In 2001, a massive change in both leadership and programming at the network took place when Liberty Media acquired a 50% stake. The network eventually began producing original game shows such as Lingo, Burt Luddin's Love Buffet, Whammy!, Inquizition, and Extreme Gong. The initial lineup was exclusively acquired programming such as Match Game, Family Feud, Newlywed Game, Jeopardy!, and Wheel of Fortune. By the launch date the network had secured rights to over 40,000 episodes from the libraries of several game show production companies and corporate parent Sony. The first aired game show to be on GSN was What's My Line?. ET, but the time it is pushed back at 7:00 p.m. GSN's launch time was intended to be at 10:00 p.m. On June 6, 1994, Mark Goodson Productions pulled out of the venture. Both deals were completed on December 7, 1992, eleven days before Mark Goodson's death.
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Upon the deal, Sony said it would sell an equity stake in the network to Mark Goodson Productions, including the production of new original series by Jonathan Goodson Productions. On December 2, 1992, Sony Pictures Entertainment made a deal to acquire the Barry & Enright game show library, and in a separate deal, struck a 10-year licensing agreement for the rights to the Mark Goodson game show library of more than 20,000 episodes including among others, What's My Line?, Family Feud, and To Tell the Truth. The announcement of the channel was made by SPE president Mel Harris.
On May 7, 1992, Sony Pictures Entertainment joined forces with the United Video Satellite Group to launch Game Show Channel, which was set to begin in 1993. History 1994–2004: As "Game Show Network"