The 35th year of...

[babytims]

Something that doesn't get a lot of recognition:

35 years ago  today, Daytime Wheel officially moved to CBS. El Cheapo as some described it, but I guess that's just CBS Daytime. At least keep $750 as the top dollar for round 1!

Shame that the show only lasted but a year and a half, then it moved back to NBC before the plug got pulled.

I always said, much as I admire Pat Sajak for following his dreams and hosting a talk show, as that's one of my ultimate dreams, had that show never happened or had he not stepped down from daytime Wheel, it could very well still be on today. But alas...

I thought Goen was an exceptionable host. And what's there much to say about the format? I don't think it was that bad of a show, just got plagued with the powerhouse that is (or...was...?) The Price is Right.

Anyway, Daytime Wheel, happy 35th!

[smashwhammy]

i doubt TPIR had anything to do with it, given it was ON the same network as said show at the time (at least until the last few months, when it moved back to NBC)

[billmcdee]

I called this version "Wheel of 100" since half the dang spaces on the wheel were $100 wedges (falling over)...

[Bill Skinner]

Jul 17, 2024 12:06:16 GMT -5 smashwhammy said:

i doubt TPIR had anything to do with it, given it was ON the same network as said show at the time (at least until the last few months, when it moved back to NBC)

And there was also Family Feud, then in its second season and hosted by the late Ray Combs, which made up the other half of the pre-TPIR hour.

Sadly, though, the darkest era for CBS was about to begin, with its primetime lineup getting trounced by NBC's Must-See TV, the end of daytime gameshows as a whole (when Feud went to a full hour and failed miserably), and losing the NBA, MLB and the NFL within four years; but let's be fair, MLB was still on NBC and ABC in 1989 before moving to CBS in 1990. Not only that, there was also the big network switch of the mid-90s, when a bunch of longtime VHF affiliates switched over to FOX and other networks, with some markets even going to UHF channels to replace them (Atlanta, Cleveland and Detroit being prime examples). The renaissance did not begin until 1998, when the NFL returned to CBS after a four-year hiatus, and its primetime lineup got better again (led by Everybody Loves Raymond). Daytime is doing great nowadays too, with TPIR and Let's Make a Deal making up the same two-hour AM gameshow block that Wheel and Feud did with TPIR in '89, and the presence of two of three long-running soaps still in production (The Young & the Restless and The Bold & the Beautiful; the third is ABC's General Hospital; Days of Our Lives doesn't count because it moved from NBC to Peacock).

(At least this show lasted a little bit longer than Pat's talk show did.)

[bighornbattle]

It doesn't seem 35 years ago. Where has the time gone? I say Bob Goen was decent in my book.