Budgeting Question on Luck-Based Shows

[calliaume]

There was also way more interaction with Lacey and Susannah on the CBS version than with any of the dealers on the NBC version. Not necessarily as a budget saver; Goodson noticed Wheel’s success with Vanna and probably said, “We can do that.”

Was the pushes-are-ties rule added as a result of having four straight threes in the Money Cards on the Perry version?

[Neumms]

I don't think the commercial load changed. Bob did get more chatty and they added things like the audience polling groups to eat up time.

I’ve also seen that Goodson wanted more comedy than Perry’s version had, along the lines of Bruce’s Play Your Cards Right.