January 14, 1994

[dave15292]

12 years ago today,  NBC pulled the plug on Caesar's Challenge and then discontinued daytime game shows FOR GOOD!   To this date, January 14, 1994 is known as "Black Friday"  to die-hard game show fans.   From that day on, The Price Is Right is the only network daytime game show left on the air and Bob Barker is the sole-survivor of network daytime game show hosts.  It's hard to believe that I've been miffed at NBC Daytime for 12 years!

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'dave15292\' date=\'Jan 14 2006, 01:52 PM\']To this date, January 14, 1994 is known as "Black Friday"  to die-hard game show fans.   
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It is? First I'd heard.

It's hard to believe that I've been miffed at NBC Daytime for 12 years!

Well, on that we agree, anyhow.

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'dave15292\' date=\'Jan 14 2006, 04:52 PM\']12 years ago today,  NBC pulled the plug on Caesar's Challenge and then discontinued daytime game shows FOR GOOD!   To this date, January 14, 1994 is known as "Black Friday"  to die-hard game show fans.   From that day on, The Price Is Right is the only network daytime game show left on the air and Bob Barker is the sole-survivor of network daytime game show hosts.  It's hard to believe that I've been miffed at NBC Daytime for 12 years!

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Dude, get a freakin' grip.

[tvwxman]

Oh Gawd, Witch is back.

[kav]

Ahmad Rashad is good on NBA Inside Stuff and he was on NBA on NBC, but he wasn't the best game show host.

[dzinkin]

[quote name=\'cool245\' date=\'Jan 15 2006, 02:47 PM\']I didn't see Ahmad Rashad when he hosted Caesar's Challenge but I did watch him when Spike TV revived Real TV a few years back.

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Spike TV didn't actually revive Real TV -- those were reruns.

[Kevin Prather]

Chad Brown's better at poker too.

[Neumms]

Ahmad did make the catch against Cleveland back at Met Stadium to put the Vikes in the playoffs that year.

Sorry, just like to interject the Vikings references when I can.

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Jan 16 2006, 11:02 PM\']Sorry, just like to interject the Vikings references when I can.
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The classy group that they aren't.

[Robair]

God, a 12th anniversary. 12th. Is there even a substance for that? What is it, Formica? Lauan? Faux plastic pressed into crocodile scales?

I'm going with Gavaz on this one. Let it go. Game shows didn't die on that date. They just went elsewhere.

[Jimmy Owen]

12th is silk or linen traditionally. Pearls are the
modern gift.

The date does mark the end of NBC being in the daytime game show business.  Caesars wasn't cleared in my market, so for me C. Concentration a couple of weeks before was the end.

Whether the date will be significant to future TV historians is doubtful.

[mbclev]

[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Jan 16 2006, 11:02 PM\']Ahmad did make the catch against Cleveland back at Met Stadium to put the Vikes in the playoffs that year.

Sorry, just like to interject the Vikings references when I can.

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A teammate of Ahmad's who sat on the bench at that game was a "Caesar's Challenge" contestant.

[Steve Gavazzi]

[quote name=\'mbclev\' date=\'Jan 17 2006, 03:41 AM\'][quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Jan 16 2006, 11:02 PM\']Ahmad did make the catch against Cleveland back at Met Stadium to put the Vikes in the playoffs that year.

Sorry, just like to interject the Vikings references when I can.

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A teammate of Ahmad's who sat on the bench at that game was a "Caesar's Challenge" contestant.

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This obviously doesn't matter 12 years after the fact...but how was he eligible for Caesar's Challenge?

[Neumms]

[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Jan 17 2006, 10:51 AM\']This obviously doesn't matter 12 years after the fact...but how was he eligible for Caesar's Challenge?

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Forget that, who was he? Benchwarmer Bob Lurtzema?

And back then, they WERE a classy bunch. You think Bill Cosby would let his TV wife marry a ne'er do well like the ones we've got now?

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Jan 17 2006, 07:51 AM\']This obviously doesn't matter 12 years after the fact...but how was he eligible for Caesar's Challenge?

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What all about being a professional athlete disqualifies you from appearing on a game show? Yeah, if you're a big name, you prolly did TV appearances or something and therefore have a SAG or AFTRA card, and that would disqualify you, but if you were in the trenches and otherwise a no-name, I can't think of any reason you couldn't. And if you were far enough down the foodchain (and if he was a benchwarmer, he might have been), he may not have spoken more than a dozen words to Ahmad.