No new episodes of ‘High Stakes Poker,’ WPT in danger too?
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“High Stakes Poker” may be nearly done on the Game Show Network.
No new shows are in production, and GSN has not yet bought new episodes of the show.
High Stakes Poker enjoyed a run as GSN’s top-rated show for four seasons at one point, according to cardplayer.com:
The show is currently the lead-in for the World Poker Tour, which is aired on Monday nights. CEO of Poker PROductions Mori Eskandani said GSN owns upwards of 50 episodes of High Stakes Poker and can broadcast the show for at long as they want. Filming of High Stakes Poker usually takes place in the late spring, but did not take place this year.
Eskandani says GSN is moving away from the casino and card-related programming that once occupied most of the evening time slots starting in 2004 (Poker Royale, World Series of Blackjack, and Celebrity Blackjack were a few of the shows). None of them can be found there now.
And according to pokerati.com, HSP is already done. Whole thing here.
The WPT could be in danger of losing its spot on GSN, as well — its agreement with the network expires May 24 and has not yet been renewed.
