Unofficial Frequently Asked Questions
By the members of the GSN Message Board.
Compiled by Game Show Favorites.
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| Why isn't GSN airing <Fill In The Blank>? |
Part 1: GSN has access to a few game show libraries (e.g. Bob Stewart, Jack Barry & Dan Enright, Chuck Barris, Merv Griffin, and any leftover things for Columbia Pictures)... However, GSN does not have automatic access to other outstanding libraries. If a game show library you'd prefer to see on the network isn't airing at the moment, it's either because there is too much money involved with gaining the rights to air the show, or it isn't in GSN's best interest to air the show at the time. Such heavily-requested libraries/series include:
Some syndicated series currently belong with their original syndicators, and not their respective producers. These include:
Last but not least, many shows from the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's have either been destroyed/erased by networks (due to the high cost of videotapes back then), or they have simply been lost... Such shows include:
| Why doesn't GSN air more series owned by Sony? |
GSN must purchase the rights to air the Sony shows, just like any other network would, ever since Liberty bought 50% of GSN.
| Why didn't Peter Tomarken host "Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck"? |
Both Peter and Todd Newton filmed pilots for "Whammy!" and Todd was chosen
as the host. Peter was featured on a series of GSN promos aired for
"Press Your Luck" and also hosted part of a "Whammy!" episode featuring Michael
Larson's brother and Larson's original opponents.
| Why does GSN only show the same 1984 episodes of "Press Your Luck", and only the 1971-72 and 1975-1977 seasons of "Let's Make a Deal"? |
When GSN leased these series, they only leased a small portion of each library, as a means of judging how well they would do ratings-wise. If they performed well, they would go back and get an additional supply of episodes. By all accounts, both "PYL" and "Deal" have done marvelously well in the network's ratings. "New" episodes of "Press Your Luck" began to air during GSN's summer vertivision blocks on June 18, 2003. "New" episodes also air during the weekend PYL slot on GSN.
| I thought NBC destroyed all the episodes of "The Hollywood Squares." How did GSN find them? |
According to legend, the discovery of some 3000 or so episodes of "The Hollywood Squares" was actually made by researchers for the Sci-Fi Channel, having stumbled across them in a search for missing episodes of the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. While primarily of the once-a-week syndicated version (1971-1981), the tapes also included the brief 1968 NBC primetime run of the series, which evidently escaped the fate of the daytime version because it did air in primetime. Currently, GSN does not air the Peter Marshall version of the show due to poor ratings on the network.
| Why does GSN keep skipping episodes of Match Game (or any other game show with celebrities)? |
There are several possible reasons for this, ranging from tapes that are just plain missing in action to GSN's copies of the tapes being in unairable condition. The most common reason, unfortunately, is that some of the celebrities that appeared on these shows back then won't allow their episodes to air today, for a variety of reasons.
| If GSN owns the complete Bob Stewart library, why can't it air Bill Cullen's version of The $25,000 Pyramid? |
When GSN acquired Bob Stewart's library, they were given only the tapes BASADA had in their possession at the time. Unfortunately, this did not include the Cullen episodes of The $25,000 Pyramid. The episodes do exist, but are believed to be with Viacom at the present time, which distributed the series under its previous identity of Jim Victory Television.
| Hey, I remember some of the episodes being shown on Black & White Overnight being in color back in the day. Does GSN have the color copies of these episodes? |
Sadly, no. Although series such as What's My Line? and I've Got a Secret were broadcast in color at various points in their runs, all that exists of those color episodes today are black-and-white kinescopes. No color prints were ever made of these films; doing so would have been prohibitively expensive at the time.
| Why are "The Match Game" (60's version) and ABC "Password" not on GSN? |
Those shows are apparently lost. Maybe some day, there may be a surprise find, but right now, it's just wishful thinking.
| Can someone please tell GSN to stop playing the same episodes of shows again and again? |
E-mail GSN at programming@gsn.com and let them know your opinions.
| What was Match Game PM? I don't remember that version... |
Match Game PM was a once-a-week syndicated nighttime version of Match Game. It began in August of 1975 and ran through until the end of the 1980 syndicated season. It simply was the nighttime version of the show and instead of the usual 2 rounds of questions, it had 3 question rounds (except for the first few months, it only had the usual 2). At the end of the game, the winning contestant played 2 Audience matches instead of one, and so the maximum possible winnings total out at $11,000. However, shortly before Richard left in 1978, the star wheel was added, and so a potential of $21,000 total could be won if the contestant got a lucky double spin on the wheel.
| I noticed on the list above that only the Chuck Woolery episodes of Wheel of Fortune have been lost/destroyed. What's the story behind that? |
This is one of those things we may never know the true story about. What is generally accepted by most fans is that the episodes were destroyed by Merv Griffin's own company, after Woolery left Wheel on what by most accounts were very bad terms with Griffin. (As to why Woolery left, it was due to a salary dispute.) This erasure is said to have taken place after Wheel became such a hit in syndication, leading some to suspect Griffin had it done simply out of spite.
This scenario is born completely out of conjecture, and may or may not bear any resemblance to the true story. It is, however, considered by several more knowledgeable fans to be "close enough for government work."
| I heard that Richard Dawson quit/was fired from Match Game...what happened? |
By mid-1977, it was becoming clear to everyone that Richard Dawson, whose reputation as Match Game's "life of the party" led to his appointment as the host of Family Feud - intended as a spinoff of Match Game itself - in 1976, was growing more and more distant from the cast. As 1978 began, this began to seep into his on-air persona as well - a general malaise, a sense that he really didn't want to be there. He still worked hard to match the contestants, but he had, in Gene Rayburn's own words, "stopped participating" in the show - he no longer cracked as many jokes, and rarely so much as smiled on camera (including when, in a celebrated incident, an audience member specifically asked him to).
There have been many theories floated around as to Dawson's increasingly grouchy nature, most of which relate to his status as the host of Feud, which had supplanted Match Game as the #1 game show on television. There may have been some resentment on the part of the MG staff over Dawson's new and more lucrative role - for a rival network at that - but most of the blame appears to rest squarely on Dawson's own shoulders. He was, to be polite about it, one of those people who did not handle fame well, and Feud's almost overnight success clearly swelled his ego to Brobdignagian proportions.
By mid-1978, by mutual consent, Dawson was allowed out of his Match Game contract. Officially, the story was that he left so he could concentrate more on Family Feud. Unofficially, he was pretty much booted off the show on the grounds that nobody could stand to be around him any longer.
| What is this "Dark Period" I keep hearing about? |
This refers to the six-month span of time, between October 1997 and April 1998, during which GSN lost the airing rights to the Goodson-Todman library. Since the G-T legacy is considered by just about everyone to be the best library of "classic" games out there, this was almost a crippling loss for GSN.
This is not to say GSN aired nothing of merit during this time. Indeed, for fans of obscure games and/or libraries the Dark Period was actually something of an exciting time - short-lived shows such as Go!, Chain Reaction, and Treasure Hunt were given spots on the regular schedule, and obscure stuff like The Diamond Head Game, Juvenile Jury, and Hollywood Connection were screened for the first time since their initial airings. By and large, however, the schedule was littered with far too many showings of The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game, and the loss of Goodson-Todman was very keenly felt.
To say, however, that the Dark Period meant that no G-T shows were airing at all would be inaccurate. During the Dark Period GSN was allowed to air The Price is Right and the 1994-95 season of Family Feud, since those shows were handled on a separate contract from the rest of the G-T library.
| Is _________still alive? |
ALIVE: Peter Marshall, Jim Perry, Richard Dawson, Dick Martin, Brett Somers, Charles Nelson Reilly, Elaine Joyce, Jack Klugman, Betty White, Fannie Flagg, Bill Daily, Bob Eubanks, Dick Clark, Monty Hall, Tom Kennedy, Bob Stewart, Chuck Woolery, Chuck Barris, Geoff Edwards, Jim Peck, Bill Rafferty, Wink Martindale, Soupy Sales, and Joe Garagiola.
DEAD: Gene Rayburn, Paul Lynde, Eva Gabor, McLean Stevenson, David Doyle, Richard Paul, Ray Combs, Allen Ludden, Bert Convy, Bill Cullen, Johnny Olsen, Jay Stewart, George Gobel, Wally Cox, Larry Blyden, Arlene Francis, John Charles Daly, Garry Moore, Gene Wood, Art James, Tony Randall, Art James, Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf, Debralee Scott, Nipsey Russell, and Peter Tomarken.
| How did Sony acquire the rights to the Barris, Barry-Enright, and Bob Stewart Libraries and production rights? |
They bought the libraries and formats, etc. Just one of the libraries -- the Bob Stewart library -- cost at least an 8-figure amount! And that didn't even include all of Bob Stewart's stuff! (They bought all that BASADA had, but shows like The Love Experts & Cullen's $25,000 Pyramid still remains with their syndicators). GSN has everything Barry & Enright had with them when they sold off the library to Sony back in 1994. However, the deal didn't include Pictionary '89 & The Joker's Wild '90 (and some others) -- those shows are still with its syndicator. Chuck Barris did a good job on keeping his shows, so most of what he did exists.
| I've heard talk about an "Archie and Edith" episode of The Newlywed Game. Did Carrol O'Connor and Jean Stapleton ever appear on the show? |
No. This refers to a late 70's episode of Newlywed that featured one couple - Pat and Charlie Berg - who bore a pronounced resemblance, both physically and vocally, to the All in the Family characters. Besides the memorable appearance of the couple, they also provided Newlywed with one of its most classic answers; when Bob Eubanks asked how the wives would complete the sentence "My husband is a closet...", Pat's prediction for Charlie was "queen." What makes it a classic moment is that it's clear Pat either didn't understand the question, or realize exactly what she said.
| Why does GSN show informercials from 4:00 to 9:00 AM (Eastern) and what caused the hour extension from 4-6am? |
GSN is not a 24-hour network, and has not been for several years. During the Dark Period (see above posts), GSN used infomercials during the wee hours as a means to generate enough revenue to get the rights to the Goodson-Todman library back. Once that was done, the extra change in the network's coffers was so nice that it was evidently decided to continue the practice. It is believed that GSN extended paid programming an extra hour to help pay for the broadcasting rights to Regis Philbin's Millionaire and to possibly have enough revenue stored to reacquire the rights to The Price is Right library if and when the opportunity to acquire it arrises.
| Every so often, I'll notice a slight "glitch" in a GSN graphic - it looks like a section of the graphic turns all pixell-y and out of focus. |
No one is quite sure why this happens. It appears to be a problem with the software used to generate these slates and graphics. The problem is at the network level, however, and not with your cable or satellite provider. Sometimes, sunspots covering the GSN satalite signal cause periods of pixelated picture.
| Who or what is "Winnie"? |
Winnie was the mascot/logo for GSN during its early years. An abstract representation of an excited contestant, she was used to decorate GSN graphics and merchandise, and is still visible on the network's HQ building.
| Who or what is "Green Ball"? |
This has two answers. The Green Ball was the previous Game Show Network symbol, forming the O in "GAME SHOW" in the network's past logo. Additionally, GSN used a young man dressed up as a giant Green Ball as part of an ad campaign/network image package.
| In some GSN commercials, they use a red brick building with an aluminum "GAME SHOW NETWORK" visible on an awning. Is this really where GSN is headquartered? |
Yes, that is the actual GSN building.
| When GSN had The Price is Right, I noticed they skipped over several episodes, including the very first one of all. Why? |
In addition to the usual excuses - the skipped episodes were either missing, accidentally erased, or simply not fit to air - Price had another consideration during its life on GSN. Before Bob Barker, who as you know is one of the more strident animal-rights activists, became Price's Executive Producer, the show frequently gave away prizes such as fur coats and bearskin rugs. One of the contractual conditions of GSN getting Price was that they would never show any episode in which such a prize was offered, apparently for fear it would suggest Barker condoned such items. Sadly for Price historians, this ban extended to the very first episode of the CBS series, originally broadcast on September 4, 1972; the first-ever Contestant's Row prize was a fur.
| Hey, wait a minute. I distinctly remember seeing an episode of Price on GSN that had a fur coat! I even have it on tape! |
Then you have a collector's item. Very rarely, an episode with a fur coat would slip through GSN's radar and get aired accidentally. (It is, after all, quite difficult to sift through over two and a half decades worth of tapes, so it's understandable this would occasionally happen.) In most cases, the error was caught and the episode pulled from the airing rotation.
| What's the name of that show with that red thing? |
That show is Press Your Luck and Whammy. The red thing is a Whammy (plural: Whammies).
| What did that woman really say on The Newlywed Game? |
The woman replied using her answer as a certain part of the lower body. In a side note, Bob Eubanks denied this happened for years, until he finally fessed up on the recent game show special on NBC.
| Where is The Gong Show/The New Treasure Hunt? |
While GSN does have both shows, and in fact has aired The Gong Show in the past, the airings here are limited or non-existent due to clearance issues concerning the music used on the shows.
| Are all of the Goodson-Todman shows intact? |
Most experts will agree that Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Productions probably did the best job preserving their games. However, to say that they preserved every single tape would probably be pushing the truth a little bit. Two of their shows that are assumed to be lost and gone forever are the ABC Password and Mindreaders . However, even if by some miracle, these tapes were found, does not necessarily mean GSN could air them, or get them for free just because of their current contract with Fremantle Media. Some experts believe that the ABC Password taped were used to record the Dawson version of Family Feud.
| Why isn't GSN airing anything from the Sandy Frank library [Face the Music, Name that Tune '84]? |
Well, even though rights to air the shows might be cheap [considering this is a small library], a LOT of music was played on them. Therefore, it will be HECK to take care of music clearances.
| I thought Ralph Edwards produced Name That Tune, and that it was on in the 70's! |
Well, Ralph did produce NTT in the 70's, but the same issue above prevents its airing. Also, there are different rumors----some say the show is destroyed, some say Ralph has the tapes locked up.
| Why do they cut out the fee plugs and crunch the credits? And what are those other odd edits I see sometimes? |
Once again, it's all about the green, probably being a way for GSN to fit in even more commercials. As for those other edits, if you mean times when you see a fraction of a second of some sort of text, or when they seem to jump from commercials back to the show, you probably noticed the editing out of a ticket/contestant plug seen in the show's original broadcast. Plain and simple, GSN does not include these to discourage people "who don't know better" from writing to the addresses asking for tickets to long-cancelled shows, or information on how to be a contestant on them. This is often an unpopular decision because:
A) USA Network, when they had afternoon game show reruns, had no problems leaving in ticket/contestant plugs, often simply handling them by running a "Not Active" bar over the address or phone number.
B) Sometimes you do miss out on some gems, the most frequently mentioned being the "face puzzle" ticket plugs seen on the syndicated Match Game (1979-1982), where some clever editing superimposed parts of one celebrity's face on another's face. When GSN was airing 1988 episodes of Card Sharks, the editing of ticket plugs cost viewers two cameo appearances by Ray Combs, who visited the show to plug his upcoming version of Family Feud.
| What's the deal with the death of Dorothy Kilgallen? |
The death What's My Line panelist Dorothy Kilgallen is surrounded in controversy. The morning after a taping of a Sunday night episode of the show—in which she seemed normal and in good health—Dorothy was found dead in her New York apartment. The controversy surrounding Dorothy's death is whether she died from "natural causes" (due to alcohol and barbiturates, which she certainly used to excess), or if she was murdered (she was very active on the JFK assassination case, and was one of the only people who got to interview Jack Ruby before he was murdered). Some feel this is just a conspiracy theory; others feel there are grounds to suspect her death was the result of foul play. A very good enumeration of the facts surrounding her death can be found here.
| William Shatner played alone on the Winner's Circle? How did this come about? |
Here is Matt Ottinger to explain this moment from the $10,000 Pyramid:
"It was a regular week. Lee Meriwether was the other celebrity (seen briefly in the clip). The original air date of the episode was June 27, 1975. Though I can't remember whether he had lost every game all week, he was disappointed in his performance, had not given away the big money, and had a bunch of pent-up energy.
At the end of Friday's show, they put him in the chair(s) to see if he could give and receive six answers in thirty seconds. Bob Stewart offered $1,000 for charity if he could (Shatner asked for $10,000), and at the very end of the episode, amidst the mayhem, Dick Clark said they would pay the thousand even though Shatner clearly didn't "win" in time."
| My cable has GSN, but doesn't carry the whole schedule. Why? |
Supposedly, the FCC requires every cable provider to allot some channel space for public access. That may not be the case in every situation. We are aware that many cable systems are guilty of not carrying GSN 24/7, mostly in the northeastern US. If you're among the deprived, we feel for you, but be sure to take your complaint to your local provider and not GSN. Or just switch to DirecTV or Dish.
| How much money would the TPIR library cost? |
One thing to remember is that there is a huge difference between buy and lease. GSN has never bought anything from Fremantle; they have only leased their libraries. When GSN originally acquired TPIR, they never bought those ~5200 episodes. They simply paid to clear them for broadcast via an original contract/license, and like all other licenses, the one to air TPIR simply ran out after the specified period of time.
GSN, which was run by Michael Fleming at the time, chose not to renew the license. Some people have claimed that not renewing that license at the time when it expired was the least-strategic move that Fleming ever did in terms of doing business, because in April 2000, Pearson (known today as Fremantle) was supposedly asking for considerably less than they are today to renew the contract. Without being too sarcastic, you could have said the option to renew then was when the "Price Was Right". (Pun intended.)
But if you were looking for the exact dollar amount that Fremantle's asking, it is unknown except to Fremantle and possibly GSN. In reality, at this point of the game, it may or may not necessarily come down to Mr. Cronin writing out a check to Fremantle for anything they want to buy, but a lot of negotiating just to get to that step.
Currently, it is rumored that CBS is the reason why GSN can't get TPiR reruns. Les Moonves, CBS President, feesl that the show in it's current state is too valuable to the network in daytime and primetime ratings wise and are afraid that the airwaves would be too saturated with TPiR if the reruns could air.
| If GSN thought that purchasing all 30+ years of TPIR repeats was too expensive, could they lease only a portion of them? |
They could...if Fremantle, Bob Barker, and CBS lets them. "Thericker" on the GSN boards has mentioned that money and furs are not the only thing holding back the reruns of TPiR. "Talent on the show" has been cited as the reason. Past Model Appearance? Announcer Appearances?
Currently, it is rumored that CBS is the reason why GSN can't get TPiR reruns. Les Moonves, CBS President, feesl that the show in it's current state is too valuable to the network in daytime and primetime ratings wise and are afraid that the airwaves would be too saturated with TPiR if the reruns could air.
| Has GSN received the Pilot of Let's Make A Deal and if so when do they plan to air it? |
They aired the pilot on March 5, 2003...the day the new "Deal" premiered with Billy Bush on NBC.
| Are the Let's Make A Deal NBC episodes still intact? |
Only a few exist, including the pilot. Monty Hall, the host/executive producer of LMAD, pulled the pilot out for GSN on March 5, 2003 for a special airing with his commentary. Some NBC episodes of the show exist in the Library of Congress.
| Why did Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Productions become just Mark Goodson Productions? |
At first, it was called Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Productions. Then Bill passed away, and Mark bought out his shares in the company from his estate. After a respectable amount of time, Bill's name was dropped. After Mark Goodson's death, his son Jonathan became the owner of Mark Goodson Productions. Jonathan sold his father's company to All American (later Pearson..later still FremantleMedia).
| I don't get the WOF hosting thing. Could you give me the hosts? |
DAYTIME NBC VERSION (1975-1989, 1991)
DAYTIME CBS (1989-1991)
SYNDICATED VERSION (1983-)
| Who owns, or what is the status of NBC daytime LMAD '90-'91? |
That version is owned by Dick Clark & Ron Greenberg Productions. Monty Hall was only a consultant on this version before he took over as host. There is no interest as to getting these back in reruns.
| Does GSN have any interest in Split Second? |
GSN was interested in Split Second, but nothing ever came of it. The Tom Kennedy version is mostly gone, but the 1986-1987 version is intact and was played in reruns on The Family Channel in the mid 90's. The GSN message board user "Jimlange" has cited that he has heard that GSN was previously interested in producing new episodes of the show before the format change of the network, but apparantly were not interested in getting the classic episodes.
| Why does GSN insist on running the originals multiple times a day, when other classics should be running? |
As previously noted, some people here don't get GSN all the time. Some only get half the schedule in one form or another. Since GSN somehow has to make money from the shows, they have to run them multiple times daily to give everyone a chance to watch.
| Does GSN have the rights to more Marshall Hollywood Squares episodes? |
GSN no longer has the rights to air the Marshall version of Hollywood Squares. They opted to air the Bergeron version instead because they feel the younger audience would know the stars on that version better than they would know the stars on the Marshall version.
| Is Scrabble coming to GSN? |
At this time, no.
| What are the "speed-ups" I've heard so much about? |
This refers to the process known in the industry as "time compression." This is where digital film - such as the format GSN has converted its tapes to - is run through a device known colloquially as a "time machine," which compares the individual frames of film. Frames that the "time machine" determines are too similar to one another are skipped over in the broadcast. The end result is that the aired program appears subtly faster than its original form, hence the term "speed-ups."
It is an unfortunate necessity in order to fit older programs into a modern format, which dictates about two to three minutes additional commercial time as when these shows were recorded. When done properly, however, the effect is barely noticeable - the bad news is, GSN is rather inconsistent with their use of the device, and the speed-ups are rather horrendously obvious in many cases. How much of this is due to a badly-tuned "time machine," or the nature of the game show itself (with its extensive use of sound effects and background music), is a matter of some conjecture.
| Who is Michael Larson, and why does everyone want to see his episodes of Press Your Luck? |
In June of 1984, Michael Larson (full name "Paul Michael Larson") appeared as a contestant on Press Your Luck and by the time the dust had settled, he had taken CBS for $110,237 - by far the most ever won by any PYL contestant, let alone in a single appearance. Larson was a huge fan of the series, and taped it religiously - and it was while watching these tapes he discovered the series of patterns the light flashes on the game board followed. (Contrary to popular belief, the PYL gameboard was not random, bur instead followed a limited number of patterns.) By studying his tapes of the show carefully, over and over, Larson was able to memorize them. This accounts for how he was able to rack up his incredible total - he knew exactly which squares on the board contained nothing but "+ one spin" spaces and no Whammies at all, and during the second round he almost invariably stopped on those squares.
There was nothing illegal about what he did - just like there is no rule in Vegas saying you can't count cards at the Blackjack tables, nothing in the S&P guidebook said you couldn't memorize the repeating patterns of a gameboard. However, shortly after Larson's appearance, the producers increased the number of patterns used on the board, and switched them up frequently.
Michael's one game ended up lasting so long, it had to be broken up into two parts when it aired on CBS. Since that time, GSN has aired both episodes as part of the Feast of Favorites 2003 as well as in the regular PYL rotation.
Sadly, Michael Larson's story does not have a happy ending - he ended up losing virtually all of his winnings in a bad real-estate deal. He passed away in February 1999.
| Does GSN have Kennedy episodes of Password Plus because I never remember seeing them? |
They have the Kennedy P+, but they never air it. Save for a few special episodes and the past "Breakfast with the Stars", P+ is usually yanked from the schedule before the Kennedy episodes air in regular rotation.
| When will GSN show the Win, Lose, or Draw with Vicki Lawrence as host? |
At this time, GSN does not air any version of Win, Lose, or Draw. The episodes GSN ran with Bert Convy left the network on March 14, 2004.
| When did Game Show Network premiere? |
Game Show Network premiered on December 1, 1994.
| When did Game Show Network leave the airwaves? |
Game Show Network "left the air" on March 15, 2004 at 10pm EST. The new "GSN" launched in it's place.
| When did GSN: The Network for Games premiere? |
GSN: The Network for Games premiered on March 15, 2004 at 10pm EST.
| What shows aired during GSN's Feast of Favorites 2002 and how did they place in the voting? |
| When will the Larson episodes be shown on GSN? |
The majority of the action was aired as part of the "Big Bucks: The PYL Scandal" on March 16, 2003. The actual episodes have also aired on GSN in regular rotation as well as part of the Feast of Favorites 2003.
| Why doesn't GSN air the episodes of The $25,000 Pyramid? |
It is because GSN doesn't have the rights to air the show. Remember, just because Sony is part owner of GSN doesn't mean that GSN gets all of Sony's programs for free. They also have to pay a licensing fee to air the shows just like all other networks.
| What happens to the contestants as they drop on Russian Roulette? |
It's approximately a 4 1/2-foot drop onto a big padding. Contestants sign lengthy waiver forms to waive the show of any suing. Only one injury really happened on a fall, and that was a twisted ankle, very minor.
| Can GSN or a show's production company provide an episode of a show for me? |
Generally, no. The best avenues to find an episode of a past game show you are looking for is to keep your eyes peeled to GSN or try your hand at game show tape trading (NOT tape buying or tape selling). Two excellent resources for Game Show Tape Trading can be found at the Game Show Trading Post as well as the Traders of the Games section at TVGameshows.net.