May 7, 1980-NBC Game Show Lineup (WNBC)
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 Published On Feb 12, 2024

Other YT channels have uploaded parts of this over the years, sometimes one program or sometimes just commercials. Here is the entire three hour recording of the NBC daytime game show block from May 7, 1980 on WNBC-New York when SIX game shows were part of the lineup.

10:00 AM-Card Sharks (Jim Perry)
10:30 AM-Hollywood Squares (Peter Marshall)
11:00 AM-High Rollers (Alex Trebek)
11:30 AM-Wheel Of Fortune (Chuck Woolery)
12:00 PM-Chain Reaction (Bill Cullen)
12:30 PM-Password Plus (Bill Cullen subbing for Allen Ludden)

Because the "Password Plus" is incomplete on the original recording, the conclusion and end credits are taken from a cable repeat. The full version of that replay in better quality is at    • Video  

Six weeks later, three of the game shows above (HSQ, High Rollers and Chain Reaction) would be cancelled to make room for David Letterman's failed morning show. "Wheel Of Fortune" incredibly came close to being axed as well but got a last minute reprieve. Otherwise, there would be no phenomenon that goes on to the present day.

A recording like this offers a rare insight into how much daytime game shows were once important to network schedules. Something we will never see the likes of again as "The Price Is Right" on CBS remains the last legacy of that vanished era.

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