Shows that premiered before the "official" date

[aaron sica]

In Scranton PA, WNEP premiered "Crosswits" at the beginning of August 1986, a full month before it went national. I stumbled upon KTLA showing $100,000 Pyramid in August 1985, a month before it went national as well. Did this happen anywhere else?

[BrandonFG]

I’ve seen people mention that syndie “Wheel” premiered in late-August ‘83, a few weeks before the national rollout. I wanna say it was an Ohio station?

[Jamey Greek]

I’ve seen people mention that syndie “Wheel” premiered in late-August ‘83, a few weeks before the national rollout. I wanna say it was an Ohio station?

Yes and they did a series of shows from the Ohio State fair.  Also, J! Premiered a week before the date it premiered that is listed on EOTVGS.

[Bryce L.]

I’ve seen people mention that syndie “Wheel” premiered in late-August ‘83, a few weeks before the national rollout. I wanna say it was an Ohio station?

Yes and they did a series of shows from the Ohio State fair.  Also, J! Premiered a week before the date it premiered that is listed on EOTVGS.

Which makes me wonder, was EOTVGS citing the NY/LA debut dates for their "premiere" dates?

[BrandonFG]

For J! it’s possible, but Wheel didn’t get NY or LA clearances until spring of ‘84.

[aaron sica]

Which makes me wonder, was EOTVGS citing the NY/LA debut dates for their "premiere" dates?

As per newspapers.com, September 10 (11 if you want to be technical, as it was 1:30 a.m. on WNBC) was the NY premiere date. However, I think you're on to something for LA. September 17 is the LA premiere on KCBS at 4pm (in the listings of the Los Angeles Times as "New Jeopardy").