It seems that way. The show that pioneered Poker on TV 2.0 hasn\’t filmed a new season for \’08 — they usually did so in March or April, I believe — and there seem to be no plans to do so any time soon. Reliable sources tell us:
Far as Gabe and I know….the show isnt coming back. Apparently…the network is going to go in a different direction and that aint good news for our show, especially since we skew a higher-aged audiuence. Never mind that we\’re the network\’s No. 1 show. Still and all, no one calls us from the network to say squat. Only Kevin Bellincoff checks in periodically, but it just don\’t seem like good news. If you ask me…they\’re treating us like shit. All we ever did was make them a bunch of money.
Wow, so there you have it. I also remember seeing promos for a cool new show where some pros crashed a home game, MTV-style, and covered the action with hole-card cams and presumably rawer HSP-style banter. Was looking forward to it — damn, can\’t remember its name — but supposedly that show had inked a two-year deal with GSN. But haven\’t seen that show pimped in weeks.
NOTE: GSN seems to have seriously downgraded the High Stakes Poker web presence, too.