14May2013
Gallery: First Look at GSN’s “Minute to Win It”
GSN's Minute to Win It revival is rapidly approaching. The new series will debut June 25th at 8:00PM ET, but have a special sneak preview on May 23rd. The updated version of NBC's stunt game, now hosted by Apolo Anton Ohno, sees a couple play up to ten games using household items to win $250,000. With the fresh episodes starting soon, GSN has released photos of the set, contestants, and host. Take a first look at what to expect when Minute to Win It comes back later this month. Click here to take a look and let us know what you think.
Read MoreView Comments (8)29Apr2013
GSN Schedules “Minute to Win It” Sneak Peek on Thursday, May 23rd
If you're looking forward to GSN's upcoming revival of Minute to Win It you won't have to wait too long until you get your first look at the series. The Apolo Anton Ohno-fronted game, which debuts June 25th at 8:00PM ET, will get a sneak peek on Thursday, May 23rd, at 10:00PM ET. It will follow The American Bible Challenge which gives it a decent shot at getting some eyes. A revival of NBC's two-season-long game, Minute to Win It sees a team play up to ten games in the "Sixty Second Circle" using household items for up to $250,000. GSN taped 40 episodes. The network has released a preview of the sneak peek. Click here to watch. Excited for the new series?
Read MoreView Comments (3)16Apr2013
GSN’s “The Chase” Now Casting
I've been away the past few days, but there's been a few exciting things going on that you'll be interested in. If you've been a long time reader, you've probably read or watched ITV's The Chase around here. There was a lot of excitement over the announcement that GSN will be making an American version. Do you think you can beat Mark "The Beast" Labbett and take home tens of thousands of dollars? The show is now casting and needs you. Click here to visit the casting website. They've had a lot of BuzzerBlog readers apply so far, and we'd love to see you on the air. Few people know about the show so far except you all. You have the upper edge. Do us proud and click here to apply. Tell them BuzzerBlog sent you. Good luck.
Read MoreView Comments (20)09Apr2013
GSN Announces US Adaptation of ITV’s “The Chase”
More information coming soon but I feel like this is the announcement most of you will care about: GSN has announced an American version of ITV's popular daytime quiz show The Chase. Each episode sees a team take on a quiz expert in head-to-head challenges for tens of thousands of dollars. At the end of the show any surviving team members face off against "The Chaser" one more time for the tense "Final Chase". If they outrun The Chaser one final time the team will split their bank evenly. Get caught, though, and they leave with nothing. The ITV edition has become a popular daytime staple for the network, averaging well over three million viewers a day and topping the daytime quiz charts. Fox shot a pilot for stateside version in 2012 but it was not picked up. The pilot was hosted by UK host Bradley Walsh and The Chasers were UK import Mark "The Beast" Labbett and Jeopardy! champion Brad Rutter.
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GSN’s “Minute to Win It” to Debut June 25th
GSN's upfront announcements are today. A few shows I think you'll be interested in are coming up later today so stay tuned. However, we do have one quick announcement to start the day. GSN has announced its upcoming revival of Minute to Win It will debut June 25th at 8:00PM ET. This is a Tuesday so this implies it will not air daily. Minute to Win It is an update of the former NBC game show. Now hosted by Apolo Anton Ohno each episode sees contestants completing seemingly easy stunts using household items for up to $250,000. 40 episodes have been taped.
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GSN Shoots “Where Have You Been All My Life” Dating Pilot with Brooke Burns
GSN is attempting to replicate their success with Baggage by shooting another dating pilot. The network has recently shot a pilot for the dating game show Where Have You Been All My Life?. The show is hosted by Brooke Burns. Not a lot is known about the show except that it was shot at Sunset Bronson Studios. Brooke Burns previously hosted NBC's Dog Eat Dog which has enjoyed numerous successful rerun cycles on GSN. Brooke also co-hosted ABC's 2011 game You Deserve It. GSN's last attempt at a dating game was Love Triangle which ended after one season. When more information is released, or if anything ends up coming from this, we'll let you know. The news was discovered through an Instagrammed picture of the pilot. You can check tha
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Weekend Replay: Entire Series of US “Grand Slam”
Be prepared to lose some free time. I'm always the first to praise GSN when they do something good despite what they incorrectly perceive. We've been on a recent streak of good moves by the network. Let's look back to another somewhat recent good decision. In terms of overall quality and production, one of the network's biggest bright spots was Grand Slam. The show pitted 16 game show champions against each other in a game of general trivia, logic, math, words, speed, and strategy. It was unlike anything that was seen on US television before. It may have been incredibly impressive but it didn't click so it lasted one series. But it was an unforgettable one. I don't know who this person is but some incredibly brave and generous person has uploaded the entire US series of Grand Slam to YouTube. Click here to check out the show, to read our thoughts, and let us know what you thought of it.
Read MoreView Comments (13)20Mar2013
GSN Refreshes Classics Lineup with New “Press Your Luck”, “Password”, “Match Game”, and “Sale of the Century”
Classic game show fans have had one hell of a day. The earlier announcement of the acquisition of the classic 1980's game show Sale of the Century was the tip of the iceberg. In addition to Sale, GSN has re-upped their deals with Press Your Luck, Password Plus, and Super Password. All of these changes take effect Monday, April 1st. Each of the shows will feature weeks of new episodes that will be keeping you entertained for a while. Click here to read about the new episode orders, how many episodes to expect, and what specific episodes you'll see.
Read MoreView Comments (41)20Mar2013
Confirmed: “Sale of the Century” Coming to GSN
Update: It's official. GSN has released a promo for the upcoming launch. Read inside the story to watch. I think many classic game fans are going to be very, very happy with GSN. The game show network has officially announced that on Monday, April 1st, the 80's game Sale of the Century will be joining the morning lineup at 9:30AM ET. The listings show an hour of Match Game at 8:00AM ET, Press Your Luck at 9:00AM ET, and Sale of the Century at 9:30AM ET. This is the first time the series has been seen on GSN and the first time it's been on the air since reruns on USA Network in the early 1990's. Click here to discuss this scheduling news and to see a video GSN just released showcasing the new acquisition.
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Apolo Anton Ohno to Host GSN’s “Minute to Win It” Revival
Out goes the cook...in comes the Olympian. GSN has announced that eight-time Olympic speed-skating medalist Apolo Anton Ohno will host the network's upcoming revival of Minute to Win It. Ohno will replace former host Guy Fieiri, who hosted NBC's version. GSN has picked up the hour-long series for 40 episodes which will debut this summer. Boot camp for the series has recently begun. Each episode will see contestants play up to ten games using household items. The top prize for GSN's version is $250,000. This is the largest top prize for a game show in GSN's history. Click here to talk about the new host and anything else about the show. Looking forward to it?
Read MoreView Comments (11)20Feb2013
Ratings Report: The Usual Suspects “Wheel” and “Jeopardy!” Stay High, “Millionaire” Stays Steady
Here comes this week's report of game show ratings in syndication and cable. This is for the week of February 4th, 2013. Wheel of Fortune remains the unsurprising king of the syndicated ratings, scoring a 7.7 household rating and averaging 12.1 million viewers, losing a tenth of a ratings point and 200,000 viewers over last week. Jeopardy! naturally trails ever so slightly behind with a 6.9 rating, the same rating as last week, and stays in a virtual tie with last week's ratings, just fewer than 10.7 million viewers. Click here to read the rest of the ratings for this week, including Millionaire, Family Feud and GSN's ratings.
Read MoreView Comments (7)18Feb2013
Video: “The American Bible Challenge” Featured on NBC’s “Rock Center with Brian Williams”
The media machine is starting to churn for GSN's biggest hit to date, The American Bible Challenge. On Friday evening, Jeff Foxworthy and his program were featured in an admittedly interesting piece on NBC's news magazine Rock Center with Brian Williams. Harry Smith reports on the origins of the shows, its success, host Foxworthy, the new addition of choir leader Kirk Franklin and the real good that this show is doing. Even if you're not a super fan of the show, the piece is worth looking at to get a behind-the-scenes perspective on the show that took all TV analysts by surprise. Season two of Bible Challenge premieres Thursday, March 21st at 9PM ET. Click here to see the piece from NBC News.
Read MoreView Comments (4)14Feb2013
Monty Hall and Bob Stewart to Receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at 2013 Daytime Emmys
Great news for classic game show fans this afternoon, as two of the greats will be honored at the 40th Daytime Emmy Awards this summer. Legendary game show host and producer Monty Hall and all-time great producer Bob Stewart will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 2013 ceremony. These two men are giants in their field and greatly deserve the honor. Bob Stewart passed away in May of last year and is one of the most renowned creators and producers in television, game shows or otherwise. Stewart worked with Goodson-Todman Productions for many years, creating the original The Price Is Right concept for them in 1956, followed by the panel game To Tell the Truth and the timeless word-association game Password in 1961, which spawned multiple variations throughout the 1970s, 1980s and a recent revival in 2008.Click here to read more about Bob Stewart, Monty Hall and the honors that will be bestowed upon them.
Read MoreView Comments (8)12Feb2013
Ratings Report: “Wheel” Stays Steady, “Millionaire” Stays Strong, “Chain Reaction” Reruns Very Well
Syndicated and GSN ratings are here for the week of January 28th, 2013. Great numbers all around this week once again, so let's take a look at them. Wheel of Fortune keeps its 7.8 household rating from last week's season high, but dips a few hundred thousand viewers to just fewer than 12.3 million. Jeopardy! goes down a tenth of a ratings point down to 6.9 and has a 100,000 viewer dip to land at just under 10.7 million viewers. Click here to read the rest of the report, including a comparison for these shows against primetime TV, the ratings for other shows like Family Feud and Millionaire, and to read about Chain Reaction having a surge of popularity on GSN's schedule.
Read MoreView Comments (8)05Feb2013
Ratings Report: “Wheel,” “Jeopardy!,” “Millionaire” & “Ask America” Hit Highs
If you are associated with a syndicated game show this week, chances are you're feeling pretty good. All of those programs had very impressive numbers this week, going higher than some of us thought it might. The numbers for the week of January 21st are fun to look at. Wheel of Fortune stands head-and-shoulders above the rest of its competition this week as the highest rated first-run syndie program. Vanna and Pat gained just over 100,000 viewers to make a new viewership high for the season of 12.3 million viewers with a 7.8 household rating. Its Sony counterpart Jeopardy! had a great week too. Click here to read about that and other shows including Family Feud, Millionaire and Let's Ask America.
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