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JayC:
1. Why did the get rid of the Surprise space?

2. Why did they get rid of returning champions?

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'JayC\' date=\'Oct 11 2003, 06:13 PM\'] 1. Why did the get rid of the Surprise space?

2. Why did they get rid of returning champions? [/quote]
 Not sure exactly why the Surprise space was ditched, perhaps it was to make room for the Jackpot round, which debuted around the time the SUrprise space ended in 1996.

Returning champs are no longer as it allows the shows(weeks and single episodes) to air out of sequence, plus it, as per Harry Friedman, allows more players on the show each season.

Chelsea Thrasher:
(Surprise was ditched after 97-98 season.   This being evidenced by it's appearance on the WoF PC game from that year)

And yet, J! has returning champs...H2 has returning champs..... (OK, H2 isn't nearly as great an example as J!)

Don Howard:

--- Quote ---Returning champs are no longer as it allows the shows(weeks and single episodes) to air out of sequence, plus it, as per Harry Friedman, allows more players on the show each season.
--- End quote ---

Taping 46 weeks worth of shows like Jeopardy!, instead of 39, would help this, too.

Robert Hutchinson:
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Oct 11 2003, 06:45 PM\']Returning champs are no longer as it allows the shows(weeks and single episodes) to air out of sequence[/quote]
I presume you mean in reruns, since Pat and Vanna are always mentioning holidays, that it's a Friday, etc., and many of the theme weeks are scheduled before they've been taped.

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