[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' post=\'225797\' date=\'Sep 13 2009, 09:29 PM\']I take it that when $25,000 Pyramid started on USA they aired the first episode from '82 and went practically right through? I guess they didn't jump around in the order like they did with most of their other shows - Press Your Luck, Sale of the Century, etc.[/quote]
My earliest memory of watching the USA reruns was 1988 or '89, and for some reason, I'm almost positive they did they same exact thing. I want to say they started off airing eps. from 1984-85 or so. Fast forward to around 1992, and I remember them showing eps. from the same seasons (I remember seeing a LOT of Ed Begley, Jr.). Later that year, they skipped to 1988 eps., and in early-1993, I remember seeing first season "blue box" episodes (WC trilons), and being excited about seeing a show on USA older than me*. But, even then, I don't think they started directly from week one; I remember one ep. w/Barry Gordon, and the peak of the show's pyramid logo couldn't even fit completely on DC's desk (this was one of the first weeks of being The NEW $25K Pyramid)...
My guess is when the show first started on USA, they had the 1983-85 episodes, then as the show proved to get good ratings for USA, they picked up other seasons, then eventually the $100K eps.
*When I watched them, I didn't realize Face the Music or Play the Percentages were two years before my birth.