And there’s also a video promo:

https://youtu.be/O9hSKPuy6Bs?si=kEb0XDel_bGIBwN0

Since leaving studio 33 at TVC and moving to Glendale, does TPIR have a dedicated studio where the set is permanently erected and lit, or do other shows (such as LMAD, PYL) move in and out and share the same space?

In the olden days, CBS and NBC each had four main stages where game-show sets were constantly being wheeled in and out and lit.

I've worked in all four of the former NBC stages and have been in 33 many, many times as well as the other former CBS stages. I've been in 33 when it was totally empty (no sets in place) and when it was set up for TPIR. Pyramid was an interesting setup because the camera ramp was in place, running through the center of the audience, and had to be struck for other shows such as TPIR.

I've never been to the new studio in Glendale.

Has there ever been another game show to get this spot? I don't remember who had it in 2000 around Millionaire and the million dollar boom.

ABC had it in 2000 and decided to go with The Practice after Super Bowl XXXIV. I think Millionaire probably would’ve done great, but I did love The Practice.

To answer the initial question, G.E. College Bowl came on after Super Bowl III in 1969. Though I assume this was before it became a highly coveted slot, or has it always been one simply because of the expected audience to watch a football game in the first place?

Looking through it, the reality/competition series to have that slot since then are:
2001: Survivor (CBS, XXXV)
2004: Survivor All-Stars (CBS, XXXVIII)
2012: The Voice (NBC, XLVI)
2019: The World’s Best (CBS, LIII)
2020: The Masked Singer (FOX, LIV)
2023: Next Level Chef (FOX, LVII)

Which means this will be Fox’s third straight Super Bowl going with unscripted content. The last scripted show they plugged into the slot was the 24 spinoff in 2017.

Thankfully they know a turkey when they see one

Turns out the new schedule took effect yesterday, so Great Christmas Light Fight is already off the regular lineup.

So the Christmas show didn't even make it to Thanksgiving.