Scribble "Scrabble" on GSN Development Slate
Robair
Game Show Network has announced an exclusive North American
deal with Hasbro to bring the scrambled word board game to
television -- again, according to this morning's Hollywood
reporter. Bob Boden himself announced the deal over the
weekend.
--Robair
(Capital Letter Count: Subject, 7; Body of Message: 19)
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hollywoodreporter/television/brief_display.
jsp?vnu_content_id=1510129
JC
> Game Show Network has announced an exclusive North American
> deal with Hasbro to bring the scrambled word board game to
> television -- again, according to this morning's Hollywood
> reporter. Bob Boden himself announced the deal over the
> weekend.
>
> --Robair
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That is great news. I have always loved Scrabble. What are the chances
that Chuck Woolery will return to host?
John
Tom Heald TVBarn.com
>deal with Hasbro to bring the scrambled word board game to
>television -- again, according to this morning's Hollywood
>reporter. Bob Boden himself announced the deal over the
>weekend.
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RIP CDub
>
>Game Show Network has announced an exclusive North American
>deal with Hasbro to bring the scrambled word board game to
>television -- again, according to this morning's Hollywood
>reporter. Bob Boden himself announced the deal over the
>weekend.
Wait...so does that mean Fremantle doesn't own the format rights? I mean
obviously they own the reruns. Hopefully GSN will air the old one to go along
with it.
David Livingston
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ago. His spirit will live on in the hearts of the Washington Huskies fans
FOREVER!
TDeLegge1
Scrabble.
Whether this means we'll be seeing the old reruns on GSN, though, is a question
yet to be answered. My opinion: Cronin has obviously realized what gems some
of the classics are, with HSq and PYL (WLoD ain't exactly a gem!). However, I
don't really like the way he just cycles the same 150-200 eps. over and over
again.
While I know we are in the minority, we're going to be missing out on some
great eps. of LMAD, PYL, and HSq because of this. Cronin, you know that PYL
and HSq are succeeding, lease the rest of the series, please! Same for LMAD!
Okay, back on topic here: If Cronin's willing to dish out the money, who
knows? I think it would be a great companion to Lingo!
Anthony DeLegge
SJB
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> ...but not the old NBC shows.
>
> Game Show Network has announced an exclusive North American
> deal with Hasbro to bring the scrambled word board game to
> television -- again, according to this morning's Hollywood
> reporter. Bob Boden himself announced the deal over the
> weekend.
>
really didn't resemble the board game that much), or an all-new game.
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Chris Lemon
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> Wait...so does that mean Fremantle doesn't own the format rights? I mean
> obviously they own the reruns. Hopefully GSN will air the old one to go
along
> with it.
Why's it obvious? Scrabble was a Reg Grundy production.
Chris Lemon
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> I'll be curious to see if they're developing a remake of the old show
(which
> really didn't resemble the board game that much), or an all-new game.
No, it didn't, but I can't really think of a way to do so that wouldn't be a
pretty boring or overly-intellectual game show.
Scrabble, for my money, actually did a pretty good job of including elements
of the board game (the tiles, bonuses around the pink and blue squares,
etc.) into a made-for-game-showdom word game.
Steven Sousa
Yeah, Scrabble was just about a perfect game show. The only thing I
would even think about changing would be Chuck walking over to give
players their bonus money as the audience counts along. That always
seemed rather cheesy to me.
Of course, having said that, STOPPER! The All-New Scrabble will probably
drop the bonus money on the contestants' heads.
Steven Sousa
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Chris M. Dickson
<clemon7...@attbi.com> writes
>No, it didn't, but I can't really think of a way to do so that wouldn't be a
>pretty boring or overly-intellectual game show.
Challenge TV did a version of Scrabble, oh, about a year ago. (I guess
they could get the rights for this because of Scrabble's dual
ownership.) This was nothing to do with either the Scrabble that you're
familiar with or the (British) Channel 4 show which predates the
invention of think music. Beep... beep... beep... beep...
You can get a description of the format at
http://www.challengetv.co.uk/tv/programme_pages/tv_scrabble.htm
and I have no idea whether GSN Scrabble will use it or not. For the
record, the young man pictured on that page is not host Toby Anstis.
By all accounts, the only remarkable thing about the show is the episode
which had a board on which contestants played "SEX" and "ORAL" in rapid
succession. Anstis made disappointingly little reaction.
Were this a binaries group, I could even prove this - or at least
provide a Photoshopped fake which was convincing enough to fool me...
Chris
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RIP CDub
Pearson/Fremantle owns the rights to the Reg Grundy library.
Raydad2002
> ...but not the old NBC shows.
>
> Game Show Network has announced an exclusive North American
> deal with Hasbro to bring the scrambled word board game to
> television -- again, according to this morning's Hollywood
> reporter. Bob Boden himself announced the deal over the
> weekend.
If this news is true, maybe the NBC shows are coming later. You think
GSN is teasing us a little bit? (Unless this is a troll post).
Doug
>GSN is teasing us a little bit? (Unless this is a troll post).
Not that he really wants me to, but I'll vouch for Robair. In other words, he
ain't no troll. You can view the lead of the HOLYWOOD REPORTER's story at
their website, but you need to be a member to read the whole thing (and that's
probably good today only--6/10/02).
And don't tell me there ain't no such word as ain't. :)
Doug
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Robert Hutchinson
> ...but not the old NBC shows.
>
> Game Show Network has announced an exclusive North American
> deal with Hasbro to bring the scrambled word board game to
> television -- again, according to this morning's Hollywood
> reporter. Bob Boden himself announced the deal over the
> weekend.
Will they be ordering two pilots, one with Woolery and one with Pat
Bullard?
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TADXN
<ae...@ihatespam.aurora.mv.com> writes:
>Of course, having said that, STOPPER! The All-New Scrabble will probably
>drop the bonus money on the contestants' heads.
And I suppose it would also use *smaller* denominations so that there'd be even
MORE bills to drop on them.
TADXN
(TDeLegge1) writes:
>While I know we are in the minority, we're going to be missing out on some
>great eps. of LMAD, PYL, and HSq because of this. Cronin, you know that PYL
>and HSq are succeeding, lease the rest of the series, please! Same for LMAD!
Agreed! And while you're at it, stop the speedups! And stop squeezing the
credits on all the shows, *especially* the LMAD shows! So WHAT if that means
letting "ordinary joe TV viewer" change the channel when (s)he sees the
credits? One of these days, Monty's gonna get you for squeezing the credits on
LMAD! Yes, we're in the minority, but every now and then there are times in
your life where you *have* to let *minority* rule, and this is one of them!
Therefore, you *must* do as we say! THAT IS *NOT* A PROPOSAL, THAT IS AN
_*ORDER*_, DARN IT!
And to General Blitz if you are reading this: don't you *dare* call me a
moron, either! Not only will I not stand for GSN butchering their shows the
way they have been, I will also not tolerate you insulting me like that!
Chris Lemon
"TADXN" <ta...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Agreed! And while you're at it, stop the speedups!
Won't happen. Unless you meant "Do the speeding up correctly", which is a
fair and legitimate demand.
Otherwise, get over it.
>*especially* the LMAD shows!
Yeah, you have a point here...squeezing the credits on LMAD cuts off what is
probably the best-known part of the show.
> Not only will I not stand for GSN butchering their shows the
> way they have been, I will also not tolerate you insulting me like that!
And you stand about the same chance of stopping either.
<whisper> The password is "killfile." <DING!>
Steve Jeremiah Williams-Soria (Jeremy Soria)
but only one has sworn... To Tell The Truth!
>Why's it obvious? Scrabble was a Reg Grundy production.
Because Grundy is a Pearson property, now under the FremantleMedia umbrella.
So THAT'S why it's obvious. (duh)
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"Steve Jeremiah Williams-Soria (Jeremy Soria)"
<jeremy75-REM...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> So THAT'S why it's obvious. (duh)
Umm... it could be that he just didn't know. Duh.
Brandon Brooks
DSmith
> That is great news. I have always loved Scrabble. What are the chances
> that Chuck Woolery will return to host?
>
>
> John
I'd say unlikely, since he is doing "Lingo", unless they give him 2X
duty like MariAnne Curan...
Chris Lemon
news:ae3828$ijm$1...@news.acns.nwu.edu...
> "Steve Jeremiah Williams-Soria (Jeremy Soria)"
>
> Umm... it could be that he just didn't know. Duh.
I didn't, but I've been around here long enough that I should, so I accept
the "duh" with appropriate contriteness. :)
Chris Lemon
"DSmith" <nasca...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'd say unlikely, since he is doing "Lingo", unless they give him 2X
> duty like MariAnne Curan...
Which is further unlikely, since double duty on the GSN of today means a
little more than "standing in front of a chromakey wall talking to people on
the phone" like it did in Curan's day.
ITSBRY
format), but Hasbro. I almost get the impression that GSN's "Scrabble" is
not based on TV "Scrabble" from the Woolery years. I would really like to
see "Scrabble" return, but only if it's based on the TV format. What's the
alternative...watching two people sit at a scrabble board while spooky
spotlights shine around the stage? ;)
ITSBRY
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Matt Ottinger
"TADXN" <ta...@aol.com> wrote ...
> And to General Blitz if you are reading this: don't you *dare* call me a
> moron, either! Not only will I not stand for GSN butchering their shows
the
> way they have been, I will also not tolerate you insulting me like that!
Or else what, exactly?
--Matt
otti...@acd.net
Xot
> >deal with Hasbro to bring the scrambled word board game to
> >television -- again, according to this morning's Hollywood
> >reporter. Bob Boden himself announced the deal over the
> >weekend.
>
> Wait...so does that mean Fremantle doesn't own the format rights? I mean
> obviously they own the reruns. Hopefully GSN will air the old one to go along
> with it.
>
Oh dear. If GSN started airing reruns of Scrabble, I might just miss
work for this.
It's bad enough I can't watch Card Sharks 'cause I'm either asleep or
at work whenever it's on. Can someone tell me if it's the old, old Jim
Perry eps or one of the somehwhat crappier remakes?
Zach Horan
>It's bad enough I can't watch Card Sharks 'cause I'm either asleep or
>at work whenever it's on. Can someone tell me if it's the old, old Jim
>Perry eps or one of the somehwhat crappier remakes?
Two airings per weekday, the 11AM EST airing is the Jim Perry version, and the
1:30PM EST airing is the later Bob Eubanks CBS run. The 1986-87 syndicated run
with Bill Rafferty and the largely different and unpopular format-wise 2001
version are currently not shown.
Xot
> Chris Lemon wrote:
> >
> > "SJB" <s...@sjb.net> wrote in message
> > news:3d04dd2c$1...@corp.newsgroups.com...
> > > I'll be curious to see if they're developing a remake of the old show
> (which
> > > really didn't resemble the board game that much), or an all-new game.
> >
> > No, it didn't, but I can't really think of a way to do so that wouldn't be a
> > pretty boring or overly-intellectual game show.
> >
> > Scrabble, for my money, actually did a pretty good job of including elements
> > of the board game (the tiles, bonuses around the pink and blue squares,
> > etc.) into a made-for-game-showdom word game.
>
> Yeah, Scrabble was just about a perfect game show. The only thing I
> would even think about changing would be Chuck walking over to give
> players their bonus money as the audience counts along. That always
> seemed rather cheesy to me.
Wasn't the bonus money itself pink and blue at one time to correspond
with the square?
But I agree. Scrabble is right up there as one of the best game shows
ever IMHO. I'm probably giving away my age here, but Scrabble, PYL,
and $25,000 Pyramid are quite possibly my top three. High Rollers was
a fave of mine as well.
> Of course, having said that, STOPPER! The All-New Scrabble will probably
> drop the bonus money on the contestants' heads.
<<shudder>>
Zach Horan
>Wasn't the bonus money itself pink and blue at one time to correspond
>with the square?
>
For the last year of the NBC 1984-90 run, Pink and Blue "Chuckbucks" were
handed out when those front game bonuses were won.
>I'm probably giving away my age here, but Scrabble, PYL,
>and $25,000 Pyramid are quite possibly my top three. High Rollers was
>a fave of mine as well.
The Wink version or Trebek? Those under 30 who might only remember the Wink
version won't realize that Trebek's was probably superior, the 1978-80 run in
particular.
Neleh's Half-Eaten Candy
"Raydad2002" <contes...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> If this news is true, maybe the NBC shows are coming later. You think
> GSN is teasing us a little bit? (Unless this is a troll post).
Robair Mackey, one of this NG's founding fathers, resorting to trolling?
Surely you jest...
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
Chris Lambert!
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I don't see why he couldn't... GSN likes to knock out 65 episodes in about
two weeks' time, then wait months before doing any more eps. Chuck could
hypothetically host every new original from here on out without getting too
worn out.
-C!
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Brandon Brooks
"Xot" <x...@atari.net> wrote in message
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> It's bad enough I can't watch Card Sharks 'cause I'm either asleep or
> at work whenever it's on. Can someone tell me if it's the old, old Jim
> Perry eps or one of the somehwhat crappier remakes?
Huh? If you had GSN, you would know what they air, since they air Perry CS
ad nauseam. They also air Eubanks CS, if this is one of the "crappier
remakes" you are referring to.
IMO, it was pretty damn good.
Brandon Brooks
The Anti-Corporate Outlaw
hits the stopper! Player two, YOOOOOUUUUUU WIIIIIINNNNNNNN!)or Jim
Caldwell (Now I bring your attention to the pink boxes and the blue
boxes. If you score a letter on one of those, you can win a lot of
money!).
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Dan Sadro
nasca...@hotmail.com (DSmith) wrote:
Which reminds me, I just saw her on an infomercial a short while ago...
--Dan
reply: dan [@] sadro [.] com
TDN2OO1
> I'll be curious to see if they're developing a remake of the old show (which
> really didn't resemble the board game that much), or an all-new game.
>
GSN could easily get away with revamping the 1993 version -- considering how
barren and cheap the 1993 set was compared to the first version!
(ducking)
Ted Novak
--
Dan Sadro
wrote:
>> >Game Show Network has announced an exclusive North American
>> >deal with Hasbro to bring the scrambled word board game to
>> >television -- again, according to this morning's Hollywood
>> >reporter. Bob Boden himself announced the deal over the
>> >weekend.
>>
>> Wait...so does that mean Fremantle doesn't own the format rights? I mean
>> obviously they own the reruns. Hopefully GSN will air the old one to go along
>> with it.
>>
>
>Oh dear. If GSN started airing reruns of Scrabble, I might just miss
>work for this.
You know, I think you'll fit in just fine here :-D
>It's bad enough I can't watch Card Sharks 'cause I'm either asleep or
>at work whenever it's on. Can someone tell me if it's the old, old Jim
>Perry eps or one of the somehwhat crappier remakes?
I've seen a lot of Eubanks eps... I don't watch daytime GSN anymore, so I
can't give you a better answer :-/
Chuck Gibson
>_*ORDER*_, DARN IT!
By the Power of Grayskull: Thy Moron Thaddius decrees it, so it shall be done.
You've got an ego bigger than Johnny Boy's.
>And to General Blitz if you are reading this: don't you *dare* call me a
>moron, either!
*I* *will* *call* *you* *whatever* *I* *seem* *fit.*
You haven't made one positive contribution to this group. You just constantly
bitch about the speed-ups and squeezing credits. Hey skunkfucker: IT'S BEEN
DONE FOR AT LEAST TEN DAMN YEARS AND THEY AREN'T GOING TO STOP BECAUSE YOU,
THADDIUS Q. DIXIONIOUS OF MORON DECREE IT!!!
>I will also not tolerate you insulting me like that!
Get used to it fuckball, you earned it.
Fuck off.
Chuck
http://sport6449.tripod.com/generalblitzinfantry
"You can't spell SB without BS!"--Mike Klauss
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tomorrow.."--Loverboy
Chris Lemon
news:20020611010738...@mb-cu.aol.com...
> >I will also not tolerate you insulting me like that!
> Get used to it fuckball, you earned it.
Oh, now you done it, Chuck. :)
Jamie Locklin
> And to General Blitz if you are reading this: don't you *dare* call me a
> moron, either!
Just curious, but exactly what would be a consequence of him doing so?
Send him an email full of your typical asterisk filled rubbish and
hope he dies of laugther? Yeah that's it, Thad the Intergalactic-Idiot
destroys his enemies through the Power of the Asterisk! I think we
have a new comic-book hero idea.
Or not.
Anyhow, I would imagine that GSN will renew for more episodes once the
current contract expires for the 150 they have now. Makes sense to me.
Mark Jeffries
> news:Zq%M8.6670$Pv2....@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> >
> > deal with Hasbro to bring the scrambled word board game to
> > television -- again, according to this morning's Hollywood
> > reporter. Bob Boden himself announced the deal over the
> > weekend.
> >
> really didn't resemble the board game that much), or an all-new game.
The full Hollywood Reporter article (which is available from Yahoo!)
made it clear from a quote from Bob Boden that GSN intends to do a TV
version of the *real* Scrabble. Here's the link:
DSmith
> Which reminds me, I just saw her on an infomercial a short while ago...
Yes, she has appeared with Davy Jones of the Monkees (I say that,
because I suspect a good 60% of the group has no clue who he is) for
Time Life's 60s Gold Collection...a collection of CD's for $120 that
you can easily burn on your computer.
Xot
Alex, of course. I don't recall the Wink version ... was that the one
that was rerun on USA Network for a while? I have fond memories of
watching Alex and the dice on my days home sick from kindergarten (I
was a fairly sickly lad, so there were a lot of those).
My mom told me I used to refer to Alex as "cute and cuddly," but I
don't recall THAT. =)
Xot
Only if I was home and awake to watch them, which, at the times Card
Sharks air, I am not. (I'm usually one of the two but not both.)
The cable description is usually just "Game Show (30 min.)", not
"Rerun of the 1991 card-based show starring Jim Perry," useful as that
might be.
Maybe I'll have to make a deliberate effort to be awake at 11 am.
Zach Horan
>that was rerun on USA Network for a while? I have fond memories of
>watching Alex and the dice on my days home sick from kindergarten (I
>was a fairly sickly lad, so there were a lot of those).
I wasn't much older when the Trebek versions ran(there were two, one from
1974-76 on NBC, with a weekly nighttime version running in some cities in
1975-76, and the other from 1978-80 on NBC).
The Wink version from 1987-88 followed more closely the format of the 1978-80
run, with "columns" representing prizes. Three numbers appeared in each column,
and to win the prizes corresponding to each column, a player had to clear the
last number from each column and then win the game. The 1978-80 added new
prizes to unclaimed columns when not won, while the 1987-88 version generally
placed new prizes and discarded the old ones in each game. The 1974-76 version
had the numbers 1-9 concealing a prize(although a major prize like a car would
be hidden behind two numbers). The winner of the game got to keep the prizes
they uncovered, and the bigger prizes were only won if the player uncovered
both numbers it was behind(the number would reveal "1/2 the car", etc.) Later
in the run, the 1-9 numbers revealed portions of a picture of a celebrity,
which the contestant had to identify to win the game and the prizes they'd
uncovered.
The big Numbers bonus round was played the same on all incarnations. The
1974-76 and 1987-88 versions' top prize was $10K, while the 1978-80 version was
only for $5K(for a while it was $5K and a low-end auto)
Pass the Cour-Foster-Gray
>made it clear from a quote from Bob Boden that GSN intends to do a TV
>version of the *real* Scrabble. Here's the link:
>
>
>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/bpihw/20020609/en_bpihw/ga
me_show_net_looking_to_score_with__scrabble_
I have a feeling this is going to be a lot like "Countdown" [the UK version,
not my (excellent) proposal]. It could work, I suppose, give the players 7
letters, and see who can make the bigger word, only the winner would get the
point value of each letter. If that's the case, then I have no opinion right
now...
The ONE and ONLY, Brandon Foster-Gray
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and I don't date kids. gotten a Dell.)
chris319
>made it clear from a quote from Bob Boden that GSN intends to do a TV
>version of the *real* Scrabble.
Memo to Boden: think there might be a REASON no one has done a TV version of the
real Scrabble? At least one that didn't pour pink and blue goo on the
contestants?
Dan Sadro
fstrg...@aol.compaqSUCKS (Pass the Cour-Foster-Gray) wrote:
>>The full Hollywood Reporter article (which is available from Yahoo!)
>>made it clear from a quote from Bob Boden that GSN intends to do a TV
>>version of the *real* Scrabble. Here's the link:
>>
>>
>>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/bpihw/20020609/en_bpihw/ga
>me_show_net_looking_to_score_with__scrabble_
>
>I have a feeling this is going to be a lot like "Countdown" [the UK version,
>not my (excellent) proposal]. It could work, I suppose, give the players 7
>letters, and see who can make the bigger word, only the winner would get the
>point value of each letter. If that's the case, then I have no opinion right
>now...
Yes... Countdown with a pulse... interesting paradox.
(I'm kidding; I happen to like the show)
Don Quixote
> Bullard?
No doubt Chuck Woolery will host one pilot while Todd Newton hosts the
other and, of course, Todd Newton will get the job. They can use the 1993 theme.
Someone earlier mentioned Marianne Curan. Ah, the memories. I was so hoping
she'd get the co-host job with Regis instead of Kelly Ripa.
I would also enjoy the company of Marianne along with Kennedy and Jillian
Barberie this evening. Perhaps Ali Landry would like to join us.
