I loved the November 23 marathon of classic game shows on GSN. Back then, I hoped GSN would bring back these same classic game shows.

My wish has somewhat been granted: Beginning January 7, either an 1980s or 1990s version of Wheel of Fortune and Tic Tac Dough return to the daily schedule in the 11:00 AM ET hour.

On weekends beginning the weekend of January 5, the 1979 Monty Hall version of Beat The Clock and the 1976 Alex Trebek version of Double Dare (no, not like the Nickelodeon version I grew up watching) air late nights on the weekends.

View a more detailed new GSN schedule at this site.

(Now if only Joker's Wild and somehow GSN gets the 1980s $ale of the Century and Scrabble, I'll be even happier!)

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I noticed Twenty One on their schedule in the wee hours. Granted it's not a "classic", but I enjoyed that show. It probably would do well if they brought it back to NBC.

Of the old game shows, Tic-Tac-Dough was one of my least favorites. Its music was pretty bad.

But mostly, the questions were way to easy. as a young kid, I was getting most of them right.

Of the Wheel of Fortunes from the 80's & 90's, are they the daytime versions or the syndicated versions?

Now here was a great game show that challenged the contestants.

In January, GSN started airing TTD at 11:30am eastern.

Then on March 31, it was pushed back to 10:00am eastern.

Now, starting July 21, TTD airs at 9:00am eastern.

I'm guessing with its earlier time slots, TTD is not doing well on GSN mornings. As long as it stays on the air until the end of summer, when 3 of its biggest winners will appear, I'll be happy.

Tic Tac Dough (GSN)
Weekday mornings 9:30a/8:30c

                      Viewers
Date                (thousands)
---------------------------------------------------------
Oct 27 2008             116 < Last TTD game of Thom McKee
Oct 28 2008              87
Oct 29 2008              95
Oct 30 2008              83
Oct 31 2008              82

I have no data since these dates but my guess is that it averages about 80-90k viewers per day, which is on par for its ratings since January.

Only Match Game currently gets a lower daily average on GSN mornings.

Press Your Luck (GSN)
Weekdays 11:30a/10:30c | Weekends 12:30/11:30c

                      Viewers
Date                (thousands)
---------------------------------------------------------
Oct 27 2008             120
Oct 28 2008             180
Oct 29 2008             225
Oct 30 2008             141
Oct 31 2008             101
Nov 01 2008             243
Nov 02 2008             284

Wheel of Fortune (GSN)
Weekdays 12:30/11:30c

                      Viewers
Date                (thousands)
---------------------------------------------------------
Oct 27 2008             238
Oct 28 2008             240
Oct 29 2008             253
Oct 30 2008             190
Oct 31 2008             165

Twenty One (GSN)
Saturday 1:00a/12:00c

                      Viewers
Date                (thousands)
---------------------------------------------------------
Nov 01 2008             188

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I have seen Catch 21 a couple times. Do you have any numbers for it?

Douglas, per chance do you have any numbers for 'What's My Line' and 'The Name's The Same', which are part of the GSN Latenight lineup?

Ask and you shall receive...

Catch 21 (GSN)
Weeknights 7:30/6:30c & 10:00/9:00c | Saturdays 12:00a/11:00c

                      Viewers
Date                (thousands)
---------------------------------------------------------
Oct 27 2008( 7:30)      340
Oct 27 2008(10:00)      288

Oct 28 2008( 7:30)      318
Oct 28 2008(10:00)      321

Oct 29 2008( 7:30)      323
Oct 29 2008(10:00)      178

Oct 30 2008( 7:30)      286
Oct 30 2008(10:00)      342

Oct 31 2008( 7:30)      166
Oct 31 2008(10:00)      330

Nov 01 2008(12:00a)     247
Nov 01 2008(12:30a)     194

Black & White Overnight (GSN)
Weeknights & Saturday 3:00a/2:00c

                      Viewers
Date                (thousands)
---------------------------------------------------------
Oct 27 2008(3:00a)      105
Oct 27 2008(3:30a)       68

Oct 28 2008(3:00a)       80
Oct 28 2008(3:30a)       51

Oct 29 2008(3:00a)       58
Oct 29 2008(3:30a)       41

Oct 30 2008(3:00a)      128
Oct 30 2008(3:30a)      120

Oct 31 2008(3:00a)       67
Oct 31 2008(3:30a)       73

Nov 01 2008(3:00a)      102
Nov 01 2008(3:30a)       52

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quote:

Originally posted by Douglas:
Black & White Overnight (GSN)
Weeknights & Saturday 3:00a/2:00c

                      Viewers
Date                (thousands)
---------------------------------------------------------
Oct 27 2008(3:00a)      105
Oct 27 2008(3:30a)       68

Oct 28 2008(3:00a)       80
Oct 28 2008(3:30a)       51

Oct 29 2008(3:00a)       58
Oct 29 2008(3:30a)       41

Oct 30 2008(3:00a)      128
Oct 30 2008(3:30a)      120

Oct 31 2008(3:00a)       67
Oct 31 2008(3:30a)       73

Nov 01 2008(3:00a)      102
Nov 01 2008(3:30a)       52

Thank you Douglas. I figured that 'What's My Line' would out-perform 'The Name's The Same', and the 91,666 viewer average was about what I expected.

Douglas, could you please post coming weeks of the Black & White Overnight hour on GSN...I'd like to match up the ratings against the various mystery guests.

Thanks again.