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ABC to bring back "Millionaire"?

Different tastes for different people to be sure. I actually think Drew has been quite good on Price and did well with Power of 10.

CBS has some glaring problems in daytime, and Price is secondary to Guiding Light...but that hour could be a bargaining chip if CBS wanted it to be. Speculation has been going on for years that CBS would be willing to expand B&B to an hour (though there is another school of thought that the producers don't want to turn it into an hour show). To do that, something else needs to go. The most likely candidate is GL.

However, given most affiliates run that dying show at 10 (or even 9) ET, there's no way CBS would want its second most popular daytime show dumped there to wither on the vine. 11 am would be far from ideal, but plausible...or CBS could try to lure affiliates into taking the 3 pm hour in pattern by shuffling the soap block and giving back 90 minutes (Price plus the extra half of GL).

Could CBS affiliates start dumping Price on their own? Sure; with way-too-old demos up against The View, it's something to consider.
 
Yeziknoradio said:
It'll be a very interesting thing to see.
Let's hope Millionaire isn't worn out.

What ever happend to the idea of Jimmy Kimmel hosting a game show?

If Regis turns out to be unavailable...would Jimmy perhaps be the new host?

Jimmy *is* with ABC, after all.
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Kimmel does have some game show-hosting experience; he was the co-host on Comedy Central's "Win Ben Stein's Money" for its first three years. Problem is, of course, that Kimmel's talk show is produced in Hollywood, while Millionaire is taped in New York City. I suppose they can tape the primetime Millionaire shows in Hollywood to accomodate Kimmel, if ABC were to ever go in that direction.
 
Are Price's ratings really that bad that affiliates would seriously consider pulling it soon? That's news to me. I genuinely respect Steve Beverly but I hope he is wrong on this.

As for Jimmy Kimmel, he also hosted ABC's "Set for Life" not too long ago - but it was pretty bad.
 
radioguy555 said:
As for Jimmy Kimmel, he also hosted ABC's "Set for Life" not too long ago - but it was pretty bad.
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I can see a Steadman Graham hosting a show with that title. It would make much more sense. ;D
 
imhomerjay said:
Different tastes for different people to be sure. I actually think Drew has been quite good on Price and did well with Power of 10.

CBS has some glaring problems in daytime, and Price is secondary to Guiding Light...but that hour could be a bargaining chip if CBS wanted it to be. Speculation has been going on for years that CBS would be willing to expand B&B to an hour (though there is another school of thought that the producers don't want to turn it into an hour show). To do that, something else needs to go. The most likely candidate is GL.

However, given most affiliates run that dying show at 10 (or even 9) ET, there's no way CBS would want its second most popular daytime show dumped there to wither on the vine. 11 am would be far from ideal, but plausible...or CBS could try to lure affiliates into taking the 3 pm hour in pattern by shuffling the soap block and giving back 90 minutes (Price plus the extra half of GL).

Could CBS affiliates start dumping Price on their own? Sure; with way-too-old demos up against The View, it's something to consider.
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Most affiliates still run GL at 3 PM (ET); the morning stations are in New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Orlando,
Miami, Albany, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Scranton, Portland, ME, and the
digital subchannel of WNEM Flint.

I can't see a soap at 11 AM, despite this. There hasn't been a successful
morning soap on any network since "Love Of Life" in the '70s, and it was
eventually done in first by "Hollywood Squares," then by "Family Feud."

What Steve Beverly is suggesting (and I probably confused the issue,
although the prospect of CBS dropping "Price" wasn't out of the question)
is that the affiliates will start to drop "Price" on their own if the ratings don't improve in what will be the March sweep this year (usually it's February, but with the DTV switch it's being postponed). If enough affiliates start dropping the show, then look for CBS to drop it altogether, although I think the best solution would be to find a bona-fide game-show host; why was Todd Newton turned down
anyway?

CBS also needs to take a look at "As The World Turns." While it does
better than "Guiding Light," and all but a few stations in the Mountain
time zone run it at 2 PM (ET), it's been losing money for years.

It could eventually reach the point where the CBS daytime lineup
consists solely of "Y&R" at 12:30 (or 11 AM in the earlier time zones) and
"B&B" at 1:30, while CBS follows NBC's lead and gives back 11 AM,
2 PM, and 3 PM. Of course, that means ABC would be running virtually
unopposed (only "All My Children" would face a network show on CBS),
an idea that seems a bit far-fetched. But with daytime audiences
shrinking, and Fox stations making a ton of money for lack of a network
lineup, I don't discount anything at this point. After all, if NBC goes
through with its plan to drop "Days Of Our Lives" by the end of this year,
it will have surrendered the daytime field (I consider prime daytime to be
11 AM-4 PM, so I don't count the "Today" show).
 
When viewed as a percentage of the country, the CBS affiliates running GL in the morning is an issue. Audience size trumps pure quantity.

I certainly agree 11 am is a problem on the east coast for a drama (though Y&R does well in central time zones), but that highlights the problem. If CBS wants to make its second most successful show an hour long, they need to either shuffle As The World Turns into the suicide morning/3pm slot (essentially sealing its fate as surely as a network primetime show being moved to Saturday nights) and install B&B at 2 while pushing Y&R to 1.....or they need to get back those 3 pm clearances and put B&B head-to-head against General Hospital (though why you would want to do that when you could clean up against the weaker One Life to Live is beyond me).

Maybe is CBS offered an earlier Price it would actually be helpful (rather than potentially having affiliates delaying it a day on their own), to get it out of the way of The View in some markets. It might buy the show some time, rather than seeing the time given back to affiliates outright.
 
It certainly makes sense, if "B&B" were to go to an hour,
to run "Y&R" at 1 and "B&B" at 2; in fact, I'm surprised
CBS's affiliates aren't pushing for the network to give
them 12:30 so they can do hour-long noon newscasts,
as many ABC and NBC affiliates do. But what to do
about 3 is another story; "Y&R" and "B&B" could easily
handle "AMC" and "OLTL," but I don't think anything can
beat "General Hospital."

And do you propose multiple feeds of "Price," as "GL"
is done now...say at 10 AM and 11 AM (ET), or even
at 3 as counterprogramming to "GH"?
 
bpatrick said:
landtuna said:
DAMN! I thought you were referring to that old show where J. Beresford Tipton gave away a million bucks to random people.

The game show isn't anywhere near as good.
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I think the rights to that show belong to Yvonne (Batgirl) Craig,
widow of the show's creator/producer, Don Fedderson.
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Didn't he also do "My Three Sons"?
 
bpatrick said:
And do you propose multiple feeds of "Price," as "GL"
is done now...say at 10 AM and 11 AM (ET), or even
at 3 as counterprogramming to "GH"?
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Though I don't see a way a 3 pm feed at this time would make sense to take on GH (I'm all for counterprogramming, but I'm not sure Price is the show to do it any more), something like a 10 and 11 (or 9 and 10...whatever) dual feed option for Price could work as part of an overhaul of the CBS daytime schedule.
 
ShawnHill1 said:
Yeziknoradio said:
It'll be a very interesting thing to see.
Let's hope Millionaire isn't worn out.
What ever happend to the idea of Jimmy Kimmel hosting a game show?
If Regis turns out to be unavailable...would Jimmy perhaps be the new host?
Jimmy *is* with ABC, after all.
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Kimmel does have some game show-hosting experience; he was the co-host on Comedy Central's "Win Ben Stein's Money" for its first three years. Problem is, of course, that Kimmel's talk show is produced in Hollywood, while Millionaire is taped in New York City. I suppose they can tape the primetime Millionaire shows in Hollywood to accomodate Kimmel, if ABC were to ever go in that direction.
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If ABC would want a ready made winner, why don't they bring back "Win Ben Stein's Money"? Who owns the rights to the show? I didn't see the show often but when I did it seemed entertaining.
 
imhomerjay said:
bpatrick said:
And do you propose multiple feeds of "Price," as "GL"
is done now...say at 10 AM and 11 AM (ET), or even
at 3 as counterprogramming to "GH"?
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Though I don't see a way a 3 pm feed at this time would make sense to take on GH (I'm all for counterprogramming, but I'm not sure Price is the show to do it any more), something like a 10 and 11 (or 9 and 10...whatever) dual feed option for Price could work as part of an overhaul of the CBS daytime schedule.
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The question was intended to get everyone's opinion; frankly, I
don't see a network game show working in the afternoon, either.
"Price" did air at 3 at one time--about 35 years ago. You should
get my drift.

Second, Don Fedderson did do "My Three Sons" and "Family Affair,"
and he syndicated Lawrence Welk for 11 years.

Third, on the subject of "most CBS affiliates" carrying "Guiding Light"
in the morning: true, probably a higher percentage of the country
sees it in the morning, given the fact that it's on in several major
markets. I won't argue that. But a literal reading of "most CBS
affiliates" tells me that all but 16 (Sacramento doesn't carry it at all)
carry it at 3 PM (ET), which is how I interpreted the statement.
Advertisers, I think, would want that morning audience in
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit, Orlando, Miami,
Pittsburgh, and Baltimore (because of market sizes as much as time
slot), so the response to my posting is on-track.

But what seems so strange is that "GL" keeps losing audience, no
matter what time it's on, yet CBS keeps renewing it; it is set for
the rest of this year with an option for 2010.
 
Indeed, CBS has been patient with GL. Whether it's a devotion for a piece of real broadvasting history, a lack of focus on development for something else to fill the hour or something else, who knows. But sooner or later even the most patient programmer will pull the plug.
 
bpatrick said:

It could eventually reach the point where the CBS daytime lineup
consists solely of "Y&R" at 12:30 (or 11 AM in the earlier time zones) and
"B&B" at 1:30, while CBS follows NBC's lead and gives back 11 AM,
2 PM, and 3 PM. Of course, that means ABC would be running virtually
unopposed (only "All My Children" would face a network show on CBS),
an idea that seems a bit far-fetched. But with daytime audiences
shrinking, and Fox stations making a ton of money for lack of a network
lineup, I don't discount anything at this point. After all, if NBC goes
through with its plan to drop "Days Of Our Lives" by the end of this year,
it will have surrendered the daytime field (I consider prime daytime to be
11 AM-4 PM, so I don't count the "Today" show).
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What are the chances of a 5th and 6th hour of the "Today" show?
 
I'm still waiting for the day when you'll hear "Stay tuned for the Today Show at 7 AM followed immediately by the NBC Nightly News at 6 PM." :D
 
anotherguy said:
I'm still waiting for the day when you'll hear "Stay tuned for the Today Show at 7 AM followed immediately by the NBC Nightly News at 6 PM." :D
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And then tune in for Jay Leno beginning at 10!
 
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