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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Death Independence Day 1975
« Last post by BillCullen1 on July 09, 2025, 12:11:13 PM »
I was bummed out about Big Showdown and The Moneymaze getting cancelled, but I looked forward to the new game shows. I made my first of several trips out to L.A. that year. Got to see Showoffs and Rhyme and Reason in person. IIRC they were both done in the same studio as Family Feud. I remember Pat Harrington, Jaye P. Morgan and Adrienne Barbeau being on R&R along with Nipsey. Some of the antics didn't make it on the air. Mostly salty language but it was a fun time.
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Death Independence Day 1975
« Last post by carlisle96 on July 09, 2025, 11:46:07 AM »
Quote from: GSRebich on July 04, 2025, 08:39:58 PM
Exactly 50 years ago today on this 4th of July was the death of 3 short-lived game show 1 NBC show and 2 ABC shows. The NBC show was Blank Check (which aired on the same day as Wheel of Fortune and the 2 ABC shows were The Big Showdown and The Moneymaze (both aired on ABC on December 23, 1974 and both ended on Independence Day 1975 (although the final week of The Moneymaze were repeats).

On the following Monday, NBC replaced Blank Check with The Magnificent Marble Machine which was also hosted by BC host: Art James and ABC replaced The Big Showdown and The Moneymaze with 2 new panel game shows: Rhyme and Reason hosted by Bob Eubanks and the short-lived revival of You Don't Say!

I went to summer camp in those days and although I wasn't a huge game show fan back then, it was a drag to come home to see a some of my favorites were gone
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Death Independence Day 1975
« Last post by aaron sica on July 06, 2025, 11:09:04 AM »
Quote from: Ian Wallis on July 06, 2025, 09:49:02 AM
I'll never forget the "it's a Brand New Day on ABC" promos.  School had just gotten out for the summer.  I'd seen the TVGuide listings for the new shows and, as a pre-teen, it was an exciting time.

I was way too young to remember the promos (almost 9 months old), but I remember seeing them via tape trades. The promos definitely made it seem like an exciting time.
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Death Independence Day 1975
« Last post by Ian Wallis on July 06, 2025, 09:49:02 AM »
I'll never forget the "it's a Brand New Day on ABC" promos.  School had just gotten out for the summer.  I'd seen the TVGuide listings for the new shows and, as a pre-teen, it was an exciting time.

Too bad the "Brand New Day" didn't last long as none of the new game shows lasted more than a year and another major schedule change would come that December.
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The Big Board / Re: Neil Patrick Harris to host "What's in the Box" for Netflix
« Last post by clemon79 on July 06, 2025, 01:27:59 AM »
Quote from: Sodboy13 on July 01, 2025, 10:35:13 PM
Justin Timberlake was, sadly, not available.
Quote from: chris319 on July 04, 2025, 05:21:52 PM
It also sounds like "Your Surprise Package".
But you repeat yourselves. :D
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Game Show "Channels" On Roku,...Etc... Thread.
« Last post by Chelsea Thrasher on July 06, 2025, 12:53:26 AM »
Freevee is just merging into Prime Video.  All of the content will carry over (unless it outright expires by then).  A lot of 'Freevee' titles are already available as 'Free With Ads' through the Prime Video app - and honestly, 'freevee' as a brand never caught on anyway so merging the content into Prime and basically serving as a perpetual 'free preview' of Prime Video' works on a lot of levels.
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Game Show "Channels" On Roku,...Etc... Thread.
« Last post by rwalker on July 05, 2025, 10:51:39 PM »
Quote from: BrandonFG on July 01, 2025, 09:39:26 PM
Looks like it's through the Freevee app, so no charge.

Not for long. Amazon intends to shut down Freevee by the end of the year
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Game Show "Channels" On Roku,...Etc... Thread.
« Last post by Matt Ottinger on July 05, 2025, 10:16:13 PM »
Quote from: Chelsea Thrasher on July 01, 2025, 03:57:24 PM
Tubi has added 95 episodes from seasons 1 and 2 of Funny You Should Ask. Not sure how new, but

No one ever is.
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Game Show Channels & Networks / Re: Game Show "Channels" On Roku,...Etc... Thread.
« Last post by colonial on July 05, 2025, 10:12:54 PM »
Both Prime and Plex currently offer a "BBC Game Shows" channel which features marathons of recent (last 10 years or so) Beeb games. The channel is currently airing a marathon of "The Edge," a 2015 show that combines quiz with bowling. I've also seen episodes of "The Answer Run," "Beat the Pack" and "The Boss" on this channel in recent days. BBC Game Shows also airs episodes of the long-running "Bargain Hunt," the antiquing-and-auction show that has a game element.


JD
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The Big Board / Re: Game Show Death Independence Day 1975
« Last post by wdm1219inpenna on July 05, 2025, 04:15:25 PM »
I still remember watching The Big ShowDown as a youth on ABC (on a black and white set no less).  This was a terrific show, the best of the three mentioned.  It's much too bad that it was never revived as it had an excellent mixture of knowledge, strategy and luck involved.

50 years, mercy it almost went by in the blink of an eye.
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