Barry & Enright's late 70s/early 80s syndicated shows (TTD, TJW, Bullseye, and Play the Percentages) premiered when tape bicycling from station-to-station was still in effect. But yet, those shows were not self-contained, and had returning champions, while other syndicated game shows were self-contained and had no returning champions.
So, how were the shows sent to the stations? Did Colbert Television Sales send a whole batch of tapes to each station individually to air in a specific order? Were they secretly satellite-fed prior to
Entertainment Tonight's debut? Or did the stations just receive the episodes in the normal bicycled way in no particular order, and causing mass confusion to the audience?
