Schedule conniptions

At BuzzerBlog Alex Davis has posted the pdf he got from GSN for its new schedule starting April 11. My reaction from the GSN Schedule board...

At least we won't have to hear about Howie getting too many slots any more. On April 11 Deal or No Deal gets cut to a single run at 1:00 PM. Of course, now we'll hear about too much Drew and Jerry and Wendy and Sherri, all of whom get three runs every weekday. Another oddity is the return of Carrie Ann's 1 vs. 100 at 5:30 PM. You can check the full pdf here.

Don't really know where Engvall's Lingo will eventually fit into this schedule. We'll worry about that later. The good news for pre-1990 fans is none of those timeslots have been cut yet.

Other poster: This screams "temporary" to me. I can't see all these shows maintaining three-a-day's forever. I'd expect Engvall to replace either Inaba or half of the Sherri hour at 6 PM. And I'd also expect Howie to eventually find his way back to the evening lineup.

Gotta figure that every GSN schedule is temporary. I don't even know if this is exactly what we'll see April 11. Anyway, the other bete noire of these boards, Karn Feud, still gets a five-a-day according to the pdf.

I'm not sure about Howie in the evening. I think he'll show up in the morning sooner or later. Maybe Regis might turn up there someday as well, now that he's lost his weekday 2:00 AM slot. Who knows?

The network really is betting huge on Drew and Wendy and Jerry and Sherri. Six hours of 'em every day, including all of the crucial 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM window. They are keeping Karn/O'Hurley in prime time at 10:00 PM to hedge the bet a little.