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DANCE WAR: BRUNO VS. CARRIE ANN [1 episode]
American Idol plus So You Think You Can Dance? equals this flash-in-the-pan Dancing With The Stars spinoff that feels more like High School Musical (no points for guessing it's ABC and Disney).
* January 7, 2008 (Premiere, two hours): First ~83 minutes look at the auditions and who will go to Hollywood, while the next 23 minutes look at the Hollywood audition (from which 14 will go through to the actual show) and the last 14 minutes are the group's first live performance. Taped from WPLG with commercials, which are better than the show itself! [55.6]
DANCING WITH THE STARS (Tom Bergeron & Samantha Harris, 2006-09) [3 episodes, 1 clip]
Very popular dancing show based on something PBS has done for the past 30 years. (Judges on all episodes are Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Toniou.) (All below footage taped from WPLG.)
Season 5 (September-November 2007; Drew Lachey fills in for the first part of the season due to Samantha having a baby the day before the season began)
* October 1, 2007: Partial episode, runs 16:26. [44.11]
* October 8, 2007 (95-minute episode): Original commercials, VERY grainy-but-watchable video toward the end. [45.4]
* October 9, 2007 (Drew's Finale): Original commercials. [45.9]
* November 27, 2007 (Season Finale, two hours): Which of the final three teams will win? Original commercials, intro missing, grainy-but-watchable video. [51.2]
DEAL OR NO DEAL (NBC, 2005-09) [4 episodes]
Don't get me started. Began pretty well and cemented Howie Mandel as a great emcee, but then hauled out a metric ton of gimmicks and giving away outcomes in promos. Also, padding. Lots and lots of frickin' padding.
Season 3 (2007-08)
* October 19, 2007 (Breast Cancer Awareness Special): Contestant is Ashley. Guests: Sharon Osbourne, Elizabeth Edwards, and Alec Baldwin. Taped from WTVJ with commercials, first few seconds missing, average video. [48.1]
* December 25, 2007 (Christmas Special): Begins with Harriet at 25 Cases. Taped from WTVJ with commercials, pretty grainy video, crackly audio for first ~21 minutes. [54.1]
* January 3, 2008 (Million-Dollar Mission II, Night 2): Contestant is Heather, with three $1,000,000 cases, who makes history! Taped from WPTV with commercials (including a 1 vs. 100 Season Premiere promo!), grainy-but-watchable video that screws up at times. [55.1]
* May 7, 2008 (Around the World, Estonia): Begins with Dave at 26 Cases. Taped from WPTV with commercials, first several minutes missing (begins with Dave at 20 Cases), pretty grainy video that screws up at times and is monochrome for first ~40 minutes (color flickering afterward, but stabilizes late in Game 2). [59.4]
DOCTOR I.Q. (ABC-TV, 1953-54) [1 episode]
Anyone could play, with winners getting silver dollars and losers getting a year's supply of Hazel Bishop lipstick.
James "Jimmy" McClain (1954)
* May 1954: Contestants include a 9-year-old boy. Look for a young Art Fleming assisting McClain! Original commercials and a "Ten Brief Facts" Plug! [D-27.3]
DOCTOR I.Q. (Tom Kennedy, 1958-59) [1 episode]
Revival of ABC's "completely unrehearsed" quiz that paid out meager prizes compared to...pretty much everything else, actually.
* December 15, 1958 (Premiere): Contestants include a little boy and a 14½-year-old girl. Original commercials, plus Home Viewer and "Lady In The Balcony" Plugs! [D-27.4]
DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS! (FOX, 2007-09) [1 clip]
People try to win $1,000,000 by doing what they do when they're drunk (karaoke)...minus the drunk, of course. Maybe.
* January 31, 2008: Last 2:04, where 11-YEAR-OLD SHAMARI WINS $350,000! Taped from WFLX. [56.6]
DOWN YOU GO (Dr. Bergen Evans, 1951-56) [1 episode]
Long-running game of televised hangman, with phrases sent in by home viewers and a host who wants them to win.
CBS Primetime (June-September 1955)
* Summer 1955: Francis Coughlin, Patricia Cutts, Jerome Weidman, Laraine Day. JACK CLARK appears with a phrase for the viewers! Has a Phrase Submission Plug! [D-27.2]
DREAM HOUSE (ABC Daytime, 1968-70) [1 episode]
Good show that promised more than it could deliver and ran into a bit of controversy in mid-1969, resulting in a few changes to try to lower the number of house wins.
Original Format (1968-69)
* August 1968: Doyle & Pam Marshand vs. Susan & Jerry Dupree, with Celie & Dick Hanower playing later. The champs from last time (Jim & Bridget Kelly) aren't here because they had a baby "early this morning" named Mary Ellen! Original commercials and a Ticket Plug! [D-11.5]
DUEL [3 episodes]
Season 1 had stereotypes, people winning with $0, a stiff host in Mike Greenberg, and a tournament where three people didn't even get to play. Season 2 shifted to a much better format and more relaxed Greenberg.
Season 1 (December 2007)
* December 17, 2007 (Premiere, 90 minutes): Begins with Sue (Internet Censor) vs. Marco (ATM Tech). Jackpot starts at $20,000. Taped from WPLG with commercials, grainy-but-watchable video. [52.9]
* December 23, 2007 (Season Finale, 60 minutes): Begins with Ken (Alligator Wrestler) vs. Jim (Fire Captain) in a rematch for Slot #4 of the tournament ladder. Jackpot starts at $1,450,000...and in the end gets won in the most anticlimactic way it could. Taped from WPLG with commercials, pretty grainy video that screws up at times. [53.2]
Season 2 (April-July 2008)
* April 18, 2008: Begins with Byron (Game 2) vs. Jessica. $50,000 WIN! Taped from WPLG with commercials, grainy-but-watchable video that screws up at times for first two minutes, followed by "The Dreaded White Line at The Bottom of The Screen" for the rest of the show. [59.1]
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50 GRAND SLAM [2 episodes]
Short-lived attempt to make a 1970s big-money quiz with isolation booths. Gave away the $50,000 five times despite running just 13 weeks!
* October 4, 1976 (Premiere): Sister MarthaAnn vs. David in American Women, Lee vs. Marge in Golf (which doesn't go too well...), Carolyn vs. Bonnie in General Knowledge. Allen Ludden appears to promote Stumpers! Taped from KNBC with commercials and a Contestant Plug, video screws up during Tom's explanation of the rules (especially while the dollar amounts climb to $50,000). [D-32.5]
* December 31, 1976 (Finale): Duane (for $500) vs. Terri in General Knowledge: Prominent Members of the Clergy, RoseLee (for $500) vs. Bonnie in 20th-Century American Fiction, Duane vs. Lanny in General Knowledge: Flowers, Randy (for $1,000) vs. Dusty in TV Trivia: Maverick. Has a great closing from Tom! [D-32.6]
GAME SHOW MARATHON [*6 episodes of a 7-episode series*]
Sloppily-edited mess where many things are inaccurate and others are just plain wrong. The first two episodes in particular are really just a glorified insult.
* May 31, 2006 (Premiere, taped 3/06): "Salutes" The Price Is Right by using an hour-long slot to play a half-hour adaptation of about a dozen international formats. Hole In One (for a Cadillac!), Plinko, Race Game. Taped from WPEC with commercials, second Hole In One putt missing (the show's doing, not mine). [24.1]
* June 1, 2006 (taped 3/06): "Salutes" Let's Make A Deal, with special guest Gilbert Gottfried. First deal is Ricki's Money Machine. Big Deal: $87,044. Enjoy pricing-based games and prize values ending in cents, because there's none of either in the subsequent revival! Taped from WPEC with commercials, Kathy Najimy's deal missing (done by the show, not me). [24.2]
* June 7, 2006 (taped 3/06): Salutes Beat the Clock. First Stunt: Get a playpen over to two bottles. Taped from WPEC, with commercials. [25.1]
* June 8, 2006 (taped 3/30/06): Salutes Press Your Luck, with HUGE values on the Big Board and a Flokati Rug hit! Taped from WPEC with commercials, ends with a dedication to Peter Tomarken. [25.2]
* June 15, 2006 (taped 3/ or 4/06): Salutes Card Sharks with most of the NBC atmosphere plus the late-1980s Audience Questions. Audience Members: Cheerleaders. CAR WIN! Taped from WPEC with commercials, including a promo for The Price Is Right! [26.1]
* June 22, 2006 (taped 3/ or 4/06): Salutes Match Game by using "'73" in the logo but the three-round PM format. Panel: George Foreman, Kathy Griffin, Bruce Vilanch, Adrianne Curry, Adam Corolla, BETTY WHITE. $50,000 WIN! Taped from WPEC, with commercials. [26.2]
GO! [1 episode]
Interesting Chain Reaction spin-off that ran just under four months.
"Returning Champs" Format (October 1983, first four weeks)
* October 3, 1983 (Premiere): Elaine Joyce & Richard Kline. Patty/Corey/Sharon/Gene vs. Lissa/John/Blair/Chari. GSN broadcast. [D-13.4]
HAGGIS BAGGIS (NBC Daytime, 1958-59) [1 episode]
The Face Is Familiar meets the Get Rich Quick! bonus round.
Dennis James (February-June 1959)
* February 18, 1959: Mrs. Sheehan (Champ) vs. Hastie? DeLancy, with Harold Kall and Carol Highman playing later. Original commercials (including promos for You Bet Your Life and The Price Is Right!} and a Contest Plug, first few seconds missing, B/W video. [D-10.1]
HELL'S KITCHEN [1 episode]
Occasional moron aside, it's good. Gordon Ramsay is...pretty awesome in his honesty, actually.
Season 3 (June-August 2007)
* August 13, 2007 (Season Finale): The final two contestants face off! Taped from WSVN with commercials, not-so-great video. [38.3]
HIT MAN [3 episodes]
Great 13-week show that's been stuck in limbo because the still-picture "fact films" were licensed for one showing each.
* March 29, 1983: Sheila vs. Bart vs. Liz. Champ: Woodryan (Day 6 - $18,300). Subjects: Stardom and Winston Churchill. Taped from WTCK with a voiceover promo for the debuts of Dream House and The New Battlestars, first few seconds missing, ends during credits. [D-29.2]
* March 30, 1983: Begins with Johanna vs. Larry vs. Laura. Subjects: Jean Harlow and Prophets. No last segment (no gameplay lost). [D-29.3]
* April 1, 1983 (Finale/"FORGET IT!"): Begins with Maureen vs. RANDY WEST vs. Janet. Subjects: Gene Kelly and Vice Presidents. Taped from KRON with the infamous Contestant Plug, sound drops out briefly during Gene Kelly film. [D-29.4]
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (John Davidson, 1986-89) [4 episodes]
Making each episode self-contained was the largest problem with this version, given how the show soon went to the well of wall-to-wall gimmicks and other assorted ways of farting around.
Season 1 (1986-87)
* January 23, 1987: Soleil Moon Frye, Abby Dalton, Lee Weaver, Kim Zimmer, Richard Simmons, John Matuszak, Bernie Kopell, JANICE PENNINGTON & DIAN PARKINSON, RAY COMBS. George (Day 2) vs. Sue. SHUT-OUT! USA repeat from 1991 with commercials, low audio. [D-25.1]
Season 2 (1987-88)
* September 16, 1987: ALF, Emma Samms, BRANDON TARTIKOFF, Ed Begley Jr., Will Shriner, Kim Fields, Jm J. Bullock, Shadoe Stevens, Zsa Zsa Gabor. Kurt vs. Heidi (Day 2). Features pre-taped cameos by FIVE game show hosts, a CAR WIN, and a GREAT closing segment! Taped from WISH, with a Contestant Plug for the upcoming New York tapings! [D-25.2]
* November 20, 1987 (Radio City Music Hall, Finale; taped 11/4/87): Jm J. Bullock, Lynn Redgrave, Kathy Lee & Frank Gifford, Debbie Gibson, Joan Rivers, Allison Smith & Brian Bloom, Richard Simmons, Shadoe Stevens & Scott Shannon, Ben Vereen. Glenn vs. Lusann. Includes clips of a local version, and its host explains the rules. Taped from WOKR with commercials, first few seconds missing, hissing-type sound almost throughout. [D-25.3]
Season Three (1988-89)
* June 9, 1989 (6th-to-last): Jm J. Bullock, Audrey Landers, Clifton Davis, Barbara Bosson, Joan Rivers, David Hirsch, Jimmie Walker, Shadoe Stevens, Christopher Hewitt & Brice Beckham. Gary vs. Roxanne. CAR WIN! USA repeat, first 30 seconds of show, first minute or so of Game 3, and first 50 seconds of final segment missing, slightly-bad-but-watchable video. [D-25.4,5]
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (Tom Bergeron, 1998-2004) [2 clips]
Still great, but lacked returning champs for Season 1 and kept being self-contained until the final season.
Season 4, "Double-or-Nothing" Bonus Round (November 2001-June 2002)
* February 14, 2002 (College Tournament IV, Day 4): Full bonus round with a contestant ($16,500) and Whoopi Goldberg, followed by credits. WFOR repeat from 6/13/02. [60.4]
* May 30, 2002: Full bonus round with Robert ($19,000) and Bruce Vilanch. Taped from WFOR. [60.2]
HOT POTATO [2 episodes]
Great show that replaced Go! on NBC and lasted twice as long, though that isn't really saying much, partly because they changed to Celebrity Hot Potato for the last ten weeks. (Both of the below are from GSN airings.)
Civilian Format (January-April 1984)
* April 19, 1984: Begins with 411 Operators (Chrys/Kathy/Judy - $21,500) vs. Reporters (Jim/Tony/Katie). Bill makes an age joke about himself, and later invents an answer! [D-29.5]
* April 20, 1984 (Civilian Finale): Reporters vs. Auctioneers (Neil/John 1/John 2), with Artists (Pam/Debbie/Cindy) playing later. A great way to send off this format! [D-29.6]
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