September 4, 1972

[Winkfan]

September 4th, 1972; the day that changed daytime TV.

CBS gets back in the game show groove by launching a 90-minute block of game shows that would immediately become audience faves.

The three in question were The Joker's Wild, the original Gambit, and, of course, the remake of The Price is Right.

And as the next two decades would prove, this was only the beginning!

Cordially,
Tammy Warner--the 'Holly Hallstrom of the Big Board!

[Jimmy Owen]

Yes, it was good to have CBS back in the morning game show business, but it was the beginning of the end for Dinah, Concentration and $ale over on NBC, which had been cruising along nicely up to that point.

[irismason42]

And also, 8 years ago today, Dan Melia won the very first car ever won on Jeopardy! during the regular play, and 16 years ago today, Wheel of Fortune gets its new theme music and a new set and their new studio facility and Jeopardy! cuts its beginning part of the theme music when Johnny introduced the contestants and 17 years ago tomorrow, M.G. Kelly announces Wheel on his first evening announcing and marks the debut of the $25,000 sign with thousands of bulbs.

[Mr. Matté]

[quote name=\'irismason42\' date=\'Sep 4 2005, 06:27 PM\']And also, HUH?

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Good evening to you too!

Anyways, this anniversary makes me wonder...  Right now, there's only one well-known game show on daytime TV right now.  This is similar to what happened right before Sept. 1972 where there was only one well-known game show (Concentration, your opinion may vary) on daytime TV.  Do you think sometime in the future, there could be a day where a network decides to make a huge game show block in daytime like CBS did in '72?

[SRIV94]

[quote name=\'NewJersey137\' date=\'Sep 4 2005, 05:50 PM\']This is similar to what happened right before Sept. 1972 where there was only one well-known game show (Concentration, your opinion may vary) on daytime TV. 

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And does vary--Fleming J! and Marshall HSq were well into their runs by that time.  I'd say those were as well-known as CONCENTRATION, if not more.

Doug

[Jimmy Owen]

ABC had four somewhat venerable shows on at the time. Password, LMAD, Newlywed and Dating Game

[Mr. Matté]

[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Sep 4 2005, 10:28 PM\']And does vary--Fleming J! and Marshall HSq were well into their runs by that time.  I'd say those were as well-known as CONCENTRATION, if not more.

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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Sep 4 2005, 10:50 PM\']ABC had four somewhat venerable shows on at the time. Password, LMAD, Newlywed and Dating Game

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Well, so much for that example!

But still, there could be a day where some network just goes bezerk and puts game shows back not daytime.  Probably not though.

EDIT: No, I'm not going to go all crazy posting things like "OMG!!!! I HOPE NETWORK GS's COME BACK OR ELSE!!!111."  I'm not that stupid!

[chris319]

Do you think sometime in the future, there could be a day where a network decides to make a huge game show block in daytime like CBS did in '72?

First there's the small obstacle that the networks no longer program in the mornings (TPIR excluded).

[Jimmy Owen]

There is little incentive to change the status quo, especially since each network is tied to a syndication company that sells to local stations. Viacom, Fox, Universal and Disney provide shows for time slots where CBS, FBC, NBC and ABC are inactive.

[musicman]

[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Sep 5 2005, 03:54 PM\'] FBC,

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You mean FOX, don't you?

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Sep 5 2005, 04:09 PM\']You mean FOX, don't you?
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FBC might be "Fox Broadcasting Company" to differentiate it from the FOX syndication arm.

[rugrats1]

[quote name=\'chris319\' date=\'Sep 5 2005, 01:31 PM\']First there's the small obstacle that the networks no longer program in the mornings (TPIR excluded).
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What about "The View" on ABC? Or the extra hour of The Today Show on NBC?

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Sep 5 2005, 04:48 PM\'][quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Sep 5 2005, 04:09 PM\']You mean FOX, don't you?
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FBC might be "Fox Broadcasting Company" to differentiate it from the FOX syndication arm.
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In 1986, when the Fox network started, TV Guide did just that -- they used "FBC" in the "Channels Listed" page to identify Fox affiliates. This only lasted a couple of weeks at most -- they soon identified these affiliates simply as "Fox".

[Don Howard]

FBC was officially dropped by FOX at which time it became.....FOX in 1987 shortly after the merciful cancellation of The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers.

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'rugrats1\' date=\'Sep 5 2005, 06:50 PM\']In 1986, when the Fox network started, TV Guide did just that -- they used "FBC" in the "Channels Listed" page to identify Fox affiliates. This only lasted a couple of weeks at most -- they soon identified these affiliates simply as "Fox".

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And the early Fox network IDs showed "FBC" as well... I remember seeing them before The Late Show with Joan Rivers and Married with Children.

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Sep 5 2005, 04:48 PM\'][quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Sep 5 2005, 04:09 PM\']You mean FOX, don't you?
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FBC might be "Fox Broadcasting Company" to differentiate it from the FOX syndication arm.

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The syndication arm is known as 20th Television--to differentiate itself from the network production arm, 20th Century Fox Television, and the cable/reality show production arm, Fox Television Studios.