Author Topic: USA Daytime Game Shows 1984-1989 (Read 2283 times)

Jimmy Owen · « **on:** August 08, 2009, 10:41:27 AM »

The recent thread about the 90-93 USA lineups prompted me to put together the same info for 84-89. The schedules are based on TV listings of the era, so last-minute changes at the time may affect accuracy. All times ET.

10am Non-game show (to 3/28/86)
Make Me Laugh (to 9/26/86)
Gong Show (to 9/11/87)
Non-game show from then on.

10:30 Non-game show (to 1/17/86)
Gong Show (to 9/26/86)
Anything for Money (to 6/26/87)
Non-game show from then on.

11am Non-game show (to 6/26/87)
Anything for Money (to 9/11/87)
Non-game show from then on.

11:30 No game shows.

12N Non-game show (to 9/16/88)
Let's Make a Deal (to 12/30/88)
Hot Potato (to 6/23/89)
Chain Reaction (to 7/21/89)
Non-game show (to 9/8/89)
Chain Reaction (to 11/10/89)
Couch Potatoes (to 3/23/90)

12:30 Non-game show (to 9/11/87)
Anything for Money (to 6/24/88)
Non-game show (to 9/16/88)
Play the Percentages (to 6/23/89)
Bumper Stumpers (to 7/21/89)
Non-game show (to 9/8/89)
Bumper Stumpers (to 11/4/89)
Name That Tune

1pm Non-game show (to 9/11/87)
Gong Show (to 10/9/87)
Let's Make a Deal (to 9/16/88)
Hot Potato (to 12/30/88)
Chain Reaction (to 6/23/89)
Name That Tune (to 7/21/89)
Chain Reaction (to 7/28/89)
Name That Tune (to 11/11/89)
Chain Reaction

1:30 Non-game show (to 9/11/87)
Let's Make a Deal (to 10/9/87)
Play the Percentages (to 9/16/88)
Chain Reaction (to 12/30/88)
Bumper Stumpers (to 6/23/89)
Face the Music (to 7/21/89)
Bumper Stumpers (to 7/28/89)
Face the Music (to 9/8/89)
Wipeout (to 11/11/89)
Bumper Stumpers

2pm Non-game show (to 9/26/86)
Liar's Club (to 12/26/86)
Love Me, Love Me Not (to 9/11/87)
Hot Potato (to 9/16/88)
Bumper Stumpers (to 12/30/88)
Name That Tune (to 6/23/89)
Press Your Luck (to 7/21/89)
Name That Tune (to 7/27/89)
Press Your Luck (to 9/8/89)
Tic Tac Dough (to 11/11/89)
Wipeout

2:30 Non-game show (to 9/26/86)
Joker's Wild (to 12/26/86)
Liar's Club (to 6/26/87)
Let's Make a Deal (to 9/11/87)
Press Your Luck (to 9/16/88)
Jackpot (to 12/30/88)
Face the Music (to 6/23/89)
Tic Tac Dough (to 9/8/89)
$25,000 Pyramid (to 11/10/89)
Hollywood Squares

3-6pm to come.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #1 on:** August 08, 2009, 11:10:56 AM »

3pm Non-game show (to 9/27/85)
Joker's Wild (to 3/28/86)
Non-game show (to 4/18/86)
Liar's Club (to 9/26/86)
Bullseye (to 12/26/86)
Joker's Wild (to 4/24/87)
Play the Percentages (to 6/26/87)
Hot Potato (to 9/11/87)
Play the Percentages (to 10/9/87)
Tic Tac Dough (to 9/16/88)
Press Your Luck (to 6/23/89)
High Rollers (to 7/21/89)
Press Your Luck (to 7/28/89)
High Rollers (to 11/10/89)
Tic Tac Dough

3:30p-Non-game show (to 9/27/85)
Bullseye (to 3/28/86)
Joker's Wild (to 9/26/86)
All-Star Blitz (to 12/26/86)
Bullseye (to 6/26/87)
Play the Percentages (to 9/11/87)
Jackpot (to 9/16/88)
Tic Tac Dough (to 6/24/89)
$25,000 Pyramid (to 7/21/89)
Tic Tac Dough (to 7/28/89)
$25,000 Pyramid (to 9/8/89)
Press Your Luck (to 11/10/89)
$25,000 Pyramid

4pm Non-game show (to 3/28/85)
Joker's Wild (to 9/28/85)
Chain Reaction (to 3/28/86)
Bullseye (to 9/26/86)
Jackpot (to 9/11/87)
Bumper Stumpers (to 10/9/87)
Chain Reaction (to 9/16/88)
High Rollers (to 6/25/89)
Non-game show (to 7/21/89)
High Rollers (to 7/29/89)
Chain Reaction (to 9/8/89)
Hollywood Squares (to 11/10/89)
Press Your Luck

4:30 Gong Show (10/84-12/28/84)
Non-game show (to 3/28/85)
Bullseye (to 9/28/85)
Jackpot (to 9/26/86)
Chain Reaction (to 6/26/87)
Bumper Stumpers (to 9/11/87)
Chain Reaction (to 10/9/87)
Bumper Stumpers (to 9/16/88)
Non-game show (to 10/21/88)
$25,000 Pyramid (to 6/23/89)
Non-game show (to 7/21/89)
$25,000 Pyramid (to 7/28/89)
Bumper Stumpers (to 9/8/89)
Couch Potatoes (to 11/10/89)
High Rollers

5pm Non-game show (to 5/3/85)
Make Me Laugh (to 3/28/86)
Chain Reaction (to 9/26/86)
Non-game show (to 10/24/86)
Love Me, Love Me Not (to 12/26/86)
Let's Make a Deal (to 6/26/87)
Chain Reaction (to 9/11/87)
Non-game show

5:30pm Non-game show (to 12/28/84)
Gong Show (to 3/28/86)
All Star Blitz (to 9/26/86)
Non-game show

In addition, "Love Me Love Me Not" aired at 6:30pm from 9/29-10/24/86. "Make Me Laugh" and "Gong Show" also aired in late night on and off for a couple years starting in Oct 84. The '70's "Candid Camera" was one of the non-game shows that filled the slots.

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #2 on:** August 08, 2009, 12:56:31 PM »

...and high school friends of mine said saving all those old TV Guides was useless!

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #3 on:** August 08, 2009, 12:58:24 PM »

It's funny, I couldn't tell you when anything is on currently if my life depended on it.

Ian Wallis · « **Reply #4 on:** August 08, 2009, 01:36:46 PM »

Well...they say short-term memory is the first to go!

MikeK · « **Reply #5 on:** August 08, 2009, 01:57:57 PM »

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'222349\' date=\'Aug 8 2009, 01:36 PM\']Well...they say short-term memory is the first to go![/quote]
Or it means there's nothing worth watching. ;-)

gameboy2000 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 09, 2009, 06:59:56 AM »

I remember in 88 or 89 that USA would "test their transmission equipment" which meant that LMAD and the program after it aired without sound.