Late nighters in syndication...

[TLEberle]

Which articles say that?

[danderson]

i remembering that AG wasn't billed for prime-time but as a late night syndicated filler

[SuperMatch93]

If it was billed as such, that probably meant something along the lines of "Hey programmers! Don't feel like moving your prime access shows around to accommodate AG? Why not put it on after Arsenio?"

[PYLdude]

But then why was it only designed to be once a week? Unless the original plan was to make AG a daily strip, and that probably wouldn't have worked out so well considering the tight shooting schedule they seemed to have (weren't most of the competitions shot over two days?).

[TLEberle]

But then why was it only designed to be once a week? Unless the original plan was to make AG a daily strip, and that probably wouldn't have worked out so well considering the tight shooting schedule they seemed to have (weren't most of the competitions shot over two days?).

Not counting specials, they had 26 episodes per series from heats to Grand Championships. That wasn't going to cut it as a daily either.

[PYLdude]

Plus I could imagine that it would just seem overly repetitive to have AG as a five a week, especially in the first season where there wasn't a whole lot in the way of variety with the events.

I wonder if that was why they gave the set and some of the games a makeover during the off time between the first half of the season and the second half...I don't know about you guys, but to me every time I watch the AG reruns from the first season, the first half I find just too drab and boring.

[clemon79]

oh thanks i will do that from now on

was "American Gladiators" always intended to air in a late night slot? the reason i ask is that i have read some articles that say that

Who had "three words into the next post" in the pool?

[danderson]

But then why was it only designed to be once a week? Unless the original plan was to make AG a daily strip, and that probably wouldn't have worked out so well considering the tight shooting schedule they seemed to have (weren't most of the competitions shot over two days?).

Not counting specials, they had 26 episodes per series from heats to Grand Championships. That wasn't going to cut it as a daily either.

didnt Star Search with Ed McMahon  have 26 shows per year too?

[MikeK]

didnt Star Search with Ed McMahon  have 26 shows per year too?

imdb implies that "you are correct, sir", but what does Ed McMahon have to do with ag?  did McMahon ever hit competitors with an oversized q-tip while wearing spandex?

[clemon79]

did McMahon ever hit competitors with an oversized q-tip while wearing spandex?

Who HASN'T, I say!

[aaron sica]

did McMahon ever hit competitors with an oversized q-tip while wearing spandex?

Who HASN'T, I say!

HIYO!

[johnnya2k3]

Back to Chicago (and on-topic): WMAQ also aired $100,000 Name That Tune (Jim Lange) at 2:00 am!

[TLEberle]

Back to Chicago (and on-topic):

And two months after the most recent contribution.

[johnnya2k3]

Back to The Gong Show (Don Bleu): In addition to KTUU in Anchorage, WSB here in Atlanta buried it to late nights as well (also at 2:00 am according to listings I glanced at from 1988).

College Mad House may have gotten the same kind of treatment on that same station, but I'll have to look at some more 1989-90 listings from the Journal-Constitution to find out (unsure if it also cleared Anchorage; KTUU may have aired it after SNL). (UPDATE: According to December 1989 listings, WSB aired College Mad House Saturdays at 1:00 pm)

I also remember the Newlywed Game (Paul Rodriguez) being on WLOX (Biloxi, Miss.) late nights after Nightline in summer 1989.

[aaron sica]

And two months after the most recent contribution.

This time around, sixteen months.