Retro USA Network Game Show Lineups

[gamed121683]

Recently, I found a list from \"That other game show newsgroup\" about the old game show lineups that were on USA back in the \'80s & \'90s. According to the source, these were all taken from the September issues of TV Guide (I\'m assuming this guy must\'ve collected the \"Fall Preview\" issues of said magazine). Take a trip down memory and see if you remember any of these...

 

1985

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 4:00 Joker\'s Wild


 4:30 Bullseye


 5:00 Make Me Laugh


 5:30 Gong Show

 

1986

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 3:00 Liar\'s Club


 3:30 Joker\'s Wild


 4:00 Bullseye


 4:30 Jackpot


 5:00 Chain Reaction


 5:30 All-Star Blitz

1987

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 12:30 Anything For Money


 1:00 Gong Show


 1:30 Let\'s Make a Deal


 2:00 Hot Potato


 2:30 Press Your Luck


 3:00 Play the Percentages


 3:30 Jackpot


 4:00 Bumper Stumpers


 4:30 Chain Reaction

 

1988

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 12:30 Anything For Money


 1:00 Let\'s Make a Deal


 1:30 Play the Percentages


 2:00 Hot Potato


 2:30 Press Your Luck


 3:00 Tic Tac Dough


 3:30 Jackpot


 4:00 Chain Reaction


 4:30 Bumper Stumpers

1989

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 12:00 Chain Reaction


 12:30 Bumper Stumpers


 1:00 Name That Tune


 1:30 Wipeout


 2:00 Tic Tac Dough


 2:30 $25,000 Pyramid


 3:00 High Rollers


 3:30 Press Your Luck


 4:00 New Hollywood Squares


 4:30 Couch Potatoes

1990

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 same as 1989 - different order, though, and


 no Couch Potatoes

 

 

1991

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 2:00 Chain Reaction


 2:30 Win, Lose or Draw


 3:00 Hollywood Squares


 3:30 Scrabble


 4:00 $25,000 Pyramid


 4:30 Press Your Luck

 

That\'s as far as at went...\'90 and 1992-1994 were not available. This is probably a long shot, but would anyone here know what the game show schedules were to the aforementioned lost years by any chance?

[Jimmy Owen]

I posted the lineups a few years back.  They may be able to be found in a search of this site, but since we changed web hosts I don\'t know.  It did take me quite a bit of time which I am not interested in investing again.  My source is my TV Guide collection which is now in cold storage.

[gameboy2000]

I remember when USA would test their transmission equipment during the 1:00-2:00 hour in 1988 which would result in the shows airing without sound.

[JMFabiano]

I know that TJW and TTD \'90 were there in I think 1993.  Forget what times...maybe the 2:00 hour?

 

 

Posted Yesterday, 05:50 PM

I remember when USA would test their transmission equipment during the 1:00-2:00 hour in 1988 which would result in the shows airing without sound.

 

 

Oh yes, THAT.  I remember it also happening in the 11 am or 12 pm hour?  And the announcement \"This is only a test...but it may result in a temporarily scrambled picture.\"  I\'d love to see that bumper again.  I don\'t really remember anything happening to the programming, very rarely at least.

[Chief-O]

I do remember Scrabble being at 3:30P EST [2:30 CST]......that\'s all. Not sure if they moved it around at all while they ran it.

[BrandonFG]

TJW/TTD90 aired from 2-3 pm EST in spring 1993. USA acquired TJW in early-1992, and I think that aired at 2 pm. 

 

Sale of the Century started off at 2:30pm in fall 1992, then moved to 1:30 around 1993 or \'94. USA picked up The $100K Pyramid in fall 1993, and that aired at 4:30 pm. Sometime in summer 1993, they also aired Talkabout, I believe at 1:00. Might\'ve been 12:30...

 

I wanna say Scrabble moved to 1:30 or 2:30 EST around 1994-95.

[Vahan_Nisanian]

$100K Pyramid began on December 28, 1992, according to The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows.

[BrandonFG]

It all runs together for me, but if the Encyclopedia says 12/28/92, then that works. I do remember seeing commercials where USA touted the 4:00 hour as The $125,000 Pyramid, and that would\'ve been from sometime in 1993.

[gamed121683]

Sorry to exhume an old topic, but what I'm about to type contains additional information relevant to the thread. Thanks to the Google News Archive (or what remains of it), I was able to fill in the blanks on some other old USA lineups that weren't mentioned in the original post. Check em' out...

Jun. 1986

4:00--Chain Reaction
4:30--Jackpot
5:00--Make Me Laugh
5:30--The Gong Show

Apr. 1990

12:00--Face The Music
12:30--Name That Tune (Lange)
1:00--Chain Reaction (Edwards)
1:30--Bumper Stumpers
2:00--Wipeout
2:30--Hollywood Squares (Davidson)
3:00--Tic Tac Dough
3:30--The $25,000 Pyramid
4:00--Press Your Luck
4:30--High Rollers (Wink)

Oct. 1990

12:30--Name That Tune (Lange)
1:00--Bumper Stumpers
1:30--Hot Potato
2:00--Chain Reaction (Edwards)
2:30--Wipeout
3:00--Hollywood Squares (Davidson)
3:30--The $25,000 Pyramid
4:00--Press Your Luck
4:30--High Rollers (Wink)

Jul. 1991

1:00--Chain Reaction (Edwards)
1:30--Name That Tune (Lange)
2:00--Wipeout
2:30--Win, Lose, or Draw
3:00--Hollywood Squares (Davidson)
3:30--The $25,000 Pyramid
4:00--Press Your Luck
4:30--High Rollers (Wink)

Mar. 1992

2:00--The Joker's Wild
2:30--Win, Lose, or Draw
3:00--Hollywood Squares (Davidson)
3:30--Scrabble
4:00--The $25,000 Pyramid
4:30--Press Your Luck

Dec. 7th, 1992

2:00--Sale of The Century
2:30--Win, Lose, or Draw
3:00--Hollywood Squares (Davidson)
3:30--Scrabble
4:00--The $25,000 Pyramid
4:30--Press Your Luck

Jan. 1993

1:00--Hollywood Squares (Davidson)
1:30--Sale of The Century
2:00--Press Your Luck
2:30--Scrabble
3:00--The $25,000 Pyramid
3:30--The $100,000 Pyramid

Sep. 1993

2:00--The Joker's Wild
2:30--Tic Tac Dough
3:00--Press Your Luck
3:30--Scrabble
4:00--The $25,000 Pyramid
4:30--The $100,000 Pyramid

I tried to look up some of the old CBN afternoon lineups, but they weren't as easy to find as the USA listings.