Recently, I found a list from \"That other game show newsgroup\" about the old game show lineups that were on USA back in the \'80s & \'90s. According to the source, these were all taken from the September issues of TV Guide (I\'m assuming this guy must\'ve collected the \"Fall Preview\" issues of said magazine). Take a trip down memory and see if you remember any of these...
1985
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4:00 Joker\'s Wild
4:30 Bullseye
5:00 Make Me Laugh
5:30 Gong Show
1986
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3:00 Liar\'s Club
3:30 Joker\'s Wild
4:00 Bullseye
4:30 Jackpot
5:00 Chain Reaction
5:30 All-Star Blitz
1987
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12:30 Anything For Money
1:00 Gong Show
1:30 Let\'s Make a Deal
2:00 Hot Potato
2:30 Press Your Luck
3:00 Play the Percentages
3:30 Jackpot
4:00 Bumper Stumpers
4:30 Chain Reaction
1988
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12:30 Anything For Money
1:00 Let\'s Make a Deal
1:30 Play the Percentages
2:00 Hot Potato
2:30 Press Your Luck
3:00 Tic Tac Dough
3:30 Jackpot
4:00 Chain Reaction
4:30 Bumper Stumpers
1989
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12:00 Chain Reaction
12:30 Bumper Stumpers
1:00 Name That Tune
1:30 Wipeout
2:00 Tic Tac Dough
2:30 $25,000 Pyramid
3:00 High Rollers
3:30 Press Your Luck
4:00 New Hollywood Squares
4:30 Couch Potatoes
1990
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same as 1989 - different order, though, and
no Couch Potatoes
1991
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2:00 Chain Reaction
2:30 Win, Lose or Draw
3:00 Hollywood Squares
3:30 Scrabble
4:00 $25,000 Pyramid
4:30 Press Your Luck
That\'s as far as at went...\'90 and 1992-1994 were not available. This is probably a long shot, but would anyone here know what the game show schedules were to the aforementioned lost years by any chance?
I posted the lineups a few years back. They may be able to be found in a search of this site, but since we changed web hosts I don\'t know. It did take me quite a bit of time which I am not interested in investing again. My source is my TV Guide collection which is now in cold storage.
I remember when USA would test their transmission equipment during the 1:00-2:00 hour in 1988 which would result in the shows airing without sound.
I know that TJW and TTD \'90 were there in I think 1993. Forget what times...maybe the 2:00 hour?
Posted Yesterday, 05:50 PM
I remember when USA would test their transmission equipment during the 1:00-2:00 hour in 1988 which would result in the shows airing without sound.
Oh yes, THAT. I remember it also happening in the 11 am or 12 pm hour? And the announcement \"This is only a test...but it may result in a temporarily scrambled picture.\" I\'d love to see that bumper again. I don\'t really remember anything happening to the programming, very rarely at least.
I do remember Scrabble being at 3:30P EST [2:30 CST]......that\'s all. Not sure if they moved it around at all while they ran it.
TJW/TTD90 aired from 2-3 pm EST in spring 1993. USA acquired TJW in early-1992, and I think that aired at 2 pm.
Sale of the Century started off at 2:30pm in fall 1992, then moved to 1:30 around 1993 or \'94. USA picked up The $100K Pyramid in fall 1993, and that aired at 4:30 pm. Sometime in summer 1993, they also aired Talkabout, I believe at 1:00. Might\'ve been 12:30...
I wanna say Scrabble moved to 1:30 or 2:30 EST around 1994-95.
$100K Pyramid began on December 28, 1992, according to The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows.
It all runs together for me, but if the Encyclopedia says 12/28/92, then that works. I do remember seeing commercials where USA touted the 4:00 hour as The $125,000 Pyramid, and that would\'ve been from sometime in 1993.