GSN will be celebrating the 50th
anniversary of Match Game with a 9-hour Mega Match Game Marathon on Christmas Day starting
at 8am.
In addition to the Match
Game Marathon, GSN will also
be airing marathons of The
American Bible Challenge (Dec. 23), Minute
To Win It (Dec. 24), Pyramid (Dec. 31), and Deal or No Deal (Jan. 1).
This was not the best week for syndicated game shows as Wheel's ratings dropped 4% to a 7.2, Family Feud fell 6% down to 4.2, and NBCUniversal's Baggage fell 8% do a dismal 1.1 rating.
Meanwhile, the ratings for Jeopardy! and Disney-ABC's Millionaire were not affected by the decline in ratings this week as both shows remained flat at a 6.5 and 2.4.
NBC has picked up a new primetime game show series called Hollywood Game Night. Eight episodes have been ordered for the first season of the Sean Hayes-produced series.
In a recent Entertainment Tonight interview, Howie Mandel defended Take It All's controversial gift-stealing format saying that "the game show is a fair representation of society".
All this week, GSN has gotten into the holiday spirit with the week-long "7 Days of Winning" Sweepstakes. Visit GSN.com for more information about signing up for a chance to win amazing prizes.
Not Necessarily Game Show News: LA Reid will not be returning to FOX's The X Factor as a judge. Reid has decided to return to the music business full time on his own merit.
CCTV has picked up a Chinese version of You Deserve It from German distributor Red Arrow International. The series will premiere next month under the name Wei Ni Er Zhan (I Fight For You).
Old news, but FYI: Average viewer ratings for the six-night event
of Take It All: a subpar 4.42 million
viewers.
This Christmas, The Hub will be getting into the holiday spirit by airing back-to-back holiday-themed episodes of Family Game Night starting at 12pm.
Sources: Broadcasting & Cable, BuzzerBlog, C21 Media, Deadline Hollywood, Digital Spy, GSN.com, The Futon Critic, TV By The Numbers
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