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Retro syndicated weeknight "checkerboard" schedules (game shows, sitcoms)

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If you can remember back during weeknights, usually at 7:30 (6:30 Central and Mountain Time), there were different syndicated shows in that timeslot, consisting of game shows in the '70s, and first-run sitcoms in the '80s on at least one station in that market.
 
1970s game show checkerboard schedules at 7:30 on KXTV 10 Sacramento

NOTE: All of these shows were preceded by Concentration (Jack Narz) at 7:00.

Jan. 21-Sept. 6, 1974
M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: The Price is Right (Dennis James)
W: Sale of the Century (Joe Garagiola)
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: Police Surgeon (drama series)

Sept. 9, 1974-Mar. 26, 1976
M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: The Price is Right
W: Name That Tune (Tom Kennedy)
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: The $25,000 Pyramid (Bill Cullen)

Mar. 29, 1976-Sept. 16, 1977
M: Match Game PM
Tu: The Price is Right
W: Name That Tune
Th: Celebrity Sweepstakes (Jim McKrell)
F: The $25,000 Pyramid

Sept. 20, 1977-Sept. 8, 1978
M: Match Game PM
Tu: The Price is Right (Bob Barker)
W: The $100,000 Name That Tune (featuring singer Kathie Lee Johnson [now Gifford])
Th: Family Feud
F: The $25,000 Pyramid
 
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1980s first-run sitcom checkerboard schedules at 7:30 on KTLA 5 Los Angeles

1986-87
M: Charles in Charge (reruns of 1984-85 CBS version starting Sept. 22, first-runs starting Jan. 12)
Tu: The New Gidget
W: What a Country
Th: One Big Family
F: What's Happening Now!!

1987-88
M: Charles in Charge
Tu: The New Monkees
W: Punky Brewster
Th: The New Gidget
F: Bustin' Loose

1988-89
M: Out of This World (moved from KNBC 4)
Tu: My Secret Identity
W: Punky Brewster
Th: Starting From Scratch
F: The Munsters Today

1989-90
Same as previous season except for The New Leave It to Beaver on Thursday.

1990-91
M: Out of This World
Tu: My Secret Identity
W: Charles in Charge
Th: Superboy
F: Super Force
 
1987-88 first-run sitcoms at 7:30 on KNBC 4 Los Angeles

M: Marblehead Manor
Tu: She's the Sheriff
W: You Can't Take It With You
Th: Out of This World
F: We Got It Made
 
In Iowa there were no first run sitcoms in the 6:30pm time slot as they aired on weekends. The networks aired game shows Win, Lose or Draw (1987-88) on ABC TV 5 and Wheel of Fortune (til 1990) on CBS tv 8. NBC tv 13 aired reruns of sitcoms like Night Court or Cheers. KDSM tv 17 aired the A-Team then for a few years at 6pm till it moved to 1pm then at 6:30pm they aired A Current Affair.
 
CORRECTION: The 1986-87 Monday slot was acutally reruns of Square Pegs until the new first-run Charles in Charge took over on January 12, 1987.
 
Here are the 7:30 pm first-run syndicated checkerboard schedules from KRON 4 (then NBC), KPIX 5 (CBS), and KGO 7 (ABC) (post-Monday Night Football season) during my time in the San Francisco Area (1973-80).

KRON 1973-74
M: Newswatch: Special Report (from KRON)
Tu: You Asked For It (Jack Smith)
W: Police Surgeon (new title for Dr. Simon Locke)
Th: Dusty's Trail (Bob Denver, Forrest Tucker)
F: Circus! (from the UK w/ Mary Chipperfield)

KPIX 1973-74
M: Watchamacallit (local kids show)/Jan. 14, 1974: Dealer's Choice (Bob Hastings; replaced by Jack Clark a few weeks later)
Tu: The Price is Right (Dennis James)
W: Concentration (Jack Narz; aired on a weekly basis)
Th: The New Treasure Hunt (Geoff Edwards)
F: The Bobby Goldsboro Show

KRON 1974-75
M: Newswatch: Special Report
Tu: To Tell the Truth (Garry Moore)
W: The $25,000 (Bill Cullen)
Th: Jeopardy! (Art Fleming; weekly version, most of which featured previous champions from the 1964-75 NBC version)
F: Wild, Wild World of Animals (William Conrad)

KPIX 1974-75
M: Dealer's Choice
Tu: The Price is Right
W: Concentration
Th: The New Treasure Hunt
F: Name That Tune (Tom Kennedy)

KGO Spring 1975
M: Let's Make a Deal
Tu: Hollywood Squares
W: Rainbow Sundae Presents Over Seven (children's series which aired on all ABC O&O stations, including KGO)
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: Let's Make a Deal

KRON 1975-76
M: Special Report
Tu: The Bobby Vinton Show
W: The $25,000 Pyramid
Th: Candid Camera
F: Don Adams Screen Test

KPIX 1975-76
M: Concentration
Tu: Dealer's Choice
W: The Price is Right
Th: The New Treasure Hunt ('New' remained in the title throughout its 1973-77 run)
F: Name That Tune

KGO Spring 1976
M: Let's Make a Deal
Tu: Hollywood Squares
W: Match Game PM
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: Wide World of Adventure (national children's series)

KRON 1976-77
M: Special Report
Tu: The $128,000 Question (Mike Darrow)
W: The $25,000 Pryamid
Th: The Price is Right
F: The $100,000 Name That Tune

Note: KPIX by this season dropped its 7:30 checkerboard schedule for Evening Magazine: The MTWF Show.

KGO Spring 1977
M: The Gong Show (Gary Owens)
Tu: Hollywood Squares
W: Match Game PM
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: Wide World of Adventure

KRON 1977-78
M: Truth or Consequences (Bob Hilton)
Tu: The $128,000 Question (Alex Trebek)
W: The $25,000 Pyramid
Th: Family Feud
F: The $100,000 Name That Tune

KGO Spring 1978
M: That's Hollywood (Tom Bosley)
Tu: Hollywood Squares
W: The Gong Show (Chuck Barris)
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: Match Game PM

Note: KRON dropped its 7:30 checkerboard schedule for Tic-Tac-Dough at the beginning of the 1978-79 season.

KGO Spring 1979
M: Family Feud
Tu: Hollywood Squares
W: Family Feud
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: The $100,000 Name That Tune

KGO Spring 1980
M: The $100,000 Name That Tune
Tu: Family Feud
W: Hollywood Squares
Th: Family Feud
F: Hollywood Squares
 
First-Run Syndicated 7:30 PM Checkerboard schedules of KNXT 2, KNBC 4, and KABC 7* Los Angeles (*Monday slots are from after Monday Night Football's season)

KNXT 1972-73
M: Johnny Mann's Stand Up and Cheer (Variety)
Tu: I've Got a Secret (Steve Allen)
W: The Goldiggers (Variety)
Th: Young Dr. Kildare
F: Circus! (Bert Parks as ringmaster)

KNBC 1972-73
M: The (New) Price is Right (Dennis James)
Tu: Police Surgeon
W: Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (animated)
Th: The Adventurer (from UK)
F: Hollywood Squares

KNXT 1973-74
M: The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters
Tu: The New Treasure Hunt
W: The New Dating Game
Th: Orson Welles Great Mysteries
F: Dusty's Trail

KNBC 1973-74
M: Police Surgeon
Tu: Hollywood Squares
W: Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
Th: The Price is Right
F: Hollywood Squares

KNXT 1974-75
M: Masquerade Party (Richard Dawson)
Tu: The $25,000 Pyramid
W: Lorne Greene's Last of the Wild
Th: Candid Camera
F: The New Treasure Hunt

KNBC 1974-75
M: Police Surgeon
Tu: Hollywood Squares
W: Name That Tune
Th: The Price is Right
F: Hollywood Squares

KABC Fall 1974
Tu: Salty (the Sea Lion)
W: Let's Make a Deal
Th: Celebrity Sweepstakes
F: To Tell the Truth

KABC Spring 1975
M: Let's Make a Deal
Tu: Raibow Sundae
W: Let's Make a Deal
Th: World of the Sea
F: Salty

KNXT 1975-76
M: The $25,000 Pyramid
Tu: The New Treasure Hunt
W: Lorne Greene's Last of the Wild
Th: Bobby Vinton Show
F: Follow-Up (local reports)

KNBC 1975-76
M: (Mutual of Omaha's) Wild Kingdom
Tu: Hollywood Squares
W: Name That Tune
Th: The Price is Right
F: Hollywood Squares

KABC Fall 1975
Tu: Match Game PM
W: Let's Make a Deal
Th: High Rollers (Alex Trebek)
F: Wide World of Adventure

KABC Spring 1976
M: Match Game PM
Tu: World of Survival
W: Let's Make a Deal
Th: World of the Sea
F: Let's Make a Deal

(KNXT's slot in the 1976-77 season was occupied by the 90-minute Dinah!, starting at 6:00)

KNBC 1976-77
M: California Buyline (David Horowitz; later nationally syndicated and retitled "Fight Back! with David Horowitz")
Tu: The New Andy Williams Show
W: The $100,000 Name That Tune
Th: The Price is Right
F: Wild Kingdom

KABC 1976-77
M: Let's Make a Deal (from the Las Vegas Hilton)
Tu: Hollywood Squares
W: Match Game PM
Th: The Gong Show (Gary Owens)
F: Hollywood Squares

KNXT's slot in the 1977-78 season was occupied by various 90-minute TV movies starting at 6:30

KNBC 1977-78
M: David Horowitz Consumber Buyline (nationally syndicated in January 1978)
Tu: Candid Camera
W: Sha Na Na
Th: The $100,000 Name That Tune
F: Family Feud

KABC 1977-78
M: That's Hollywood!
Tu: Hollywood Squares
W: Match Game PM
Th: The Gong Show (Chuck Barris)
F: Hollywood Squares

KNXT 1978-79
M: The $25,000 Pyramid
Tu: The Muppet Show
W: The Cheap Show (Dick Martin)
Th: The Price is Right (Bob Barker)
F: Bonkers! (The Hudson Brothers)

KNBC 1978-79
M: David Horowitz Consumer Buyline
Tu: Candid Camera
W: Sha Na Na
Th: In Search Of... (Leonard Nimoy)
F: Please Stand By (sitcom)/Oct. 27: The $1.98 Beauty Show (Rip Taylor)

KABC 1978-79
M: That's Hollywood
Tu: Hollywood Squares
W: The $100,000 Name That Tune
Th: The Gong Show
F: Hollywood Squares

KNXT 1979-80
M: The Muppet Show
Tu: 2 on the Town (local LA interest)
W: The Gong Show
Th: The Gong Show
F: The Price is Right (final weekly syndicated season)

KNBC 1979-80
M: Consumer Buyline
Tu: Sha Na Na
W: The Guinness Game (Don Galloway)
Th: In Search Of...
F: Family Feud

KABC 1979-80
M: That's Hollywood!
Tu: The $100,000 Name That Tune
W: Hollywood Squares
Th: Match Game PM
F: Hollywood Squares
 
RandTV said:
1970s game show checkerboard schedules at 7:30 on KXTV 10 Sacramento

NOTE: All of these shows were preceded by Concentration (Jack Narz) at 7:00.

Jan. 21-Sept. 6, 1974
M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: The Price is Right (Dennis James)
W: Sale of the Century (Joe Garagiola)
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: Police Surgeon (drama series)

Sept. 9, 1974-Mar. 26, 1976
M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: The Price is Right
W: Name That Tune (Tom Kennedy)
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: The $25,000 Pyramid (Bill Cullen)

Mar. 29, 1976-Sept. 16, 1977
M: Match Game PM
Tu: The Price is Right
W: Name That Tune
Th: Celebrity Sweepstakes (Jim McKrell)
F: The $25,000 Pyramid

Sept. 20, 1977-Sept. 8, 1978
M: Match Game PM
Tu: The Price is Right (Bob Barker)
W: The $100,000 Name That Tune (featuring singer Kathie Lee Johnson [now Gifford])
Th: Family Feud
F: The $25,000 Pyramid
Click to expand...
"$100,000" was added to the Name That Tune title in September 1976.
 
gshowguy said:
Much like how, in SF, syndie Feud was only on KRON its first season before switching to KPIX...
Click to expand...
Similarly with Dennis James' Price is Right switching from KPIX to KRON for his last season before Bob Barker took over the year after.
 
Turns out I was wrong about KRON (San Francisco) not having a weeknight 7:30 p.m. checkerboard schedule for 1978-79. Here it is:

M: Consumer Buyline (David Horowitz)
Tu: The Cheap Show (Dick Martin)
W: The $1.98 Beauty Show (Rip Taylor)
Th: Bonkers (Hudson Brothers)
F: Please Stand By (sitcom)

Tic-Tac-Dough moved to KRON's 7:30 slot on March 5, 1979, moving from KBHK at 6:30.
 
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1986-87 Sitcom schedules in selected markets (all times are 7:30)

XETV 6 San Diego
M: New Gidget
Tu: What a Country!
W: One Big Family
Th: It's a Living
F: Mama's Family

KCRA 3 Sacramento
M: New Gidget
Tu: One Big Family
W: Mama's Family
Th: Throb
F: It's a Living

KVVU 5 Las Vegas
M: 9 to 5
Tu: Mama's Family
W: One Big Family
Th: Throb
F: What a Country!

KSBY 6 San Luis Obispo, CA (my hometown)
M: Throb
Tu: One Big Family
W: 9 to 5
Th: Off the Wall
F: Dream Girl, U.S.A.
 
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1987-88 sitcom schedules in selected markets

WCAU 10 Philadelphia (7:30)
M: You Can't Take It With You
Tu: Marblehead Manor
W: She's the Sheriff
Th: We Got it Made
F: Out of This World

KVVU 5 Las Vegas (7:00)
M: Marblehead Manor
Tu: She's the Sheriff
W: Dom DeLuise Show
Th: Out of This World
F: We Got It Made

NBC O&O stations:
WNBC 4 New York City (7:30)
WRC 4 Washington, DC (7:30)
WKYC 3 Cleveland (7:30)
WMAQ 5 Chicago (6:30)
KNBC 4 Los Angeles (7:30)
M: Marblehead Manor
Tu: She's the Sheriff
W: You Can't Take It With You
Th: Out of This World
F: We Got It Made
 
Chicago 1970s schedules (6:30 PM)

1972-73

WBBM (until the week of March 20, 1973 when TV2 News expanded to an hour)
M: Stand Up and Cheer
Tu: I've Got a Secret - Steve Allen
W: Golddiggers
Th: Young Dr. Kildare
F: Circus

WMAQ (became the sole Chicago station to follow this trend after WBBM expanded their news as noted above)
M: Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
Tu: Police Surgeon
W: Mouse Factory
Th: Price is Right - Dennis James
F: Hollywood Squares

1973-74

M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: Dusty's Trail
W: Price is Right
Th: Police Surgeon
F: Hollywood Squares

1974-75

M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: Name That Tune
W: Price is Right
Th: New Treasure Hunt
F: Hollywood Squares

(1975-76 schedule was the same except Thursday with "Wild Kingdom")

1976-77

M: Celebrity Sweepstakes
Tu: $100,000 Name That Tune
W: Price is Right
Th: In Search of...
F: Andy (Williams)

1977-78

M: Price is Right - Bob Barker
Tu: $100,000 Name That Tune
W: Family Feud
Th: $25,000 Pyramid
F: Gong Show

1978-79

M: The Price is Right
Tu: Family Feud
W: $1.98 Beauty Show
Th: $100,000 Name That Tune
F: Please Stand By

1979-80

M: Family Feud
Tu: Family Feud
W: $1.98 Beauty Show
Th: Price is Right
F: $100,000 Name That Tune
 
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New York City 1970s schedules (7:30 PM) for channels 2 WCBS, 4 WNBC, and 7 WABC

1972-73

2 WCBS
M: Stand Up and Cheer
Tu: I've Got a Secret - Steve Allen
W: Golddiggers
Th: Young Dr. Kildare
F: Circus

4 WNBC
M: Mouse Factory
Tu: Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
W: Police Surgeon
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: Adventurer

7 WABC
M: World of Survival
Tu: Safari to Adventure
W: Parent Game
Th: Black Beauty
F: Let's Make a Deal

1973-74

2 WCBS
M: Stand Up and Cheer
Tu: New Treasure Hunt
W: Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Th: Wacky World of Jonathan Winters
F: Dusty's Trail

4 WNBC
M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: Safari to Adventure
W: Price is Right - Dennis James
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: Police Surgeon

7 WABC
M: World of Survival
Tu: Wild, Wild World of Animals
W: Strange Places
Th: Animal World
F: Let's Make a Deal

1974-75

2 WCBS
M: What's My Line?
Tu: Treasure Hunt
W: Lorne Greene's Last of the Wild
Th: $25,000 Pyramd
F: Masquerade Party

4 WNBC
M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: Jeopardy!
W: Name That Tune
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: Safari to Adventure

7 WABC
M: World of Survival
Tu: Wild, Wild World of Animals
W: Salty (the Seal)
Th: Strange Places
F: Let's Make a Deal

1975-76

2 WCBS
M: Bobby Vinton
Tu: Treasure Hunt
W: Lorne Greene's Last of the Wild
Th: $25,000 Pyramid
F: New Candid Camera

4 WNBC
M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: Wild Kingdom
W: Name That Tune
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: Don Adams' Screen Test

7 WABC
M: varied children's specials
Tu: Let's Make a Deal
W: Match Game PM
Th: Wild, Wild World of Animals
F: High Rollers

1976-77

2 WCBS
M: Muppet Show
Tu: Bobby Vinton
W: $25,000 Pyramid
Th: Treasure Hunt*/Channel 2 Eye On... (Dec. 30)
F: Campaign '76 (w/ Walter Cronkite)/Channel 2 Eye On... (after Election)/World of Surival (Jan. 7)*
*Treasure Hunt aired on one Friday, Dec. 31 before moving to Saturdays at 6:00 on Jan. 8

4 WNBC
M: In Search Of...
Tu: Wild Kingdom
W: Celebrity Sweepstakes
Th: Andy (Williams)
F: Name That Tune

7 WABC
M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: Match Game PM
W: varied specials
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: Gong Show - Gary Owens

1977-78

2 WCBS
M: Muppet Show
Tu: Candid Camera
W: $25,000 Pyramid
Th: All-Star Anything Goes
F: Channel 2 Eye On...

4 WNBC
M: In Search Of...
Tu: Sha Na Na
W: Family Feud
Th: Wild Kingdom
F: Name That Tune

7 WABC
M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: Match Game PM
W: That's Hollywood
Th: Hollywood Squares
F: Gong Show - Chuck Barris

1978-79

2 WCBS
M: Muppet Show
Tu: World War II: G.I. Diary - Lloyd Bridges/Next Step Beyond - John Newland (Dec. 6)
W: Cheap Show - Dick Martin/Disco Magic (Nov. 8)
Th: Channel 2 Eye On...
F: Bonkers!/Masquerade Party (1974-75 reruns; Nov. 10)

4 WNBC
M: In Search Of...
Tu: $1.98 Beauty Show
W: Sha Na Na
Th: Family Feud
F: Family Feud

7 WABC
M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: Match Game PM
W: Hollywood Squares
Th: Gong Show
F: Name That Tune

1979-80

2 WCBS
M: Muppet Show
Tu: Gong Show
W: Gong Show
Th: In Search Of...
F: 3's a Crowd

4 WNBC
M: Family Feud
Tu: Newlywed Game
W: Family Feud
Th: $1.98 Beauty Show
F: Sha Na Na

7 WABC
M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: Match Game PM
W: Hollywood Squares
Th: Name That Tune
F: Name That Tune

1980-81

2 WCBS
M: Muppet Show
Tu: Warner Wolf
W: 7:30 Magazine
Th: In Search Of...
F: Sha Na Na

4 WNBC
Family Feud on all weeknights

7 WABC
M: Hollywood Squares
Tu: Match Game PM
W: Hollywood Squares
Th: Name That Tune
F: Teletone News
 
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