I t was KTZO/KOFY that aired The Price Is Right when KPIX had no room for it. 20 also carried $25K Pyramid ,Press Your Luck and Card Sharks-Eubanks from CBS and also Classic Concentration from NBC when KRON-TV did not clear it. I had to watch CC on 20 because in Sacramento KQCA MY 58 when it was KSCH-TV ,had it at 5:30 after Wordplay from NBC when KCRA had no room for the two or the Bill Rafferty Blockbusters. Then when 58 added Gilligan and Jeannie to the lineup, the NBC games moved to midday opposite newscasts on network outlets and reruns on KTXL and KMAX-TV (then KRBK-TV).
THen when Wordplay was canned 58 dropped CC and I still had to watch 20 for the show. In March 1989 KCRA aired the show ,and I thought they were going to add it then, but no they went for the ill-fated soap Generations the next day. I raised hell at KCRA for not carrying CC and finally they caved in and carried it starting the day after Labor day 1989.
NBC ...and CBS and ABC too should have penalized the hell out of affiliates for not carrying intelligent game shows. But , for NBC, many affiliates have had to put up with the ups and downs of NBC Daytime thru the years. The loss of the original Let's Make A Deal to ABC at Christmas 1968, cancellations of the original versions of Concentration, $ale Of The Century and Jeopardy! by daytime head Lin Bolin (some good things came out of her reign, Alex Trebek, Chuck Woolery and Wheel Of Fortune), persistent third palce ratings for years, including during Fred Silverman's reign, and now all that's left of NBC Daytime is a Supersized Today Show and Days Of Our Lives, CBS will have just TPIR, The Young & The Restless and The Bold & The Beautiful plus The Early Show after as The World Turns leaves the air, ABC will have GMA and all it's soaps.
I wish NBC would revive Concentration.
THen when Wordplay was canned 58 dropped CC and I still had to watch 20 for the show. In March 1989 KCRA aired the show ,and I thought they were going to add it then, but no they went for the ill-fated soap Generations the next day. I raised hell at KCRA for not carrying CC and finally they caved in and carried it starting the day after Labor day 1989.
NBC ...and CBS and ABC too should have penalized the hell out of affiliates for not carrying intelligent game shows. But , for NBC, many affiliates have had to put up with the ups and downs of NBC Daytime thru the years. The loss of the original Let's Make A Deal to ABC at Christmas 1968, cancellations of the original versions of Concentration, $ale Of The Century and Jeopardy! by daytime head Lin Bolin (some good things came out of her reign, Alex Trebek, Chuck Woolery and Wheel Of Fortune), persistent third palce ratings for years, including during Fred Silverman's reign, and now all that's left of NBC Daytime is a Supersized Today Show and Days Of Our Lives, CBS will have just TPIR, The Young & The Restless and The Bold & The Beautiful plus The Early Show after as The World Turns leaves the air, ABC will have GMA and all it's soaps.
I wish NBC would revive Concentration.