That answers my question. Fremantle saves a pile of money by not having to set up, strike and light the sets for those shows. In addition, both shows must share a common area for the storage of prizes, pricing games and other set pieces. Presumably, CBS/Hackmann was charging Fremantle for set storage, so there is more money saved.

At CBS the stage crews were represented by IATSE local 33 and I presume that is still the case at Haven.

Does the new TPIR set have three doors in addition to the turntable unit as it had in 33? TPIR Live road show made do with only two doors.

Granted, I've only been there twice, but I can tell you LMaD is set up literally right next to TPiR. You enter the studio from the west side of the building, pass by LMaD - which takes up the entire west half, there's an "alley" where there's crew present, along with an area for the models, and then you hit the TPiR set, which presumably takes up the entire east half.

Office space, dressing rooms, etc. run the entire length of the building on the south side.

Due to the way it is set up with no wall, there is no way both shows could be filmed at the same time. Additionally, it is my understanding that there is a shared control room.

The LMaD set was clearly decorated for the previous season, as Wayne Brady was on a taping break to do Broadway, so it did not appear as if it had been touched for a while. My guess is that they do not strike the sets, and if they do, it's very rarely. Somebody had recently complained on /r/thepriceisright that there was clearly dust on several of the TPiR set pieces...

Quote from: snowpeck on November 19, 2024, 12:29:46 PM

Turns out the new schedule took effect yesterday, so Great Christmas Light Fight is already off the regular lineup.

So the Christmas show didn't even make it to Thanksgiving.

Worse than the Gsn afternoon classic stunt from two years ago

You also have to remember that the Super Bowl in its early days was played at a normal time for a professional football game. A couple of years saw golf air right after the game.

I would figure it was the late 70s before the Super Bowl was established as must see TV.

Has there ever been another game show to get this spot? I don't remember who had it in 2000 around Millionaire and the million dollar boom.

Millionaire would have been weekly or multi-weekly by 2000. Monday Night Football was the only thing not pre-empted when Millionaire premiered/came back in November.