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Let's Make A Deal Brady vs. Hilton/Hall
wdm1219inpenna:
Dick Clark was a magnificent emcee without question, but I could never in a million years picture him hosting Let's Make A Deal, anymore than I could picture Monty hosting Pyramid. Interesting that Dick was being considered for it though, would have been wild to see how he would have fared.
Jeremy Nelson:
--- Quote from: MSTieScott on December 05, 2024, 09:52:28 PM ---Considering that the Big Deal is won less than one-third of the time*
* You heard me correctly.
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There's enough research on behaviors that it would not surprise me to find out that they can engineer a Big Deal loss/minor win based on how they set up the rest of the show. You could easily put Zonks behind certain curtains and cars behind others, or even put Zonks behind certain numbers in "Pick Em" games like Smash for Cash to condition people to see one door/number as good and another as bad.
trainman:
--- Quote from: Chelsea Thrasher on December 05, 2024, 05:15:26 PM ---(In same, Ron Greenberg noted that the show aired at 2AM in LA and that "I don't know what kind of ratings they were expecting").
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In case anyone's curious: at the time, KNBC was running "Donahue" at 9:00 A.M., so they carried NBC's 9:30 A.M. (Pacific) show during the non-programmed half-hour at 11:00, but put the 9:00 A.M. show on during the overnight hours.
steveleb:
Chelsea’s spot on as usual. The whole reason CBS opened up that slot in the first place was to save money. Aside from a familiar title, LMAD under the Fremantle banner also brought along additional staffing efficiencies which allowed sone flexibility on the cost of Price. It’s fair to say this occurred while Price was in flux and there was a camp that saw ratings decline as a potential sign that it might not be a guaranteed hit with Drew as it was with Bob. That fact of life, more than anything else, is what secured Deal’s slot over Sony’s intense push for Pyramid. They couldn’t bring as many co-minglings to the table with Y and R given the firewalls that existed within the company between the Bells and the other producers.
Right now is perhaps Deal’s most vulnerable days yet. Wendy McMahon is obsessed with making streaming news into an even more cost-effective play, and her new boss was behind NBC’s scheduling of their content as a DAYS replacement. George Cheeks had bought into BEYOND THE GATES hook, line and sinker and is counting on minority ad spend to supplement the considerable production cost. It’s safe to say that given the upcoming administration and the climate it brings that’s no longer a sure thing. Do remember said administration isn’t a fan of CbS these days either.
These are big picture concerns to be sure but let’s just say the unilateral support DEAL once had has eroded, and next year will likely be quite interesting.
Jeremy Nelson:
--- Quote from: steveleb on December 07, 2024, 11:05:05 AM ---It’s safe to say that given the upcoming administration and the climate it brings that’s no longer a sure thing. Do remember said administration isn’t a fan of CbS these days either.
These are big picture concerns to be sure but let’s just say the unilateral support DEAL once had has eroded, and next year will likely be quite interesting.
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They're not a fan of NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CNN, or about a dozen other networks, either.
Serious question- let's just assume that CBS is the sole network in the new administration's crosshairs. In what way(s) could said administration do to make that network worse off, and in what ways does that trickle down to a show like LMAD?
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