Author Topic: Syndicated TV show thread, 2011-12 (Read 44690 times)

brianhenke · « **on:** August 30, 2011, 04:22:36 PM »

This is a thread devoted to fall 2011 syndicated game show programming changes (ie, new shows, new stations for returning series, etc.)

Here in Cincinnati:

WWTBAM moves to 1-2 p.m. on WXIX, which gets Wheel and J! next fall. Other than that, no changes as far as I know.

Wheel and J! will have their final seasons on WCPO.

Brian

Casey Buck · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2011, 05:07:53 PM »

Portland, OR:

Millionaire moves from 9:30 AM on KATU 2 (ABC) to 12:30 PM on KGW 8 (NBC).
Feud gets demoted to 2:07 AM on KOIN 6 (CBS)
Jeopardy and Wheel stay at their usual 7 and 7:30 PM slot on KATU (still in glorious standard-definition!).

/there's only 4 syndicated game shows this season?

MikeK · « **Reply #2 on:** August 30, 2011, 05:32:47 PM »

Cleveland:

Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! spend their final year in the 7-8 PM hour on WEWS before going to WOIO next year.
I cannot find a thing about Millionaire and Feud. The 9-10 AM hour on WOIO will have America Now instead of Feud/Millionaire starting on 9/12.

tpirfan28 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2011, 05:38:22 PM »

South Bend, IN: Millionaire takes a swap from WNDU to WBND, moving from 1PM to 9AM, continuing a double-run and up against LMAD.

/Is there an HD bump for either Millionaire or Feud this year?

Vahan_Nisanian · « **Reply #4 on:** August 30, 2011, 08:36:33 PM »

KABC-TV will be carrying Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! as they have done so since 1992. No changes as far as I know

O/T, but WOF has had a very interesting syndication history. No Los Angeles affiliate carried the show back in 1983 (in fact, I don't know when exactly did L.A. start carrying the show period). Jeopardy! aired in L.A. from the very beginning, first in 1984 on KCBS as part of "The Games of L.A." along with The All New Let's Make a Deal and Anything for Money. Three months later, it moved to KCOP-TV to be with WOF. In 1989, both shows moved to KCBS, then to KABC in 1992, where they've been at ever since.

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:01:26 PM »

Quote from: gameshowlover87 on August 30, 2011, 08:36:33 PM

KABC-TV will be carrying Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! as they have done so since 1992. No changes as far as I know

O/T, but WOF has had a very interesting syndication history. No Los Angeles affiliate carried the show back in 1983 (in fact, I don't know when exactly did L.A. start carrying the show period). Jeopardy! aired in L.A. from the very beginning, first in 1984 on KCBS as part of "The Games of L.A." along with The All New Let's Make a Deal and Anything for Money. Three months later, it moved to KCOP-TV to be with WOF. In 1989, both shows moved to KCBS, then to KABC in 1992, where they've been at ever since.

Earliest I can find for WOF on KCOP in my TV Guide back issues is March of 1984.

NickintheATL · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:05:10 PM »

For Knoxville, TN

Wheel and J! remain on WBIR 10 (NBC) at 7:00 and 7:30.

On WATE (ABC) [my employer] Millionaire first run episodes move up to 12 Noon, replacing the 3rd run of Judge Judy. Second run Millionaire episodes from last season take over the former first run time slot at 1:36am. This starts September 12th.

Family Feud is still an outcast in this market.

Vahan_Nisanian · « **Reply #7 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:13:17 PM »

BTW, when will the 2011-2012 air schedules be posted? Gus was really helpful in providing those last year.

golden-road · « **Reply #8 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:14:07 PM »

Kinda-OT, but does anybody work at a station that airs Family Feud? I ask because someone last year made an episode guide of it, and I was hoping they would do it again this year.

trainman · « **Reply #9 on:** August 30, 2011, 11:10:32 PM »

Quote from: gameshowlover87 on August 30, 2011, 08:36:33 PM

Jeopardy! aired in L.A. from the very beginning, first in 1984 on KCBS as part of "The Games of L.A." along with The All New Let's Make a Deal and Anything for Money. Three months later, it moved to KCOP-TV to be with WOF.

I believe its run in L.A. was actually interrupted, in that KCBS dropped it around the time of November sweeps -- Alex Trebek has an anecdote about proudly turning the TV on and discovering they were airing "Quincy" instead. Then KCOP picked it up in January '85.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #10 on:** August 31, 2011, 06:50:46 AM »

I doubt anything changes here in Hampton Roads (Norfolk/Newport News/Portsmouth, or whatever they officially call this DMA).

For the 28th year, the Wheel/Jeopardy! tandem continues from 7-8 pm on WVEC...that much I know.

I'm guessing Millionaire* remains on from 10-11 am on WTKR, sandwiched between Let's Make a Deal and TPiR. In years past, they've shown a new ep. at 4 pm and a secondary one at 10 or 10:30 am, but they've aired a 4pm newscast since Sept. 2009. With promos now telling viewers to watch their station with Oprah off the air**, I doubt they'll deviate from the 10-11 hour, esp. since it creates a nice 3-hour block of daytime games.

I'm also guessing Feud stays on from noon-1 on WTVZ, its same slot from the previous 2 seasons.

*Is Millionaire announcing that this is the 10th season?
**Sneaky cats, those 'TKR guys. ;-)

aaron sica · « **Reply #11 on:** August 31, 2011, 08:10:54 AM »

I don't believe the Harrisburg Market has any changes whatsoever. Scranton has one that I noticed - Millionaire, the only non-news show on WNEP from 4-7:30pm (it aired at 4:30), moves to 12:30.

SwohS Emag · « **Reply #12 on:** August 31, 2011, 09:40:57 AM »

In Charlottesville, VA, (Nielsen DMA #183!), Wheel and Jeopardy remain at 7:00pm and 7:30pm on WVIR.

With the loss of 5th Grader, WCAV removes the double run of Feud, and also moves LMAD to the 10am slot, allowing it to maintain a 3 hour block of games:

9am - Feud
9:30am - Millionaire
10:00am - LMAD
11:00am - TPIR

Also, strangely, WVAW has listed "America's Funniest Home Videos" at Noon, after it runs "The View." Is "Videos" up for broadcast syndication this year? (Or perhaps it has always been as such?)

tvmitch · « **Reply #13 on:** August 31, 2011, 09:45:57 AM »

Quote from: SwohS Emag on August 31, 2011, 09:40:57 AM

Also, strangely, WVAW has listed "America's Funniest Home Videos" at Noon, after it runs "The View." Is "Videos" up for broadcast syndication this year? (Or perhaps it has always been as such?)

It's aired on my Fox station (WPMT in York, PA) for some time. This past season, perhaps before. Early afternoon is where they slot it.

WhammyPower · « **Reply #14 on:** August 31, 2011, 10:18:23 AM »

Milwaukee:

WWTBAM moves to noon on 9/5.
Cash Cab moves to 7pm (!) on 9/12.

Whether these changes are temporary or permanent, I don't know.