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Costly Secret.


I read with excitement your article on the new version of I've Got a Secret I've Got a Secret is a weekly panel game show that was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. It was created by comedy writers Allan Sherman and Howard Merrill as a derivative of Goodson-Todman's own panel show What's My Line?.  ["Meet the Secret Police," April 25] coming to cable. How wonderful, I thought, to have a bunch of out, fun folks hosting a classic American game that so many of us loved to watch growing up and which we can all enjoy on a whole new level now! And how disappointed I was to then find out that Time Warner has decided to make (as of March 31) the Game Show Network a premium package available only--get this--as part of its Sports Package A sports package is a set of cosmetic and functional enhancements to a vehicle, sold and priced as a unit.

In an SUV or light truck this may include special racks or tiedowns for transport of off road recreational vehicles and other equipment.
. So fellow queers, only if you like paying extra to watch the Speed Channel, the Outdoor Channel, and Fox Sports, to name just a few, will you be able to watch this new version of I've Got a Secret, aimed at you. What a shame that just when advertisers have a shot at hitting a gay audience, greedy greed·y  
adj. greed·i·er, greed·i·est
1. Excessively desirous of acquiring or possessing, especially wishing to possess more than what one needs or deserves.

2.
 Time Warner insists on securing away a heretofore free Game Show Network and depriving us of this opportunity.

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Title Annotation:FROM THE READERS
Author:Stolz, Alan
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:May 23, 2006
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