Comments on: Some Honor http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/04/some-honor/ Movies, TV and Popular Culture with Rich Heldenfels Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:52:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: alandixon.com » Blog Archive » Kitty Carlisle Hart fans will have to stay up for tribute http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/04/some-honor/comment-page-1/#comment-1263 alandixon.com » Blog Archive » Kitty Carlisle Hart fans will have to stay up for tribute Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:49:02 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/04/18/some-honor/#comment-1263 [...] At 3AM. [...] [...] At 3AM. [...]

]]> By: Stuart http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/04/some-honor/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 Stuart Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:06:12 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/04/18/some-honor/#comment-1241 What really bothers me about GSN's scheduling is the fact that they own the rights to rarely seen game shows like the color syndicated version of What's My Line? and the old black-and-white I've Got A Secret and yet they never air them. They only appear during a tribute showing to a performer who has recently died and only play late at night. I agree that their "tribute" to Kitty Carlisle is pretty shabby. However, it is indicative of GSN and many other cable stations belief that old shows are not the ratings-grabbers that newer series like The Amazing Race (which I don't even watch during its initial run) supposedly are. What really bothers me about GSN's scheduling is the fact that they own the rights to rarely seen game shows like the color syndicated version of What's My Line? and the old black-and-white I've Got A Secret and yet they never air them. They only appear during a tribute showing to a performer who has recently died and only play late at night. I agree that their "tribute" to Kitty Carlisle is pretty shabby. However, it is indicative of GSN and many other cable stations belief that old shows are not the ratings-grabbers that newer series like The Amazing Race (which I don't even watch during its initial run) supposedly are.

]]> By: Gus http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/04/some-honor/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 Gus Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:47:12 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/heldenfiles/2007/04/18/some-honor/#comment-1214 This is hardly anything new for GSN. Their programming of "classic" game shows now is almost entirely limited to Match Game and Family Feud. The black-and-white programming they used to air weekends in prime-time was first shuffled off into the wee small hours, then decreased from two hours to one hour a night, and finally to one hour on Monday mornings. The regular schedule is What's My Line? followed by a rotating group of shows (To Tell the Truth, I've Got a Secret, and Password). It's a shame that this is how GSN values the wonderful life and career of Kitty Carlisle (would there even be a GSN without the likes of Kitty Carlisle?), but it's not surprising. The only time in recent years the GSN "tribute" has aired outside of this time slot was when Johnny Carson died, and even that tribute aired on a Saturday morning when it didn't interfere with anything else . . . This is hardly anything new for GSN.

Their programming of "classic" game shows now is almost entirely limited to Match Game and Family Feud. The black-and-white programming they used to air weekends in prime-time was first shuffled off into the wee small hours, then decreased from two hours to one hour a night, and finally to one hour on Monday mornings. The regular schedule is What's My Line? followed by a rotating group of shows (To Tell the Truth, I've Got a Secret, and Password).

It's a shame that this is how GSN values the wonderful life and career of Kitty Carlisle (would there even be a GSN without the likes of Kitty Carlisle?), but it's not surprising. The only time in recent years the GSN "tribute" has aired outside of this time slot was when Johnny Carson died, and even that tribute aired on a Saturday morning when it didn't interfere with anything else . . .

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