GSN and...me?

At Sitcoms Online a thread popped up about whether GSN had jumped the shark. (Which is a silly phrase that got old before it was new.) Had to laugh when one poster wandered into a discussion of my little old self. My reply and my comments on GSN in general...

Other poster: I used to post on the GSN forums, and there were some great people there, and I used to have so much fun there, but it was lost forever, ruined by an evil man in Casey Abell. All he does is shove ratings down other peoples' throats, and comes off as someone who knows it all, but in reality, he doesn't. He is very snobby and bossy. I also cannot stand anyone who worships him 24/7. There were several reasons why I quit the GSN forums, but the always ignorant and arrogant Casey Abell was the main reason.

Hey, I'm glad that somebody understands what I'm trying to do here. (Okay, I'm stealing that line from Chuck Barris on Gong Show.)

Anyway, I do post about GSN ratings often, but I'm hardly the only one. Lots of posters discuss the ratings on the GSN boards. And I can't shove stuff down people's throats even if I wanted to, because Brendy does a very good job of moderating the boards. As to whether I'm evil and snobby and bossy and ignorant and arrogant, well, my Labrador Retriever likes me (wink).

Same poster: He's [me] just a poster on GSN. He claims to get ratings from a guy named Douglas.

I don't "claim" this. It's just a fact. Douglas regularly posts GSN ratings at his blog.

Same poster: I'll never forget the thread asking if 2009 was the network's worst year ever. He hogged most of the thread, and basically came off as this kind of person who says "no you're wrong, 2009 was a great year, you hear me, a great year!". GAWD!

Again, Brendy doesn't let people post personal attacks, even if I wanted to, which I don't. Also, 2009 was a good year for GSN because Deal or No Deal made such a big ratings splash on the network. In fact, it was GSN's biggest hit in several years. If you don't like the show, well, there's no disputing tastes. But 2009 was hardly a flop for GSN. Just the opposite, in fact.

On the general topic of this thread, of course it's subjective as to whether you think GSN has jumped the shark. I generally like the network because I'm a hopeless game show fan. GSN has screwed up lately, in my opinion, with Improv-a-Ganza and Love Triangle. (I'm blah on the first and can't stand the second.) But I like Bill Engvall's new Lingo and generally find the schedule acceptable.

By the way, Jeopardy returns to GSN starting this Saturday after a long hiatus. With Sony assuming operational control and eventual majority ownership of GSN, it's possible we'll see more Sony shows on the network.

There are some other schedule changes starting this weekend. Improv-a-Ganza finally gets cut from Saturday after weeks of miserable ratings. Deal or No Deal gets another slot at 5:00PM weekdays, though Catch 21 and Lingo had been delivering decent numbers. I guess Lingo's absurd rerun abuse had to get trimmed back.

UPDATE: Gee, I'm a popular subject all of a sudden. From a thread on Matt Ottinger's board...

First poster: Even Casey Abell, of all people, said that he can't understand this theory that old game shows have suddenly gotten expensive.

Second poster: He's still beating that drum? Goodness.

I'm not sure what drum I'm beating. And I'm really not sure why I'd be "of all people." But I do know that leasing old game shows is dirt cheap, as other posters on the thread noted.

Guess I'm getting in trouble with the older-is-better crowd, which tends to predominate on Internet boards, though certainly not in the actual TV audience. Oh well, too bad.