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adamjk

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« on: August 29, 2004, 10:22:48 PM »
I am curious, I know it's not a particularly big thing in the grand scheme of things, but nevertheless I am curious as to why, shortly after the show debuted in 73, the celeb "weeks" would stretch from one week into the next. Anyone know why?
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aaron sica

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« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2004, 10:36:13 PM »
[quote name=\'adamjk\' date=\'Aug 29 2004, 10:22 PM\'] I am curious, I know it's not a particularly big thing in the grand scheme of things, but nevertheless I am curious as to why, shortly after the show debuted in 73, the celeb "weeks" would stretch from one week into the next. Anyone know why? [/quote]
 I'm not sure what you mean - the only thing I can fathom is that the celebs don't go from Monday-Friday, but like start on Wednesday, and go until the following Tuesday?

If this is not what you mean, please expand on it a little more.
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adamjk

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« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2004, 10:38:13 PM »
What you said is indeed what I meant.
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FeudDude

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« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2004, 10:43:24 PM »
Maybe there was a week where only 3 shows aired (a holiday week or something) but 5 shows were still taped for that week, so the other two shows aired on Monday and Tuesday, the first episode from the next set of 5 episodes aired on Wednesday, and then it continued that way for a while?

Just a guess.
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Jimmy Owen

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« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2004, 10:47:41 PM »
CBS would sometimes preempt MG for specials like "Daytime 90," sporting events, children's specials  and the like.  MG would always tape five shows for airing and left the scheduling in CBS' hands.
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aaron sica

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« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2004, 10:49:58 PM »
What Jimmy and Co. said, Adam, is right, and what I was going to say if that's what you meant. :)

MG always taped 5 shows with celebs, and due to holidays, and specials (I have an issue  of TVG where MG and TT, airing from 3:30-4:30 pm (EST) at the time, was pre-empted for CBS's "Magazine", which was popular during the '70s). So, that would throw things off quite a bit...
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Tim L

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« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2004, 10:51:22 PM »
Sometimes a non-scheduled event (A trial, special news conference, disaster, etc. ) will throw a networks schedule off..
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mystery7

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« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2004, 11:07:18 PM »
And let's not forget that MG premiered in the thick of the Watergate hearings, which threw the whole world of Daytime TV out of orbit.
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rigsby

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« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2004, 11:07:27 PM »
Edited--mystery7 beat me by a few seconds...
« Last Edit: August 29, 2004, 11:08:44 PM by rigsby »
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Ian Wallis

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« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2004, 09:18:00 AM »
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CBS would sometimes preempt MG for specials like "Daytime 90," sporting events, children's specials and the like. MG would always tape five shows for airing and left the scheduling in CBS' hands.


That's one reason why Gene hardly ever mentioned the date, because they could never be sure if a pre-emption would occur between taping and airing that would throw things off.  Gene quite frequently could be heard saying things like "we don't know what day this is" - or something to that effect.
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« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2004, 12:03:30 PM »
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Aug 30 2004, 08:18 AM\']

That's one reason why Gene hardly ever mentioned the date, because they could never be sure if a pre-emption would occur between taping and airing that would throw things off.  Gene quite frequently could be heard saying things like "we don't know what day this is" - or something to that effect. [/quote]
 It's also why Gene Rayburn closed the show saying, "Join us next time...," instead of tomorrow or Monday.
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Skynet74

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« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2004, 02:46:11 PM »
I think I also remember the same thing happening on Tattletales. The same Celebrity panel would sometimes stretch into the following week. Forgive me if I'm wrong. I was only a little kid.



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Jimmy Owen

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« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2004, 02:55:23 PM »
John, you are right about "Tattletales."  When it came back in the 80's, though, after a year or so on the air, if CBS had tennis or a holiday special or "Afternoon Playhouse" (CBS's answer to ABC's "Afterschool Special") or something else knocking out one or two days of a week, "Tattletales" would have a repeat week for the three or four days of that week.  There were a couple of repeat weeks on "Body Language" as well.
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aaron sica

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« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2004, 03:09:35 PM »
[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Aug 30 2004, 02:55 PM\'] John, you are right about "Tattletales."  When it came back in the 80's, though, after a year or so on the air, if CBS had tennis or a holiday special or "Afternoon Playhouse" (CBS's answer to ABC's "Afterschool Special") or something else knocking out one or two days of a week, "Tattletales" would have a repeat week for the three or four days of that week.  There were a couple of repeat weeks on "Body Language" as well. [/quote]
 And for the '70s pre-emptions, don't forget about "Razzmatazz"...
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« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2004, 04:21:43 PM »
[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Aug 30 2004, 02:09 PM\'] And for the '70s pre-emptions, don't forget about "Razzmatazz"... [/quote]
 That's if you remember the show existed in the first place.  

And since its existence is all I remember, can someone enlighten me?
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