Games People Play

Game Show Network is slowly going away on us. In an attempt to get a more contemporary, youth-based image, they'll be changing their name (to what, they haven't yet announced) and programming with a broader definition of gaming. Sooner or later, this will probably be the end of our beloved Black and White Overnight block, but that's changing, anyway. Not long ago, it collapsed from two hours to one. Next week, they stopping rerunning old episodes of To Tell the Truth. The episodes of What's My Line? which fill the second half of the hour will continue for now, but the first half will change. Starting January 9, they'll run Make the Connection for three days in that slot. Therafter, it'll be old installments of Password on weekdays, with Beat the Clock on the weekends. Since I find Password slow-paced and dull, and since I think Beat the Clock (all versions) was the worst game show in the history of mankind, this does not thrill me.