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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: barker5000 on August 11, 2007, 10:25:25 AM
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What United States city has aired / airs every single game show? And if that can't be answered,
what United States city has aired / airs more game shows than any other United States city?
Thanks,
barker5000
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NYC is the logical answer.
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[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' post=\'160238\' date=\'Aug 11 2007, 10:55 AM\']
NYC is the logical answer.
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or Los Angeles, CA
Charles
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I thought he was typing a haiku.
game shows are so fun / no one can replace barker / drew carey is bad
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NYC hasn't aired every show.
"Majority Rules", hosted by Marc Summers, only aired on a couple of stations down south, and only for a few weeks at that.
There's probably others, too.
But Brandon is right. This is a silly question.
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There isn't a single market anywhere - not New York City, not Atlanta, not Des Moines, not Bowling Green KY - that has aired every episode of every broadcast or syndicated game show ever.
That said, in terms of most games aired, I'd wonder if it's not Los Angeles. There have been quite a few local games in LA over the decades, plus Big Spin, plus pretty much all the national syndicated offerings. Nevermind that since the affiliates are O&Os, you'd think they're going to run what the network tells them [even if they don't always run it exactly then the network tells them]. Just a guess.
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Well like you people just said, there's no United States city that has aired every single game show.
But what United States city has aired / airs more game shows than any other United States city?
Thanks,
barker5000
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[quote name=\'barker5000\' post=\'160289\' date=\'Aug 11 2007, 11:11 PM\']
Well like you people just said, there's no United States city that has aired every single game show.
But what United States city has aired / airs more game shows than any other United States city?
Thanks,
barker5000
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Let's watch the "you people" phrase.
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I'd say LA, as they had lots of local game shows as well as everything in syndication and the networks.
If you're talking about the best place to be to watch game shows, back in the late '70's if you lived in Port Huron, Michigan, you could see everything on the networks, plus everything on the Canadian networks, CBC, CTV and Global.
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[quote name=\'barker5000\' post=\'160289\' date=\'Aug 11 2007, 08:11 PM\']
Well like you people just said, there's no United States city that has aired every single game show.
But what United States city has aired / airs more game shows than any other United States city?
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I'm going to guess you're not going to get a conclusive answer here, because a) it's a ridiculously vague question, and b) it requires far more research than I would imagine most people here are willing to do. So you may have to content yourself with what you have.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'160292\' date=\'Aug 11 2007, 10:43 PM\']
I'd say LA, as they had lots of local game shows as well as everything in syndication and the networks.
If you're talking about the best place to be to watch game shows, back in the late '70's if you lived in Port Huron, Michigan, you could see everything on the networks, plus everything on the Canadian networks, CBC, CTV and Global.
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I don't think LA, because it didn't carry the " Wheel of Fortune " premiere on September 19, 1983, as well as NYC or Chicago.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'160294\' date=\'Aug 11 2007, 08:46 PM\']
[quote name=\'barker5000\' post=\'160289\' date=\'Aug 11 2007, 08:11 PM\']
Well like you people just said, there's no United States city that has aired every single game show.
But what United States city has aired / airs more game shows than any other United States city?
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I'm going to guess you're not going to get a conclusive answer here, because a) it's a ridiculously vague question, and b) it requires far more research than I would imagine most people here are willing to do. So you may have to content yourself with what you have.
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For a conclusive answer, yes. But for what it's worth, I think this question could lead to some pretty interesting discussion and brainstorming.
For example, do public access game shows count? What are some cities with a boatload of those? I'd imagine those cities would be pretty high up there.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'160296\' date=\'Aug 11 2007, 09:21 PM\']
For example, do public access game shows count? What are some cities with a boatload of those? I'd imagine those cities would be pretty high up there.
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Does Survivor count? How about Amazing Race? Or Fear Factor? Or Celebrity Blackjack?
This would be that whole "vague" thing I'm talking about.
And I'm honestly not sure how interesting or useful any brainstorming would be, since it wouldn't get you anywhere close to a direct answer, which the FNG isn't going to get, and I'm not sure it's the best idea to give the FNG any sort of impression that he might.
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Hey, I'm just saying that discussion is discussion. Whether or not we get to, or near, any sort of answer, there's nothing wrong with thinking over something we don't normally think about.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' post=\'160301\' date=\'Aug 11 2007, 10:03 PM\']
there's nothing wrong with thinking over something we don't normally think about.
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I think a) it's a waste of time when it's not going to go anywhere but people spouting off about what shows aired in their market, like that makes one single bit of difference to the overall issue, and b) that doing so is going to get this guy babbling on even more inanely.
Of course, I can simply avoid the thread, I get that, but I think to say "Oh, it's totally worth talking about!!" is an awful simple solution. There are things not worth talking about.
My next thread: an extensive dissertation on the change in the color of Jim Perry's ties from October of 1979 to February of 1980 on Card Sharks. I invite everyone to think that over.
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[quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' post=\'160304\' date=\'Aug 11 2007, 10:36 PM\']
I would love to know every single game show that has ever aired in Cincinnati.
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Brandon clearly Gets It.
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[quote name=\'barker5000\' post=\'160295\' date=\'Aug 12 2007, 12:14 AM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'160292\' date=\'Aug 11 2007, 10:43 PM\']
I'd say LA, as they had lots of local game shows as well as everything in syndication and the networks.
If you're talking about the best place to be to watch game shows, back in the late '70's if you lived in Port Huron, Michigan, you could see everything on the networks, plus everything on the Canadian networks, CBC, CTV and Global.
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I don't think LA, because it didn't carry the " Wheel of Fortune " premiere on September 19, 1983, as well as NYC or Chicago.
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You could still see WOF in LA in 83, but it was the NBC version. Eventually the syndication version made it to LA, albeit on Channel 13. Then again, you could say the syndicated version was seen in LA (Burbank) before it was seen anywhere else. You just needed to be in the studio audience to see it. :)
On the other hand, Blyden WML was still showing on KDOC in Orange County in 1983, so that makes up for the absence of WOF.
An answer to your satisfaction may not be possible.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'160313\' date=\'Aug 12 2007, 07:10 AM\']
An answer to your satisfaction may not be possible.
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As one of the few people on this group who collect TV Guides, going through all of them would still not cover every market and year. But if you limit the list by decade and market-we could get a halfway decent start to it. So to help you out here are some random memories for a few shows:
Raleigh/Durham (NC State 1988-1992):
WPTF-28 ran Quiz Kids Challenge, Jackpot! and Finn's Jokers Wild
WRAL-5 had The Challengers, Wipeout and Sweehearts
WYED-17 (now WNCN) ran Talkabout
WGGT-48 Greensboro ran Reagan's Lingo
Prior to that, I grew up in the Tri-Cities TN market, and had to endure snowy pictures off antenna to see some of the syndie shows. Some details:
Tri-Cities TN:
WKPT-19 ran Face the Music, Dating Game, Matchmaker
WJHL-11 had $100K Name that Tune, Headline Chasers, syndicated Win Lose or Draw, Larry Anderson's TorC, '80s Newlywed Game, Liars Club
WCYB-5 was the Wheel/Jeopardy! outlet, also Family Feud, '70s Newlywed Game, Cross-Wits
WETO-39 (now WEMT) ran $100,000 Pyramid
Knoxville TN:
WBIR-10 ran Wink's High Rollers, Rafferty's Card Sharks and $1M Chance of a Lifetime.
WATE-6 Knoxville TN had Catch Phrase.
WTVK-26 was the nearest source to see all the noontime NBC offerings, like Chain Reaction and Go!
Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville:
WYFF-4 had Wayne's Tic Tac Dough and, IIRC, Bullseye.
WSPA-7 ran The Guinness Game and I've Got A Secret
And then WLOS-13 had their local origination Bowling For Dollars
Greensboro/Winston-Salem:
WGHP-8 had Garagiola's Strike It Rich
WFMY-2 ran Every Second Counts
Charlotte:
WPCQ-36 Charlotte NC ran Rayburn's Break the Bank and 3rd Degree IIRC
WSOC-9 was my nearest ABC to catch Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak
I'd weight the results based on the rarity of the show, when picking a "better" market.
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I'd say LA, as they had lots of local game shows as well as everything in syndication and the networks.
Early versions of shows like Seven Keys, You Don't Say and Joker's Wild actually ran in LA before going national.
I got a C-band satellite dish in 1992 which enabled me to see "wild feeds" of syndicated shows in advance. Oh how I would have loved to have one in the mid-80s (around the time these shows started being fed via satellite). There were still lots of good shows that were never seen in my area (such as Wink's High Rollers, for example) that I could have seen that way.
Oh well...it's nice to dream!
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[quote name=\'mcsittel\' post=\'160333\' date=\'Aug 12 2007, 12:02 PM\']
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'160313\' date=\'Aug 12 2007, 07:10 AM\']
An answer to your satisfaction may not be possible.
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As one of the few people on this group who collect TV Guides, going through all of them would still not cover every market and year. But if you limit the list by decade and market-we could get a halfway decent start to it. So to help you out here are some random memories for a few shows:
Raleigh/Durham (NC State 1988-1992):
WPTF-28 ran Quiz Kids Challenge, Jackpot! and Finn's Jokers Wild
WRAL-5 had The Challengers, Wipeout and Sweehearts
WYED-17 (now WNCN) ran Talkabout
WGGT-48 Greensboro ran Reagan's Lingo
Prior to that, I grew up in the Tri-Cities TN market, and had to endure snowy pictures off antenna to see some of the syndie shows. Some details:
Tri-Cities TN:
WKPT-19 ran Face the Music, Dating Game, Matchmaker
WJHL-11 had $100K Name that Tune, Headline Chasers, syndicated Win Lose or Draw, Larry Anderson's TorC, '80s Newlywed Game, Liars Club
WCYB-5 was the Wheel/Jeopardy! outlet, also Family Feud, '70s Newlywed Game, Cross-Wits
WETO-39 (now WEMT) ran $100,000 Pyramid
Knoxville TN:
WBIR-10 ran Wink's High Rollers, Rafferty's Card Sharks and $1M Chance of a Lifetime.
WATE-6 Knoxville TN had Catch Phrase.
WTVK-26 was the nearest source to see all the noontime NBC offerings, like Chain Reaction and Go!
Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville:
WYFF-4 had Wayne's Tic Tac Dough and, IIRC, Bullseye.
WSPA-7 ran The Guinness Game and I've Got A Secret
And then WLOS-13 had their local origination Bowling For Dollars
Greensboro/Winston-Salem:
WGHP-8 had Garagiola's Strike It Rich
WFMY-2 ran Every Second Counts
Charlotte:
WPCQ-36 Charlotte NC ran Rayburn's Break the Bank and 3rd Degree IIRC
WSOC-9 was my nearest ABC to catch Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak
I'd weight the results based on the rarity of the show, when picking a "better" market.
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Now that Barker has finally retired with his replacement chosen and most of us have given up all hope of ever seeing "Spin-Off" again, is this what we're reduced to?
Was it this clear when the Mayans' run was over?