Author Topic: Beat The Clock '79 (Read 5456 times)

DjohnsonCB · « **Reply #15 on:** November 11, 2004, 01:01:28 AM »

[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Nov 8 2004, 09:09 AM\']
And if anyone knows, why did Beat The Clock and Whew! add celebs to the mix? It was a CBS mandate, I suspect.

The most likely answer is ratings. THe shows probably weren't doing as well as CBS had hoped, and they added celebrities to try to get the ratings up.

Of course, it didn't exactly help the ratings for "The All-New Beat The Clock" that it was turned down by the usual string of renegade CBS stations that wanted no part of TJW, "Spin-Off", "Double Dare" and countless other CBS lead-off games of that era either. And as with "Spin-Off", Mason City Iowa's KIMT-3 provided me with my one shot at getting to watch it before it was dropped. It was during the all-civilian era, and this time, I had to travel there to watch it as opposed to the station's signal coming to me. I want this back on GSN.

gsnstooge · « **Reply #16 on:** November 11, 2004, 09:24:20 AM »

This may be off-topic, but was the last episode mentioned?

zachhoran · « **Reply #17 on:** November 11, 2004, 09:34:21 AM »

Wasn't TPIR on from 10-11AM EST at the time of Double Dare '76, with DD at 11AM EST?

Jimmy Owen · « **Reply #18 on:** November 11, 2004, 09:56:21 AM »

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Nov 11 2004, 09:34 AM\']Wasn't TPIR on from 10-11AM EST at the time of Double Dare '76, with DD at 11AM EST?

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DD started out at 11, but moved to 10 E as of 3/7/77.

ChuckNet · « **Reply #19 on:** November 12, 2004, 07:03:29 PM »

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This may be off-topic, but was the last episode mentioned?

It was indeed.

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")