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Lin Bolen wanted to "freshen up" the game show lineup and bring in younger demos, so to that end, she steadily canceled every game that looked stodgy with "Jeopardy!" being the last casualty. It DID trigger a clause in Merv's contract with NBC in that he was allowed to replace it with another show, which ended up being "Wheel of Fortune".

Interesting how Saturday Morning ratings seemed to decline at the same time as weekday mornings. Awesome work @JAS0N47. Appreciate you posting all this!

No worries sir. Appreciate what you do!

Not really. Wheel often beat the first half-hour of Price. Go look at some of the whole ratings that @JAS0N47 posted earlier in this thread. BTW, what happened to the sweeps posts? I've seen 2.

Problem for nighttime TPIR was that most affiliates aired it against Wheel or J!, expecting it to vie for the top of the rankings and knock Wheel and/or J! off its perch, which it didn't come close. Subsequently, most affiliates banished it after the new year.

Looking at these numbers makes it even more confounding that NBC decided it was a good idea to cancel Blockbusters, Battlestars, and Password Plus (which was doing better numbers than The Doctors) to save Texas. I get the Search For Tomorrow move, but it just equaled bad decisions by NBC.

I was interested in the non-soaps sweeps period lists you were posting, if you could continue those. Thank you in advance!

Don't know if you saw my post @JAS0N47, but can you post the game show ratings for this week? Thanks.

@JAS0N47 when you get to the week of April 5, 1985, would you mind posting all of daytime for that week? I'd appreciate it.

@JAS0N47 OK then, I have 2 for Saturdays. The Saturday Morning lineup for 9/17/83, as well the averages for "I'm Telling" on NBC in 1987-88.

@JAS0N47 can you post all of daytime for the week of October 8, 1984 when you get a chance? Thank you.

Hey @JAS0N47, can you pull up the ratings for the week of July 6, 1987? Curious on the ratings of Bargain Hunters and other games being affected by the Iran-Contra hearings. Thanks.

Thought of another. Week ending 2/1/80, the last week of Beat The Clock on CBS, as well as Whew!

The Biskitts was CBS's attempt at a Smurfs clone involving puppies/dogs. It was removed in January, and I'd say losing to 2 shows composed of reruns didn't help its cause.

Your wish is my command. The Biskitts, Saturday December 10, 1983.

Sale would improve over time, eventually knocking out Child's Play. When you get a chance @JAS0N47, can you post the week of June 26-30, 1984? Thank you. Members Posted just now Sale would improve over time, eventually knocking out Child's Play. When you get a chance @JAS0N47, can you post the week of June 26-30, 1984 for weekdays? Thank you.

Appreciate what you are doing @JAS0N47. For Saturday Morning, the 10 AM time slot for 84-85. Dragon's Lair on ABC, Saturday Supercade/Bugs Bunny on CBS, The Smurfs on NBC.

I knew Press and (to a certain extent) Pyramid struggled with clearances for their runs. And this all but confirms the drop off PYL experienced in the 2nd half of 1985. Thanks again @JAS0N47

Appreciate the info @JAS0N47. One more for ya! Same show, week of 11/18-22/85.

Got a game show. Press Your Luck for the week of June 11-15, 1984. The 2nd Michael Larson episode aired that Monday when he won $110,237.

Paul Raven do you have any listings from the mid-80's that contain the ratings for ALL of daytime? I'm curious how all the shows rated back then.

Do you have access to all of daytime, or just the soaps? I know soap ratings are much easier to find than game show ratings...