one]
2:00 AM - To Tell The Truth (O'Hurley) [Replaces High Stakes Poker]
2:30 AM - To Tell The Truth (O'Hurley) [Replaces High Stakes Poker]

Sunday Night Poker Night
6:00 PM - High Stakes Poker [Replaces Pyramid]
7:00-10:00 PM - High Stakes Poker
10:00 PM - World Poker Tour
12:00 AM - High Stakes Poker
1:00 AM- World Poker Tour

Monday-Friday
9:30 AM - Card Sharks (Eubanks) [Replaces Tic Tac Dough]

Primetime (Mon-Fri)
8:00 PM - Family Feud (Karn) [Replaces Millionaire]
8:30 PM - Millionaire (Vieira)
9:00 PM - Family Feud (Host Unknown for now)
9:30 PM - Millionaire (Vieira) [Replaces O'Hurley Feud]
10:00 PM - Pyramid [Replaces Catch-21]
10:30 PM - Chain Reaction [Replaces Pyramid]

Late Night (Mon-Fri)
12:00 AM - Millionaire (Philbin) [Replaces Vieira's Version]
1:00 AM - Jeopardy! {Rerun of 12:00pm episode} [Replaces That's The Question]
1:30 AM - Wheel of Fortune {Rerun of 12:30pm episode} [Replaces Camouflage]
2:00 AM - Family Feud (O'Hurley) [Replaces All New Beat The Clock]
2:30 AM - Match Game '74 [Replaces Now You See It]

Right now, the 9:00pm episode of Feud is up in the air as the host goes. Zap2it.com says that the host will be Karn and the PDF Schedules show O'Hurley. We Will find out on Monday who it will be.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Marathon Update

Alright, there are a few days left to Vote in this Marathon. Right now the leader is Inquisition. That is a really big surprise to me. Anyways, keep voting. Remember, the top 4 shows get a marathon on this Blog for a 4 day event. It will now be 1 show a day from January 8th-12th. They will then stay up until the 14th.