I just don't buy the idea that LBS and/or Goodson still had restrictions on timeslots like the 1985 syndie PIR did. If I'm wrong, then I'm wrong, but I would figure by then they'd have realized their error.
Why would that be an error, though? If you have TPiR on CBS at 11, then Kennedy's (half-hour version) airing on your NBC affiliate at 12:30 pm, you might have quite a few folks confused. Now, imagine the same thing happening with
Wheel,
$ale, or
Pyramid, where you had the same host in daytime and evenings, but airing only an hour or two apart, and with serious budget differences.
Granted, 1985 television is a lot different with networks having a more concrete daytime schedule, so therefore, my "
Price at 12:30" scenario is obviously not as plausible, but the restriction makes sense, IMO.
ETA: There's also the idea that, if I'm Mark Goodson or Merv Griffin, I don't wanna risk having my show air in direct competition to the same show on another station, or at an adjacent time slot.