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Jimmy Owen:
While CBN showed "Bullseye" and "Tic Tac Dough," they never aired TJW.  I thought at the time they may have wanted to avoid "the devil."

Matt Ottinger:

--- Quote ---By that time the network was going by "CBN Cable Network"; the "Christian" in the name was rarely uttered except on "The 700 Club," and most of the schedule was dedicated to reruns of various old shows. A game show block was part of the rerun mix for some years.
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Say what you want about Pat Robertson (and God knows people have (and of course since Pat speaks to God regularly, he knows too (don't you just love parentheses?))) but you have to admire a businessman who's shrewd enough to have been able to keep "The 700 Club" on the channel through two major ownership changes.

uncamark:
[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 03:07 PM\']
--- Quote ---By that time the network was going by "CBN Cable Network"; the "Christian" in the name was rarely uttered except on "The 700 Club," and most of the schedule was dedicated to reruns of various old shows. A game show block was part of the rerun mix for some years.
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Say what you want about Pat Robertson (and God knows people have (and of course since Pat speaks to God regularly, he knows too (don't you just love parentheses?))) but you have to admire a businessman who's shrewd enough to have been able to keep "The 700 Club" on the channel through two major ownership changes.[/quote]
And Robertson would've dumped FAM sooner if not for the fact that his insistence that "The 700 Club" stay on the channel in perpetuity chased off many potential buyers (it was rumored that USA Networks and NBC had inquired but lost interest when Robertson brought up "The 700 Club").  But he finally found a live one in Rupert Murdoch.

ObGameShow:  First original CBN/FAM game show--"Second Honeymoon," co-produced by Wink and hosted by Tammy Warner's heartthrob Wayne Cox.

zachhoran:
DIdn't Bible Baffle, on CBN c. 1981-82, predate Second Honeymoon? Or was that show on other stations besides CBN.

uncamark:
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Oct 21 2003, 05:51 PM\']DIdn't Bible Baffle, on CBN c. 1981-82, predate Second Honeymoon? Or was that show on other stations besides CBN.[/quote]
It was the creation of WCFC in Chicago and aired on that station (and perhaps other religious stations) for some years beforehand.

WCFC the channel's now WCPX, the Pax O&O in Chicago.  WCFC the religious broadcasting organization (or Christian Communications of Chicagoland, to use its legal name) is now a cable channel called Total Living Network, with some national distribution.  No game shows, though.

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