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Game show false memories
PYLdude:
There’s been very rare instances in my market where a daytime game show didn’t air in its prescribed time slot.
It wasn’t until much later that I found out Caesars Challenge was slated to air at 12:30, because I always caught it (which wasn’t often) at 10 in the morning. Which was odd because its predecessor was cleared as it was.
I also don’t remember how long this was a case but there was a period where Scrabble and Classic Concentration were both airing in the afternoon; I want to say it was during Scrabble’s last season. (At least Scrabble did; maybe the false memory is at work.)
Jamey Greek:
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--- Quote from: Jamey Greek on March 03, 2021, 12:14:06 AM ---Another false memory I had was Couch Potatoes being on before the NBC Daytime lineup on WESH in Orlando. I am sure it was probably on when it first premiered In 1989 but I think WESH did shuffle the lineup around.
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Did a little quick research for you on this. WESH slotted it at 11:30am at first (pre-empting "Win, Lose, or Draw") and then when daytime WoF was replaced by "Golden Girls" reruns, they moved the GG reruns to the 11:30 slot and demoted CP to an awesome 2:30am slot, at which point WLoD came back (at 11).
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Thank you Aaron. And did you see the comment I mace about TTD actually having a kids week.
TheInquisitiveOne:
I have two, both Price is Right related.
The first: I always thought TPIR aired at 3pm weekdays on the regular. So when it “moved” to 10am, I was quite surprised and disappointed (because of school). The truth was (as was explained in a thread I started about this very subject many moons ago) TPIR was moved to 3pm by WBBM 2 in Chicago to make room for Donahue’s talk show for a few months in 1986 or 1987. As I got older and went into the show’s history, I realized that it was always at 10am in this area, and that scheduling anomaly was simply that.
I also thought there was a TPIR nighttime Christmas Special that aired at some point in the late 1980s, as advertised in TV Guide. I recently found the ad; it was a half page ad from a 1988 issue which was actually for a Christmas contest for daytime (it included Janice Pennington holding a stack of presents with a picture of Bob in the inset).
The Inquisitive One
Jamey Greek:
I also have one that is TPIR related. I thougbt I remember seeing shorts of Baywatch during the commercial breaks after the two contestants bid in the showcase! But I know Baywatch premiered in 1989 when I was three years old on NBC.
Jamey Greek:
I also thought all games shows were taped live until I was told by my mom that TV shows were recorded earlier than on the air later.
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