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Close calls....narrow escapes.....
TimK2003:
--- Quote from: DjohnsonCB on August 12, 2021, 12:50:10 AM ---And lest we forget, there were some markets that never even GOT "Whew!" when it was on CBS. Cedar Rapids IA comes to my mind.
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I once worked at a TV station that even in 1979 was airing / a.k.a. "cherry picking" programming from multiple networks on the same channel. They were the only TV station in ttown at that time.
IBefore the building burned down, there was a closet full of old Nielsen books, including one ratings book while Whew was on the air. I forgot what they aired in the timeslot Monday-Thirsday, (Wheel on NBC???) but according to Nielsen, they only aired Whew on Fridays.
Jimmy Owen:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on August 12, 2021, 02:46:04 AM ---
--- Quote from: DjohnsonCB on August 12, 2021, 12:50:10 AM ---And lest we forget, there were some markets that never even GOT "Whew!" when it was on CBS. Cedar Rapids IA comes to my mind.
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I once worked at a TV station that even in 1979 was airing / a.k.a. "cherry picking" programming from multiple networks on the same channel. They were the only TV station in ttown at that time.
IBefore the building burned down, there was a closet full of old Nielsen books, including one ratings book while Whew was on the air. I forgot what they aired in the timeslot Monday-Thirsday, (Wheel on NBC???) but according to Nielsen, they only aired Whew on Fridays.
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All Star Secrets was opposite Whew from April -August 79; Hollywood Squares from August 79-the end of Whew run. Whew never aired opposite WOF on the network.
Offshored2007:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on August 12, 2021, 02:46:04 AM ---
--- Quote from: DjohnsonCB on August 12, 2021, 12:50:10 AM ---And lest we forget, there were some markets that never even GOT "Whew!" when it was on CBS. Cedar Rapids IA comes to my mind.
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I once worked at a TV station that even in 1979 was airing / a.k.a. "cherry picking" programming from multiple networks on the same channel. They were the only TV station in ttown at that time.
IBefore the building burned down, there was a closet full of old Nielsen books, including one ratings book while Whew was on the air. I forgot what they aired in the timeslot Monday-Thirsday, (Wheel on NBC???) but according to Nielsen, they only aired Whew on Fridays.
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Whew! was airing my freshman year in college. I purposely arranged my class schedule so I could watch it (if nobody else had the TV) on WWNY out of Watertown, NY, which was one of those "cherry picker" stations back then. Once I got home, it was cancelled three weeks later.
The news made my day earlier this week.
BrandonFG:
I think with a different title and a few tweaks, this show could still work today. For some reason the name Finish Line popped into my head.
--- Quote from: DjohnsonCB on August 12, 2021, 12:50:10 AM ---And lest we forget, there were some markets that never even GOT "Whew!" when it was on CBS. Cedar Rapids IA comes to my mind.
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WTKR (then-WTAR) in Norfolk didn't air Whew! or Monty's Beat the Clock. Come to think of it, I don't think they aired any of CBS's 10:00 hour shows until Card Sharks in '86.
/Coincidentally, they aired Donnymid at 10am
//20 years after not airing Clark's version
Sodboy13:
I always thought "Charge!" would be a decent name for a revival.
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