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The result was merge to Game Show Network. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:50, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Very short lived show. Only source cited is Time, which gives it a paragraph mention in an article about game shows as a whole. Searching on GNews, GBooks, and Newspapers.com turned up nothing. So obscure that, outside of asking the producer on Facebook, no one knows how many episodes it even had. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:17, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:17, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment Previously listed at AFD in 2007 with result of "no consensus". Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 22:25, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:46, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• @Cunard: the source-finding wizard on line two. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 23:47, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge/redirect to Game Show Network per Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Alternatives to deletion. Thank you for the ping. I found one reliable source that provide significant coverage about the subject, one likely unreliable source that provided significant coverage about the subject, and several reliable sources that provided less significant coverage about the subject. Here are the sources I found about the subject:
  1. Gerds, Warren (1997-12-12). "UWGB grad's new job: Teasing TV game shows". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02 – via Newspapers.com.

     This article provides significant coverage about the subject. The article notes: "The Hollywood saga of plucky Mary Gallagher continues. ... Monday, she will report to work as co-host of a new show being made for the new Game Show Network. ... She telephoned within hours of landing the part, so she didn't have a lot of details about Faux Pause, a play on "faux pas," which is French for "blunder." ... Interestingly, the show is built along the lines of Mystery Science Theater 3000, which had its origins in creator Joel Hodgson's bent way of watching late-night TV in Green Bay. ... Faux Pause will consist of some sketch material written by a small staff of writers and lots of ad-libbing while watching game shows."

  2. Seidelman, Robert. "#132 - Faux Pause. A new look at game shows through beer goggles and bad writing". Game Show Garbage. Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02.

     This Game Show Garbage review provides significant coverage about the subject, but Game Show Garbage likely is not a reliable source.

  3. Petrozzello, Donna (1998-05-04). "The name of the game. Game Show Network makes a play for MSOs with promotional support and interactive games". Broadcasting & Cable. Vol. 128, no. 19. p. 95. ProQuest 1016956033.

     The article provides two sentences of coverage about the subject. The article notes: "Game Show's newest original development takes a humorous approach with Faux Pause. Slated to debut this month, the series is a satiric commentary—akin to Siskel & Ebert—in which comedians perched in lounge chairs criticize B-rated game shows for laughs."

  4. Stein, Joel (1998-07-13). "Television: How to Survive Summer. The stars of your favorite network shows may be on vacation. But cable's are still working". Time. Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02.

     The article provides one sentence of coverage about the subject. The article notes: "Game Show Network ... The original programming can be stunningly bad (in particular, avoid the "comedy" show Faux Pause), but the repeats are groovy."

  5. Gerds, Warren (1998-06-19). "Tomlin gets Hall of Fame honors". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Archived from the original on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-02 – via Newspapers.com.

     The article provides several sentences of coverage about the subject. The article notes: "Premiere: Marry Gallagher's prime-time Game Show Network show, Faux Pause, starts Monday. A University of Wisconsin-Green Bay graduate, Gallagher is co-host of the show that teases old game shows. Faux Pause will run at 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The relatively new network is available only on satellite in this area. We'll hear more about the stand-up comedian and actress and her show."

  There is insufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Faux Pause to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

  Cunard (talk) 07:52, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge/redirect to Game Show Network I agree not notable enough on its own. Can merge without losing much. ContentEditman (talk) 13:22, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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