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Play perfectly, win less?
Allstar87:
--- Quote from: vtown7 on April 22, 2025, 06:28:20 AM ---Playing devil's advocate: did the contestant know it was the last week? Did the staff?
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Judging from some of the behavior in the last week, it feels like they knew, but hedged their bets in case NBC reversed course. There's also an odd exchange at the end of the finale where Alex asks the champ if they'll be back next week, and they say "I absolutely will!" When Alex asks Marjorie if she'll be back next week, she goes "eh, maybe", and Alex follows with "If you're not coming back, I'm not coming back!"
The CC finale had a contestant plug, but other Goodson finales have had contestant/ticket plugs when they knew the show wouldn't be around to honor them anymore, so there is precedent for that.
Ian Wallis:
--- Quote from: Allstar87 on April 22, 2025, 10:15:41 AM ---The CC finale had a contestant plug, but other Goodson finales have had contestant/ticket plugs when they knew the show wouldn't be around to honor them anymore, so there is precedent for that.
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The last Card Sharks ran a contestant plug and coming out of it, Bob shook his head and stated something like "beats the heck out of me".
I'm also kind of confused as to why they did that.
TLEberle:
A good contestant for Card Sharks is likely to be a good contestant on other shows, though at that point it would be Now You See It, maybe Super Password and eventually Match Game.
I forgot how bleak 1989 was for network game shows generally, though ABC certainly put their head start to good use by not having a network game show after 1987 I don't think.
SRIV94:
--- Quote from: TLEberle on April 22, 2025, 03:13:19 PM ---I forgot how bleak 1989 was for network game shows generally, though ABC certainly put their head start to good use by not having a network game show after 1987 I don't think.
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MG9x aired on ABC (and it's funny--you just mentioned it in the opening paragraph before this).
BrandonFG:
There was also Animal Crackups, albeit on weekends.
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