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Post by addemup on Feb 9, 2019 21:38:42 GMT -5
So, what are your favorite short-lived game shows that were on the air less than one year before getting cancelled?
My top 10, in chronological order:
Double Dare (1976-77)
To Say The Least (1977-78)
Make Me Laugh (1979-80)
Hit Man (1983)
Hot Potato (1984)
Time Machine (1985)
Double Talk (1986)
Wordplay (1986-87)
Now You See It (1989)
Caesar’s Challenge (1993-94)
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Post by emergencyexit27 on Jun 8, 2019 14:40:45 GMT -5
For me, this is an easy one:
Greed (1999-2000)
It's Your Chance of a Lifetime (June 2000)
But I like Greed more...
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Jun 18, 2019 2:28:00 GMT -5
In no real order:
Double Dare '76
Now You See It
Trivia Trap
Hot Potato
Go
Wipeout
Play the Percentages
Hit Man
Make Me Laugh
Whew!
Some of these shows like Trivia Trap, Hot Potato, and PtP would've probably have lasted longer if they hadn't changed formats.
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Post by aaaa on Jun 18, 2019 4:41:21 GMT -5
Hot Potato was stuck at NBC at Noon, and SUper Password would have most likely still replaced it 13 weeks after DIff'Rent Strokes reruns did replace HP. Trivia Trap failed against TPIR and daytime WOF at 11AM on ABC.
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Post by addemup on Jun 18, 2019 12:12:28 GMT -5
I think another reason that Trivia Trap failed is that it came out around the same time as Jeopardy, which quickly became America’s favorite trivia/quiz show. TT kind of paled in comparison.
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Post by aaaa on Jun 18, 2019 14:25:59 GMT -5
But first-run episodes of Trebek Jeopardy! rarely if ever air in the 11AM-Noon EST hour. Although, WPVI did air year-old reruns of Trebek J! at 11AM from Sep 1985-Sep 1988, which was the ABC station in Philly, instead of the ABC 11AM EST show. The new shows aired and still air at 7PM on WPVI.
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Post by addemup on Jun 18, 2019 17:15:15 GMT -5
Yeah, it was probably more going up against TPIR and daytime WoF that killed it. Just pointing out that TT was likely trying to strike on the trivia craze that was big in the early 80’s, but probably seemed like a cheap knockoff compared to J!
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Post by aaaa on Jun 18, 2019 20:22:41 GMT -5
Trivial Pursuit may have been the catalyst for Trivia Trap, since it got popular in the US about a year earlier. Trebek has mentioned TP as part of the reason J! came back when it did. Goodson maybe could have instead tried Blockbusters on ABC, which was said to be cancelled two years earlier as much due to NBC wanting to change its daytime lineup over its ratings, but against TPIR I doubt the ratings would have been much better. The biggest knockoff of Jeopardy to come in the wake of the Trebek version's success was probably the Challengers, and Dick CLark even said in interviews it was Jeopardy like, even though it was a reworking of WHo What or Where Game.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Jun 25, 2019 4:34:22 GMT -5
It wasn't a huge success to start with, but Hot Potato changing formats and becoming Celebrity Hot Potato easily killed any possible decent future that show might have had. Even if I like seeing some of the celebrities playing having that every day and permanent was too much. Having one or two special weeks would have been sufficient but having it regular was overkill.
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Post by aaaa on Jun 25, 2019 7:47:04 GMT -5
Airing at Noon killed off three other NBC gane shows in the previous 18 months before HP(Just Men, new Battlestars, GO!), and helped kill off Password PLus a year before that. Super Password lasted as long as it did as some stations aired it at other times and NBC figured it made more sense to stay with a familiar title and format rather than risking the time slot on a new format.
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Post by danderson400 on Jun 26, 2019 23:13:22 GMT -5
Airing at Noon killed off three other NBC gane shows in the previous 18 months before HP(Just Men, new Battlestars, GO!), and helped kill off Password PLus a year before that. Super Password lasted as long as it did as some stations aired it at other times and NBC figured it made more sense to stay with a familiar title and format rather than risking the time slot on a new format. The soap opera The Doctors was also killed for the same reason- too many stations airing local news. Why did it take so long for NBC to realize this? |
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Post by addemup on Jun 26, 2019 23:31:22 GMT -5
I lived in the Baltimore/DC area back in the 80’s, and most of the noon game shows aired at 9:30am there. Not sure how common this was in other major TV markets.
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Post by wildjackmonroe on Jun 27, 2019 0:43:30 GMT -5
I lived in the Baltimore/DC area back in the 80’s, and most of the noon game shows aired at 9:30am there. Not sure how common this was in other major TV markets. Here most of them in that slot were either bumped to an independent station (like original Jeopardy!) or were never aired altogether. Even a good long-running game show like Super Password never aired in the Atlanta area at all on a local station... from a technical standpoint, until now on Buzzr. |
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Post by aaaa on Jun 27, 2019 5:37:26 GMT -5
I lived in the Baltimore/DC area back in the 80’s, and most of the noon game shows aired at 9:30am there. Not sure how common this was in other major TV markets. WCAU Philly(CBS then, NBC now) and KDKA Pittsburgh aired the 4PM CBS EST show at 9:30AM from Fall 1982-86. WCAU aired the full run of PYL, but KDKA dropped it sometime between Jan-June 1986 in favor of Hart to Hart reruns(the 9AM slot in Fall 1985 on KDKA I believe was Love Connection) |
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Post by danderson400 on Jun 27, 2019 16:51:01 GMT -5
I believe The Doctors might have aired on one day delay in some markets. Super Password lasted as long as it did as some stations aired it at other times and NBC figured it made more sense to stay with a familiar title and format rather than risking the time slot on a new format. SP likely aired at 9:30 AM in some areas.
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