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KMGH Drops 'Jeopardy,' 'Wheel' In Denver

I would assume, then, that KMGH is scheduling its news the same way KUSA (NBC) does: local news from 4-5:30, network news from 5:30-6, and local news from 6-6:30; "Entertainment Tonight" airs on KUSA at 6:30. If it's still the same as when I was out there a few years ago, KCNC (CBS) has local news from 5-5:30, Scott Pelley at 5:30, and local news from 6-7.

KDVR will not be the only Fox station to carry "Wheel" and "Jeopardy!"; they also air on WVUE/FOX8 New Orleans and WALA/FOX10 Mobile.
 
"The List" sounds like recycled PM/Evening Magazine.
 
We have The List here in Tampa on the Scripps station, it is cheap and horrible. Just a corporate effort to get out of syndicated programming and put anything on the air. They have a terrible 4 pm newscast too called The Now which is another local insert Scripps syndicated programming alternative.
 
Wheel and Jeopardy are two shows I'm used to seeing on big three affiliates. I know in Dallas, Jeopardy airs on independent KTXA as sister CBS station KTVT airs Wheel. In Salt Lake City, both shows air on independent (and former MyNetworkTV) KJZZ. I remembered during the UPN days, Boston's WSBK aired the two shows. However, I don't remember any WB affiliates airing Wheel and Jeopardy.

Today, are there any other stations (independent or affiliated with Fox, The CW, MyNetwork, etc.) that air Wheel and/or Jeopardy?
 
E-Cam said:
Today, are there any other stations (independent or affiliated with Fox, The CW, MyNetwork, etc.) that air Wheel and/or Jeopardy?
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Yes - in Baltimore, WBFF-45 (FOX) airs Jeopardy at 7 and Wheel at 7:30. It used to be on WMAR-2 (ABC), which is also a Sinclair station. I believe it was 2012 or 2013 when it moved to WBFF.

Also in Maryland, FOX21 (a subchannel of WBOC, which is CBS) airs Wheel and Jeopardy.
 
In most cities on the East and West Coast, Wheel & Jeopardy air in the 7 and 7:30pm slot on a major network station, usually ABC. But in the Central and Mountain Time Zones, such as Denver, where prime time runs from 7 to 10pm, not 8 to 11pm, Wheel & Jeopardy air all over the place. Since Wheel has better ratings than Jeopardy, Wheel often goes between news and prime time, at 6:30pm, with Jeopardy usually airing earlier in the day or on a station that isn't ABC, NBC or CBS. They NEVER air at the same time.

Maybe Wheel and Jeopardy's audience, as their hosts, are aging? They still are the top rated prime-access half hours. But maybe some stations see them as too upper demo?
 
E-Cam said:
... are there any other stations (independent or affiliated with Fox, The CW, MyNetwork, etc.) that air Wheel and/or Jeopardy?
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Channel 55 on Long Island aired the pair as well as Oprah starting in 1991 back when they were known as WLIG. Today, while still independent, they are owned by CBS and thus part of a duopoly with WCBS. WLNY dropped the game shows a few years ago:
http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/wlny-55-drops-wheel-jeopardy-1.3644251

Incidentally, there was a time that WABC aired only Jeopardy at 7, while WCBS ran Wheel at 7:30 PM; WABC had shown Hollywood Squares at that time.
 
DToTheJ said:
Channel 55 on Long Island aired the pair as well as Oprah starting in 1991 back when they were known as WLIG. Today,
Incidentally, there was a time that WABC aired only Jeopardy at 7, while WCBS ran Wheel at 7:30 PM; WABC had shown Hollywood Squares at that time.
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Yep! Wheel's nighttime version started on WCBS in January 1984; it switched to WABC in September 1990. WABC ran HS until September 1988, when it moved to WPIX at the other end of the broadcast day for its last season (9am). WABC then ran ET at 7:30 for two years until getting Wheel. The 7:30 offering on WCBS and WABC essentially flip-flopped; WCBS replaced Wheel with ET.
 
harrisburgpatv2 said:
Yep! Wheel's nighttime version started on WCBS in January 1984; it switched to WABC in September 1990. WABC ran HS until September 1988, when it moved to WPIX at the other end of the broadcast day for its last season (9am). WABC then ran ET at 7:30 for two years until getting Wheel. The 7:30 offering on WCBS and WABC essentially flip-flopped; WCBS replaced Wheel with ET.
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In Philadelphia, Jeopardy began on KYW, before moving to WPVI for season two. They overlapped for a week--reruns of the end of season 1 on KYW, the new season 2 on WPVI in its 7 pm home, the replacement for Tic Tac Dough. Wheel's nighttime version was once supposed to be on KYW for season 1, but WPVI offered a better time slot, 7:30 p.m. (vs. afternoons). Bye-bye nighttime Joker's Wild, hello Wheel.
 
Bob Eubanks said:
In Philadelphia, Jeopardy began on KYW, before moving to WPVI for season two. They overlapped for a week--reruns of the end of season 1 on KYW, the new season 2 on WPVI in its 7 pm home, the replacement for Tic Tac Dough. Wheel's nighttime version was once supposed to be on KYW for season 1, but WPVI offered a better time slot, 7:30 p.m. (vs. afternoons). Bye-bye nighttime Joker's Wild, hello Wheel.
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Very interesting on the overlap! I never knew that. or that Wheel was supposed to air on KYW first. As I'm sure you know, Wheel *did* get an afternoon slot on KYW - for a few years in the mid-to-late '80s, they ran the daytime version at 4.
 
I do remember the daytime Wheel at four, when they aired a mix of network delayed and syndicated games including the Newlywed Game with some guy hosting. :) It was the most game-show happy KYW might have ever been as an NBC station, given their propensity for pre-emption over the years.

It was an interesting strategy to counter WPVI's success with talk. Maybe not successful, but I don't think there was much they could have done at that point that would have yielded better results.
 
Bob Eubanks said:
It was an interesting strategy to counter WPVI's success with talk. Maybe not successful, but I don't think there was much they could have done at that point that would have yielded better results.
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Don't forget that for a short time (from September 1986 to January 1987, I believe), WPVI tried game shows as well in the 4-5pm slot - another episode of Jeopardy! at 4, and the syndicated Card Sharks at 4:30. And mirroring what would happen down the road, WABC also did the same thing from 4-5.

We all know who took the time slot (on both stations) after that...
 
Yeah...that was a short-lived move. At least this season's hour-long game show block in the 2-3 slot made it the full season on WPVI. It won't make a second season--so it goes.
 
bpatrick said:
I would assume, then, that KMGH is scheduling its news the same way KUSA (NBC) does: local news from 4-5:30, network news from 5:30-6, and local news from 6-6:30; "Entertainment Tonight" airs on KUSA at 6:30. If it's still the same as when I was out there a few years ago, KCNC (CBS) has local news from 5-5:30, Scott Pelley at 5:30, and local news from 6-7.

KDVR will not be the only Fox station to carry "Wheel" and "Jeopardy!"; they also air on WVUE/FOX8 New Orleans and WALA/FOX10 Mobile.
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WLUK (FOX 11) in Green Bay, WI also airs Wheel and Jeopardy between 6 and 7 CT
 
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