TV Guide Retro

[aaron sica]

STATION KEY:
Baltimore: 2 (WMAR-CBS), 11 (WBAL-NBC), 13 (WJZ-ABC)
Philly: 3 (KYW-NBC), 6 (WPVI-ABC), 10 (WCAU-CBS), 17 (WPHL-Ind.), 29 (WTAF-Ind.), 48 (WKBS-Ind.)
Harrisburg/Lancaster/Lebanon/York: 8 (WGAL-NBC), 15 (WLYH-CBS), 21 (WHP-CBS), 27 (WTPA-ABC), 43 (WSBA-CBS)
Washington: 5 (WTTG-Ind.)
New York: 9 (WOR-Ind.), 1/1 (WPIX-Ind.)

MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1980

9:30 (2) Gong Show-Game
Jaye P. Morgan, Pat Paulsen and Michele Lee are the judges. Chuck Barris is the host of the show.
(13) $20,000 Pyramid-Game
David Letterman, Joanna Gleason. Dick Clark is the host.
10AM (2) Dating Game
 (3, Card Sharks-Game
(11) Tic Tac Dough-Game
(48) $20,000 Pyramid-Game
Shelley Smith, Jay Johnson. Dick Clark is the host.
10:30 (2) Play the Percentages
(3, 8, 11) Hollywood Squares-Game
Roy Clark, George Gobel, George Jones, George Lindsey, Minnie Pearl, Margo Smith, Jim Stafford, Mel Tillis, Tammy Wynette. Host: Peter Marshall.
(10, 15, 21, 43) Whew!-Game
Carolyn Jones, Michael Young. Host: Tom Kennedy.
11AM (2, 10, 15, 21, 43) Price is Right-Game
(3, 8, 11) High Rollers
(13) Match Game
11:30 (3, 8, 11) Wheel of Fortune-Game
(5) Dating Game
(6, 13, 27) Family Feud-Game
NOON (8, 17) Chain Reaction-Game
Patty Duke Astin, Brian Patrick Clarke, Joanna Gleason, Nipsey Russell. Host: Bill Cullen.
(27) $20,000 Pyramid-Game
Linda Kelsey, Fred Grandy. Dick Clark is the host.
12:30 (3) Password Plus-Game
Richard Paul, Debralee Scott. Host: Allen Ludden.
(9) Play the Percentages
4:30 (21) Cross-Wits - Game
Guests: Roxie Roker, Marcia Wallace, Fred Grandy, and Bobby Goldsboro.
(27) Match Game
Guests are Brett Somers, Bob Barker, Richard Deacon, Charlene Tilton.
5PM (21) Play the Percentages
6PM (9) Joker's Wild-Game
6:30 (9) Tic Tac Dough-Game
(29) Joker's Wild-Game
7PM (2, 10) Newlywed Game
(6, Tic Tac Dough-Game
(9, 11, 21) Face the Music
(27) 3's a Crowd-Game
7:30 (2) Joker's Wild-Game
(3) Play the Percentages
(6, 11) Family Feud-Game
(9) Dating Game
(10) $1.98 Beauty Show
Mary Louise Weller, Ed Bernard, and Gordon Jump are the panelists.
(21) Joker's Wild-Game
(27) Newlywed Game
11:30 (48) Make Me Laugh-Game
The comics are Denny Johnston, Paul Mooney and Sandra Bernhard. Tige Andrews is the celebrity contestant.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 09:55 PM\'](13) $20,000 Pyramid-Game
David Letterman, Joanna Gleason. Dick Clark is the host.

(48) $20,000 Pyramid-Game
Shelley Smith, Jay Johnson. Dick Clark is the host.

(27) $20,000 Pyramid-Game
Linda Kelsey, Fred Grandy. Dick Clark is the host.

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How is it each ep. of $20,000 Pyramid had three different sets of guests, when it was a network show?

[aaron sica]

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How is it each ep. of $20,000 Pyramid had three different sets of guests, when it was a network show?

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27's episode was the regular airing; 13's and 48's were delayed. 13's was a week behind, I believe, and 48's were two weeks behind, as it aired for a full two weeks after June 27.

[Jimmy Owen]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 10:05 PM\'][quote name=\'aaron sica\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 09:55 PM\'](13) $20,000 Pyramid-Game
David Letterman, Joanna Gleason. Dick Clark is the host.

(48) $20,000 Pyramid-Game
Shelley Smith, Jay Johnson. Dick Clark is the host.

(27) $20,000 Pyramid-Game
Linda Kelsey, Fred Grandy. Dick Clark is the host.

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How is it each ep. of $20,000 Pyramid had three different sets of guests, when it was a network show?

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I'm guessing the smaller stations tapped into another station for their net feed and if their usual source didn't air the show, they had to bicycle tapes.

[trainman]

Another victim of The Dreaded Noon Slot!

I wonder if Channel 48 was having tapes of "Pyramid" recorded for them by Channel 6.  I don't think the networks were distributing their programming by satellite yet in 1980, so I assume Channel 48 wouldn't have had a direct hook-up to the ABC network.

[TwoInchQuad]

A little further back-- but here's a window back to the choices I had when I was coming home from school...  

http://www.kinescopes.com/tvguide3.jpg

Man, that brings back memories...!  

-Kevin

[aaron sica]

[quote name=\'TwoInchQuad\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 11:41 PM\']A little further back-- but here's a window back to the choices I had when I was coming home from school... 

http://www.kinescopes.com/tvguide3.jpg

Man, that brings back memories...! 

-Kevin

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Aw, come on, what's the fun of that? You didn't type any of them out! Sheer laziness.

I'm kidding, of course, that's a much easier way to do it My interest in that was seeing what's in color and what's not.

I noticed a few game shows on ABC that weren't in color:
11:00 Supermarket Sweep
11:30 One in a Million
12:00 Everybody's Talking

I wonder why they weren't colorcast?

[GS Warehouse]

[quote name=\'TwoInchQuad\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 10:41 PM\']A little further back-- but here's a window back to the choices I had when I was coming home from school... 

http://www.kinescopes.com/tvguide3.jpg

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Five channels?!  And Today is only 60 minutes?!  Something's wrong with that TV Guide.

Seriously, which market is that from?  I could tell what Channel 2 is ABC, 6 is CBS, 8 is NBC, 10 is probably NET (the future PBS) and 12 might be independent--something we haven't seen a lot of since UPN and The WB signed on.

[Casey Buck]

[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 08:32 PM\'][quote name=\'TwoInchQuad\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 10:41 PM\']A little further back-- but here's a window back to the choices I had when I was coming home from school... 

http://www.kinescopes.com/tvguide3.jpg

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Five channels?!  And Today is only 60 minutes?!  Something's wrong with that TV Guide.

Seriously, which market is that from?  I could tell what Channel 2 is ABC, 6 is CBS, 8 is NBC, 10 is probably NET (the future PBS) and 12 might be independent--something we haven't seen a lot of since UPN and The WB signed on.

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It's from Portland, Oregon. KPTV-12 was an independent station from the mid-60s until 1995 when they switched to UPN.

[TwoInchQuad]

...although KPTV (ch 12) was, for a time, actually the ABC affiliate in the area... until 1964, when KATU (ch 2) took over the network hosting duties, and 12 went independent.

For a time, 12 was a Chris-Craft station... those interested can see more if the station's history here:

http://kptv.home.comcast.net/History/history.htm

And, appropos of nothing in particular, the interstitial music I remember most from their independent days were the use of "Alley Cat" for one of the movie presentations, and an instrumental version of "Sugar Shack" that was used for something else that I can't quite think of at the moment.

Sorry to veer wildly off topic, but once those memories flood back, it's tough to control 'em.  

-Kevin

[byrd62]

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I noticed a few game shows on ABC that weren't in color:
11:00 Supermarket Sweep
11:30 One in a Million
12:00 Everybody's Talking

I wonder why they weren't colorcast?

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Those three shows still aired in black and white because ABC wasn't as much into color as CBS and [particularly] NBC.  ABC wasn't called the "Almost Broadcasting Company" for nothing back then, you know.

[geno57]

[quote name=\'TwoInchQuad\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 10:41 PM\']A little further back-- but here's a window back to the choices I had when I was coming home from school... 

http://www.kinescopes.com/tvguide3.jpg

Man, that brings back memories...! 

-Kevin

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Wow, '67 was a great year for games. I used to drive my family nuts when school was out, because I'd be glued to the couch most of the day watching 'em!

Poor Mom could hardly get a soap in edge-of-night-wise.

[Ian Wallis]

Those three shows still aired in black and white because ABC wasn't as much into color as CBS and [particularly] NBC. ABC wasn't called the "Almost Broadcasting Company" for nothing back then, you know.

ABC thought it was too expensive to broadcast in color back then.  Even when they had daytime repeats of "Bewitched" and "The Fugitive", they aired the color episodes in black and white.  It wasn't until early 1970 when their entire daytime lineup was in color.

[trainman]

[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Apr 5 2005, 08:32 PM\']Five channels?!  And Today is only 60 minutes?!  Something's wrong with that TV Guide.

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Back in the "olden" days, quite a few NBC affiliates, especially in the Mountain and Pacific time zones, only carried one hour of "Today."

On the color/B&W subject, note that Channel 8 is delaying "Let's Make a Deal" (to 4:30), and as such, they're airing it in black-and-white.  I'm not sure what time it actually aired on NBC's Pacific time zone schedule -- it may well have been 3:00, because everything else looks like it's in pattern.  On the East Coast, it aired at 1:30.  (And the "To Be Announced" at 4:55 is because, like "Snap Judgement" and "Eye Guess," "LMAD" was then a 25-minute show followed by an NBC newscast.)

[aaron sica]

Here's the "checkerboard" for the week.

MONDAY
7:30 (6, 11) Family Feud-Game
(10) $1.98 Beauty Show

TUESDAY
7:30 (6) Hollywood Squares-Game
Tony Randall, Bonnie Franklin, Paul Williams, Dick Van Patten, Wayland and Madame, Leslie Uggams, George Gobel, Juliet Prowse.
( Hollywood Squares-Game
Guests: John Byner, Charlene Tilton, Reggie Jackson, Connie Stevens, Fred Willard, Joan Rivers, George Gobel, Graham Chapman and Gavin and Patty McLeod.
(11) Match Game PM
Brett Somers, Betty White, Patty Duke Astin, Alfie Wise, Bill Daily.

WEDNESDAY
7:30 (6) Price is Right-Game
( $100,000 Name that Tune-Game

THURSDAY
7:30 (6) Hollywood Squares-Game
Guests: Ron Howard, Isabel Sanford, Donnie Most, Michele Lee, Wayland and Macklehoney, Jonathan Winters, George Gobel, Erin Gray, and Tom Poston. Peter Marshall is the host.
( Hollywood Squares-Game
Guests: Hal Linden, Charlene Tilton, John Bennett Perry, Gladys Knight, John Byner, Elizabeth Ashley, George Gobel, Britt Eklund and Linda Lavin.
(11) Family Feud-Game

FRIDAY
7PM (15, 43) Family Feud-Game
7:30 (6) Family Feud-Game