Most PBS stations air the NewsHour at 6pm. As for WITF and the 7pm airing of SS, I'm really surprised it's lasted this long. I believe it started on 1/13/1992, when Lamb Chop's Play-Along premiered. Though I noticed that now I think the 7pm airing is the previous day's episode, and it used to be the day's episode. I was told that it was put on at that time so that parents could enjoy watching Sesame Street with their children after they got home from work, back when the show did more to entertain parents than it does now. I don't even think parents watch TV with their kids anymore.
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Do Wheel and Jeopardy do well in your city?
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harrisburgpatv
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Well, I can tell you that both the 9am and 7pm airing today are both the same episode..If it's yesterday's episode, that doesn't make much sense to me but anything's possible....
In Charlotte, "Wheel" has been on the NBC station at 7:30 for as long as I can remember. I don't know what the competition is for "Jeopardy" but because I have to leave the TV on to keep it from recording the 7:30 broadcast of "Jeopardy" on another station, I turn it to whatever I'll be watching at 8. Or when I turn on the TV that has TiVo, which I usually do to watch what I have recorded, I will see whatever is on the last channel that recorded something when two shows were recorded at once.
So at 7:30, the CBS station has "Millionaire", the ABC station has "ET", the Fox station "Big Bang Theory", the CW station "Two and a Half Men", and the My Network station has one of those "Law and Order" shows.
When I first watched "Jeopardy" it was on at 5 on the CBS station in the mid-80s. I remember it being on at 7:30 on the ABC station after that. There was some news bulletin one night and I think I missed the end of the show. It just so happened the other ABC affiliate was airing "Wheel" at that time. Vanna said to Pat that she couldn't remember to write 1991 or whatever year it was on her checks, and Pat said, "But it is 1991" or whatever year. Vanna said, "Ohhhh." Yeah, must have been some serious news event. :
So at 7:30, the CBS station has "Millionaire", the ABC station has "ET", the Fox station "Big Bang Theory", the CW station "Two and a Half Men", and the My Network station has one of those "Law and Order" shows.
When I first watched "Jeopardy" it was on at 5 on the CBS station in the mid-80s. I remember it being on at 7:30 on the ABC station after that. There was some news bulletin one night and I think I missed the end of the show. It just so happened the other ABC affiliate was airing "Wheel" at that time. Vanna said to Pat that she couldn't remember to write 1991 or whatever year it was on her checks, and Pat said, "But it is 1991" or whatever year. Vanna said, "Ohhhh." Yeah, must have been some serious news event. :
I know that WBTV has local news at 7; WSOC has "Inside Edition."
Not sure what the others have.
WBTV used to run "Wheel" and "Jeopardy!" back to back from 5 to
6 (it carried Dan Rather at 7 and "PM Magazine" at 7:30 in the '80s),
and I remember that WSOC had "Wheel" very briefly at 7:30 but apparently
did not do well because "ET" was put back into that slot.
In Raleigh/Durham, WTVD has had "Jeopardy!" at 7 and "Wheel" at 7:30
(copying some of its sister ABC o&os, such as New York, Los Angeles, and
Philadelphia) as long as it's been possible to run the two in tandem, and I
see no reason why that will change in the future.
Not sure what the others have.
WBTV used to run "Wheel" and "Jeopardy!" back to back from 5 to
6 (it carried Dan Rather at 7 and "PM Magazine" at 7:30 in the '80s),
and I remember that WSOC had "Wheel" very briefly at 7:30 but apparently
did not do well because "ET" was put back into that slot.
In Raleigh/Durham, WTVD has had "Jeopardy!" at 7 and "Wheel" at 7:30
(copying some of its sister ABC o&os, such as New York, Los Angeles, and
Philadelphia) as long as it's been possible to run the two in tandem, and I
see no reason why that will change in the future.
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searadiofreak
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Question: Is everyone a fan of both shows?
I am certainly not. I love Jeopardy because it challenges me. Wheel just seems like a spinning waste of time.
I am certainly not. I love Jeopardy because it challenges me. Wheel just seems like a spinning waste of time.
I'm sure "Wheel" does very well at 6:30 on WFIE. "Jeopardy", at 3:30, probably does not do well enough to justify its pricing if not for the "Wheel" bundling.
I wonder if Sony Entertainment sells "Wheel" and "Jeopardy" at a discount to stations in the Central and Mountain time zones, where one of the shows almost always winds up with a bad timeslot.
I wonder if Sony Entertainment sells "Wheel" and "Jeopardy" at a discount to stations in the Central and Mountain time zones, where one of the shows almost always winds up with a bad timeslot.
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JackBauer112
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In CA's State Capitol, KXTV 10 carried J! and WoF since that station has been an CBS station, however, J! kinda suffers a bit because it competes against KCRA(p)'s 6:30 PM newscast which is a Mr. Big Shot for that station and wins that ratings race and it also goes up against, Rules of Engagement on CW31 (KMAX), Seinfeld (KTXL), How I Met Your MOther (KCRAps sister staton KQCA), and ET on KOVR CBS 13.
In the Fresno Market, KFSN ABC 30 has carried the two shows since 1986, the first three seasons of Wheel were on KJEO-TV (now KGPE) and J!'s first season was also on KJEO before moving to KFSN in 1985 when KFSN became ABC.
In the Fresno Market, KFSN ABC 30 has carried the two shows since 1986, the first three seasons of Wheel were on KJEO-TV (now KGPE) and J!'s first season was also on KJEO before moving to KFSN in 1985 when KFSN became ABC.
I never developed a taste for "Wheel". I have no reason to care about most of those puzzles and I'm not good at them anyway. I learn a lot from "Jeopardy".searadiofreak said:
I have a question. What is Notre Dame?
I got distracted Tuesday night and that's all I saw. And then I got distracted again during the 7:30 broadcast, even though I listened in the other room for that ping. That's all I saw then too!
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