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JasonA1:
--- Quote from: Kevin Prather on June 22, 2023, 01:18:01 AM ---If Woolery never leaves Wheel...
- Does the daytime version last long enough and remain popular enough for the syndicated nighttime version to come along?
- If syndicated Wheel never happens, does Kingworld expand like it did in the 80s?
- If Kingworld never expands, does The Oprah Winfrey Show ever make it out of Chicago?
- If Oprah Winfrey never becomes the huge name she did, does Barack Obama still win the presidency in 2008?
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I was going down this road until I realized it was probably short-sighted of me to think Wheel would never go into syndication with Chuck at the helm. He made it 6 years as a rookie host on a show that wasn't a revival. After Wheel, he was part of 3 shows that had a healthy run: Scrabble, Love Connection and Lingo. In my opinion, at least, I think this hypothetical would stop at step 1, because a nighttime show with Chuck could have been a great bet -- probably more so than with Pat, even.
Whether or not Wheel becomes a phenomenon without the enigmatic qualities of Vanna is another question.
-Jason
Kevin Prather:
--- Quote from: JasonA1 on June 22, 2023, 07:09:15 PM ---Whether or not Wheel becomes a phenomenon without the enigmatic qualities of Vanna is another question.
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That might have been part of the original thread actually. If Chuck stays, Susan probably stays, and we don't get Vanna.
Jeremy Nelson:
--- Quote from: Blanquepage on June 21, 2023, 02:32:42 PM ---
--- Quote from: snowpeck on June 21, 2023, 02:18:30 PM ---This came up in our Twitch chat the other night. Let's suppose Super Password was still doing well for NBC and didn't get cancelled in 1989. Who would have taken over the show when Bert's health took a decline for following year?
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Vicki Lawrence!
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It’s got to be either her or Jamie Farr. He’d had a couple pilots under his belt, but she’s the better option.
tyshaun1:
--- Quote from: Ian Wallis on June 22, 2023, 05:07:10 PM ---
How about this: in order to make way for the expanded soaps, Break the Bank is moved from 2:30 to 12 noon (which is probably what SHOULD HAVE happened). Hot Seat never gets past pilot stage. Despite more and more affiliates airing noon news over the network offering, Break the Bank gets good enough ratings to hang around for a year or so. That means we probably don't get The Don Ho Show and maybe even Second Chance. What does that mean for the eventual Press Your Luck?
It's interesting to play this game isn't it?!
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If Goodson had The Better Sex ready to go in the spring instead of letting it bake for a few more months, Second Chance never sees the light of day on TV. Interesting indeed.
Jimmy Owen:
--- Quote from: chris319 on June 20, 2023, 11:06:46 PM ---Another thought exercise:
Pick a better emcee for Mindreaders than Dick Martin. Though the format was fundamentally flawed, Dick didn't help. He was better in office run-thrus but once he got into the studio he was never smooth at it. He was always a bit awkward.
I'm not sure exactly when Brockman departed NBC, but even though he was a client of the company there were those in the office who didn't hold him in particularly high regard. In watching his interview, the games he plays with his fingers remind me of the Simpsons' Mr. Burns character.
By the time we brought up Mindreaders in 1979, ISTR we were dealing with Noreen Conlin.
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Who wasn't busy? Dan Rowan? Lloyd Thaxton?
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