Recently, "Game Shows at About.com" put up a Facebook status message asking, "How would you fix GSN?". Thankfully, I have a plan which may help the network get back their core audience and build that core back up.
The way I have set up the schedule is "theme hours." Some work, some don't...just go with it.
Some of the programming I'm outlining, GSN currently does not have in their rotation or, most likely, their libraries. So, this would take a bit of financial wrangling and fan support, but it would work.
The following schedule depends on a 9 AM-4 AM programming day.
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WEEKDAYS
9 AM - 10 AM: Reg Grundy Power Hour
Scrabble (1983)
Sale of the Century (Jim Perry)
10 AM - 11 AM: Trebek out of Water
Classic Concentration
Double Dare (1975)
11 AM - 12 PM: Before Noon Delight
The Dating Game (Jim Lange)
The Newlywed Game (Bob Eubanks)
12 PM - 2 PM: Barry & Enright Block
The Joker's Wild (1975)
Tic Tac Dough (Wink Martindale)
Bullseye
Hot Potato
2 PM - 3 PM: Word Game Roundup
Chain Reaction (Bill Cullen)
Super Password
GSN LIVE BLOCK
3 PM - 4 PM: Shopper's Paradise
Supermarket Sweep (David Ruprecht)
Shop Til You Drop (Pat Finn)
4 PM - 6 PM: Goodson-Todman Block
Family Feud (Richard Dawson)
Match Game '7x
Card Sharks (Jim Perry)
Blockbusters (Bill Cullen)
6 PM - 7 PM: Enduring Classics
Press Your Luck
Let's Make A Deal (Monty Hall, ABC Run)
7 PM - 8 PM: Bob Stewart Block
$100,000 Pyramid (Dick Clark)
Go
8 PM - 9 PM: Heatter-Quigley Block
Catch 21
High Rollers (Wink Martindale)
9 PM - 10 PM: A Prime Time Affair
The Newlywed Game (Carnie Wilson)
Love Connection
10 PM - 11 PM: The New Feud
Family Feud (Richard Karn)
Family Feud (John O'Hurley)
11 PM - 12 AM: Syndie Millionaire
Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (Meridith Vieira) x2
12 AM - 2 AM: West Coast Rebroadcast
Same as 8 PM - 10 PM programming
2 AM - 4 AM: Black and White Overnight
Beat the Clock (Bud Collyer)
What's My Line? (John C. Daly)
The Name's The Same (Robert Q. Lewis)
I've Got A Secret (Garry Moore)
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SATURDAY
9 AM - 12 PM: Saturday Morning For The Kids
Child's Play
Fun House
Double Dare (Marc Summers)
Finders Keepers
Get The Picture
Legends of the Hidden Temple
12 PM - 1 PM: The Bill Rafferty Hour
Blockbusters
Card Sharks
1 PM - 2 PM: The Jim Lange Hour
The $100,000 Name That Tune
Celebrity Bullseye
2 PM - 3 PM: Attack of the 1990's
Tic Tac Dough (Patrick Wayne)
The Joker's Wild (Pat Finn)
3 PM - 4 PM: 80's Rebirths
Hollywood Squares (John Davidson)
Let's Make A Deal (Monty Hall, 1984)
4 PM: Deal or No Deal
5 PM: Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour
6 PM - 8 PM: Celebrities Behaving Badly
Tattletales
Body Language
Win, Lose or Draw
Password
8 PM - 2 AM: Saturday Night Mini-Marathon
Full run of Monopoly
Full run of Super Jeopardy!
Unsold Pilots
"Before They Were Stars" on The Dating Game
Video Village
Game Show Moments Gone Bananas
Foreign shows (Countdown, The Mad Dash, et al.)
2 AM - 4 AM: Black and White Overnight
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SUNDAY
9 AM - 2 PM: GSN Originals, Then And Now
Whammy!
Friend or Foe
Russian Roulette
Lingo
That's The Question
Camouflage
The Newlywed Game (Carnie Wilson)
Catch 21
High Stakes Poker
2 PM: 1 vs. 100
3 PM: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (Regis Philbin)
4 PM: Deal or No Deal
5 PM: Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour
6 PM - 8 PM: Celebrities Behaving Badly
Tattletales
Body Language
Win, Lose or Draw
Password
8 PM - 11 PM: GSN Time Machine
Wheel of Fortune (Chuck Woolery)
Wheel of Fortune (Pat Sajak)
Jeopardy! (Art Fleming)
Jeopardy! (Alex Trebek)
Hollywood Squares (Peter Marshall)
Hollywood Squares (Tom Bergeron)
11 PM: Sunday Night Reality
The Mole (any)
The Amazing Race
12 AM: Celebrity Weakest Link
1 AM: Celebrity Millionaire (Regis Philbin)
2 AM - 4 AM: Black and White Overnight
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Granted, this does sound like "f@nb0i" ramblings, but by gosh, it'll help GSN regain their currently alienated core audience, and word will spread that the classics are back, and more eyes will come in.
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