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Re: Should "The Price is Right" return to GSN?
« Reply #30 on: May 14, 2009, 11:55:11 AM »
I think there are more chances of seeing another TPiR DVD rather than seeing the classic episodes on GSN.
But if Barker won't allow any eps with Holly what would they put on another DVD set?  Just from '95 on?
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Re: Should "The Price is Right" return to GSN?
« Reply #31 on: May 14, 2009, 01:44:39 PM »
But if Barker won't allow any eps with Holly what would they put on another DVD set?  Just from '95 on?

Maybe. At least that's a chance of seeing more Price eps. I'm not holding my breath for Price returning on GSN. It's been 9 years already since it left GSN's airwaves. My hopes are up.

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Re: Should "The Price is Right" return to GSN?
« Reply #32 on: May 23, 2009, 08:25:47 AM »
I don't think there's a better run of "The Price is Right" without Bob Barker and the original models (Dian, Janice, and Holly) and announcers Johnny Olson and later Rod Roddy.  They were the PERFECT combination for the longest running game show of all times.

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Re: Should "The Price is Right" return to GSN?
« Reply #33 on: May 23, 2009, 05:41:20 PM »
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Once, they showed a Ray Combs episode of Family Feud - cut out the open but showed the slate.
Wasn't there also one where Ray made a joke about going to commercial and GSN actually *did* it, cutting off the end of the game?

Anyway, I'm going to go against the grain and say GSN *shouldn't* rerun TPIR right now. The existing show is good enough that I want it to continue running as long as possible, and reruns would do one (or more) of three things: fail miserably, split the potential audience of people who like the show but only have time to watch it once a day, and remind those who don't like the changes over the last two (or, for that matter, fifteen) years how much it's "gone downhill". None of which helps the show stay on CBS for as long as possible. Once the show's been cancelled, hopefully far into the future, or else when it's still on but the Barker era is far enough past that even S35 *feels* far gone (say, when it's old enough to be the date used in "Now... or Then") then they should rerun them.

Which actually is something else to consider. How well did TPIR actually do in reruns? Which ones should they use? You can rerun, say, seasons 32-35 and have the show feel current and the pricing be playable, but those are hardly the best years of the run *and* it emphasizes the differences with the current show... or you can take episodes from anywhere from, say, seasons 4 to 25 (more or less) and have a better show overall and less likely to interfere with enjoying the Carey version, but difficult to play along with.

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Re: Should "The Price is Right" return to GSN?
« Reply #34 on: May 25, 2009, 05:48:11 PM »
As long as Barker is alive, there will never be reruns or dvds of Price that contain Holly or any of the other models Barker lost to. 
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Re: Should "The Price is Right" return to GSN?
« Reply #35 on: May 25, 2009, 07:17:18 PM »
How do you know GSN will keep Bob's wish even when he passes away. You don't know for sure.

I would like to see Tpir on GSN since I've never seen GSN with price before. It would be nice to see any old episodes except Drew Carey episodes. (I have nothing against Drew, its just that I have almost every episode of him and they're so recent. ) Would be awesome if this happened again.

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Re: Should "The Price is Right" return to GSN?
« Reply #36 on: May 25, 2009, 08:46:35 PM »
I'm not sure GSN needs Price all that much now.  I don't mean that as a sign of disrespect, but they've built their ratings (overall, some bumps along the road notwithstanding) quite nicely in recent years.  Though I'd like to see it, I could understand if they're not willing to shell out an excessive sum even if they would have access to those long-unseen shows.

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Re: Should "The Price is Right" return to GSN?
« Reply #37 on: May 31, 2009, 05:42:12 PM »
I'm not sure GSN needs Price all that much now ... they've built their ratings (overall, some bumps along the road notwithstanding) quite nicely in recent years ... I could understand if they're not willing to shell out an excessive sum even if they would have access to those long-unseen shows.

And does anybody else realize that Barker's making sure we don't see some of the best episodes ever made during the show's early years? You've got the first three taped episodes, the final playing of Bullseye '72, the other three playings of Double Bullseye, the debut of Five Price Tags/Money Game/Give Or Keep, and most of the 1972-1980 nighttime series!
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Re: Should "The Price is Right" return to GSN?
« Reply #38 on: May 31, 2009, 05:45:39 PM »
And does anybody else realize that Barker's making sure we don't see some of the best episodes ever made during the show's early years? You've got the first three taped episodes, the final playing of Bullseye '72, the other three playings of Double Bullseye, the debut of Five Price Tags/Money Game/Give Or Keep, and most of the 1972-1980 nighttime series!
I do realize that, WarioBarker. Although, with the decent ratings GSN has had lately, they don't need TPIR at this time.
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Re: Should "The Price is Right" return to GSN?
« Reply #39 on: May 31, 2009, 08:59:56 PM »
I think that it should but it wont happen. I hope there is more TPIR to be relased on dvd
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