Frequently Asked Questions

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GSN Programming

• Why isn't GSN airing [fill in the blank]?
• Why doesn't GSN air more series owned by Sony?
• Why does GSN only show the same incomplete packages of "Press Your Luck" and "Let's Make a Deal"?
• Why does GSN keep skipping episodes of Match Game (or any other game show with celebrities)?
• If GSN owns the complete Bob Stewart library, why can't it air Bill Cullen's version of The $25,000 Pyramid?
• 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?
• Why are "The Match Game" (60's version) and ABC "Password" not on GSN?
• What is this "Dark Period" I keep hearing about?
• Why does GSN show informercials from 4:00 to 9:00 AM (Eastern) and what caused the hour extension from 4-6am?
• 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.
• Who or what is "Winnie"?
• Who or what is "Green Ball"?
• When GSN had The Price is Right, I noticed they skipped over several episodes, including the very first one of all. Why?
• 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!
• Where is The Gong Show/The New Treasure Hunt?
• Why isn't GSN airing anything from the Sandy Frank library [Face the Music, Name that Tune '84]?
• Why do they cut out the fee plugs and crunch the credits? And what are those other odd edits I see sometimes?
• Has GSN received the Pilot of Let's Make A Deal and if so when do they plan to air it?
• Does GSN have any interest in Split Second?
• Why does GSN insist on running the originals multiple times a day, when other classics should be running?
• Does GSN have the rights to more Marshall Hollywood Squares episodes?
• Is Scrabble coming to GSN?
• When will GSN show the Win, Lose, or Draw with Vicki Lawrence as host?
• Why doesn't GSN air the episodes of The $25,000 Pyramid?
• Will GSN ever develop and/or produce video game based shows?
• Why doesn't GSN air The Price is Right?
• Will GSN ever make new episodes of original Whammy! which hasn't been in production since 2003 and still airs in reruns on GSN?
• Why did GSN air Star Search with Arsenio Hall from 2004-2005 and then bury it at 9 AM weekdays until April 2005 when it was dropped for good?
• Why did GSN rerun the 2006 William Shatner game show
• Will GSN ever get the rights to rerun the Merideth Vierra version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
• Why wouldn't GSN rerun the 1999-2002 Louie Anderson Family Feud
• Has Wheel of Fortune been on Game Show Network?
• Has GSN ever aired the daytime Wheel of Fortune with host Bob Goen?
• Has GSN ever aired the daytime Wheel of Fortune?

Game Show Personalities

• Why didn't Peter Tomarken host "Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck"?
• Is _________still alive?
• What's the deal with the death of Dorothy Kilgallen?
• William Shatner played alone on the Winner's Circle? How did this come about?
• Who is Michael Larson, and why does everyone want to see his episodes of Press Your Luck?
• whatever happened to BRETT SOMERS & FANNIE FLAGG
• Why did Wink Martindale leave TTD? Why did Pat Sajak leave daytime WOF?

General Game Show Questions

• I thought NBC destroyed all the episodes of "The Hollywood Squares." How did GSN find them?
• What was Match Game PM? I don't remember that version...
• Why were the Chuck Woolery episodes of Wheel of Fortune destroyed?
• I heard that Richard Dawson quit/was fired from Match Game...what happened?
• How did Sony acquire the rights to the Barris, Barry-Enright, and Bob Stewart Libraries and production rights?
• 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?
• What's the name of that show with that red thing?
• What did that woman really say on The Newlywed Game?
• Are all of the Goodson-Todman shows intact?
• I thought Ralph Edwards produced Name That Tune, and that it was on in the 70's!
• How much money would the TPIR library cost?
• If GSN thought that purchasing all 30+ years of TPIR repeats was too expensive, could they lease only a portion of them?
• Are the Let's Make A Deal NBC episodes still intact?
• Why did Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Productions become just Mark Goodson Productions?
• I don't get the WOF hosting thing. Could you give me the hosts?
• Who owns, or what is the status of NBC daytime LMAD '90-'91?
• What happens to the contestants as they drop on Russian Roulette?
• Is it possible to purchase episodes of Let's Make A Deal?
• Is it hard to find game show fanatics who have hard to find on videotape TV game shows on audio from TV on cassette or CD-R?

GSN Network Questions

• 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?
• My cable has GSN, but doesn't carry the whole schedule. Why?
• What are the "speed-ups" I've heard so much about?
• When did Game Show Network premiere?
• When did Game Show Network leave the airwaves?
• When did GSN: The Network for Games premiere?
• Can GSN or a show's production company provide an episode of a show for me?
• Has GSN anything to do with FremantleMedia or its owners - RTL Group/Bertelsmann? Who owns the company?
• Will GSN ever get from Fremantle a new copy of the Match Game PM 1975
• Why couldn't GSN do a second channel mostly of game show classics as a companion to GSN?
• I only got GSN recently when my cable company upgraded for HD, so forgive me if this question is silly, but what's the difference between the current GSN and the old Game Show Newtwork? How has the format changed?

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