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Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: Johnissoevil on May 25, 2005, 02:17:51 AM
Might as well get my other two TV Guides that I have handy out of the way in one post.

Station Key
NYC-(2)WCBS (CBS) (4)WNBC (NBC) (7)WABC (ABC) (9)WOR (Ind)

April 11, 1983

9AM-(2) Match Game

9:30AM-(2) The Joker's Wild

10AM-(2) $25,000 Pyramid

10:30AM-(2) Child's Play
(4) Sale of the Century
(7) Card Sharks

11AM-(2) The Price is Right
(4) Wheel of Fortune
(9) Tic Tac Dough

11:30AM-(4) Dream House

12 Noon-(2) Tattletales
(4) Battlestars
(7) Family Feud

3PM-(4) Fantasy

7:30PM-(4) Family Feud

Thanks to NBC boosting up their game show lineup, more game shows appeared just months after the last set of listings I posted.  Add to that the Jim Perry Card Sharks reruns on WABC.

August 15, 1983

9AM-(2) Tic Tac Dough

9:30AM-(2) The Joker's Wild

10AM-(2) $25,000 Pyramid

10:30AM-(2) Child's Play
(4) Sale of the Century

11AM-(2) The Price is Right
(4) Wheel of Fortune

11:30AM-(4) Dream House

12 Noon-(2) Tattletales
(7) Family Feud

3PM-(4) Fantasy

7:30PM-(4) Family Feud


For the first time in many years, none of the Indy stations were carrying game shows.  TTD had moved to WCBS, reunited with TJW.  Only difference was that TTD was airing before TJW, as opposed to after.  TTD replaced the MG syndie reruns, and the CS reruns were dropped, as they were only picked up by WABC as filler.  Also of note, Battlestars is gone.
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: Winkfan on May 25, 2005, 05:58:32 PM
On the 8/15/83 listings, take note that we were over one month away from the arrival of the Whammy!

Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Sylvia Garant of the Big Board!'
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: aaron sica on May 25, 2005, 06:17:30 PM
What happened to CS on WABC come August? I could have sworn the program was on a whole summer. Many a childhood summer day in '83 started off with a classic CS (complete with ticket plugs, where of course the address and phone # were superimposed over with something).
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: Jimmy Owen on May 25, 2005, 06:41:09 PM
I have CS running on WABC until at least 9/9/83.  "Woman to Woman" was the replacement.
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: aaron sica on May 25, 2005, 06:43:02 PM
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'May 25 2005, 06:41 PM\']I have CS running on WABC until at least 9/9/83.  "Woman to Woman" was the replacement.
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Well, I'm not crazy then (well....*TOO* crazy)..
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: Johnissoevil on May 25, 2005, 07:31:07 PM
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'May 25 2005, 06:17 PM\']What happened to CS on WABC come August? I could have sworn the program was on a whole summer. Many a childhood summer day in '83 started off with a classic CS (complete with ticket plugs, where of course the address and phone # were superimposed over with something).
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The TV Guide I had showed People's Court in CS's place.  Maybe the listings I had were faulty.
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: JMFabiano on May 25, 2005, 09:45:11 PM
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'May 25 2005, 05:17 PM\']What happened to CS on WABC come August? I could have sworn the program was on a whole summer. Many a childhood summer day in '83 started off with a classic CS (complete with ticket plugs, where of course the address and phone # were superimposed over with something).
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That's funny, I never remembered Perry CS reruns on WABC...actually, since we got Philly stations where we lived at that time (Howell, NJ, to be exact) my source for CS reruns was WKYW-3, then-NBC of course.   I do remember Rafferty CS being on WABC, of course.  

Speaking of CS reruns, I am recalling that and Blockbusters apparently being on CBN.  Never saw that era of CBN, but read old posts and such saying so.  Why did it seem that otherwise, G-T shows were almost never reran until GSN came along?

And speaking of Philly TV...anyone else remember syndie TJW being on WPVI-6 in the daytime?  The only listings I've seen for sure have been on WCBS and WOR.  

Also...reading some of these old schedules, I wonder why WNEW-5 got few game shows.  Only one I even vaguely remember is Super Pay Cards.  WPIX I also didn't remember as a game show local channel, but it seems that there have been quite a few syndies there, right?
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: aaron sica on May 25, 2005, 09:46:55 PM
[quote name=\'JMFabiano\' date=\'May 25 2005, 09:45 PM\']
And speaking of Philly TV...anyone else remember syndie TJW being on WPVI-6 in the daytime?  The only listings I've seen for sure have been on WCBS and WOR. 

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Starting in (I think?) fall of 1983, it aired at 11am weekdays on 'PVI.
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: zachhoran on May 25, 2005, 09:53:38 PM
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'May 25 2005, 08:46 PM\'][quote name=\'JMFabiano\' date=\'May 25 2005, 09:45 PM\']
And speaking of Philly TV...anyone else remember syndie TJW being on WPVI-6 in the daytime?  The only listings I've seen for sure have been on WCBS and WOR. 

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Starting in (I think?) fall of 1983, it aired at 11am weekdays on 'PVI.
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September 1982-September 1985 it did air weekdays at 11AM on WPVI, plus it was double run in Summer 1983, with the second run airing at 7:30PM weeknights. The latter was replaced by WOF on 9/12/83.
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: zachhoran on May 25, 2005, 09:57:19 PM
[quote name=\'JMFabiano\' date=\'May 25 2005, 08:45 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'May 25 2005, 05:17 PM\']What happened to CS on WABC come August? I could have sworn the program was on a whole summer. Many a childhood summer day in '83 started off with a classic CS (complete with ticket plugs, where of course the address and phone # were superimposed over with something).
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Also...reading some of these old schedules, I wonder why WNEW-5 got few game shows.  Only one I even vaguely remember is Super Pay Cards.  WPIX I also didn't remember as a game show local channel, but it seems that there have been quite a few syndies there, right?
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WPXI aired Peck YDS, TTD(1978-79), and reruns of LMAD and TTTT(70s syndie versions) in 1978-79 on. They later aired Fun House, the 1988-89 Gong SHow, the last season of Marshall Squares(Vegas), $50K Pyramid, and the last year of Davidson Squares.

WNEW did air Cross-Wits for most of its 70s run, no? And they did air SPC in the afternoons IIRC. They also aired the Jackpot/Talkabout/Last Word block in 1989.
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: Johnissoevil on May 25, 2005, 10:39:35 PM
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'May 25 2005, 09:46 PM\'][quote name=\'JMFabiano\' date=\'May 25 2005, 09:45 PM\']
And speaking of Philly TV...anyone else remember syndie TJW being on WPVI-6 in the daytime?  The only listings I've seen for sure have been on WCBS and WOR. 

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Starting in (I think?) fall of 1983, it aired at 11am weekdays on 'PVI.
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TJW moved from WKBS to WPVI in September 82.
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: aaron sica on May 25, 2005, 11:01:58 PM
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'May 25 2005, 09:57 PM\']

WPXI aired Peck YDS, TTD(1978-79), and reruns of LMAD and TTTT(70s syndie versions) in 1978-79 on. They later aired Fun House, the 1988-89 Gong SHow, the last season of Marshall Squares(Vegas), $50K Pyramid, and the last year of Davidson Squares.

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Zach, I've always wondered.....I know you know the GS's that aired on the Philly/NY stations (for obvious reasons!), how do you know so much about Pittsburgh's shows? That's on the other side of PA..
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: clemon79 on May 26, 2005, 12:19:34 AM
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'May 25 2005, 08:01 PM\']Zach, I've always wondered.....I know you know the GS's that aired on the Philly/NY stations (for obvious reasons!), how do you know so much about Pittsburgh's shows? That's on the other side of PA..
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The rest of us were doing things like dating.

Okay, some of us.
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: Johnissoevil on May 26, 2005, 04:37:30 AM
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'May 26 2005, 12:19 AM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'May 25 2005, 08:01 PM\']Zach, I've always wondered.....I know you know the GS's that aired on the Philly/NY stations (for obvious reasons!), how do you know so much about Pittsburgh's shows? That's on the other side of PA..
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The rest of us were doing things like dating.

Okay, some of us.
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Don't say that "d" word around Zach. :^)
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: BrandonFG on May 26, 2005, 06:13:13 AM
[quote name=\'Johnissoevil\' date=\'May 26 2005, 03:37 AM\']
The rest of us were doing things like dating.

Okay, some of us.
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Don't say that "d" word around Zach. :^)
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But "Rachael" starts with the letter R! :-)
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: zachhoran on May 26, 2005, 08:16:30 AM
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'May 25 2005, 10:01 PM\'][quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'May 25 2005, 09:57 PM\']

WPXI aired Peck YDS, TTD(1978-79), and reruns of LMAD and TTTT(70s syndie versions) in 1978-79 on. They later aired Fun House, the 1988-89 Gong SHow, the last season of Marshall Squares(Vegas), $50K Pyramid, and the last year of Davidson Squares.

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Zach, I've always wondered.....I know you know the GS's that aired on the Philly/NY stations (for obvious reasons!), how do you know so much about Pittsburgh's shows? That's on the other side of PA..
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I wonder about that myself. TV Guide readings from there I guess.
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: clemon79 on May 26, 2005, 12:02:42 PM
[quote name=\'Johnissoevil\' date=\'May 26 2005, 01:37 AM\']Don't say that "d" word around Zach. :^)
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Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: uncamark on May 26, 2005, 12:07:47 PM
Considering that Metromedia co-produced and syndicated "Cross-Wits," I would suspect that WNEW carried it for the entire run.
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: Jimmy Owen on May 26, 2005, 12:24:03 PM
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'May 26 2005, 11:07 AM\']Considering that Metromedia co-produced and syndicated "Cross-Wits," I would suspect that WNEW carried it for the entire run.
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That is correct.  WNEW aired it at 8pm from Dec. 75 until late March of 80, when it moved to 12:30pm.  It's last airing in that slot was 9/19/80.  The predecessor in the 8pm slot was "Dealer's Choice," so Jack had a good five year run at 8pm on Channel 5.
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: aaron sica on May 26, 2005, 12:32:47 PM
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'May 26 2005, 12:24 PM\']
That is correct.  WNEW aired it at 8pm from Dec. 75 until late March of 80, when it moved to 12:30pm.  It's last airing in that slot was 9/19/80.  The predecessor in the 8pm slot was "Dealer's Choice," so Jack had a good five year run at 8pm on Channel 5.
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I'll verify when I get home, but I do believe sister Metromedia station WTTG (5 from Washington DC) also carried Cross-Wits in prime-time as well.

Both channel 5's were one of the few independent stations I can remember that put actual programs on from 8pm-10pm (as compared to a movie, which a lot of independent stations aired during that time slot)
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: sshuffield70 on May 26, 2005, 07:48:02 PM
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'May 26 2005, 11:07 AM\']Considering that Metromedia co-produced and syndicated "Cross-Wits," I would suspect that WNEW carried it for the entire run.
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Does that mean that Fox is holding any surviving tapes?
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: ChuckNet on May 26, 2005, 09:39:00 PM
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WPXI aired Peck YDS, TTD(1978-79), and reruns of LMAD and TTTT(70s syndie versions) in 1978-79 on.

They also had 2 short-lived 70s shows, Celebrity Charades and Make Me Laugh, during their brief runs in 1979.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
Title: TV Guide Retro
Post by: uncamark on May 27, 2005, 03:21:06 PM
There may be, but Ralph Edwards owns the rights for that series and God knows who owns the format now.