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cmjb13:
3 questions.

If Hollywood Squares had gotten off the ground in 91 or 92, do you think the version would still be on?

And whom do you think would have been chosen as host?

Would Whoopi still have been top choice for center square? (I'm not sure if she knew the hollywood bigwigs back then)

Brandon Brooks:

--- Quote ---If Hollywood Squares had gotten off the ground in 91 or 92, do you think the version would still be on?
--- End quote ---
No.  I just don't think it would have lasted that long.


--- Quote ---And whom do you think would have been chosen as host?
--- End quote ---
Beats me.  Hopefully not John Davidson again.


--- Quote ---Would Whoopi still have been top choice for center square? (I'm not sure if she knew the hollywood bigwigs back then)
--- End quote ---
Probably not, even though she coming into her own.

Brandon Brooks

zachhoran:
John was still doing Pyramid at the start of the 1991-92 season, so assuming Squares would have been syndicated, they'd have to have picked another host most likely. John's Pyramid gig probably in part happened because of Dick's hosting/producing gig on the Challengers at the time.

Jimmy Owen:
Was that the attempt to rename the show \"Planet Hollywood Squares\"?  If so, Roseanne would have been the drawing card on that one.  Whoopi was by no means an unknown at that time, having just won an Oscar(tm) for \"Ghost,\" and co-hosting a couple of \"Comic Relief\" telethons.  In 91, Whoopi was very busy, however with her recurring role on \"Star Trek: The Next Generation,\" various movies and in 92, her daily syndicated talk show.

zachhoran:
Merrill Heatter and Roseanne were to co-produce Planet HS, and that project was announced in 1995 or 1996, and was reported in ATGS.

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