Author Topic: Syndie timeslots (Read 6659 times)

BrandonFG · « **on:** January 18, 2005, 03:23:08 PM »

For some reason, Talk About entered my mind this afternoon, and I remembered how it aired at 1 on our local affil. But then I thought about how some of our stations have aired numerous syndie shows during specific time slots, on several occasions.

Example:

-WTVZ at 12 noon has aired Jackpot, Davidson $100K Pyramid (season 2), MG98, and now has Feud.

-WTKR aired HSq/H2 at 4 pm, and now airs Millionaire...they also aired CS01 and Pyramid at 2:05 am (they must've known the former would suck :-) )

Does anyone have any affiliates that seem to have a favorite slot for game shows, more than anything? Of course, I don't mean the station that's aired Wheel or J! at the same time for the last 20 years. :-)

ChuckNet · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2005, 06:57:49 PM »

Here in NY, WOR (Ch. 9, now WWOR) used to air a 2-hr. GS block from 6-8 PM that lasted from 77-81...besides mainstays TJW and TTD, other shows that turned up there included:

- DG
- NG
- Liar's Club
- Hollywood Connection
- The local Bowling for Dollars
- Concentration (Narz, last season)
- Bullseye
- Face the Music

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

aaron sica · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2005, 07:20:12 PM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 03:23 PM\']For some reason, Talk About entered my mind this afternoon, and I remembered
Does anyone have any affiliates that seem to have a favorite slot for game shows, more than anything? Of course, I don't mean the station that's aired Wheel or J! at the same time for the last 20 years. :-)

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WHP in Harrisburg has been the home of WOF and J! for more than 20 years, but before (and even for a little after) that, they had game shows...

Cross-Wits aired at 7pm sometime in the late '70s TTD aired at 7pm from 1980-1983, and FF aired at 7:30 from 1981-1984. Jeopardy has aired at 7:30 since 1984, except for one exception to that - the 1985-1986 season, when Kennedy TPiR aired at 7:30.

zachhoran · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2005, 07:49:30 PM »

[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 06:57 PM\']Here in NY, WOR (Ch. 9, now WWOR) used to air a 2-hr. GS block from 6-8 PM that lasted from 77-81...besides mainstays TJW and TTD, other shows that turned up there included:

- DG
- NG
- Liar's Club
- Hollywood Connection
- The local Bowling for Dollars
- Concentration (Narz, last season)
- Bullseye
- Face the Music

Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")

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The block expanded to 2.5 hours for part of 1980 when Play the Percentages aired at 5:30PM. PtP also aired at 12:30PM on WOR for part of its run.

mystery7 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 18, 2005, 09:59:26 PM »

Feud is the first and only game show we've aired in our almost 30 years as a station. We air it as a second-run/first-run hour that we just moved from 4 PM to 9 PM. A little late, but it's the only game show in town at that time.

aaron sica · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2005, 10:40:35 PM »

[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 09:59 PM\']Feud is the first and only game show we've aired in our almost 30 years as a station. We air it as a second-run/first-run hour that we just moved from 4 PM to 9 PM. A little late, but it's the only game show in town at that time.

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I would assume you're talking about WFMZ? I think they aired Super Pay Cards at one time.......Will have to check my old TV Guides....

mystery7 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 19, 2005, 12:37:59 AM »

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 10:40 PM\']I would assume you're talking about WFMZ? I think they aired Super Pay Cards at one time.......Will have to check my old TV Guides....

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I'll have to check around tomorrow. If anything, Feud is the first game we've aired in a LONG time.

joshg · « **Reply #7 on:** January 19, 2005, 06:17:33 AM »

[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Jan 18 2005, 09:37 PM\']If anything, Feud is the first game we've aired in a LONG time.
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What... 'Matlock' doesn't count as a game? ;-)

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PYLdude · « **Reply #8 on:** January 19, 2005, 09:19:41 AM »

WCBS in New York does have a favorite slot for its syndicated game shows, because it's usually the one that gets stuck with the crappy ones or the ones that don't have a chance of lasting the season. They'll usually air those shows at 2:07 AM (like Weakest Link, the Kennedy TPIR, and MG98).

WNBC had a favorite slot as well- the 3 AM slot. Luminaries that aired there were Eric Boardman's Liars Club, TJW90, and TTD90.

I can remember, though, when Jeopardy first started airing. WABC would put it on at 4 PM. It would then be followed by one of the one-season wonder syndicated shows (first Sale Of The Century and then Card Sharks).

Usually now in New York, when new game shows premiere they usually do so in the 3-4 or 4-5 block that WWOR (and now its sister, WNYW) like to use.

Bored yet?

zachhoran · « **Reply #9 on:** January 19, 2005, 09:33:32 AM »

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Jan 19 2005, 09:19 AM\']WCBS in New York does have a favorite slot for its syndicated game shows, because it's usually the one that gets stuck with the crappy ones or the ones that don't have a chance of lasting the season. They'll usually air those shows at 2:07 AM (like Weakest Link, the Kennedy TPIR, and MG98).

I can remember, though, when Jeopardy first started airing. WABC would put it on at 4 PM. It would then be followed by one of the one-season wonder syndicated shows (first Sale Of The Century and then Card Sharks).

Bored yet?

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Kennedy TPIR aired on WNBC at 2:30AM, not on WCBS. J! originally aired at 1:30AM on WNBC from 9/10/84-12/28/84. WABC picked it up and put it on at 4PM, right before Lange NTT, upon the cancellation of Edge of Night by ABC

PYLdude · « **Reply #10 on:** January 19, 2005, 09:58:49 AM »

I guess then that WABC was one of the last affiliates airing Edge at 4- lot of them dropped it.

I always wondered what first followed J! on WABC. Thanks for clearing that up. Yet another one of those one-season wonders.

NOTE: Though Jeopardy! moved to mornings with the premiere of Oprah, WABC continued the trend with Split Second after CS was dropped.

zachhoran · « **Reply #11 on:** January 19, 2005, 10:16:11 AM »

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' date=\'Jan 19 2005, 09:58 AM\']

NOTE: Though Jeopardy! moved to mornings with the premiere of Oprah, WABC continued the trend with Split Second after CS was dropped.

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$100K NTT originally aired at 10:30AM on WABC, moving to 4:30 on 12/31/84.

Oprah originally aired on WABC at 10AM, but on 1/5/87 moved to its current 4PM time slot. Card Sharks at that point moved to 4:30AM on WABC, the J! reruns moved back to 10AM then. WPVi in Philly also had J! reruns and Rafferty CS from 4-5PM through 1/2/87, but J! reruns moved to 11AM and CS was ditched on WPVi entirely when Oprah moved from 10AM to 4PM.

14gameshows · « **Reply #12 on:** January 19, 2005, 02:18:59 PM »

Well here in Roanoke, WDBJ 7 (our CBS affiliate), the 4 pm hour has been one of their favorites for the past several years. First it started out in 1998, when Hollywood Squares premiered, it was paired with Home Improvement and several times throughout the year, it (HSq) would swap time slots within that hour. Then in '99 Feud came back on the air however it was on WFXR (FOX) here BUT Louie's second season was picked up by WDBJ, and HSq was bumped to weekend airings only for a short time, then it came back to be with Feud for a few years until our ABC affilate picked it up on Whoopi's last season with the show. With that in mind, a 30 minute slot opened up and Feud was all alone until Millionaire premiered at 4:30 a few years ago. Then Becker decided to make a house call and bumped Feud to a full hour at the 10am slot before PRICE, but Becker wasn't liked in our area so he was gone and Feud came back as it is currently with Millionaire as the lead-in to our 5pm newscast. I will also throw in that the 4pm slot is a very crucial time period in our market as two of the three BIG affilates, have their newscasts starting at 5pm. Take a look at what we have to offer...

TIME (WDBJ7/CBS) (NewsChannel 10/NBC) (WSET13/ABC)
4pm Family Feud Dr. Phil Montel
4:30pm Millionaire
5pm News 7 at 5 NewsChannel 10 at 5 Oprah

aaron sica · « **Reply #13 on:** January 20, 2005, 10:34:41 AM »

[quote name=\'mystery7\' date=\'Jan 19 2005, 12:37 AM\']I'll have to check around tomorrow. If anything, Feud is the first game we've aired in a LONG time.

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It very well might be......I will have to check on this, too, but I am pretty sure 69 aired the 1987 "Lingo" or "Yahtzee" or one of those...

I couldn't find "Super Pay Cards", but as per a September 1981 TVG, 69 had "Cross-Wits" at 10:30 am *and* 10:30pm weekdays, and $50,000 Pyramid at 11pm.

ChuckNet · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2005, 10:30:25 PM »

In Hartford/New Haven, WTNH (Ch.

used to have a 90-min. GS block from 4-5:30 during the 85-86 season, which consisted of $otC, J!, and Headling Chasers (in that order).

Almost 10 yrs later, in 94-95, they (briefly) moved J! to 4 PM so they could air ET at 7 PM (WFSB, which had carried the latter since day 1, briefly dropped it for some other show...tempted to say either Extra or Access Hollywood [w/the multi-talented Pat O'Brien, LOL], but not positive).

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