GSN Renews "Winsanity" and "Divided", Greenlights "Emogenius"

[JamesG]

GSN Renews "Winsanity" & "Divided"; Greenlights New Emoji Game Show – Upfronts
by Denise Petski
March 14, 2017


GSN has announced Season 2 renewals for its hit series "Winsanity" and "Divided" and the greenlight of new Emoji-focused game show "Emogenius" as part of its 2017 upfront slate.

The network also has four projects in development, including "Blast Your Past" executive produced by Andy Cohen, in which celebrities poke fun at their lives before they were famous.



The renewals and new series order follow a strong year for GSN, which added nearly 15 million new viewers to its air, according to the network. GSN says it also saw an 83% increase in social engagement over the previous year.

GSN also announced two newly-licensed series, "Cash Cab", licensed by Discovery Communications and Jane Lynch-hosted "Hollywood Game Night", licensed by Universal City Studios Productions.







Hosted by Donald Faison (Scrubs), "Winsanity" returns this summer for a second season with a new format, expanding to allow for two players to face each other in a head-to-head battle to rank compelling and surprising facts in numerical order.

Michael Canter (Divided) joins as executive producer this season with returning EP Chris Grant.





"Divided", which launched in January, will be back for another go-round. Hosted by Emmy-winning exec producer Mike Richards (The Price is Right, Let’s Make a Deal) "Divided" asks whether a team of complete strangers can agree on the same answer in order to collectively win prize money.

"Divided" is produced by Talpa Media USA for GSN. Executive producers are John de Mol and Jay Bienstock of Talpa and Michael Canter. Both series join "Idiotest", hosted by comedian Ben Gleib, which launched its fourth season in January.





New series "Emogenius", hosted by Awesomeness TV’s Hunter March, features two pairs of contestants who face off to put their emoji-solving skills to the test, with the winning team snatching a $10,000 prize.

Game Show Enterprises, LLC produces for GSN. Executive producers are Craig Brooks and Larry Barron (Idiotest). "Emogenius" and "Winsanity" both premiere in June.

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[Hawkee]

!!! Wow!!! That's an amazing surprise for GSN this year because I think they are really getting better with their lineup and I swear GSN must've listened to their audience of fans to make the channel better because this year might be their miracle year. You also mentioned that reruns of Hollywood Game Night are gonna air on GSN as well. I had never seen an announcement of it because I watch GSN mainly in the mornings and I always see new announcements of new game shows during Catch 21. I think the renewals of Winsanity and Divided have really helped GSN score a lot of ratings and a new fanbase. My only thing I have with GSN that should've been done is why did they put Cash Cab in the afternoon slot rather than in the morning? Because I would've loved to see Cash Cab in Catch 21's spot to see something new and fresh in the morning. Now if only GSN could show more reruns of The Chase on Saturday mornings
Thank you very much for the info JamesG what would we do without you to keep us updated on GSN news
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