The Game Show Network ( GSN ) is an American cable and satellite TV channel owned by Sony Pictures Television (having control of 58% interest ) and AT & amp; T (holding 42% shareholding).
Channel programming is primarily dedicated to game events, including reruns of classic game performances, along with original and original original gaming performances for the first time. For the period in the mid-2000s, Game Show Network began branched out into "games" in general, including reality series and poker events aired on television.
GSN is available for 79.0 million US households in January 2016.
Video Game Show Network
History
1992-1994: Pre-launch: Game Show Channels
On May 7, 1992, Sony Pictures Entertainment joined the United Video Satellite Group to launch the Game Show Channel , to be launched in 1993. The channel announcement was made by SPE president Mel Harris. Sony Pictures ownership includes Merv Griffin Enterprises and Barris Industries, Inc. SPE competes with The Family Channel in launching channel events when The Family Channel announces the launch of its own service called Game Channel.
On December 2, 1992, Sony Pictures Entertainment made a deal to acquire Barry & A truly existing gaming library, and in a separate agreement, reached a 10-year license agreement for the rights to the gaming library Mark Goodson's more than 20,000 episodes including What's My Line? , Family Feud and Say the Truth . Following the deal, Sony said it would sell equity stake in the network for Mark Goodson Productions, including the production of a new original series by Jonathan Goodson Productions. Both transactions were completed on December 7, 1992, eleven days before Mark Goodson's death. On June 6, 1994, Mark Goodson Productions left the company.
1994-1997: Game Show Network
Game Show Network was launched at 07:00. ET on December 1, 1994. The first show that aired was What's My Line? . From 1994 to about 1997, the network premiered pre-1972 classical game play and gaming performances made after 1972, mostly from the Mark Goodson-Bill Todman library. Network game impressions run in a 24-hour cycle, and also use live interstitials as a cover programming. In the first few months, GSN ads consisted of public service announcements (PSA), promotions for programming and advertising associated with Sony's parent network. In 1995, when the network began to grow, the network began to receive conventional advertising because it got a new sponsor. On March 17, 1997, Game Show Network was branded with new presentation packages and new logos (which have network names in colorful squares and spheres) and a new "All Play, All Day" slogan. While the logo changed, the program remained unchanged, the network also debuted new promos and new idends of the day, designed by graphic agency Lee Hunt Associates.
On October 11, 1997, network rights to the Goodson-Todman library expired, with the exception of the The Price Is Right and the 1994-95 season Family Feud (only the season in the second Richard Dawson era ), both of which are allowed to continue serving on channels on separate contracts. This period lasted until April 18, 1998. With other Goodson-Todman events gone, Sony's lesser known properties such as Juvenile Jury, The Diamond Head Game, the 1976- 77 version < i> Break the Bank , and Bill Cullen-hosted Chain Reaction
Game Show Network also publishes a block of children's game events today, highlighted by Joker! Comedian! Joker! , Jep! , and Wheel 2000 - each adaptation from Joker Wild , Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune .
1998-2004
On April 18, 1998, Game Show Network bought back the rights to the Goodson-Todman library. At the end of 1998, GSN removed all its live programs, replacing them with ads in shows like Win TV . In 1999, the network initiated a series of original programming, including Inquizition, All New 3's a Crowd and Hollywood Showdown. The channel also launches original shows like Extreme Gong (a remake of the classic Show Gong Show ). In 2000, the network faced another setback when the GSN lost the right to broadcast The Price Is Right , with the last episode aired on April 3 of that year.
In 2001, major changes in leadership and programming in the network took place. Liberty Media acquired a 50% stake in the network and changed its leadership. President Michael Fleming and vice president Jake Tauber were both dismissed and former Fox Family Channel president Rich Cronin was hired to head the network. He and the incoming vice president, Bob Boden, started the largest original programming effort since the beginning of the network, launching Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck , Friends or Enemies? , Russian Roulette , Lingo , WinTuition and Cram . In addition, in the fall of 2001, the network acquired the rights to broadcast the classic Press your Luck (excluding the episode of Michael Larson, due to pressure from CBS; this angered many fans, resulting in CBS finally giving Game Show Network rights for the Larson episode, airing it in a separate package, as well as along with the Big Bucks documentary: The Press Your Luck Scandal.
In the fall of 2003, Game Show Network grabbed rights to the ABC version of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire with Regis Philbin, and in December, began broadcasting GSN Video Games, to air on networks that have nothing to do with traditional game shows. Although the rehearsals from the slightly dated English video game show (mostly Gamer.tv) - were short-lived, it was a sign of a network format change from the Game Show Network "all game events, all the time" to what eventually became "GSN: The Network for Games ". His last program using Game Show Network was Lingo .
2004-present: GSN
On March 15, 2004, Game Show Network began using the abbreviation "GSN" and introduced the tagline "The Network for Games", a step that is in line with the expansion of its programming network to include the reality genre of television and other competitions. GSN also introduced the original series at 10:00 pm. working days, World Series of Blackjack , Greek Games Lampoon National , Kenny vs. Spenny (Canadian import) and short-lived Fake-a-Date, a pair-search program with host of Evan Marriott, the original Joe Millionaire. GSN also added reruns of The Mole and Spy TV .
Blackjack and Poker Royale marked the beginning of GSN's efforts to benefit from the poker hobbies of TV at the time. In 2006, the GSN introduced High Stakes Poker, a poker event with private game formats among professional players, and also aired additional series of World Series of Blackjack and spin-offs, Celebrity Blackjack . One of the most popular shows of the early TV poker boom, the World Poker Tour , is scheduled to move from the Travel Channel to the GSN on March 24, 2008. Within a year after the GSN changes, it begins. restore its focus mainly to studio-based game events.
On February 25, 2008, GSN returned to live television and debuted GSN Live, an interactive live call event hosted by Heidi Bohay and Fred Roggin. This event is similar in format to the previous Game Show Network program, Club A.M. , and aired a working day from Noon to 3:00 pm. ET during the intermission between the composition of the program at that time. The show features call from viewers, interviews with classic game hosts and behind-the-scenes features of game events. At three separate points on each day, interactive games are played with contestants at home. Contestants can win anything from jewelry to GSN merchandise, or during a month-long contest, a new car or a hot tub.
In March 2011, DirecTV (which at this point has taken over the shares of Liberty Media on the network, which has risen to 65%) sold a 5% stake in the network back to Sony Pictures Entertainment; Although DirecTV has nominally remained a majority owner, it has handed control of the network to Sony, and has the right to force Sony to increase its holdings in GSN to 58%.
On August 23, 2012, GSN debuted The American Bible Challenge hosted by Jeff Foxworthy, which became the most popular program channel of all time, with the inaugural series watched by two million viewers. On September 3, 2012, GSN resumed the revival of the $ 25,000 Pyramid , called The Pyramid hosted by Mike Richards. On November 8, 2012, DirecTV sold 18% interest in GSN to Sony.
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Programming
Genuine programming
GSN has also produced some original series. In the early days of the channel, GSN aired a three-hour block called Club AM , consisting of five classic game events, surrounded by thirty minute interstitial trivia, interviews with producers, personalities, game show contestants and fans and interactive calling games, all hosted by Laura Chambers and Steve Day (which also played back late at night, with some new segments, titled Late Night Games. Prime Games is a Saturday night show aired and hosted by Peter Tomarken. Wide World of Games is a Saturday night bloc of four performances built around a common theme.
After a few years, the show was replaced by TV Games (a half-hour interview organized by Nancy Sullivan and Dave Nemeth), Game World (which shows the current highlight of the game event from all over the world), and stand-alone 30-minute call-in games like Super Decades and Trivia Track . Then, the channel attempts to remake the Gong Show called Extreme Gong (hosted by George Gray, where viewers can call in their voices, whether the "gong" is off air) and Throut And Neck (hosted by Rebecca Grant) (where viewers control video game characters with their phone). But all these efforts were eventually canceled and removed from the network schedule.
Traditional game shows since 2000 include the The Hollywood Show, Inquizition , All New 3 a Crowd , Mall Masters < Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck , Friend or Foe? (game based on Detention Dilemma), Russian Roulette , WinTuition , Cram and Lingo (the rise of Chuck Woolery that was switched from the Canadian format 1987-88 where the team guess five-empty words in combination with Jotto/Mastermind and bingo). The network produced six seasons of the show from 2002 to 2007.
Originals debuted in 2006 including PlayMania , an expanded late night game of two being (at one point) six nights a week continuing through 31st October 2007; and the revival of the 1980s Chain Reaction game, which ended its operation on June 9, 2007. That's the Question ,
For 2008, the US version of a BBC game called How Much Is Enough? debuted on January 8, 2008, hosted by actor Corbin Bernsen, and then on March 31, 2008, Bingo America debuted with Patrick Duffy from Dallas and < i> Step by Step fame as host. On July 21st, 2008, as something related to the movie 21 , Merrill Heatter returned to the producing games with Catch 21 (game revival of the 1970s) Gambit ) was organized by Alfonso Ribeiro with actress Mikki Padilla as a dealer. GSN also relaunched a series of live interactive call interstitials, this time known as GSN Live , which aired during the commercial break between Noon and 06:00. East Monday to Friday. Initially the series lasted for a span of three hours, with KNBC sports anchor and NBC Sports contributors Fred Roggin and actress Heidi Bohay hosting the interstitial segment. Later in the year GSN expanded the series to six hours, with Roggin moving to 3:00 pm. until 6:00 pm a block with Kelly Packard while Alfonso Ribeiro replaced him the day before. Packard was forced to abandon his position shortly after taking it, and Roggin hosted with the guest host until May 15, 2009 when Debra Skelton was elected to permanent co-host on 26 May. Roggin was forced to leave GSN Live on July 2, 2009 to concentrate on his new game show Money List . Alfonso was forced to leave GSN Live on August 11, 2009 to concentrate on hosting Catch 21 . GSN Live itself ends in July 2011.
Also in 2009, The Newlywed Game re-airs on GSN, this time with Wilson Phillips singer Carnie Wilson as host. On June 13, 2009, GSN aired the interactive Live Show block live, which was hosted by Keegan-Michael Key, Ross Matthews and Charissa Thompson. The three-hour block features various games, such as identifying images. Included in the block is 20Q , organized by Cat Deeley from So You Think You Can Dance and featuring the voices of Hal Sparks comedians as "Mr. Q"; and Money List , hosted by Fred Roggin of GSN Live . The hidden camera series, Instant Recall , hosted by game show icon Wink Martindale, aired on March 4, 2010. Revival 1 <1>. 100 , hosted by Carrie Ann Inaba, aired in 2010.
On November 18, 2010, Game Show Network announced that Drew Carey will host a new improvisation comedy drew Drew Carey Improv-A-Ganza in the Spring of 2011 on April 11th. The show was filmed at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in January and February 2011. The show lasted forty episodes before being canceled due to low ratings.
In autumn 2012, the new GSN revival is titled The Pyramid , with The Price Is Right producer Mike Richards hosting. The American Bible Challenge with Jeff Foxworthy being the most popular program channel of all time, with the first viewers watched by two million viewers.
On August 6, 2013, GSN debuted Brooke Burns' The Chase and featured Mark Labbett as "The Beast."
In summer 2014, GSN debuted a new series debut such as It Takes a Church , Skin Wars , and Idiotest .
GSN has announced that it will show a US version of the BBC One show Pointless .
Special
The network has been running classic game show blocks on Saturday night, and for the first few months of 2006 programmed a back-to-back Match Game episode on the block that was billed as the Clock of the '70s. (The show on That '70s Show ), showing original production slates before each episode as well as Match Game trivia and a short clip of interview with host Gene Rayburn produced shortly before his death. Although the production whiteboard has been screened by the network before, "It's the 70s Hour" is the first time a network deliberately does it. During the Summer of 2006, the network began running a special seven weeks of 50 Largest Games of All Time. .
In November 2006, the GSN began a series of eight documentaries organized by Chuck Woolery, each about a game show, starting with a program on Match Game titled Behind The Blank. Other subjects include game show producer Chuck Barris, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? , counting "Top Ten" from game show hosts, impressive gaming moments, prominent women on game shows, celebrities and how they affect game shows, and insiders guides to winning in game shows.
One of the most interesting subjects is the installment of Your Lucky Press where Michael Larson won over $ 100,000 in cash and prizes by memorizing the order of the board used, which is the subject of the Big Bucks: Scandal "Press Your Luck" . Peter Tomarken, who hosted Press Your Luck, organized and narrated this documentary in 2003. The documentary became the most watched show of the Game Show Network ever at the time scoring 1.7 at one point during the show. Initially, CBS, the original broadcaster Press Your Luck , did not want GSN to broadcast the Larson episode. However, this angered many fans, causing CBS to allow Game Show Network to broadcast the episode as part of a documentary as well as a stand-alone episode.
In 2007, the network started two new specials: National Vocabulary Championship , with the show aired on April 15, 2007 featuring the first year of the event, and broadcast from Cat Fanciers' Association International Cat Show, > Catminster .
In November 2008, the GSN and Meow Mix presented a special titled Think Like a Cat , hosted by Chuck Woolery, with a grand prize of $ 1 million, one of the few gaming performances on cable television has that amount as a grand prize.
On December 16, 2014, a special GSN broadcast called Game Show Flashback , hosted by Ben Gleib, featuring some of the best moments in the history of gaming performances.
On December 23, 2014, GSN broadcasts a 2-hour special called The Line , hosted by Jeff Davis and Candace Bailey.
On January 1, 2015, in preparation for reshuffling Luggage titled Luggage on the Road , GSN broadcasts a special called Luggage: Most Shame Moments by Jerry Springer.
Acquired programming
The GSN program is derived primarily from FremantleMedia, with programming derived also from NBCUniversal Television Distribution, Warner Bros. Television Distribution, and GSN parent company Sony Pictures Television. Before Liberty Media bought 50% of the network, GSN had unlimited access to a game show owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia TriStar Television subsidiary. After Liberty bought its stake in the company, Sony began to charge a license fee for their show, even though its ownership on the network was already half.
From Fremantle, Match Game network license (Rayburn), Family Feud (Karn, O'Hurley, and Harvey), Card Sharks (Perry and Eubanks), Hit Your Luck , and Sales of the Century . The GSN has licensed the entire library of Mark Goodson-Bill Todman from its inception until March 2009 and, in the past, also licensed Let's Make A Deal (another Fremantle property) to broadcast on the network. Old versions of the show are now aired on Buzzr's rival channel, which is a sub-channel on many broadcast television stations in major cities.
In a period of network growth, the GSN regularly exhibited classic Goodson-Todman games and panel events from the 1950s and 1960s, many of which were originally broadcast or only preserved in black and white - like What is My Path? , I Have Secrets , Saying the Truth and Beating the Clock . This classic show made many channels in the beginning, but has gradually reduced popularity since the late 1990s. On October 1, 2006, just What is My Path? which has a regular place on the schedule, Sunday night/early Monday at 3:00 in the morning; ET; followed by a selection of shows from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s Goodson-Todman, usually other panel games. On December 19th, GSN returned Black and White Overnight to seven days a week from 3:00 to 4:00 in the morning, showing What's My Line? and I Have a Secret in the block; other events, including Select Top Side , Same Name, , and Budified Budether primetime version of Saying the Truth has been displayed; This run ended on March 31, 2009. Black and White Overnight has been back for two weeks in December since 2009, showing What is My Path? and I Have Secrets .
Over the years, the GSN, in addition to the Goodson-Todman library, features game shows from other studios:
- NBCUniversal Television Distribution: Twenty One (2000), Weakened Link , Dog Feeding Dog , Dealing or No Deal , 1 vs. 100 (original version: 2010 revival is GSN Original), and Minute Won It (original version, revival of 2013) is GSN Original)
- 20th Television: Greed and Are You Smarter Than the 5th? (Fox)
- CBS Television Distribution: Hollywood Squares (Bergeron version only with Sony Pictures Television)
- MGM Distribution of Domestic Television: Hollywood Squares (Marshall version only)
- Warner Bros. Television Distribution: Love Connections , Street People , and Let's Ask America
- Disney-ABC Domestic Television: Who Wants To Be a Billionaire? , Win Ben Stein's Money , and Win, Lose or Attract (Convy Version Only)
GSN also airs, or broadcasts, Sony Pictures Television's television shooting program from the following companies: The Guber-Peters Entertainment Company (formerly Barris Industries): The Newlywed Game , The Dating Game , The Gong Show > (except the Gary Owens version), 3 is Crowd , Treasure Hunt , and Quiz Kids Challenge .
Sony Pictures Television (including its predecessors of Screen Gems to Columbia TriStar Television): Pyramid (Osmond & Richards), Russian Roulette , new incarnation and new series co - produced by Sony's Embassy, ​​post-1994 episode of the Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! Dealer Options , The Diamond Game Head , and The Fun Factory (all manufactured by Fishman-Freer Productions) i> Celebrity Charades (manufactured by Fein-Schwartz Productions).
In October 2003, the GSN gained the rerun rights for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (from Disney-ABC Domestic Television, network and syndicated version) and has added more episodes since, including the spi-off of the 2004 Super Millionaire spin-off; the show was not on schedule from November 2012 to December 2017, when repetition of episode Chris Harrison was added to the schedule. Among the most famous classical game shows ever regularly broadcast on the network include Precise , Wild Joker , Tattletales , Hollywood , Dating Game , Love Relations and Let's Do Agreement . GSN HD
GSN HD is a high-definition simulcast feed in Game Show Network broadcasting in 1080i resolution format, launched on September 15, 2010. It is currently nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network, regionally at AT & amp; T U-verse, and on the market limited to providers such as Time Warner Cable, Cable TV Power Service, Verizon FiOS, Comcast, Communications Charter and Light House Network.
Since 2010, all the original GSN programming has been produced in HD. Until 2014, while classic programs are served in their original aspect ratio, almost all other non-HD programs are stretched to fit the 16: 9 screen aspect ratio, and HD feeds are assigned letter for SD on all programs. Currently all programs are displayed in their original aspect ratio.
GSN On Demand
GSN is partnering with Vubiquity to launch GSN On Demand on August 15, 2013. Current Options On Demand includes recent GSN Originals such as Baggage and The Chase and the episode of Steve Harvey < i> Family Conflicts .
Online game
In 2007, Liberty Media acquired Toronto-based FUN Technologies, operator of the popular online casual game website WorldWinner tournament. After the acquisition, Liberty began to extend the GSN brand into an online game with WorldWinner re-branding as a GSN service. GSN also launched a social game app on Facebook, now known as GSN Casino , featuring casino skills and games along with competitive tournaments. As of October 2010, GSN Casino has over 8 million active users. GSN also developed the Wheel of Fortune app for Facebook, which was released in 2010.
GSN also publishes the GSN Casino mobile app, featuring a variety of slot machines and bingo games; in 2013, GSN Casino is the 10th best-selling app for iPad on the App Store. In January 2014, GSN acquired Bitrhymes Inc., the developer of social and mobile games
In this synergy reversal, it was announced in November 2014 that a game show based on Bingo Bash was being developed for the original Game Show Network 2015 line of programs.
Syndication
The GSN began syncing some of its original programs to other channels in the early 2010s. Baggage which was broadcast in syndication at a number of local stations during the 2012-13 television season. On June 24, 2013, the channel signed an agreement with Bounce TV that allowed it to broadcast the rights to New Game, Capture 21 and The American Bible Challenge . The American Bible Challenge aired in a rerun in UP in the fall of 2013 and again in spring 2015. Drew Carey Improv-A-Ganza was recently aired on Laff.
See also
- Buzzr (a competing network, available as a sub-channel in some American markets)
- Challenge (English channel devoted to displaying UK game shows from multiple archives along with some international events)
- GameTV (Canadian channel showing Canadian classic games, and other programs)
- Nickelodeon GAS (channel currently used to display Nickelodeon game events)
- The Game Channel (Filipino channel focusing on family games and reality shows)
- Questions and Answers ("Questions and Answers"/Russian channel devoted to Russian gaming performances along with several international performances)
Note
References
External links
- Official website
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