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johnnya2k3

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Re: Late nighters in syndication...
« Reply #60 on: October 18, 2014, 01:33:05 AM »
Two other game shows that got the late night treatment in Atlanta (at least on WSB): That's Amore and TTD '90.

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Re: Late nighters in syndication...
« Reply #61 on: October 18, 2014, 01:44:51 AM »
Two other game shows that got the late night treatment in Atlanta (at least on WSB): That's Amore and TTD '90.

I think the broader question might be what markets DIDN'T put TTD90 on late night. Or Joker 90 for that matter.

(What's "That's Amore"? Never heard of it.)
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Re: Late nighters in syndication...
« Reply #62 on: October 18, 2014, 01:59:49 AM »
(What's "That's Amore"? Never heard of it.)
That's Amore was a dating game show hosted by Italian actor Luca Barbareschi; this is the only clip from it on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghIUk-IW3fQ

And I don't recall any syndie game shows that were banished to late nights in Fairbanks (my old home for, what, 200 years?).

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Re: Late nighters in syndication...
« Reply #63 on: October 18, 2014, 02:04:15 AM »
I'm going off of a 21-year memory, but it was kinda like The Marriage Ref, but with a slight court show angle. All I remember was a husband and wife were bickering over an issue, and each spouse had a person in their corner taking their side. The audience would vote on who technically "won" the argument. I know that's incredibly vague, but again, it's been more than 20 years...aired 1992-93 season.

I remember it aired around midnight or so here, and I think I remember seeing it in a morning slot when I visited Dallas. 10:30 maybe?

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As for TTD90, I think someone mentioned it aired in a late-afternoon slot in their area, and I do remember seeing a DC area listing with Joker at noon.
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Re: Late nighters in syndication...
« Reply #64 on: October 18, 2014, 05:00:36 AM »
HS98 was on at 12:35AM in Milwaukee, IIRC.

/WISN has never aired a game show since.

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« Reply #65 on: October 18, 2014, 09:17:19 AM »
I think the broader question might be what markets DIDN'T put TTD90 on late night. Or Joker 90 for that matter.

If you mean "at first" and not eventually.....WHP-21 (CBS) in Harrisburg first aired TTD90 in a late afternoon slot (I want to say 5pm) when it premiered. It was definitely not tossed to late night upon its premiere. As for Joker90, WLYH-15 (also CBS) in Lebanon aired it at 7:30pm when it premiered. IIRC, it later wound up sometime between 9am-10am...I guess that's better than late night?

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Re: Late nighters in syndication...
« Reply #66 on: October 18, 2014, 09:52:48 AM »
Just realized I haven't actually contributed my memories to this thread. The station I work for runs the primary run WWTBAM at 2:05 AM presently. Harvey Feud is at 1:07 AM, but it's the secondary run. The primary run is in the more visible 7:30 PM slot.

I grew up in the Tri-Cities, TN/VA market, where some syndicated game shows didn't air at all (and in looking at listings, that continues to be the case.)  I can't specify years, but I have strong memories of Love Connection in late night slots on WKPT.  Davidson TPIR aired once a week (though it might have been two episodes) on WCYB on Saturday nights after SNL in fall 1994.
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Re: Late nighters in syndication...
« Reply #67 on: October 18, 2014, 01:09:51 PM »
I heard Celebrity Name Game wasn't doing too well in the ratings, possibly because it airs in out-of-the-way timeslots in some markets. It doesn't air at all in Memphis, despite us having a Tribune station. I think WREG would/could have aired it at 12:35am after the Late Late Show.

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« Reply #68 on: October 18, 2014, 01:16:00 PM »
I heard Celebrity Name Game wasn't doing too well in the ratings, possibly because it airs in out-of-the-way timeslots in some markets. It doesn't air at all in Memphis, despite us having a Tribune station. I think WREG would/could have aired it at 12:35am after the Late Late Show.

In Flint, it runs 7p-8p on the CW station opposite J! and WOF.  Probably can't get a lot of ratings traction in that slot.
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Re: Late nighters in syndication...
« Reply #69 on: October 19, 2014, 08:09:23 PM »
I can't think of any ever airing in San Francisco between Midnight and 6 AM.  The closest I remember coming to those hours was KTVU (now the Fox station, but independent at the time) airing Liar's Club at 11 PM.

I'm a little surprised KPIX never aired TPIR overnight, considering that nobody else in SF aired it at all between 1981 and 1991.

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Re: Late nighters in syndication...
« Reply #70 on: October 19, 2014, 08:40:51 PM »
I'm a little surprised KPIX never aired TPIR overnight, considering that nobody else in SF aired it at all between 1981 and 1991.

Didn't any of the indies air preempted network shows?

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Re: Late nighters in syndication...
« Reply #71 on: October 19, 2014, 10:03:18 PM »
An interesting late-night case in Chicago: WMAQ aired The Guinness Game Saturdays at 1am, after SNL and SCTV. The interesting part is that the February before its premiere, WMAQ actually aired an episode as a special one night at 6:30pm, probably the pilot.
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« Reply #72 on: October 19, 2014, 10:19:36 PM »
To go way, way back: Beat the Champ and PDQ aired after Carson in Detroit.

Also, Millionaire currently (as well as in the past, 2 different stations), Challengers (after Nightline), Davidson Pyramid (between Carson and Letterman)
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Re: Late nighters in syndication...
« Reply #73 on: October 19, 2014, 11:11:47 PM »
To go way, way back: Beat the Champ and PDQ aired after Carson in Detroit.

Also, Millionaire currently (as well as in the past, 2 different stations), Challengers (after Nightline), Davidson Pyramid (between Carson and Letterman)

Make Me Laugh aired opposite Carson in Chicago; must've worked well.

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Re: Late nighters in syndication...
« Reply #74 on: October 20, 2014, 12:09:02 AM »
Also, Millionaire currently (as well as in the past, 2 different stations), Challengers (after Nightline), Davidson Pyramid (between Carson and Letterman)

This has to be in Letterman's last days with NBC. This happened in Memphis too, only it wasn't with a game show. Were there any other cities where Carson and Letterman didn't air back to back?