Always fun to give unwanted advice to GSN execs on how to program their network. My dumb ideas from the GSN schedule board for morning and late night...The obvious suggestion for improving late night is replacing Improv-a-Ganza with anything. Donnymid, Catch 21, Chain Reaction, anything. For morning I'd beg Sony for a very recent season of Wheel of Fortune, 2008-09 maybe, and double run it some time before noon. The 10:00AM hour might work with even modest promotion. Don't know if it would get the same kind of numbers we saw on Black Friday last year. But it would probably help. And it would keep the show far away from Sony's prized access-hour slots for first-run Wheel.
Other poster: Why would they waste Wheel's potential airing it before noon? That wouldn't be a good move, IMO.
The idea is to soften any Sony opposition to their crown jewel on GSN by putting it far, far away from the access hour. Sony seems real sensitive on Wheel, at least recent seasons that look too much like current first-runs. They've only allowed such seasons on GSN once...in that Black Friday marathon.
I agree that '90s seasons of Wheel wouldn't work particularly well. They just look old and creaky compared to the current show. But if GSN could get the 2008-09 season with the million-dollar win? Yeah, I think it could perk up mornings nicely. With no promotion at all the Black Friday marathon got 337K in the 10:00AM hour. With only modest promotion I think GSN could average 300K+ consistently with recent Wheel in the hour, which would give the following daytime schedule a nice boost.
Other poster: So, I wouldn't remove Dick Clark from the network. Perhaps put 25k Pyramid in a better time slot?
Okay, put it at 11:00AM and give it a nice lead-in from Wheel.
But all this is probably fantasy. Recent Wheel has cropped up on GSN exactly once, with no promotion...as if Sony was trying to make sure nobody saw it.
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