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BUZZR "Prime Time Party" beg. February 6th
chrisholland03:
--- Quote from: gsfan85 on July 01, 2019, 09:52:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: snowpeck on July 01, 2019, 07:54:03 PM ---Varsity Week did apparently air on USA back in the day, by the way (there's another episode circulating from that week from a USA broadcast).
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Did anyone happen to record tonight's airing and can post to a private link?
Would greatly appreciate!
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If you missed it (like I did) it will reair Saturday night @ 9 et
gsfan85:
--- Quote from: chrisholland03 on July 02, 2019, 10:48:26 AM ---
--- Quote from: gsfan85 on July 01, 2019, 09:52:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: snowpeck on July 01, 2019, 07:54:03 PM ---Varsity Week did apparently air on USA back in the day, by the way (there's another episode circulating from that week from a USA broadcast).
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Did anyone happen to record tonight's airing and can post to a private link?
Would greatly appreciate!
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If you missed it (like I did) it will reair Saturday night @ 9 et
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Someone was kind enough to send it my way, but thanks for this info too!
chrisholland03:
--- Quote from: splinkynip on July 01, 2019, 09:42:52 PM ---Watching Sale of the Century tonight reminded me of how far from great the show became in this era. Too many themes weeks with the grand prize being a Jeep the other shows were giving at the time, and the totally out-of-place end game making it almost impossible to win the big $50,000 bonus, or even the car.
Maybe NBC should have put the show out of its misery a year or so earlier than when it did, replaced it with another game show, or even sitcom reruns or given the time slot back to affiliates.
Once a great show, this was a little shadow of its former self.
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I agree with your sentiments, but the ratings show no change with the bonus game addition.
Sale took its biggest rating hit when NBC moved it from 10:30et against Card Sharks to 10:00et against Pyramid.
Dec'86 @ 5.3/18 to Mar'87 @ 3.3/15
That move did knock Pyramid off the schedule, though.
It creamed Blackout in '88 @ 2.3/9 vs 3.4/14
It was neck-and-neck with Feud both pulling 3.3/14 vs 3.4/14 for the time they ran against each other in 88 through Jan'89.
Holistically, from '87 - '93, every schedule change or pre-preemption NBC made in their morning lineup resulted in lower ratings.
splinkynip:
Interesting, how were Pyramid’s ratings when it got cancelled at the end of 87, and how we’re Scrabble’s ratings when it replaced Sale of the Century in the 10AM slot? I believe ratings were still okay when Scrabble was cancelled the next year, but NBC wanted to go in a different direction Chuck said in one of the last shows?
tyshaun1:
--- Quote from: splinkynip on July 02, 2019, 01:30:37 PM ---how we’re Scrabble’s ratings when it replaced Sale of the Century in the 10AM slot? I believe ratings were still okay when Scrabble was cancelled the next year, but NBC wanted to go in a different direction Chuck said in one of the last shows?
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I don't have the ratings point, but Scrabble was hovering around a 10 share at the time of its cancellation in 1990 compared to Feud's 13, so not really OK. By this point, if you weren't Price, your share was a 15 or less.
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