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Chelsea · 06-30-2003, 11:41 AM

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Game Show Network Adds New Video Game Programming Block in the Fall During Fringe Time

Network Acquires Popular Video Game Programs GAME SAUCE
and GAMER.TV From Gamer.tv Limited

GSN Is Searching for an Interstitial Host

Network Will Produce Its Second Documentary Featuring Video Games
for Premiere Night Kick Off

SANTA MONICA, Calif. and LONDON, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Game Show
Network, the world's number one channel for games on television, is broadening
its programming slate to include, for the first time ever, video game-related
programming.
Two popular video game programs produced by the UK's Gamer.tv Limited,
GAME SAUCE and GAMER.TV, will anchor a new hosted video game programming
block. A soon-to-be-named host will provide viewers with up-to-the minute
video game news which will air in a wrap-around format between the new series.
Launching in the fall, the block will debut 5-7 PM ET/2-4 PM PT on Thursdays
and be repeated on Saturdays and Sundays at the same respective times.
To kick off the new programming on its premiere night, GSN will produce a
documentary focusing on video games. The video game documentary will be GSN's
second. GSN's first documentary, BIG BUCKS: THE PRESS YOUR LUCK SCANDAL
garnered the network's highest ratings ever. Specific content surrounding the
video game documentary will be announced at a later date.
In making the announcement, President and Chief Executive Officer Rich
Cronin said: "We are determined to provide programming that is distinctive to
our brand, but at the same time expands beyond traditional studio game shows.
We've been eyeing video games for quite some time and we were extremely
pleased to obtain these two high-end programs. The video game market appeals
to our younger audience and is the perfect complement for our industry leading
interactive television."
GSN, now in over 51 million homes, will air two half-hours of GAME SAUCE
and one thirty minute episode of GAMER.TV in the block. GAME SAUCE and
GAMER.TV shows will be original every Thursday. Both shows are topical and
will present that week's hottest video game news and products. Additionally,
GSN's host will report on the latest up to the minute news in the world of
video games from such Southern California locales as Venice Beach, skateboard
parks and arcades.
"We're delighted to be able to announce this distribution deal with Game
Show Network, which will allow viewers in the US fantastic access to two of
Gamer.tv's best loved shows," added Gamer.tv CEO Chris Bergstresser. "GAME
SAUCE and GAMER.TV have a loyal following around the world, and we're very
much looking forward to welcoming Game Show Network's viewers in the States to
join them."
The video game block also presents the network with numerous product
placement opportunities. Michael Sakin, GSN's Senior Vice President of
Advertising Sales, is actively pursuing software developers, soft drink and
fast food companies, wireless cell phone distributors and the automotive
industry for product placement integration opportunities.

SHOW DESCRIPTIONS
GAME SAUCE is a twice-weekly video game magazine show that features the
latest video game releases. The show will report on the high and low points of
new video games in a fun, fast, and informative way. The show also adds
"sauce" to the program by revealing playing tips and how-to sections that can
turn the biggest game-playing-goofs into arcade Olympians. The program is a
must for all gamers to stay current for thousands of games are released for
PC, Xbox, GameCube and PlayStation 2 every year.

GAMER.TV is a weekly half-hour series that is solely dedicated to world of
video games. The show features on-location reports from every continent and
delivers unrivalled coverage of everything exciting happening in games. The
show scours the globe to provide insight into one of the most exciting
entertainment industries by providing previews and reviews of the big global
releases. Past stories that GAMER.TV has covered include traveling to England
to cover actress Angelina Jolie on the set of Tomb Raider 2, visiting with a
crazy Californian who is the voice of Mario and reporting from Korea's World
Cyber Games.

Game Show Network (GSN) is the only U.S. television network dedicated to
game programming and interactive game playing. As the industry leader in
interactivity, GSN features more than 84 hours per week of interactive
original programming and enhanced classics. This interactivity allows viewers
to win prizes by playing along with GSN's televised games via gsn.com.
Reaching over 50 million Nielsen homes, GSN is distributed in the U.S. through
all major cable systems and satellite providers. The network is jointly owned
by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media Corporation.

Gamer.tv is a joint venture between TWI, the TV arm of the IMG group of
companies and PCCW, one of Asia's leading communications companies, and
combines the world's two most powerful communication mediums, television and
online, to deliver entertaining, games programs and content
The http://www.gamer.tv web site is dedicated to video games entertainment. It's
a venue to play cutting edge browser games, join the community, read the
latest reviews and watch exclusive video features. London-based Gamer.tv's
original TV shows about the world of games and interactive entertainment, are
syndicated worldwide to over 250 million homes.

SOURCE Game Show Network
Web Site: http://www.gsn.com

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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...1973800&EDATE=
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No wonder they call it the FRINGE time. It's on the fringe of sanity, right up there with "Spike TV". Memo to GSN: You're not G4. You're not TechTV. You're not even GAS [Games and Sports sorta includes Video games] You're *GAME SHOW NETWORK*.

On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, about the only thing on GSN I'll even CONSIDER watching is Dawson and Combs FF. On Wednesdays and Thursdays, it's the vertivision blocks, and said FF's. On Weekends, CS, BB, PYL, WoF, J!, the FF's.

And NOW, three days out of seven, I can't even watch said FF hour (Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays will air the VG block)

It just gets worse people. Anyone who can't see that now is living in their own private "Matrix", or thereabouts.

I mean, geesh. Remember the good ole days of 2002, when Dating Game, TattleTales, B&W PW/Color PW/P+/SP, Body Language, and all other kinds of goodies aired on the network. Or even later that year, when Syndie WML, Every TTTT (Except the 2000 version), all the Passwords, SYN '72 IGAS, etc all ran on tnetwork.

IF anyone needs me, I'll be watching GAS. A REAL Game Show Network.

Lucylover22 · 07-01-2003, 02:55 PM

Great. Just what GSN needs. More crap!

dawsongirl · 07-02-2003, 02:49 AM

I hate video game...except for the ones based on GAME SHOWS!

And damn them for taking off Feud 3 days. Now I'll have to do something constructive.

Maybe.

Geez...all I watch now is Feud and Match Game. 1 hour a day. In the fall...0.

Chelsea · 07-02-2003, 10:59 AM

Hmm...all the threads about this @ the GSN boards have mysteriously disappeared....

Maybe things have changed their minds...

dawsongirl · 07-02-2003, 03:54 PM

Or they don't like negative reaction...I dunno. I'm a pessimist.

ClassicTV4Ever · 07-02-2003, 04:41 PM

The thread was deleted for a couple reasons.
#1. The thread was getting way out of hand. People were swearing, flaming, and being irrational.
#2. A member had to be deleted and when they do that they have to remove all of that member's posts. That particular member started that thread.

I am not thrilled with this at all. I've wanted GSN since it first came on the air back in '94. I wanted to be able to see the shows that I hadn't seen since my childhood like The Joker's Wild, Tic Tac Dough, old episodes of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, Bullseye, classic Price Is Right, and many others. I finally got it last year and have not been very pleased with it. All the shows I wanted to see had already been taken off and now the network is just getting way too out there.

06-30-2003, 11:41 AM	#1
Chelsea Semi-retired Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Washington Posts: 5,727	Ugh....GSN's Newest Endeavour in the Fall.... ----- Game Show Network Adds New Video Game Programming Block in the Fall During Fringe Time Network Acquires Popular Video Game Programs GAME SAUCE and GAMER.TV From Gamer.tv Limited GSN Is Searching for an Interstitial Host Network Will Produce Its Second Documentary Featuring Video Games for Premiere Night Kick Off SANTA MONICA, Calif. and LONDON, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Game Show Network, the world's number one channel for games on television, is broadening its programming slate to include, for the first time ever, video game-related programming. Two popular video game programs produced by the UK's Gamer.tv Limited, GAME SAUCE and GAMER.TV, will anchor a new hosted video game programming block. A soon-to-be-named host will provide viewers with up-to-the minute video game news which will air in a wrap-around format between the new series. Launching in the fall, the block will debut 5-7 PM ET/2-4 PM PT on Thursdays and be repeated on Saturdays and Sundays at the same respective times. To kick off the new programming on its premiere night, GSN will produce a documentary focusing on video games. The video game documentary will be GSN's second. GSN's first documentary, BIG BUCKS: THE PRESS YOUR LUCK SCANDAL garnered the network's highest ratings ever. Specific content surrounding the video game documentary will be announced at a later date. In making the announcement, President and Chief Executive Officer Rich Cronin said: "We are determined to provide programming that is distinctive to our brand, but at the same time expands beyond traditional studio game shows. We've been eyeing video games for quite some time and we were extremely pleased to obtain these two high-end programs. The video game market appeals to our younger audience and is the perfect complement for our industry leading interactive television." GSN, now in over 51 million homes, will air two half-hours of GAME SAUCE and one thirty minute episode of GAMER.TV in the block. GAME SAUCE and GAMER.TV shows will be original every Thursday. Both shows are topical and will present that week's hottest video game news and products. Additionally, GSN's host will report on the latest up to the minute news in the world of video games from such Southern California locales as Venice Beach, skateboard parks and arcades. "We're delighted to be able to announce this distribution deal with Game Show Network, which will allow viewers in the US fantastic access to two of Gamer.tv's best loved shows," added Gamer.tv CEO Chris Bergstresser. "GAME SAUCE and GAMER.TV have a loyal following around the world, and we're very much looking forward to welcoming Game Show Network's viewers in the States to join them." The video game block also presents the network with numerous product placement opportunities. Michael Sakin, GSN's Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales, is actively pursuing software developers, soft drink and fast food companies, wireless cell phone distributors and the automotive industry for product placement integration opportunities. SHOW DESCRIPTIONS GAME SAUCE is a twice-weekly video game magazine show that features the latest video game releases. The show will report on the high and low points of new video games in a fun, fast, and informative way. The show also adds "sauce" to the program by revealing playing tips and how-to sections that can turn the biggest game-playing-goofs into arcade Olympians. The program is a must for all gamers to stay current for thousands of games are released for PC, Xbox, GameCube and PlayStation 2 every year. GAMER.TV is a weekly half-hour series that is solely dedicated to world of video games. The show features on-location reports from every continent and delivers unrivalled coverage of everything exciting happening in games. The show scours the globe to provide insight into one of the most exciting entertainment industries by providing previews and reviews of the big global releases. Past stories that GAMER.TV has covered include traveling to England to cover actress Angelina Jolie on the set of Tomb Raider 2, visiting with a crazy Californian who is the voice of Mario and reporting from Korea's World Cyber Games. Game Show Network (GSN) is the only U.S. television network dedicated to game programming and interactive game playing. As the industry leader in interactivity, GSN features more than 84 hours per week of interactive original programming and enhanced classics. This interactivity allows viewers to win prizes by playing along with GSN's televised games via gsn.com. Reaching over 50 million Nielsen homes, GSN is distributed in the U.S. through all major cable systems and satellite providers. The network is jointly owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Liberty Media Corporation. Gamer.tv is a joint venture between TWI, the TV arm of the IMG group of companies and PCCW, one of Asia's leading communications companies, and combines the world's two most powerful communication mediums, television and online, to deliver entertaining, games programs and content The http://www.gamer.tv web site is dedicated to video games entertainment. It's a venue to play cutting edge browser games, join the community, read the latest reviews and watch exclusive video features. London-based Gamer.tv's original TV shows about the world of games and interactive entertainment, are syndicated worldwide to over 250 million homes. SOURCE Game Show Network Web Site: http://www.gsn.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/st...1973800&EDATE= ________________________________ No wonder they call it the FRINGE time. It's on the fringe of sanity, right up there with "Spike TV". Memo to GSN: You're not G4. You're not TechTV. You're not even GAS [Games and Sports sorta includes Video games] You're GAME SHOW NETWORK. On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, about the only thing on GSN I'll even CONSIDER watching is Dawson and Combs FF. On Wednesdays and Thursdays, it's the vertivision blocks, and said FF's. On Weekends, CS, BB, PYL, WoF, J!, the FF's. And NOW, three days out of seven, I can't even watch said FF hour (Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays will air the VG block) It just gets worse people. Anyone who can't see that now is living in their own private "Matrix", or thereabouts. I mean, geesh. Remember the good ole days of 2002, when Dating Game, TattleTales, B&W PW/Color PW/P+/SP, Body Language, and all other kinds of goodies aired on the network. Or even later that year, when Syndie WML, Every TTTT (Except the 2000 version), all the Passwords, SYN '72 IGAS, etc all ran on tnetwork. IF anyone needs me, I'll be watching GAS. A REAL Game Show Network.
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07-01-2003, 02:55 PM	#2
Lucylover22 Young and Hopeless Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 15, 2001 Location: She-Town Posts: 769	Great. Just what GSN needs. More crap!
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07-02-2003, 02:49 AM	#3
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	I hate video game...except for the ones based on GAME SHOWS! And damn them for taking off Feud 3 days. Now I'll have to do something constructive. Maybe. Geez...all I watch now is Feud and Match Game. 1 hour a day. In the fall...0.

07-02-2003, 10:59 AM	#4
Chelsea Semi-retired Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 07, 2001 Location: Washington Posts: 5,727	Hmm...all the threads about this @ the GSN boards have mysteriously disappeared.... Maybe things have changed their minds...

07-02-2003, 03:54 PM	#5
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,128	Or they don't like negative reaction...I dunno. I'm a pessimist.

07-02-2003, 04:41 PM	#6
ClassicTV4Ever Coming November 27th! Senior Member Join Date: May 02, 2002 Location: TV Land! Posts: 1,421	The thread was deleted for a couple reasons. #1. The thread was getting way out of hand. People were swearing, flaming, and being irrational. #2. A member had to be deleted and when they do that they have to remove all of that member's posts. That particular member started that thread. I am not thrilled with this at all. I've wanted GSN since it first came on the air back in '94. I wanted to be able to see the shows that I hadn't seen since my childhood like The Joker's Wild, Tic Tac Dough, old episodes of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, Bullseye, classic Price Is Right, and many others. I finally got it last year and have not been very pleased with it. All the shows I wanted to see had already been taken off and now the network is just getting way too out there.