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Don Howard:
Of the shows you can think of, which ones made either subtle or major changes early in their broadcast run? Two I can think of right off the bat are Scrabble dumping the "pot format" in the main game and playing for a flat $500 starting in the program's second week. Another that comes to mind is Wordplay calling their bonus game The Speed Round for the first show only. After that until the show's premature finish it was Double Definitions. What others can you think of?

BrandonFG:
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Dec 25 2003, 01:42 AM\'] Of the shows you can think of, which ones made either subtle or major changes early in their broadcast run? Two I can think of right off the bat are Scrabble dumping the "pot format" in the main game and playing for a flat $500 starting in the program's second week. Another that comes to mind is Wordplay calling their bonus game The Speed Round for the first show only. After that until the show's premature finish it was Double Definitions. What others can you think of? [/quote]
 Didn't Password Plus add the "opposites" rule a couple of months into the run?

Also, two from the current Hollywood Squares...1) early on the payout structure was $500/$500/$1000/$2000, but the payouts then doubled about a month or two into the run. 2) The change from pick a star/win a prize to pick a star/answer question/win a prize, around the same time, give or take.

Robert Hutchinson:
Well, how early is early? Just to be thematical, I think Chain Reaction, Blockbusters, Child's Play, and Hot Potato could all qualify.

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Dec 25 2003, 03:33 AM\'] Well, how early is early? Just to be thematical, I think Chain Reaction, Blockbusters, Child's Play, and Hot Potato could all qualify. [/quote]
 Hot Potato added the "7 straight" jackpot a few weeks into the run. I think it took Child's Play seven months(more than half its run) to change the bonus game from Triple Play to Sasha Segan's Turnabout.

GSWitch:
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Dec 25 2003, 07:18 AM\'] Hot Potato added the "7 straight" jackpot a few weeks into the run. [/quote]
 That bonus was discontinued when it became "Celebrity Hot Potato" & the final 7 Straight was won on the very last civilian show, just in time!

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