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Hawkee · 04-28-2024, 04:58 AM

In the 2010's GSN launched a new type of reality show hoping to attract the Christian audience and be also family-friendly. The reality show was It Takes A Church and though many people called it a ripoff of The Bachelor it seemed like a fine show. In It Takes A Church a single pastor hoped to find love through a selection of crushes and at the end of the episode a crush was voted off. It Takes A Church was hosted by well-known Christian singer Natalie Grant and lasted only one season. Now I understand why GSN cancelled It Takes A Church because not only did people think it was a The Bachelor ripoff but I think it's because GSN was hopeful this show would be a hit. I saw a clip of It Takes A Church when I was watching The Chase when it was announced and I think Natalie Grant mainly took the job of hosting this reality show so she could be a famous GSN star and since I'm a Natalie Grant fan I think she would've been a big star as a game show hostess

icecream · 04-28-2024, 07:55 PM

Reality shows don't belong on a game show network period. GSN probably greenlit It Takes a Church thinking it would appeal to The American Bible Challenge's lead-in audience. I for one as a Bible Challenge viewer never had any interest in It Takes a Church. Maybe it would have done better on a network like UP. GSN failed with this and they failed bigger with The Amazing Race which I heard was an expensive acquisition.

Hawkee · 05-24-2024, 02:11 AM

It seemed that GSN wanted to create shows to attract different types of audiences and when The American Bible Challenge was announced this was the beginning of a new image for GSN. And with The American Bible Challenge a hit GSN saw that by having Christian oriented game shows they could attract a Christian audience and that's what they hoped It Takes A Church would do. But I think why It Takes A Church failed was because GSN hoped that this show would be a wise hit but once The Chase was continuing to be a monster hit for GSN It Takes A Church was left in the dust. But when you stick Natalie Grant in anything she seems to make it a worthy hit but i'm surprised ABC didn't sue GSN for copying The Bachelor which is essentially what It Takes A Church was an exact copy of The Bachelor with a Christian feel to it. But It Takes A Church should've been better on the Odyssey Channel or Up rather than GSN in my eyes

04-28-2024, 04:58 AM	#1
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,833	It Takes A Church In the 2010's GSN launched a new type of reality show hoping to attract the Christian audience and be also family-friendly. The reality show was It Takes A Church and though many people called it a ripoff of The Bachelor it seemed like a fine show. In It Takes A Church a single pastor hoped to find love through a selection of crushes and at the end of the episode a crush was voted off. It Takes A Church was hosted by well-known Christian singer Natalie Grant and lasted only one season. Now I understand why GSN cancelled It Takes A Church because not only did people think it was a The Bachelor ripoff but I think it's because GSN was hopeful this show would be a hit. I saw a clip of It Takes A Church when I was watching The Chase when it was announced and I think Natalie Grant mainly took the job of hosting this reality show so she could be a famous GSN star and since I'm a Natalie Grant fan I think she would've been a big star as a game show hostess
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04-28-2024, 07:55 PM	#2
icecream Cat-tastic and Whiskerlicious Forum Celebrity Join Date: Sep 01, 2006 Location: The Catacombs Posts: 20,832	Reality shows don't belong on a game show network period. GSN probably greenlit It Takes a Church thinking it would appeal to The American Bible Challenge's lead-in audience. I for one as a Bible Challenge viewer never had any interest in It Takes a Church. Maybe it would have done better on a network like UP. GSN failed with this and they failed bigger with The Amazing Race which I heard was an expensive acquisition.
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05-24-2024, 02:11 AM	#3
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,833	It seemed that GSN wanted to create shows to attract different types of audiences and when The American Bible Challenge was announced this was the beginning of a new image for GSN. And with The American Bible Challenge a hit GSN saw that by having Christian oriented game shows they could attract a Christian audience and that's what they hoped It Takes A Church would do. But I think why It Takes A Church failed was because GSN hoped that this show would be a wise hit but once The Chase was continuing to be a monster hit for GSN It Takes A Church was left in the dust. But when you stick Natalie Grant in anything she seems to make it a worthy hit but i'm surprised ABC didn't sue GSN for copying The Bachelor which is essentially what It Takes A Church was an exact copy of The Bachelor with a Christian feel to it. But It Takes A Church should've been better on the Odyssey Channel or Up rather than GSN in my eyes