Hulu-ing the classics

GSN Classic, a channel devoted solely to oldies, is an age-old dream on the GSN board. It never happens, of course. GSN can't get universal carriage for their main channel, much less an oldies outlet.

But the dream dies hard. A poll on the GSN board asked folks which old shows they would like to see on Hulu in partnership with GSN. I responded with skepticism...

Why would Hulu bother partnering with GSN for this? I'm sure Hulu could obtain all the rights to old game shows they wanted for a few bucks. There's not exactly huge competition for them. Hulu already has a classics section, though I didn't see any game shows there. They also have a reality and game show section, but it doesn't look to have any oldies. It does have Minute To Win It.

My guess is that Hulu sees very little market for old game shows. This whole idea sounds like a backdoor try at that old dream on this board, GSN Classic. Good luck, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

UPDATE: Hey, I take it back, partly at least. Hulu does have some Peter Marshall Hollywood Squares. So one of the choices in the poll is already available at the site. A ton of stuff from all the shows in the poll is already available on YouTube, of course. Even Hot Potato (the clip is a roll call of classic game show hosts, by the way). And if you want more Hot Potato than anybody knows what to do with, try this playlist on YouTube.