SHOULD GSN CONSIDER SYNDICATING SOME OF THEIR GAME SHOWS ?

[gregg75]

I think GSN would get some takers if they syndicated some of their self produced shows....

These shows would be able to make the cut.

Newlywed Game
Baggage
Catch 21
1 vs. 100

If Cash Cab can make it, so would they.
Mo Money, Mo Money, Mo Money $$$
Donald Trump would do it in a second.

 

[Robnoxious]

The biggest difference is Cash Cab is watchable.

 

[gregg75]

These shows are just as good as Cash Cab. In fact Baggage and 1 vs. 100 are better than Cash Cab.

 

[DToTheJ]

Do they still run that "Whammy!" show?

 

[TheBigA]

Interesting idea. So I immediately looked at the ownership structure. GSN is owned by DirecTV and Sony Pictures. Sony Pictures has a syndication deal with CBS via King World. But the scary part is that GSN is dependent on syndication and content companies granting them rights to old game shows. Becoming a competitor might make those companies less intersted in granting cable rights. Then again, it might make for some interesting deal making. I'm sure the idea has been discussed.

 

[imhomerjay]

Baggage already is going into syndication.

 

[gregg75]

GREAT! Jerry Springer has turned it into the 2011 version of The Dating Game. And he
has done a good job with it. The show (although a bit off) is funny and very entertaining.

 

[danikayser84]

How about Lingo? With some tweaks, it'd work in syndication... such as using cash instead of points

 

[1069_KIFR]

No.

 

[1069_KIFR]

Don't forget Merv Griffin's Crosswords!

 

[ShawnHill1]

Baggage already is going into syndication.

They're already doing a test run on Chicago's WCIU and nine stations owned by Sinclair (distribution handled by NBC Universal). If all goes well, it'll be available this fall for first-run syndication.

 

[DToTheJ]

GSN shows going to syndication? I guess this will more than make it up to the Cablevision customers who have seen GSN move to the "sports" package.

 

[anotherguyTN]

I'd think that putting 1 Vs. 100 in syndication would make sense since it had been on NBC, but they should increase the top prize to at least $100,000.

 

[mgsports]

I would say 1 versus 100 the version NBC showed be showed again on NBC stations but in reruns.
Don't forget Catch 21,Bingo America and so on.
I would like to see more new Game Shows.

 

[imhomerjay]

GSN already "forgot" Bingo America, so has the rest of the world.

 

[formeraa]

GSN already "forgot" Bingo America, so has the rest of the world.

Some things are best forgotten! That was among the worst game shows in American history.