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joshg:
Do you think they brought back the 10 game winners because they had a shortage of contestants for the show? In other words; change the rule from 10 wins to 20 wins, make a big deal about it on-air and have a guaranteed contestant pool.

JOSH

GS Warehouse:
[quote name=\'matchgame\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 10:19 AM\'] Do you think they brought back the 10 game winners because they had a shortage of contestants for the show? In other words; change the rule from 10 wins to 20 wins, make a big deal about it on-air and have a guaranteed contestant pool. [/quote]
 I think it's the "Thom McKee effect": familiarity breeds viewership.  In other words, more recognized contestants and higher possible winnings.  OTOH, could this have been when BB jumped the shark?  After all, it continued for only seven-plus more months after that.

Don Howard:

--- Quote ---OTOH, could this have been when BB jumped the shark? After all, it continued for only seven-plus more months after that.
--- End quote ---

I doubt ten more allowed wins constituted a shark-jump for Blockbusters.
For some reason, NBC was bound and determined to add reruns of CHiPs
to the daytime line-up and salvage their sinking soap Texas so Bill Cullen
and the hexagons had to go.

ChuckNet:

--- Quote ---For some reason, NBC was bound and determined to add reruns of CHiPs
to the daytime line-up and salvage their sinking soap Texas so Bill Cullen
and the hexagons had to go.
--- End quote ---

Did they really think that moving Texas - a low-rated soap to begin with - to 11 AM, opposite *TPiR*, would improve its ratings? As it is, the show only lasted another 8 mos in said slot before the axe fell on 12/31/82...thankfully, NBC learned from their mistake and never programmed another soap in a morning slot again.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

Dbacksfan12:
[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 10:39 AM\'] [quote name=\'matchgame\' date=\'Dec 20 2003, 10:19 AM\'] Do you think they brought back the 10 game winners because they had a shortage of contestants for the show? In other words; change the rule from 10 wins to 20 wins, make a big deal about it on-air and have a guaranteed contestant pool. [/quote]
I think it's the "Thom McKee effect": familiarity breeds viewership.  In other words, more recognized contestants and higher possible winnings.  OTOH, could this have been when BB jumped the shark?  After all, it continued for only seven-plus more months after that. [/quote]
 Maybe Blockbusters was cancelled, because viewers found it to be a weak game to begin with.

Incidentally, what was slotted opposite Blockbusters?

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