Rod Roddy dies of cancer at 66

On October 27, 2003, Rod Roddy, the voice of The Price is Right from February 17, 1986-October 20, 2003, died of colon, breast, and prostate cancers. Roddy had announced a lot of game shows throughout his career, such as Press Your Luck.

Dean Jones dies at 84

Dean Jones, one of the stars of Disney's Love Bug, died in September at the age of 84. May God bless one of the stars of the Love Bug.

David Canary dies at 77

David Canary of All My Children fame has died. He died at the age of 77. May God bless this soap opera star.

Jim Perry dies of cancer at 82

Jim Perry has died of cancer at the age of 82. He was a former game show host who had hosted the original NBC run of Card Sharks and the 1983-89 NBC daytime and 1985-86 nighttime syndicated versions of Sale of the Century.

Jim had been battling cancer for about five years. May God bless him.

Rhonda Shear returns to HSN on September 25!

There's great news for fans of legendary actress Rhonda Shear! The legendary actress returns to HSN on September 24 at midnight with a Today's Special for September 25.

The legendary actress should also upload full shows from future visits to HSN, starting with her upcoming visit.

GSN to put NBC's Deal back on schedule

GSN will drop Dog Eat Dog in favor of repeats of NBC's Deal or No Deal on September 14. Deal will be airing on all weekdays.

Whammy to full hour; Dog Eat Dog back on GSN

On Monday, GSN decided to expand reruns of Whammy: The All-New Press Your Luck to a full hour by replacing the syndicated Deal or No Deal with a second episode of Whammy at 11:30AM ET. They also decided to put Dog Eat Dog back on the schedule after several months. That show now airs weekdays at 4PM ET.

The schedule had been changed when GSN lost the rights to air the syndicated version of Deal or No Deal.

Rhonda Shear's Meet My Models video series to resume (with Regina)

Actress Rhonda Shear recently uploaded the first ever Meet My Models video to YouTube. It was about Kara Preston.

Rhonda's next few videos in her Meet My Models video series will be about Regina Marlow, Annette Millan, and possibly Sonja Ryans and all other HSN models who model for Rhonda herself.

Stay tuned as Rhonda resumes her YouTube video series, Meet My Models, in the future.

Melinda Lee leaves HSN

Well, Melinda Lee's short run as a show host at HSN lasted for several months and now she's left HSN.

Melinda has had great times for less than a year, but it was great for HSN to have her on. It happened several months after Anji Corley's departure, but Melinda left on Friday to pursue new opportunities.

Jeopardy Teen Tournament and College Championship canceled

The Jeopardy! Teen Tournament and College Championship have been cancelled for season 31 by executive producer Harry Friedman, but both tournaments might come back in season 32.

Sportscasters Frank Gifford and Buddy Baker die

NFL legend Frank Gifford and NASCAR legend Buddy Baker have died. Gifford died of natural causes at 84 years old, and Baker died of cancer at 74.  Gifford appeared on ABC's Monday Night Football during its run on the broadcast network. Baker appeared on CBS's NASCAR coverage several times.

GSN to put Jim Perry's Card Sharks back on schedule on 7/6

Starting on July 6, GSN will air Jim Perry's Card Sharks in addition to Buzzr, which already airs that version of the show.

Perry's Card Sharks is doing well on Buzzr, but unlike GSN, Buzzr airs the full closing with a credit roll.

Dick Clark's Pyramid and Whammy back on GSN

GSN has put Dick Clark's $25,000 Pyramid and Whammy: The All-New Press Your Luck back in the lineup. It has also started to have two airings of Bob Eubanks' CBS daytime Card Sharks on weekdays.

The second airing of Eubanks' Card Sharks replaces Shop 'til You Drop, Pyramid replaces Catch 21, and Whammy replaces the syndicated version of Deal or No Deal, which stays in the 11:30AM timeslot.

Content ID matches for BUZZR airings of game shows on YT

BUZZR has officially launched. And for every BUZZR broadcast of a classic game show uploaded to YouTube, users will usually get hit with content ID matches from Fremantle International, which owns FremantleMedia North America's new channel.

YouTube users with BUZZR clips can still upload them to the site, but they can possibly get hit with content ID matches afterwards, because the copyright owner can attempt to put advertisements in the videos. In addition, Fremantle International can monetize the BUZZR clips.

My BUZZR clips will have to be Dailymotion exclusives because of content ID matches against the BUZZR clips on YouTube. My TV clips are always Dailymotion exclusives, so I can only upload the TV clips to Dailymotion instead of YouTube.

No more new Simpsons DVD and Blu-Ray releases, says Al Jean

Al Jean, the show runner of The Simpsons, says on his Twitter account that there will be no more new DVD or Blu-Ray releases of The Simpsons, and future releases will be available for digital distribution.

But last year, FXX decided to pick up cable repeats of The Simpsons (including classic 90s episodes).

That's why 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment decided to stop making future Simpsons seasons to DVD.

HSN preempts pre-recorded programming, which resumes tomorrow

I found out that HSN's program guide went wrong today It looks like HSN preempted the pre-recorded Naturalizer Footwear hour at 5AM ET for a live show. Pre-recorded programming will resume tomorrow morning.

O'Hurley Feud removed from GSN morning schedule

GSN actually aired John O'Hurley's Family Feud at 8AM ET for a week before removing it from the weekday morning lineup and putting Gene Rayburn's Match Game back at 8AM ET today. A full hour of Match Game will now air weekdays at 8 and 8:30AM ET on GSN, with O'Hurley Feud continuing to air weekdays at 1 and 1:30PM ET.

Nighttime Sale episodes pulled from a YT channel

A fan of Sale of the Century decided to pull some episodes of the 1985-86 nighttime syndicated run from a YouTube channel which reverted to the "sally walsh" name.

I've only uploaded TV game show clips to Dailymotion to avoid getting any copyright trouble on YouTube. I've kept credits sequences from the first three weeks of nighttime Sale, plus four episodes from the fourth week and the last few weeks of season 1, along with credits sequences from quite a few season 2 episodes.

Buzzr to air Press Your Luck and Match Game in addition to GSN

Starting June 1, when Buzzr launches, Press Your Luck and Gene Rayburn's Match Game will air weekdays on both GSN and Buzzr.

So, if you have cable by June 1, watch Press Your Luck and Match Game on GSN. If you don't have cable, watch them both on Buzzr.

Find Buzzr in your area starting June 1 so that you can watch Press Your Luck and Match Game if you don't have cable.

Tampa Bay TV

I know stations that used to air many network and syndicated game shows and other shows in the past.

WFLA-8 signed on the air in 1955 in black and white, but in that same year WTVT-13 signed on the air as a CBS station. 13 is now a Fox station.

The Price is Right, with Bob Barker, premiered on September 4, 1972 on 13, which aired the show until 1994 when 13 became a Fox station. A lot of CBS primetime shows had aired on 13.

Magnum PI, which now airs in syndicated repeats, first aired locally on 13 for its entire run. The original NBC version of Baywatch aired locally on 8 for its entire run before it could be moved to syndication. Seinfeld also aired locally on 8 for its entire run, but is now in local repeats on WTTA-38.

Jeopardy! returned to the air on September 10, 1984 on 8 (when it was WXFL) and aired on that station until September 1985, where it was moved to 10 when it was an ABC station (now CBS).

I think J! and the nighttime Wheel of Fortune actually stayed with 10 until September 2007. 10 aired Wheel every Monday through Saturday at 7:00 unless preempted for CBS Sports coverage such as the NCAA men's basketball tournaments. Wheel and J! moved to WFTS-28 from Tampa and WWSB-40 from Sarasota from September 2007 to September 2012 when both shows moved back to 10.

In the 1980s, 8 was one of the NBC stations to air reruns of Card Sharks, and starting in the fall of 1988, because of local news at noon, 8 put Super Password at 11:30 and preempted Scrabble for reruns of Alice after the news, at 12:30.

When I was a kid, on the days I skipped school, Maury Povich's talk show used to air on 10. It's now called Maury, and it later moved to 8 in the fall of 2000. Maury has been on 38 for a long time.

Also when I was a kid, The Jerry Springer Show and the original Ricki Lake Show were both on 13. Springer and Ricki would later move to WMOR-32, but Ricki was cancelled in 2004 and  returned in 2012 on WTOG-44. The 2012 revival aired on 44 for its entire run. So I watched Springer, Ricki, and The Rosie O'Donnell Show on 13 whenever I skipped school.

Another old talk show from when I was a kid was Sally Jessy Raphael. I used to watch Sally when I was a kid, first on 10 and later on 8. Sally moved to 8 for the rest of its run. Yet another talk show was The Jenny Jones Show and it was my mother's most-favorite talk show. After airing on 8, Jenny Jones  aired on 13 for a few years, before moving to 44 for the final season, but cable reruns of Jenny Jones aired on Superstation WGN (now WGN America). When Jenny Jones aired on 13 at 1:00 in the afternoon, it was followed by Springer at 2:00, Ricki at 3:00, and Rosie  at 4:00.

I also remember Real TV, a show that had been on the air since 1996. When it premiered, it aired on 13, but in 1998 it moved to 10. Later, the show moved to WTOG-44 for the rest of its run. I grew up watching reruns on the show, first on TNN/Spike TV and later on Fox Reality Channel. TNN/Spike picked up Real TV with the 1999-2001 seasons but later added the 1996-1999 seasons. The 1999-2001 seasons were later dropped, and the 1996-1999 seasons stayed on TNN/Spike. Fox Reality aired only the 1996-1999 seasons.

Local reruns of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Clueless aired on 44 starting in the fall of 2000, but I remember watching them as a kid as well. I remember watching the PAX version of Supermarket Sweep locally on WXPX-66, but PAX is now ION Television and 66 has been affiliated with ION since it replaced I (Independent Television).

Another talk show I remember watching, The Montel Williams Show, aired on 28 during the late 1990s, but would later move to 8 for the rest of its run. The Oprah Winfrey Show was another talk show I remember watching.

HSN goes to commercial before airing pre-recorded TS repeat

Today, HSN went to commercial before it could air a repeat of the midnight hour from last night, Heidi Daus Fashion Jewelry with host Adam Freeman. HSN went to commercial after host Melinda Lee signed off.

HSN schedule change for tomorrow

HSN has made a minor change to tomorrow's schedule. Shannon Fox will be off tomorrow, and Carrie Smith will take the 6AM hour leading into HSN Today.

GSN morning schedule change

In May, Game Show Network will replace the 8AM airing of Gene Rayburn's Match Game with John O'Hurley's Family Feud and keep Rayburn's Match Game at 8:30AM.

Bob Eubanks' Card Sharks will stay at 9AM, Press Your Luck will stay at 9:30, Pat Finn's Shop 'til You Drop will stay at 10AM, and Catch 21 will stay at 10:30.

James Best, Dukes of Hazzard star, dies

Dukes of Hazzard star James Bes (whose real name is Jewel Franklin Guy) died yesterday of pneumonia at 88 years old. He was Roscoe Coltrane on Dukes, which ran from 1979-1985.

Sale and Pyramid replaced by others on GSN

There are two changes that had been made to GSN's weekday morning lineup on Monday. The network replaced the 1985-86 nighttime version of Sale of the Century with the 1997-98 season of Shop 'til You Drop (first aired on The Family Channel) and the 1982-88 $25,000 Pyramid was replaced by Catch 21.

However, both Jim Perry versions of Sale of the Century including most of the 1985-86 nighttime version (from GSN repeats) can still be found on the Internet (on YouTube and Dailymotion).

Jim Perry's Sale of the Century can still be found on the Internet!

After GSN dropped Jim Perry's Sale of the Century on Friday to make room for the Family Channel version of Shop 'til You Drop with host Pat Finn the following Monday, I'm excited to announce that Perry's versions of Sale can still be found on the Internet (on YouTube and Dailymotion).

You can watch any episode of Sale that's available on the Internet anytime of day or night, rain or shine.

Sony issues copyright strikes for The Joker's Wild (My 50th TV blog post!)

Earlier this month, Sony Pictures Entertainment issued copyright strikes against many uploaders of only some episodes of The Joker's Wild. Their strikes should expire in six months. But until the strike expires, the uploaders with the strikes will continue to upload game shows not owned by Sony.

HSN model Amy Bravo becomes host

HSN model Amy Bravo will become a new host on the network. She is already a part of the HSN family and started out as a model before her decision to become a host on HSN. I like to wish Amy the best of luck as a new host on HSN.

Amy Bravo's first show as a host on HSN will be May 17 at 3AM ET. She will co-host Diane Gilman Fashions' 21st Anniversary with Shannon Fox at that time on that day, then at 4AM ET they will co-host Vince Camuto Collection.

Jim Perry's Sale of the Century should still be available on the Internet

After GSN drops Jim Perry's Sale of the Century, many episodes of the NBC daytime version, and most of the nighttime syndicated version, should still be available on the Internet (on YouTube and Dailymotion).

Not only that,  but Sale should move to a different TV network such as Buzzr TV.

GSN will soon drop Sale, which will still be available on YouTube and Dailymotion.

Don Pardo, SNL announcer, dies

On August 18, 2014, former NBC announcer and Saturday Night Live announcer Don Pardo died in his sleep at 96. Since his death, Don has been missed by the SNL production staff. Don has been replaced by former cast member Darrell Hammond, who filled in for Don while he was injured.

Wheel, Jeopardy, and Feud renewed

Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, and Family Feud have been renewed for more seasons because Wheel host Pat Sajak, Wheel hostess Vanna White, and Jeopardy host Alex Trebek have all signed on to more seasons of Wheel and Jeopardy. Steve Harvey signed a deal to host five more seasons of Family Feud. But after the 2017-18 season of Jeopardy, Alex Trebek should continue hosting Jeopardy until he dies.

Because Pat and Vanna have signed on to more seasons of Wheel, Jim Thornton should return as announcer for those seasons, and because Alex has signed on to more seasons of Jeopardy, Johnny Gilbert should return as announcer for those seasons or until he dies in the future.

Sam Simon, Simpsons co-creator, dies

Sam Simon, the co-creator of The Simpsons with Matt Groening and Taxi co-creator James L. Brooks, has died of colorectal cancer at 59 years old.

The entire production staff of The Simpsons will miss Sam very much. May God bless him!

BUZZR to launch on 6/1

A second game show network owned by FremantleMedia and called Buzzr TV will launch on June 1!

It should feature a bunch of classic game shows from the Goodson-Todman/Mark Goodson Productions library like Card Sharks starring Jim Perry, Bob Eubanks, and Bill Rafferty, Family Feud starring Richard Dawson, Ray Combs, Louie Anderson, Richard Karn, and John O'Hurley, Beat the Clock starring Bud Collyer, Jack Narz, Gene Wood, and Monty Hall, I've Got a Secret starring Garry Moore and Steve Allen, Password (the CBS and ABC versions) starring Allen Ludden, Password Plus, Super Password, all episodes of The Price is Right starring Bob Barker, nighttime Price starring Tom Kennedy, Body Language, Child's Play, Now You See It starring Jack Narz, Match Game starring Gene Rayburn, and Hall's most-famous game show Let's Make a Deal. Buzzr TV should also feature both the daytime and nighttime versions of Perry's Sale of the Century and the 1984-90 run of Scrabble.

If Buzzr TV launches and GSN loses the rights to air the Goodson-Todman/Mark Goodson library and Sale, they should get the rights to the Barry & Enright library back, such as The Joker's Wild and Tic Tac Dough, and GSN should also re-acquire Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, and The $100,000 Pyramid along with a few other classic game shows in the Sony library.

Gary Owens dies of diabetes at 80

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In announcer Gary Owens died of complications from diabetes at 80. He was also the announcer on America's Funniest Home Videos who replaced Ernie Anderson. Gary had been survived by his son Chris Owens.

Bob Simon, co-anchor of 60 Minutes, dies

I found out that Bob Simon died in a car crash at the age of 73. He worked at CBS News as a co-anchor for 60 Minutes.

May God bless Bob Simon!

Super Bowl XLIX on NBC

Super Bowl XLIX at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ is underway with the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks went to Super Bowl XLIX like they went to last year's Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is on NBC now (on WFLA channel 8, the NBC station in my area). Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth have the call. Just before the Super Bowl, John Legend sang his own rendition of America the Beautiful, and Idina Menzel sang the national anthem. Katy Perry, Lenny Kravitz, and Missy Elliott will perform at the Pepsi halftime show.

Anji Corley leaves HSN

For HSN fans out there...

All good things must come to an end. After over three years, Anji Corley has left HSN, and that's exactly what happened today. She had been a host on the network since 2011 and will be missed. Anji had announced on her HSN Facebook page that she was leaving, and her fans had expressed dismay that she was leaving.

HSN would like to wish Anji good luck in her next chapter of her life, and she will be missed.

HSN Today: Carrie Smith substitutes for Guy Yovan

HSN host Carrie Smith has substituted for Guy Yovan on today's edition of HSN Today.

Carrie has substituted for Guy on HSN Today in the past.

Jordin Sparks, singer of Battlefield, sings national anthem at Pro Bowl

Jordin Sparks who sang the national anthem at Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, AZ has sung the national anthem at the 2015 Pro Bowl as a great musical guest. She sang the national anthem before at least one Arizona Cardinals game.

In addition to singing acapella renditions of the anthem, Jordin sang the anthem at an NBA All-Star Game in 2009 and a Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2011.

Jordin sang songs such as Battlefield, No Air, and Tattoo.

Vince Camuto, footwear designer, dies

Footwear designer Vince Camuto has died. Kacie Cellino should know that.Vince died of natural causes earlier this week. He was 78.

Kacie continues to appear in future Vince Camuto shows on HSN when she returns.

Simpsons DVD collection upgrade

Here is a list of all the Simpsons DVD's I currently have.

• The Simpsons Christmas with the very first episode of the show plus 1992's "Mr. Plow", 1997's "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace", 1999's "Grift of the Magi", and 2001's "She of Little Faith".
• Seasons 13 (2001-02), 14 (2002-03), and 16 (2004-05); four discs in each box set.

I hope to get more Simpsons on DVD from the complete first 12 seasons (1989-2001), plus season 15 (2003-04) and season 17 (2005-06). In the past, I had the complete first six seasons (1989-95), plus seasons 8-10 (1996-99) and season 20 (2008-09). Soon I'll get seasons 1-12, season 15, and season 17.

Bright House Pasco County channel lineup changes of the past and present

New Changes for the New Year!

Bright House Networks moved a few channels to newer locations early this year.

QVC was originally on channel 7, but is now on channel 21.
WTTA channel 38, originally on channel 15, is now on channel 6.
WVEA channel 62, a Univision station, originally on channel 21, is now on channel 15.
WRMD channel 49, a Telemundo station, originally on channel 97, is now on channel 19.
MundoFox has made its first appearance on digital channel 20.

When Bright House Was Time Warner Cable in Tampa Bay

When Bright House was Time Warner Cable in Tampa Bay, in 2002 they introduced new channels to their permanent lineup. The then-new channel lineup first appeared at my uncle Martin Stanbery's old house before becoming a channel lineup before 2003 (when Time Warner became Bright House by the spring of that year).

 

Idina Menzel to sing national anthem at Super Bowl; NFL confirms

One of the stars of Disney's Frozen, Idina Menzel, who had sang the national anthem at the 2014 MLB All-Star Game, will sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday, February 1. I thought she should sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLIX, but the NFL confirmed it!

Menzel had sang "For Good" with Kristin Chenoweth.

The Simpsons episodes I watched on the road!

I like watching The Simpsons in my mother's car, but the first episodes of the show that I watched in my mom's current car were The Parent Rap, Homer the Moe, A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love, and (starting earlier this week) Treehouse of Horror 12.

I will watch more Simpsons episodes on road trips with my Mom. I've had seasons 13, 14, and 16 on DVD so far (and hope to get seasons 1 through 12, seasons 14 and 15, and season 17 on DVD soon).

TV Stuff Channel gone

Earlier this month, I had deleted my TV Stuff channel (along with my Radio Stuff channel). My official YouTube channel will be the only channel I will have on YouTube from now on!

Stuart Scott, ESPN sportscaster, dies on Doris Burke's birthday

ESPN broadcaster Stuart Scott died of cancer earlier this week at 49 years old. He had been an ESPN anchor from 1993 until his death. He had also been one of SportsCenter's hosts. ESPN actually said goodbye to Stuart before his death. Interestingly, he died on his colleague Doris Burke's 50th birthday.

Be sad to hear that Stuart died of cancer earlier this week.

Idina Menzel who sang the national anthem at the 2014 MLB All-Star Game should sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLIX!

I think Idina Menzel who sang the national anthem at the 2014 MLB All-Star Game should sing the national anthem at Super Bowl XLIX! The NFL should confirm it!