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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: PYLdude on February 17, 2019, 12:55:56 AM

Title: Daytime vs. nighttime, as in how contestants are picked.
Post by: PYLdude on February 17, 2019, 12:55:56 AM

I've been curious:

Back in the day, when you'd have game shows that had a daytime edition and a simultaneous accompanying nighttime edition, what kind of job was it for the coordinators to find out which show a person/people (in the cases like Family Feud) would work best on? Did they have separate numbers/PO boxes to draw from for each show? Or did they just bring you in on an open call, do the interview, and decide from there?

Title: Re: Daytime vs. nighttime, as in how contestants are picked.
Post by: TLEberle on February 17, 2019, 01:19:50 AM

Open call, interview, cull the deadwood, sort by some algorithm.

Title: Re: Daytime vs. nighttime, as in how contestants are picked.
Post by: BrandonFG on February 17, 2019, 01:30:51 AM

Matt O. offered some insight (http://www.gameshowforum.org/index.php/topic,29310.msg357148.html#msg357148) from his $ale appearance. Thread offers a little more on how Wheel chose its contestants too.

/That thread allowed me to stumble upon a post I was trying to find for that syndication vs. network thread

Title: Re: Daytime vs. nighttime, as in how contestants are picked.
Post by: PYLdude on February 17, 2019, 01:57:21 AM

And my dumb ass is the one who started that particular thread. Wow. (Still though, nice revisit)

Searching didn't help. :)

Title: Re: Daytime vs. nighttime, as in how contestants are picked.
Post by: TLEberle on February 17, 2019, 02:16:09 AM

It's OK, I figured rather than going into great detail someone would mention/find that thread.