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1990-91 Syndicated Ratings Question
PYLclark86:
--- Quote from: Dbacksfan12 on June 05, 2025, 03:15:43 PM ---Thanks to all who provided detailed information. However, based on that, I have a follow-up question:
Was The Challengers promoted as a Jeopardy! killer or as something to build around?
I know KCCI in Central Iowa aired them back-to-back, at least at launch.
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I can't speak for what pitch the station managers received, but the promos for the general public focused more on the current events slant. The tagline for the early part of run was "The Best News in Game Shows."
https://youtu.be/EkGyZ5kT4Zk?si=HuYGEAUbntQgs9fQ&t=42
mmb5:
Because I couldn't remember when Trump Card aired in my market (Detroit), it was 10:30 AM.
As useless as that is to you, this was my final year in college. My roommate was a big game show fan (this rubbed off on me) and I remember having to do a lot of antenna changing because Detroit would have tons of pre-emptions. For limited funsies:
Trump Card in place of Wheel
Tic Tac Dough in place of Feud
Instant Recall over Let's Make a Deal
Divorce Court over To Tell the Truth
Local News instead of Match Game
My only knowledge of Quiz Kids was Jonathan Price being on Match Game. For whatever reason that did clear at 2 in the afternoon against Love Connection on competing indy stations. To be barely on topic, The Challengers aired at midnight after Nightline
And does anyone remember a show called 'Personalities'? I can't remember a thing about it, but it had a prominent spot on one station's lineup.
(Oh, and if you were into soaps, Santa Barbara was on at 4 in the morning).
Also of note, some obscure show called "The Simpsons" had their second season debut on the day I picked. NBC was airing a new episode of something called "Law and Order."
TimK2003:
--- Quote from: mmb5 on June 08, 2025, 07:59:50 PM ---And does anyone remember a show called 'Personalities'? I can't remember a thing about it, but it had a prominent spot on one station's lineup.
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Unless you're thinking about the show Personals, which came out in '91???
It was part of the CBS late night lineup, and was a Dating Game-type show hosted by Michael Burger..
Scrabbleship:
--- Quote from: TimK2003 on June 08, 2025, 08:17:51 PM ---
--- Quote from: mmb5 on June 08, 2025, 07:59:50 PM ---And does anyone remember a show called 'Personalities'? I can't remember a thing about it, but it had a prominent spot on one station's lineup.
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Unless you're thinking about the show Personals, which came out in '91???
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Personalities with Charlie Rose was a magazine/interview series he did before his PBS series started which was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it affair.
Back to the game show topic, The Challengers did decent at midnight in Detroit as it got a lot of second shift workers needing something to wind down with. ISTR something about how WXYZ was getting ratings similar to what WDIV got for Jeopardy! at 7:30 PM.
golden-road:
--- Quote from: mmb5 on June 08, 2025, 07:59:50 PM ---Because I couldn't remember when Trump Card aired in my market (Detroit), it was 10:30 AM.
As useless as that is to you, this was my final year in college. My roommate was a big game show fan (this rubbed off on me) and I remember having to do a lot of antenna changing because Detroit would have tons of pre-emptions. For limited funsies:
Trump Card in place of Wheel
Tic Tac Dough in place of Feud
Instant Recall over Let's Make a Deal
Divorce Court over To Tell the Truth
Local News instead of Match Game
My only knowledge of Quiz Kids was Jonathan Price being on Match Game. For whatever reason that did clear at 2 in the afternoon against Love Connection on competing indy stations. To be barely on topic, The Challengers aired at midnight after Nightline
And does anyone remember a show called 'Personalities'? I can't remember a thing about it, but it had a prominent spot on one station's lineup.
(Oh, and if you were into soaps, Santa Barbara was on at 4 in the morning).
Also of note, some obscure show called "The Simpsons" had their second season debut on the day I picked. NBC was airing a new episode of something called "Law and Order."
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Didn't TJW'90 start out at 7PM on WJBK?
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