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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I'm Back! News on me plus special Marathon coming on this Blog!

Well I can't believe that it has been 3 Months since my last post on this Blog. Life has been busy so I have not had much time to care for this blog. But for now, I am back. And if you regular readers are still around, I have a nice treat for you. Starting tonight, you will have a chance to vote for your Favorite Game Show that you want to be in a special Marathon here on the blog. The top 4 shows will be posted for your enjoyment. All shows will be shows not airing on GSN at this time. The marathon will start on January 8th and the episodes will stay up until January 12th. So look for the Poll on the right side of this page.

I will get back to all of the Game Show news in a little bit. A lot has happened in the past 3 months, and we will get to it soon.

Game Show Poll of The Week!

Last week I asked you all to vote for your favorite 1990's Game Show. 22 of you readers voted and 9 of yous voted Match Game 1990-1991 the best of the '90's. Thank you for voting in this weeks Game Show Poll.

This week the poll will do with Deal or No Deal. It is a "Which do you Prefer Poll". Do you Prefer the NBC version of Deal or the Syndicated version of Deal? That is for you to decide. The results will be posted next week, so make sure you get your vote in.

As always thanks for reading and taking apart in The Game Show Blog.

"Password" DVD Release Date!

America's favorite word game is coming to DVD! Password hosted by the wonderful Allen Ludden aired on CBS from 1961-1967 and was remade in 1971 and lasted until 1975 on ABC. It featured celebrity guests and regular everyday people, trying to figure out a password that their partner was trying to communicate to them with one word clues.

BCI Entertainment (the people who have brought you DVD releases of Match Game, Family Feud, and The Price is Right) are now going to help fans relive this great series in a new DVD release. With episodes including guest stars Lucille Ball, Jimmy Stewart, Betty White, and Woody Allen, this DVD will take you through the best years of Password. The Suggested price for the DVD is $29.98 and will be release on December 2nd. This would be a great Christmas Gift for the Game Show fan in your family.

It is not known yet if this DVD package will include any episodes of the ABC version, but even if it doesn't, this will still be great to have since the original Password is not on GSN's regular Line-up anymore.

GSN's Real Wheel Deal "Wheel of Fortune" Marathon

To help celebrate the launch of their new online Cash Game of America's Game, GSN is giving it's viewers a day full of Wheel of Fortune. This Saturday, catch some of the best episodes from the 1994-1995 season of Wheel of Fortune. After the marathon, you can go to GSN.COM to go play the new cash game of Wheel.

So spend this Saturday with Pat, Vanna, and GSN.

GSN's Real Wheel Deal Wheel of Fortune marathon - Saturday, from 9:00am-4:00pm only on GSN!

Game Show Poll of The Week!

Last week I asked you all to vote for your favorite 80's Game Show, and you really did. We saw the biggest participation in a poll since we started earlier this year. 31 people voted in the poll and 12 of yous voted The $25/$100,000 Pyramid the best Game Show of the 80's. Thank you for all of your votes.

This week, the poll is asking for your Favorite 90's Game Show. 4 choices as always. Let's beat the 31 from last week. The winner will be announced next Monday.

Poll can be found on the left side panel.

My Family's Got Guts Premieres Tonight!

Tonight, Nickelodeon will premiere its new version of the 90's Game Show Guts renamed My Family's Got Guts! The show was hosted in the 90's by actor and comedian Mike O' Malley and co-hosted by Moira Quirk and ran for 3 years on Nick from 1992-1995. The show went from a fun little show that allowed kids to do athletic challenges to a Global competition that made the hosts be more serious since the show was aired around the world. Many believe this is the reason why the show was canceled in 1995.

Earlier this year, it was announced that Nick wanted to revive the show and turn it into a Family Competition. It was announced to premiere with two new hosts. TV host Ben Lyons and a new judge with the name of Asha Kuerten. Both will have the tough task of replacing two very popular hosts in O'Malley and Quirk.

Nick has taped 10 episodes with 5 being shown all this week and 4 being shown next Monday through Thursday. The finale will be shown next Saturday.


My Family's Got Guts - Premieres tonight at 8:00pm on Nickelodeon.

GSN's Play it Back: 90's Game Shows!

This Sunday, GSN will end its month long salute to Game Shows from the 70's, 80's, and 90's. This Sunday catch a marathon of Game Shows that made the 90's. The marathon starts at 1:00pm with Wheel of Fortune. At 3:00pm, catch episodes of The New Family Feud with Ray Combs. And the finish the marathon, GSN will show 2 episodes of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire at 5:00pm with Millionaires Joe Trela and Bob House. And of course after the marathon, catch a special look at 90's Game Shows with Play it Back: 90's Game Shows. Caroline Rhea will once again host the special.

Play it Back: 90's Game Shows - Premieres on Sunday, at 1:00pm on GSN!