CBC to flush out Wheel and Jeopardy

[azumanga]

Someone above says there was a two-week Canadian Millionaire a few years ago on CTV so maybe that's why Canadians can't be contestants on the Merideth Viera show. Although it's clear that show is not going to be brought back

I think Millionaire's prohibition of Canadian contestants stem back to even before the two CTV specials, back to when it was just the Reege version on ABC.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

CTV intended to launch more editions of Canadian Millionaire, but the relation with their sources in the States went sour in respect to cost of production, rental of set, etc.

 

[RBW]

I'm also wondering if perhaps it wasn't the shows' marketing direction that prompted CBC's exit. I do not have access to CBC's broadcast, but it's only in the past year or so, that the producers have started inserting more sponsor endorcements into the program. From the occational time I was able to see Wheel on CBC, I remember them having to slice out the (verbal) commercial endorcement that usually preceeds them putting the $10,000 space on the wheel. So coming back from a break, all CBC viewers would hear & see is the announcer screaming $10,000 dollars which appeared out of context, given that they didn't hear the verbal announcement that preceeded it. Then there are the Wheel Watchers contests (probably not open to Canadian viewers). Then towards the end, there are additional sponsor blurbs prior to the closing credits. This led me to wondering when they recently had their Maxwell House Coffee "Feeding America" promotion... whether CBC flashed a disclaimer of some sort, or saw fit to "chop" the shows' close... when Pat & Vanna would do their Maxwell House banter.

All I'm saying is............could the shows content be becoming "too" American for their liking ???

Nobody has yet to comment on my theory, but if I might suggest to someone watching from a border area -- try viewing the Canadian broadcast from the U.S.... or a U.S. broadcast from Canada... JUST to see if you notice any difference in how "Wheel" is edited. I'd do it if I could... but I'm too far from any Canadian stations.

 

[BRNout]

Hey, CBC can replace those shows with reruns of Bumper Stumpers, right? ;D

Oh well, I guess it's the CBC's prerogative to make a decision such as this and - with the shows being as popular as they are - they have no trouble moving elsewhere.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

Hey, CBC can replace those shows with reruns of Bumper Stumpers, right? ;D

Oh well, I guess it's the CBC's prerogative to make a decision such as this and - with the shows being as popular as they are - they have no trouble moving elsewhere.

If they stick with Canadian programming, it'll be an all new something.

As for the rights to bumper stumpers, and various other gameshow reruns, the rights (In Canada) have been sold to Game tv, not to be confused with the American GSN. (Game show Network)

Game tv Canada ----> http://www.igametv.com/moments/gameshow/

 

[Joe_Capitano]

Took 'em awhile, but the move has been made. WOF & J! will depart the CBC September 14 (they'll finish out the summer). Where they stop, nobody knows...yet. Replacements to be announced as soon as next week.

Source: Metro News

 

[Bob1370]

CBC has now issued its first press release about the fall season (check yesterday's Toronto Star).

What's not clear, even from the release about returning shows, is what's going to replace Wheel and Jeopardy on the CBC schedule. Either they don't know yet (possible); the probable replacement is weak enough or oddball enough that they don't want to announce it until the last minute so the audience won't be turned off in advance before giving it a chance; or they may just throw the hour back to the local O&Os and affiliates to program out of their local budgets the best way they can (reruns/retreads, anyone?).

 

[Gregg]

Does the CBC (or SRC for that matter) have any non-network hours? Other than maybe weekend mornings, I thought CBC and SRC stations all have identical schedules. Same with TVA and V.

 

[OhioMediaWatch]

Of course, this won't effect CBET/9 in Windsor, which has never run either show due to the Detroit market rights...the shows air on NBC affiliate WDIV/4 there.

IIRC, CBC Windsor runs "Coronation Street" in the 7 PM weekday hour, and runs "CBC Windsor: News at 6" for an hour from 6-7 PM.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

CBC's new "Shoestring budget" schedule:

"The CBC, which unveiled its Fall TV season schedule in Toronto on Thursday, indicated it will air at 6:30 p.m. a repeat of the conservative talk show The Lang & O’Leary Exchange, which originates on its CBC News Network cable channel."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cbc-replaces-us-game-shows-323037

 

[OhioMediaWatch]

Yipes.

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. They run frequent promos for that show in the breaks on the CBC local news video streams...

 

[azumanga]

Of course, this won't effect CBET/9 in Windsor, which has never run either show due to the Detroit market rights...the shows air on NBC affiliate WDIV/4 there.

IIRC, CBC Windsor runs "Coronation Street" in the 7 PM weekday hour, and runs "CBC Windsor: News at 6" for an hour from 6-7 PM.

I imagine that it would still affect CBET -- the main reason such a schedule exists is due to American programming such as Wheel and Jeopardy. Now that the schedule is relatively all-Canadian from 5PM to 8PM, CBET can simply follow the same schedule as the other stations, unless they opt to stick with their hour newscast at 6PM, which in that case there would still be some variations.

 

[Yeziknoradio]

Yipes.

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. They run frequent promos for that show in the breaks on the CBC local news video streams...

It's a way to spend $5 and make $6, instead of spending $500 to make $600, I guess.
I believe it would be a good idea to try something fresh and new, using product placement.
(ie similar to how America's got talent has Snapple shown as much as possible, and the Canadian version on City TV had Tim Horton's smothered everywhere)

With the right sponsors/product placement, anything can be better than what they have now!
(or rather, will have in the fall...)

 

[OhioMediaWatch]

I imagine that it would still affect CBET -- the main reason such a schedule exists is due to American programming such as Wheel and Jeopardy. Now that the schedule is relatively all-Canadian from 5PM to 8PM, CBET can simply follow the same schedule as the other stations, unless they opt to stick with their hour newscast at 6PM, which in that case there would still be some variations.

i believe CBET was running the 6 PM show before CBC took Wheel and Jeopardy, but I could very well be wrong.

 

[azumanga]

I imagine that it would still affect CBET -- the main reason such a schedule exists is due to American programming such as Wheel and Jeopardy. Now that the schedule is relatively all-Canadian from 5PM to 8PM, CBET can simply follow the same schedule as the other stations, unless they opt to stick with their hour newscast at 6PM, which in that case there would still be some variations.

i believe CBET was running the 6 PM show before CBC took Wheel and Jeopardy, but I could very well be wrong.

They were, but around 2009, CBC O&Os began showing their newshour from 5:30PM to 6:30PM, later to expand 90 minutes by starting at 5PM; however, CBET stuck to their 6PM to 7PM news hour, adding documentaries to cover at 5PM, and broadcasting Corrie at 7PM (while the others had it at 6:30PM).

 

[mjlarochelle]

Does the CBC (or SRC for that matter) have any non-network hours? Other than maybe weekend mornings, I thought CBC and SRC stations all have identical schedules. Same with TVA and V.

CBC's "network hours" somewhat depend on the time zone. In most of the country, their non-network hours are limited to weeknights between 5:00 and 6:30 pm, and 10:55 to 11:05 pm. In the Pacific time zone, network hours also do not include the 12:00 hour, as CBUT (Vancouver) has a local newscast at noon.

Most Canadian networks have network hours that span almost 24 hours a day, which I'm told isn't even legal in the United States. Still, we have to remember that Canadian networks are controlled top-down, so an individual station's local programming strategies are mainly decided in the head offices of the networks. I don't think CBC Vancouver or CTV Vancouver get much say about how many hours of local programming, or what kinds of local programming, they can do.