It's been a while since I mentioned the old, black-and-white game show reruns that GSN airs in the wee, small hours of the morning. They have another five or so weeks of Beat the Clock, which can't end too soon for me. Every so often, I tune one in for about two minutes and marvel at the fact that the series was ever on the air. When those run out in early April, GSN will begin rerunning I've Got a Secret again, but not all of them. For reasons at which we can only guess, this time through, they'll be skipping all the episodes that were prominently sponsored by Winston cigarettes. That's an awful lot of shows to bypass but there will still be some good ones to catch again.
In the meantime, the reruns of What's My Line? are currently up to early 1962. The one that airs tonight (i.e., Monday morning) should be one with Olivia DeHaviland as the Mystery Guest. Tuesday morning, there are two Mystery Guests — Sargent Shriver (then the head of the Peace Corps) and Van Cliburn.
Deal or No Deal returns to NBC primetime with new episodes for a week commencing February 27, and then will join the weekly lineup on Monday nights. On March 3, GSN kicks off a two-day festival of old game show episodes featuring folks who won Academy Awards or hosted the ceremony often. Looks like some good things in there. Here's the schedule.