Other poster: One challenge will be getting a popular host that's not Fieri. Mike Richards was part of [GSN] Pyramid's demise, of having only producing/"Behind the Scenes" experience, rather than a lot of hosting experience.
Sorry, can't agree with this. I thought Richards was fine as the host. Competent, funny, personable. The real problem with Pyramid, IMO, is that it was too slavishly imitative of the old Dick Clark version. Been-there-done-that syndrome. We'll see if GSN changes things up a little for the new version of Minute. Already, they look to be going exclusively for team play, with no individual contestants. I'd like to see a quicker pace, too, with less filler from the host and much less This Is Your Life stuff.
Other poster: But really, what do I know about GSN shows? Really don't watch much on the network post-2pm.
That may be common on the GSN board, but the network's audience in general picks up noticeably as the day goes on. In the latest week, for instance, every one of the top fifty shows - Harvey Feud, other Feud versions, 5th Grader, Newlywed Game, Baggage - ran later than 2:00PM. In fact, only two shows before 2:00PM snuck into the top hundred, 5th Grader and Million Dollar Password.
Partly, that's just the natural increase in TV viewing as the day goes on. But it also reflects the difference between the network's general audience and many of the posters on this board. That's one reason Harvey Feud has blown the Nielsen doors off for GSN. So it's no surprise that the network decided to bring back a recent show like Minute To Win It.
UPDATE: GSN puts out the official press release. No word on the host, but the show starts production next month for a debut in "late 2013." Top prize is a hundred grand. Minute To Win It has been the network's best performer in younger demos.
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