Author Topic: Renewed Syndicated-Only Game Shows (Read 10986 times)

Don Howard · « **on:** January 05, 2010, 11:16:49 AM »

How many U.S. game shows which have been nationally syndicated (and never shown as part of a non-cable television network line-up in any incarnation of their existence) were renewed for a second season?
The only three I could come up with were Face The Music, Bullseye and The $1,000,000 Chance Of A Lifetime.
Are there others? If so, what others can you think of? Thank you.

colonial · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2010, 11:25:35 AM »

The $128,000 Question
The Cross-Wits

JD

jmangin · « **Reply #2 on:** January 05, 2010, 11:26:38 AM »

The $1.98 Beauty Show
3rd Degree
Break the Bank (1985)
The Challengers
The Cheap Show
Couch Potatoes
The Diamond Head Game
The Game Game
The Guinness Game
...and many more.

Don: can you change the font size on that signature? It's really distracting to see that in every one of your posts.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #3 on:** January 05, 2010, 11:31:01 AM »

[quote name=\'colonial\' post=\'233607\' date=\'Jan 5 2010, 11:25 AM\']The $128,000 Question
The Cross-Wits[/quote]
Cross-Wits is a good one, but taking Don's rule of "in any incarnation of their existence" seriously, $128K doesn't work.

tyshaun1 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 05, 2010, 11:32:21 AM »

[quote name=\'jmangin\' post=\'233608\' date=\'Jan 5 2010, 11:26 AM\']The $1.98 Beauty Show
3rd Degree
Break the Bank (1985)
The Challengers
The Cheap Show
Couch Potatoes
The Diamond Head Game
The Game Game
The Guinness Game
...and many more.[/quote]
Me thinks you did not read the title question correctly, since none of your choices made it to a 2nd season.

Edit: Fun House was syndicated for 2 seasons before it went network....... is that the only time that's happened?

Tyshaun

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #5 on:** January 05, 2010, 11:35:12 AM »

[quote name=\'jmangin\' post=\'233608\' date=\'Jan 5 2010, 11:26 AM\']The $1.98 Beauty Show
3rd Degree
Break the Bank (1985)
The Challengers
The Cheap Show
Couch Potatoes
The Diamond Head Game
The Game Game
The Guinness Game[/quote]
Pretty sure all of these were no more than a single season, and Challengers, of course, had an earlier incarnation.

"In any incarnation" is the tricky part, so multi-year shows like PDQ or It's Your Bet don't count either.

I've got Liar's Club and Dealer's Choice.

Don Howard · « **Reply #6 on:** January 05, 2010, 12:11:07 PM »

[quote name=\'jmangin\' post=\'233608\' date=\'Jan 5 2010, 11:26 AM\']Don: can you change the font size on that signature? It's really distracting to see that in every one of your posts.[/quote]
Done. And shame on me for forgetting The Cross-Wits. That was the longest-running one of them all.

SRIV94 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 05, 2010, 12:15:04 PM »

Surprisingly enough, $1.98 did run two seasons.

jmangin · « **Reply #8 on:** January 05, 2010, 12:21:42 PM »

[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'233610\' date=\'Jan 5 2010, 11:32 AM\']Me thinks you did not read the title question correctly...[/quote]
Sorry--my mistake!

vtown7 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 05, 2010, 01:52:11 PM »

Would Street Smarts count in this survey?

Ryan.

mmb5 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 05, 2010, 01:59:26 PM »

[quote name=\'vtown7\' post=\'233635\' date=\'Jan 5 2010, 01:52 PM\']Would Street Smarts count in this survey?

Ryan.[/quote]

Can't see why not. Don't forget Freakin' Studs.

--Mike

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 05, 2010, 02:00:56 PM »

[quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'233610\' date=\'Jan 5 2010, 11:32 AM\']Edit: Fun House was syndicated for 2 seasons before it went network....... is that the only time that's happened?[/quote]Sports Challenge originally aired in syndication before going to a brief network run in, I believe, 1973.

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #12 on:** January 05, 2010, 02:12:43 PM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'233637\' date=\'Jan 5 2010, 02:00 PM\'][quote name=\'tyshaun1\' post=\'233610\' date=\'Jan 5 2010, 11:32 AM\']Edit: Fun House was syndicated for 2 seasons before it went network....... is that the only time that's happened?[/quote]Sports Challenge originally aired in syndication before going to a brief network run in, I believe, 1973.[/quote]
Also taking the "any incarnation" thing literally, PDQ was a syndicated show, and a few years later, they put it on NBC as Baffle.

Depending on your flavor of "game show", American Gladiators was a syndicated program that much later became a network offering.

William_S. · « **Reply #13 on:** January 06, 2010, 01:05:20 AM »

[quote name=\'jmangin\' post=\'233608\' date=\'Jan 5 2010, 11:26 AM\']Break the Bank (1985)
The Challengers

Don: can you change the font size on that signature? It's really distracting to see that in every one of your posts.[/quote]

I thought BtB was part of CBS' Lineup as was Challengers on NBC with a late-day on syn. ( I saw it also on WWOR9 for a bit)

Johnissoevil · « **Reply #14 on:** January 06, 2010, 02:09:34 AM »

Merv Griffin's Crosswords was originally slated to join the list until production got suspended, then ultimately cancelled.