GSN May ratings

[pyramidpower15]

I wonder what episodes they'll be airing when $25k Pyramid begins airing on Sundays at noon? Repeats from Friday nights?

The PDFs indicate that on Sunday June 10th, they will start airing from the 6/20/86 episode with Janis Paige and Michael Spound (the first episode from this new package).

[Lingofan97]

The PDFs indicate that on Sunday June 10th, they will start airing from the 6/20/86 episode with Janis Paige and Michael Spound (the first episode from this new package).

I'm glad that they are doing this instead of airing new episodes from the package. Then that would just be burning through an acquisition. I'm guessing the 12 and 12:30PM episodes are airing again at 1 and 1:30am. GSN should just air those episodes in order on weekends, and they'll go through the episodes at a slower rate

[Lingofan97]

Ratings review

Daytime averages (ranked highest to lowest)
5:30pm Family Feud: 373K
5:00pm Family Feud: 351K
4:30pm Family Feud: 316K
4:00pm Family Feud: 283K
3:30pm Chain Reaction: 282K
2:00pm Catch 21: 270K
2:30pm Lingo: 268K
3:00pm Whammy: 259K
10:30am $25,000 Pyramid: 211K
1:00pm Deal or no Deal: 210K
12:30pm Lingo: 201K
10:00am Password Plus: 187K
8:30am Match Game: 184K
11:00am Super Password: 183K
11:30am Match Game: 167K
9:30am Family Feud: 157K
12:00pm Lingo: 156K
9:00am Family Feud: 137K
8:00am Match Game: 121K

Block scheduling (7-11pm weekdays; 6-11pm Sat and Sun)
Monday Family Feud (Karn/O'Hurley): 264K
Tuesday The Newlywed Game: 216K
Wednesday Family Feud (Harvey): 409K
Thursday Deal or No Deal: 230K
Friday The $25,000 Pyramid: 203K
Saturday Family Feud (Karn/O'Hurley): 309K
Sunday 5th Grader: 380K

Baggage new episodes
Wednesday: 255K, 308K
Thursday: 371K, 413K
Friday: 246K

I figured I'd point a few things out this week. First, as always the 4pm and 5pm Family Feud slots are at the top. I really wish GSN just left the schedule they way it was in the late afternoons, but I'm guessing Harvey, O'Hurley and Karn will still do well. No surprises yet until we see the 2pm hour. Catch 21 and the New Lingo did well, pushing a couple slots that week well above the 300K mark. $25,000 Pyramid was underwhelming, but maybe after a week or two of "new" episodes 25K Pyramid. Glad to see Lingo go at noon, and it looks like Dawson will bomb at 8am looking at the 9am ratings. Getting pushed back an hour will just make ratings worse. But, it's good have $100K Pyramid.

Block scheduling did somewhat better than usual, but a mix of Modern Family Feud, The Newlywed Game, Pyramid, DOND and Catch 21 could do better in prime time than this. Sherriwed bombed, but Harvey on Wednesday did the best in weeks.

Also proud of how well Baggage did, considering it is the second to last week of new runs of episodes. The Thursday numbers really impressed me. I hope GSN doesn't cancel Baggage. They should give it about a 65 episode order like they're doing with The Newlywed Game, make a few changes to Baggage and we'll see better numbers than above, but not as well as late 2010.

Last, a few slots to point out on weekends during the daytime. The Newlywed Game mini marathon did well from 3-5pm, averaging 268K. But, Sherri keeps bombing in the 11am hour both days. Replace the 11am hour with Super Password, Lingo or Pyramid (Osmond). It would do much better. I'm tired of seeing Sherri's first season. On Sunday, Steve and Jeff topped all the slots, but DOND at midnight got the next top slot at 277K, then the rest of the day bombed including Family Feud...

Karn (3pm): 116K, 183K
O'Hurley (4pm): 163K, 216K
Harvey (5pm): 308K, 367K

Password Plus morning ratings:
Sat: 125K
Sun: 101K

*A little better than Jeopardy!