Once more into reality

The older-is-better folks on the GSN board are happy happy joy joy that the network has brought back Super Password, Password Plus and 25K Pyramid. But wait until they get a peek at the reality slate from programming veep Amy Davis.

We've got shows about an engagement ring business, a car dealership, weird beauty pageants, auctioneer sisters, people selling their valuables, and other people trying to out-cook professional chefs.

At least the network is also developing a new 100K Pyramid and picked Jeff Foxworthy to host its Bible quiz pilot. Sherri Shepherd gets another season of Newlywed Game.

I've seen this before in 2004, and it mostly didn't work. My guess is that the reality efforts will generally fail if they get to air at all. At least the 2004 foray into reality and other non-traditional shows eventually led to one of GSN's best originals, High Stakes Poker. I'm not sure what will come out of this bunch.

But hey, GSN says it's getting better demos. The total viewer numbers sure haven't been special lately.