Today is on this date exactly 30 years ago was a sad day in NBC game shows history when both
$ale of the Century and
Super Password aired their final episodes at 10:00 AM and 12 Noon
. Then on the following
Scrabble took over the 10:00 AM time slot (going up against the Ray Combs version of
Family Feud on CBS), NBC gave the 12 Noon time slot back to their local affiliates and a new soap opera called:
Generations took over
Scrabble's old time slot.
On the final episodes of both shows their mini bonus rounds (In$tant Ca$h for
$OTC and Ca$hword for
SP were lost. But their primary bonus rounds (Winner's Big Money Game for
$OTC and the Super Password end game for
SP were won
.
