studios with highest and lowest tape survival rates

[chrispw1]

What are the studios that seem as far as we know tho have the highesta nd lowes survival rates for their shows tapes. It seems Chuck Barris's shows have lots of stuff still around with dating Game, Newleywed Game, Gong Show and Mark Goodson/Bill Todman shows have lots of stuff still around although there are shows believed to be lost such as 71-75 Password, 62-69 The Mtach Game. As for studios whose shows are believed to be gone, Heatter-Quigley, Ralph Andrews and Ralph edwards shows don't seem to be around much and Bob Stewart's shows prior to 1978; Wining Streak, Blanketty blanks, pre-78 Pyramid save for the LA shows, Three on a Match. As for networks, it seemed that CBS did a much better job saving their stuff than ABC nad NBC did.

[chris319]

I don't have an answer for you, but the entities you listed are production companies, not studios.

[MrBuddwing]

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What are the studios that seem as far as we know tho have the highesta nd lowes survival rates for their shows tapes. It seems Chuck Barris's shows have lots of stuff still around with dating Game, Newleywed Game, Gong Show and Mark Goodson/Bill Todman shows have lots of stuff still around although there are shows believed to be lost such as 71-75 Password, 62-69 The Mtach Game. As for studios whose shows are believed to be gone, Heatter-Quigley, Ralph Andrews and Ralph edwards shows don't seem to be around much and Bob Stewart's shows prior to 1978; Wining Streak, Blanketty blanks, pre-78 Pyramid save for the LA shows, Three on a Match. As for networks, it seemed that CBS did a much better job saving their stuff than ABC nad NBC did.
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At the end of the day, early game shows generally still exist only because the producers opted to save copies, not the networks.

[Jimmy Owen]

As far as studios, I'd say Screen Gems/Columbia (now Sony) would be best at saving. Who'da thunk we would have ever seen Enberg's "Perfect Match," "All About Faces," "Diamond Head" or "Fun Factory" after their initial runs.

[Ian Wallis]

At the end of the day, early game shows generally still exist only because the producers opted to save copies, not the networks.

For the most part that's true, but I wonder if CBS Television City might have been in the habit of saving copies of everything they produced.  Case in point:  the three weeks of $10,000 Pyramid that were produced there in Nov 1973, and run several years ago on GSN.  As far as we know, no other episodes of the show (which was produced in New York except for those three weeks) are still around.