The Game Show What if Thread.

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Well, We Had Future Game Show Ideas and Game Show Revival Ideas, But what if Game Shows had a What If Thread of their own?

Yes, Let's Do It Just for Fun to See What if these Game Shows looked like in a What If, For Example had Press Your Luck came onward past September of 1986, Here's My Board from November of 1988 when it aired on CBS Daytime

ROUND 1

#1: Move 1 Space, Whammy, $350
#2: $750, $800, Prize
#3: $400, $250, Whammy
#4: $1500, $1750, $2000
#5: $300, Prize, Whammy
#6: $525, $650, Go Back 2 Spaces
#7: $470, Whammy, Prize (Add-A-One may be here)
#8: $300, $450, $550
#9: $350, $550, Whammy
#10: $300, Prize, $500 + One Spin
#11: $250, Advance 2 Spaces, $800
#12: Big Bucks, $1000, Whammy
#13: $750, Prize, $500
#14: $500, Whammy, $400
#15: $550, $700, Prize
#16: $300, $500, Whammy
#17: $250, Whammy, Prize
#18: $300 + One Spin, $400 + One Spin, $500 + One Spin

ROUND 2:

#1: $1250, $1500, $2000
#2: Prize, $500, $1000
#3: $500, Whammy, $1750
#4: $3000 + One Spin, $4000 + One Spin, $5000 + One Spin
#5: Prize, $700, Whammy
#6: Pick-A-Corner, $500 + One Spin, Go Back 2 Spaces
#7: $800, Whammy, Prize (Double Your $$ + One Spin could be here)
#8: $500 + One Spin, $750 + One Spin, $1000 + One Spin
#9: Move 1 Space, $750, Whammy
#10: Prize, Prize, Prize
#11: $1250, Whammy, Advance 2 Spaces
#12: Whammy, $2500, Big Bucks
#13: $1750, $2000, Prize
#14: $1400, Move 1 Space, Whammy
#15: $750 + One Spin, $1000 + One Spin, Prize
#16: $2000 or Lose 1 Whammy, $500, Whammy
#17: $1500 + One Spin, Prize, Across The Board
#18: $750 + One Spin, Whammy, $700 + One Spin

What Was I Thinking?: The Board is based on the board from Anime Press Your Luck in 2016 (from Chattanooga when you click that link and Anime St. Louis) except with the following Changes: Whammy moved from #1 to #18 and another one moved from #17 to #16 as $1500 + One Spin moved from #16 to #17 and PAC is Fixed.

And for the CBS Daytime Lineup at the Time

10:00 AM: Family Feud (Ray Combs)
10:30 AM: Press Your Luck (Peter Tomarken)
11:00 AM: The Price is Right (Bob Barker)
Noon: Local Programming
12:30 PM: Card Sharks (Bob Eubanks)
1:00 PM: The Young and the Restless
2:00 PM: As The World Turns
3:00 PM: Guiding Light

So Had PYL could had hit 1988, could Peter Tomarken host Wipeout on Syndication?, would The Bold and the Beautiful could be moved to another network or it Would not exist, please make your decisions and see your What Ifs!

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Now Here's What $ale of the Century did had it gone past March 24, 1989 on NBC Daytime

The Schedule looked like this on March 27, 1989 for NBC

10:00 am: Scrabble (Chuck Woolery)
10:30 am: Classic Concentration (Alex Trebek)
11:00 am: Wheel of Fortune (Pat Sajak)
11:30 am: Win, Lose or Draw (Vicki Lawrence)
Noon: Local Programming
12:30 pm: $ale of the Century (Jim Perry)

$ale of the Century shifted to the after the local news instead of Generations which would have moved to ABC right before Loving however until July 3rd, Here's How it Look Like

10:00 am: Scrabble (Woolery)
10:30 am: $ale of the Century (Perry)
11:00 am: Classic Concentration (Trebek)
11:30 am: Win, Lose or Draw (Lawrence)

Wheel of Fortune left NBC Daytime on June 30th and moved $ale to the 10:30 am slot right before Classic Concentration however CBS decided to air New Episodes of Wheel of Fortune now hosted by Bob Goen on July 17th, by August of '89, $ale of the Century added a jazz/big band sound rearrangement by Alan Deak which is used until $ale's 10th Anniversary Season on NBC which will begin in January 1993 however NBC has cancelled the Daytime version of Win, Lose or Draw giving the Syndicated Version to continue for another season with Entertainment Tonight Anchor Robb Weller stepping in as host until the show's cancellation on June 3, 1990 and NBC aired reruns of 227 at 11:30 am on Weekdays but for Scrabble it stayed onward instead of cancelling the show along with a New Game Show called Keynotes hosted by Andy Gury who left Dance Party USA last year.

The Daytime Schedule for March 26, 1990

10:00 am: Scrabble
10:30 am: Classic Concentration
11:00 am: $ale of the Century
11:30 am: Keynotes

By July 9th: Sale of the Century moved to 11am as Scrabble airs it's final episode on NBC Daytime as Let's Make a Deal returned with Bob Hilton as Host and taped at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, FL.

And what about of Fall of 1990, Had $ale continued on NBC?, Please Comment but for Now I'll post the Rules of Keynotes on the Next post.

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And Now a What If Extra on $ale of the Century involving Reg Grundy's Game Show Keynotes

Host: Andy Gury (Former Host of Dance Party USA from 1986 to 1989)
Announcer: Charlie Tuna (Previously announced for Scrabble on NBC)
Network: NBC
Ran from March 26, 1990 to January 14, 1994
Packager: Reg Grundy Productions
Taping Location: NBC Studio 3 (Burbank, CA)
Opening Spiel: So Far Our Champion Team of (insert names) has won $XX,XXX in cash and their challengers (insert names), and they are all here to play Keynotes and now here's your host Andy Gury!
Theme Music: By Rick Turk (who Composed Perfect Match from Australia)

First 3 Rounds: A series of nine squares are presented - with each square hiding a note in a "familiar" tune. The host gives the contestants notes 1, 5, and 9 in all 3 rounds; note 7 was usually added as well in round 3.

A member of each team (which consists of three players each) joins the host at the central podium, where they have three coloured buttons (red, blue & yellow) each. A card is randomly selected from the host, which represents the note which is set to be revealed. Three words attached to that number are provided which could represent the next word in a given tune. The contestant who is the quickest to select the correct word after hearing the start of this tune is given the note represented by that selected card. If neither contestant is able to select the correct word, the note goes in as a blank and two new players are brought up to play for two keynotes (and so on).

The cash values for correctly identifying the correct word in the first three rounds are $100 in round, $200 in round 2, and $400 in round 3.

The team that the winning representative came from then has the opportunity to guess the main tune by listening to the already-revealed notes and following the rhythm of the bouncing ball. If the team can correctly name that tune, they win the round and receive a cash prize which doubles for each round. If not, the round continues, rotating through the various members of both teams. If neither of the teams can work out the song before all nine notes are revealed - then the prize for that round is lost and the players go on to the next round.

The cash values for correctly identifying the song in the first three rounds are $300 in round 1, $600 in round 2, and $1,200 in round 3. The team with the most money at the end of the game wins the game and goes on to play for a chance at the Jackpot

Jackpot Round: The winning team attempts to win the cash jackpot. The team must attempt to uncover the nine notes of the final tune over the course of 30 seconds, by using a buzzer to stop a random flashing light in order to choose a note, and then picking the correct next word, as in the first three rounds. However, the final tune is only played once, at the end of the 30 seconds. If any of the questions representing the notes are not answered correctly within the time limit, they will not be revealed in the playing of the final tune. If the team can correctly identify the final tune, they win the cash jackpot which starts at $10,000 and grows by $1,000 for every day it was not won.

Returning Champions: Contestants Stay On until Defeated.

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And Now a Game Show what if from way back when

Q: We Know Now that Beat Shazam uses Earth Wind and Fire's "Let's Groove" as it's Theme Music when it aired on FOX this year, But What if another Game Show uses the Same theme music as Beat Shazam?
A: In 1982, Heatter-Quigley Productions planned to create a New Game Show hosted by Wink Martindale for ABC as The Last Word make's it debut to Network Daytime TV

Host: Wink Martindale
Announcer: Charlie Tuna
Network: NBC
Theme Music: "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind and Fire (also the Theme Music to FOX's Beat Shazam which existed 35 years later in 2017)
Production Company: Heatter-Quigley Productions
Taping Location: NBC Studio 3 (Burbank, CA)
Opening Spiel
(Cue Intro Music from Beat Shazam)
Charlie: What Does Everybody Want (Audience: The Last Word)
(Cue "Let's Groove" by Earth, Wind and Fire)
Charlie: And now, ready to play the game where "The Last Word" is everything are Today's Contestants: (insert two civilian contestants from city, state, and occupation, and their celebrity partners), and now, here are two big/good/great words to get us started: Wink Martindale!

Rules: Two teams consisting of a celebrity and a civilian contestant competed to guess groups words that had something in common in order to win cash and prizes. The civilians received all winnings credited to their teams.

Main Game: A puzzle consisting of three rows of blanks was displayed, representing three related words, and one letter of each word was filled in at the outset. The player in control pressed a button to stop a randomizer that flashed around the board. If it stopped on an empty space, that letter was filled in and the player could either try to guess the word or pass control to the opponent. When a player guessed, the remaining letters were revealed one at a time, starting from the leftmost, until either they had all been revealed (indicating a correct guess) or a letter came up that differed from the guess. However, the final letter of any word remained hidden on an incorrect guess.

A correct guess awarded the option to either guess another word or pass, while an incorrect guess gave control to the opponent. If the randomizer stopped on a letter that had already been filled in, the player had to choose one unrevealed letter in any word to be filled in and the opponent took control.

Words were worth a Straight-Up $100 Cash + $50 for every blank space left in over to the Winner of Each Round and The player who solved the last word won the puzzle with a maximum of $300 to the winner. The first team to win two puzzles won the match and advanced to the bonus round. Only one person played for each team at any given moment; the first two puzzles were played by one celebrity and the opposing civilian, and the third (if necessary) was played by both civilians.

If time ran out in the middle of a puzzle, all the words were revealed and a new puzzle was played at the start of the next episode.

60-Second Challenge: The winning team had 60 seconds to solve 10 puzzles. For each puzzle, two one-word clues were given and the letters of a third word were revealed one at a time until only one letter remained. Multiple guesses were allowed from either member. The team won a $100 in cash for each correct answer, and solving all 10 won a prize package which had a new prize added to it for each attempt in which it was not won.

The civilians switched celebrity partners after each bonus round, and the first civilian to win two matches became champion and remained on the show to face a new challenger, competing until they were defeated or held their title for a total of five consecutive matches, winning five games awarded the civilian player the car.

NBC's Run for The Last Word started on April 26, 1982 at 10:00 am before Wheel of Fortune hosted by Pat Sajak and lasted until January 3, 1985 when it is replaced with Time Machine hosted by John Davidson and produced by Reg Grundy, however The Show revived on September 18, 1989 on Syndication from Turner Program Services with Wink Martindale staying in as host and Canadian Jennifer Lyall becoming the new announcer and lasted until December 15, 1989 as well as a New Music Package by Michael Camilo and the Score Productions orchestra instead of using Earth Wind and Fire's Let's Groove in which they went on to be used as the Theme Music for "Beat Shazam" hosted by Jamie Foxx.

[agm828]

What If on the Sale of the Century announcer change in 1988...

Bob Hilton would've be a great successor of Jay Stewart if Don Morrow were never hired. Here's what it sound like in the opening of every 1988 & 1989 episode of $OTC:

"So Far Our Champion, [insert name] has won cash and prizes totaling $__,___! Today One of our participants can win [insert prize], [insert prize], [insert prize] or [insert trip]. And continuing the fortune and cash and prizes including [insert automobile] & $50,000 in cash, in total over $100,000 on $ale of the Century!!! And now here's the star of the show, Jim Perry!"

[Frank]

what if Press Your Luck took Larsen's suggestion for a ToC. But, get the last laugh and have brand new whammy patterns specifally for the ToC

[agm828]

A What If on the 2nd half of the 2nd Week of Match Game 73:

- The Opening Spiel of Episodes 8, 9 & 10 would have gone like this...

"Get Ready to Match the Stars. Richard Dawson, Michael Learned, Bob Barker, Della Reese, Richard Thomas & Arlene Francis as we play the star studded big money Match Game 73! And here's the host of Match Game 73, Gene Rayburn!"

- Dawson and Barker would've switch 1st & 3rd seats, while Francis relocates from 2nd seat to 6th seat, Learned moved from 4th seat to 2nd Seat & Reese move to 4th seat from the 6th seat.

- Prior to the swap, The Five Celebrities were also seated at their normal positions with Richard Thomas in its entirety for episodes 6 & 7(but as of today, only Episode 6 remains existed)

Now a What If on Match Game 75 episode(Show #572):

- During the remainder of the episode its panel in order for 1 show only: Charles Nelson Reilly, Joyce Bulifant, Richard Dawson, Brett Somers, Alex Karras & Barbara McNair

What If on Match Game 77 episode(episode #1038):

- During the 1st half of the episode, Betty White would've swap seats with Sarah Kennedy

What If on Match Game 78 episodes(shows #1323-#1325):

- Jack Klugman would've sit at the 1st seat to shared the same upper tier with Brett Somers & Charles Nelson Reilly

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Another What If: What if Dian Parkinson left The Price is Right in 1985 as a Barker's Beauty after NBC Cancelled Time Machine (which happens to be a Rip-Off of The Price is Right) and brought in Patricia Ayame Thomson to replace her?

What If #2: Same What if When Dian left TPiR in 1985 after NBC cancels Time Machine and brought Susannah Williams to will replace Dian as a Model on TPIR, But how would Card Sharks would be like when CBS returned with Bob Eubanks but with a Replacement Dealer without Susannah Williams but still kept Lacey Pemberton like In Real Life or IOTL?

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What if Dan Avila won the $2.2 million on Greed: the Multi-Million-Dollar Challenge?
Then there would be confetti everywhere (duh)
Dan Avila would be the biggest game show winner instead of Curtis Warren
On the Tournament of Losers episode, instead of Dan returning for the Million Dollar Moment, it would be James Culligan vs. Jackie Brakeman

[addemup]

What if Chuck Woolery doesn't hold out for more money in 1981 and remains the host of Wheel of Fortune?

I'm guessing he doesn't do Love Connection, as he would be hosting syndie Wheel at that time (both LC and Syndicated Wheel debuted in the fall of '83 I believe).

Also, in a bizarro world twist, Pat Sajak gets the job hosting Scrabble in 1984. Of course, he doesn't gain nearly as much popularity from this as he did hosting Wheel, and his 1989 late night talk show never happens.

Unless....Chuck takes the LC job anyway and Merv Griffin brings in Sajak to do the nighttime version.

[Frank]

What if the agony of defeat puzzle were solved in wheel, I think that contestant would still be shopping today lol

[agm828]

What If on The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour...

1. The MG-HS Hour would've just be known as "The Match Game Hour" if Jon Bauman declined  to co-host with Gene Rayburn making Hollywood Squares would've start airing in syndication a year earlier as the 1985 Break the Bank revival would never existed

2. the panel seating would've actually look like this:

- Seat #1 occupied by any Male Celebrity and/or Female Celebrity

- Seat #2 occupied by any Female Celebrity and/or Male Celebrity

- Seat #3 occupied by any Male Celebrity

- Seat #4 occupied by any Female Celebrity

- Seat #5 occupied by any Male Celebrity

- Seat #6 occupied by any Female Celebrity

3. It should've got 2 super match rounds just in case

4. It would've find success in Syndication for the next 1-3 years once NBC began airing Santa Barbara in July 1984

5. The opening spiel would've look like this: "It's The Match Game Hour with ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___ and the star of The Match Game Hour, Gene Rayburn!"

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And Now a Nighttime $ale of the Century What If?

What if the Syndicated $ale of the Century had cleared in LA & SF in 1985?

As a Result, The Nighttime $ale of the Century decided to pick up in Los Angeles & San Francisco (however in the OTL Real World, Neither of the Cities picked up that show) and chose KNBC in Los Angeles & KRON in San Francisco they aired $ale of the Century in the daytime, Now they picked up the Syndicated Nighttime Version of $ale of the Century sa a result KRON decided to drop Entertainment Tonight and placed KTVU to air ET starting in January of 1985.

KRON's Schedule on January 7, 1985

3:00 PM: Love Connection
3:30 PM: Jeopardy!
4:00 PM: TGI4
5:00 PM: NewsCenter 4 Live at 5
5:30 PM: NBC Nightly News
6:00 PM: NewsCenter 4 at 6
7:00 PM: Wheel of Fortune
7:30 PM: $ale of the Century

Other Northern California STations airing NIghttime $ale: KOVR (Sacramento, CA)

However the Ratings we're a hit and the LA & SF Markets got instant success in the ratings race, as Season 2 of Syndie $ale, WNBC in New York City picked up instead of WABC and placed it for a 7:30 PM Time Slot to go up against Wheel of Fortune on WCBS, so WABC can air Jeopardy! and The New Newlywed Game right before Eyewitness News as the ratings are still hitting good with J! & WOF, Prompted the $ale Syndicated run to be renewed for a 3rd Season.

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[couponboy]

Here's another Sale related what if: what if Temptation actually had a decent budget and could do things similar to the Australian version?

First of all, Rossi would have a proper co-host, Shandi Finnessey who just finished her run on Lingo shortly before Temptation recorded.

Round 1: 5 questions, Instant Bargain (usually in the $1,000 to $2,000 range), 20 second sprint, Fame Game (like the Australian version, including the Lock-out, Turbo and Burglar being on the Fame Game board)

Round 2: 3 questions, Instant Bargain (usually in the $2,000 to $4,000 range), 20 second sprint, Fame Game

Round 3: 3 questions, Temptation Vault (generates a random amount between $1 and $5,000 and costs a flat $15 to play), 3 questions, Fame Game (with the $1,000 or Pick Again Wildcard in play)

Round 4: Fast Money (45 seconds of questions alternating between $5 and $10 in value), Winner plays Bonus Fame Game, Shopper's Paradise

Bonus Fame Game

A question is asked about the 9 celebrities on the main game Fame Game board, with only 7 of the celebrities being correct answers to the question.

The 7 correct answers contain the following:
Money Cards ($10, $20, $30, $40 and $50)
$1,000 or Pick Again (bribes the contestant with $1,000 to stop the game immediately)
Turbo (next pick is worth double, including the Wild Card)

The 2 incorrect answers contain the following:
Lock-Out (game ends but the contestant keeps the accrued money)
Burglar (game ends and all accrued money is lost) 

The contestant can stop after picking any correct answer. $200 can be won from this game.

Shopper's Paradise

5 prizes are on offer, with the first prize being on sale for $100 and wroth roughly $5,000, and the last being a car on sale for $600 and worth over $30,000. However, the champion has the option to continue from there and buy everything on stage for $800, or buy everything and $50,000 cash for $1,000.

As before, a contestant can only stay on for a maximum of 5 days.

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couponboy Nice Sale What If?, Had it picked up for the 2007 Syndicated Revival instead of going to the MyNetwork TV Stations in the Top 3 Markets (WWOR in NYC, KCOP in LA and WPWR in Chicago) it will go to the NBC O&O's and will be a companion program to Merv Griffin's Crosswords hosted by Soap Star Ty Treadway so WNBC in NYC, KNBC in LA and WMAQ in Chicago will air the show just like what they did to $ale of the Century's Run on NBC from 1983 to 1989.

And Instead of WTTA in Tampa, WOIO in Cleveland, KTVD in Denver, KPLR in St. Louis, XETV in San Diego, WLFL in Raleigh, KTVU in San Francisco, WMYD in Detroit and WSVN in Miami in according to a Hollywood Reporter article it would've gone to WFLA in Tampa, WKYC in Cleveland, KUSA in Denver, KSDK in St. Louis, KNSD in San Diego, WNCN in Raleigh, KNTV in San Francisco, WDIV in Detroit and WTVJ in Miami sparing KCPQ in Seattle despite of running $ale of the Century from 1983 to 1988 (although KING/5 Didn't Clear the show until they cleared it later in '88)

However If That Happened on what you did to your last post: Let Burton Richardson announce this $ale Revival called Temptation and hopefully Temptation can be renewed for Season 2 and replace Merv Griffin's Crosswords for a new Weekday Syndicated Deal or No Deal hosted by Howie Mandel.