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Dbacksfan12:
It's oft been mentioned how the five new shows in 1990 all flopped; I believe half were toast by March.  Does anyone have concrete ratings data?  A Google search was unhelpful.

carlisle96:

--- Quote from: Dbacksfan12 on June 04, 2025, 01:19:46 AM ---It's oft been mentioned how the five new shows in 1990 all flopped; I believe half were toast by March.  Does anyone have concrete ratings data?  A Google search was unhelpful.

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I never saw any formal ratings, but in my city, most of these shows started out in afternoon or morning time slots, and 13 weeks later, were seen at 2:00am or later. Those "ratings" were all I needed to see.

BrandonFG:
I looked up the syndicated ratings in the 1992 World Almanac, but as of February 1991 the lowest-rated show out of their list of 16 was Feud, with a 6.0 rating. None of the rookie games - or any fall 1990 premiere for that matter - registered.

Also tried looking in David Gleason’s Broadcasting and Cable archives, to no avail. Someone else might have better luck; I know they’ve posted syndication ratings there before.

TLEberle:
Damn! These days anything not NFL or Idol would soil themselves for a six.

PYLdude:

--- Quote from: carlisle96 on June 04, 2025, 01:08:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dbacksfan12 on June 04, 2025, 01:19:46 AM ---It's oft been mentioned how the five new shows in 1990 all flopped; I believe half were toast by March.  Does anyone have concrete ratings data?  A Google search was unhelpful.

--- End quote ---

I never saw any formal ratings, but in my city, most of these shows started out in afternoon or morning time slots, and 13 weeks later, were seen at 2:00am or later. Those "ratings" were all I needed to see.

--- End quote ---

In mine two were stuck in overnight from the beginning, two were plugged in the morning, and one was in access. The first two were Joker and TTD, the next two were Trump Card and Quiz Kids Challenge (which, oddly enough, replaced Wheel on weekends when WCBS lost it to WABC), and The Challengers was the last.

I wanna say that Trump Card never left its slot, because I do remember seeing it there in the spring of 1991. The Challengers went to the morning at mid season and beyond that, I can’t tell you. Although I’m sure TTD disappeared from WNBC’s lineup when $100,000 Pyramid launched in January (unless they didn’t air the reruns; then again, wasn’t Pyramid initially distributed by the same company as Joker?)

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