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| 2 | * AdoredByTheNetwork: Impressed by ''Series/QueenForADay'''s high ratings, NBC president Robert E. Kintner ordered the show's running time be increased from 30 minutes to 45 minutes in order for the network to sell more commercials, at a then premium rate of $4,000 per minute. |
| 3 | * ChannelHop: The television run started on NBC and moved to ABC just after the midpoint of its lifespan. It then aired in syndication for one season and then once on Lifetime as a special. |
| 4 | * KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Most of the show has been destroyed per standard network practices of the day. 17 episodes and a partial 18th are known to exist of the original run — two Mutual, four NBC (plus the partial), and eleven ABC (mostly from 1964). In 2005, First Look Media released a three-disc DVD set containing seven full episodes and fragments of another five, all with their commercials intact. |
| 5 | ** Several episodes appear on various public-domain compilations, with the "Classic Game Shows & More" DVD set containing a 45-minute episode from March 28, 1958 (taped at the Moulin Rouge) and a half-hour Circus Day show from around September 1964 [[note]](widely and incorrectly listed as 1963; the Spiegel catalog shown at one point is the Fall/Winter 1964 one)[[/note]]. |
| 6 | ** The Internet Archive has the aforementioned [[http://archive.org/details/1958EpisodeOfqueenForADay 1958]] and [[http://archive.org/details/queenforaday1963 1964]] episodes, plus one from [[https://archive.org/details/Queen_For_A_Day October 17, 1960.]] |
| 7 | * LongRunner: 19½ years, eight of it on television. |
| 8 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: In 1987, [[Creator/JackBarry Barry & Enright Productions]] unsuccessfully attempted to revive the show with Creator/MontyHall as host and with Fries Distribution Company as distributor. |
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