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!!In general:
* Many daytime game shows whose network was run by Fred Silverman. [[note]]He started at Creator/{{CBS}} in 1963 as vice president of daytime programming; he became vice president of programming by 1970, the position in which he initiated UsefulNotes/TheRuralPurge. He moved on to Creator/{{ABC}} in 1975 as president of ABC Entertainment, helping lead that network from perennial third place to first place. From there, he became president and CEO of Creator/{{NBC}} in 1978, plunging that network into a DorkAge until he was dismissed in 1981.[[/note]] Not surprising, as Silverman actually openly hated game shows, feeling that they were a waste of time and not as entertaining as scripted programming. Never mind that game shows are generally cheaper to produce than scripted programming, and might have helped NBC during its ratings doldrums when it was spending money left and right on scripted fare and the 1980 Summer Olympics. That money didn't come back when the Jimmy Carter-ordered boycott on the 1980 Olympics forced it off of NBC's schedule and the rut claimed Silverman's career with the firm and his A-list executive career.
** ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' was enjoying the highest ratings for a daytime game show but then NBC president and CEO Silverman wanted it gone, ostensibly because he passed on it while vice president of CBS and hated how big of a hit it became. In its last two years on the air, Silverman enacted his revenge by shuffling its timeslot in an effort to confuse viewers. He finally canned it in June 1980 along with ''Series/ChainReaction'' and ''Series/HighRollers'' to make room for a 90-minute talk show hosted by Creator/DavidLetterman... which flopped after four months. The same shuffling ''very'' nearly killed ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' as well, but its cancellation was overturned -- and in doing so, it eventually got popular enough to gain the syndicated version which [[LongRunners remains on air well into]] TheNewTens. As for Silverman, his bosses at NBC corporate parent RCA ultimately got fed up with his mistakes and finally sacked him and replaced him with Grant Tinker... who, coincidentally, had previously known Creator/MervGriffin back when he previously worked at NBC as a junior programming executive during the mid-1960's, and, in fact, had previously persuaded Mort Werner, then the network's senior vice president of programming and talent, to greenlight Griffin's other best known creation, ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', which itself gained a syndicated revival around the same time as ''Wheel'''s.
** The NBC version of ''Series/CardSharks'' aired at 10:00 AM and was pulling in commendable ratings for its slot. To accommodate Letterman's show, it was moved it to Noon where many local affiliates chose to pre-empt it for newscasts. ''Card Sharks'' was cancelled fifteen months later.
** ''Series/BreakTheBank1976'' was another prime daytime example. It was #3 in all of daytime but Silverman, who helmed ABC at the time, canned it after just 15 weeks to expand two soap operas by 15 minutes. Tsk, tsk, tsk...
** Silverman screwed over the original version of ''Series/{{Password}}'' which had been losing viewers to ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' on NBC and ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' on ABC. When he was vice president of daytime programming at CBS, Silverman wanted the show permanently moved from New York to Television City. An argument ensued with Creator/MarkGoodson and Bill Todman and the show was terminated.
** Around the same time, Silverman likely had an influence on CBS cancelling their entire prime time game show lineup when the 1966-67 season came to a close, even though prime time programming was technically outside of his responsibilities. CBS axed ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'', a nighttime version of ''Password'', ''Series/IveGotASecret'' and ''Series/WhatsMyLine'' without warning, claiming that game shows were no longer suitable for prime time hours. Bennett Cerf found out about ''What's My Line'' getting cancelled through ''The New York Times''. The daytime version of ''To Tell the Truth'' survived another season before getting the ax itself.
** Amusingly, several years later, when Silverman was promoted to vice president of programming at CBS, he and Goodson-Todman eventually patched up their differences and Silverman green lit several game shows from Goodson-Todman on CBS's daytime schedule, such as revivals of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' and ''Series/MatchGame'' as well as two new shows called ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'', which itself was actually a loose revival of ''Series/HeSaidSheSaid'', and ''Series/NowYouSeeIt''. This continued on when Silverman moved to ABC, when Silverman brought ''Series/FamilyFeud'' and ''Series/TheBetterSex'' to the network. It finally came full circle at NBC, when Silverman green lit a revival of ''Series/{{Password}}'' titled ''Password Plus'', as well as three new shows, the aforementioned ''Series/CardSharks''; ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}''; and ''Series/{{Mindreaders}}''.
* The ''Series/WheelOfFortune''/''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' combo as well as the trifecta of ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'', ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt'', and ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'', were responsible for the mass trampling of syndicated game shows in the mid to late 80s. ''Series/FamilyFeud'''s ratings tanked and was not renewed in 1985 with the daytime version cancelled shortly after. ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and ''Series/TicTacDough'', which were already struggling due to [[ReplacementScrappy unpopular hosting changes]], both kicked the bucket in 1986. Already existing shows were moved to unpopular time slots such as late night or the early evening. The Bill Rafferty-hosted revival of ''Series/CardSharks'' was screwed by an affiliate; WABC in New York City originally aired it at 4:00 PM alongside ''Jeopardy!'' but moved to the late night hours to accommodate ''Oprah'' while ''Jeopardy!'' got the juicy 7:00 PM slot. New shows, such as the Tom Kennedy-hosted version of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', the US version of ''Series/CatchPhrase'', ''Series/Wipeout1988'', and many others also suffered this fate.
* With very few exceptions, the syndicated version of ''Wheel of Fortune'' has a mandatory time slot of 7:00 or 7:30 PM in the Eastern and Pacific Time Zones and 6:00 or 6:30 PM in the Central and Mountain Time Zones. Because of this, it is often pre-empted by local affiliates that choose to air special programming just before primetime. It also falls victim to sporting events such as Thursday Night Football that begin coverage at those times. In some cases, if sister show ''Jeopardy!'' (which does not have any time slot mandates) has its time slot pre-empted instead, some stations will opt to air that show in ''Wheel's'' time slot.
Examples from Disney-owned networks, including ABC, Freeform, and A&E Networks, can be seen on [[ScrewedByTheNetwork/DisneyNetworks their separate page]].
!!BBC:
* Of the five series of the BBC's ''Series/WouldILieToYou'', it has never once held the same timeslot twice; it has bounced from Saturday at 10PM, Friday at 9PM, Monday at 10:30PM, Friday at 10:35PM, Friday at 9:30PM. And it's been announced that Series 6 will be airing before the watershed, at 8:30PM.
!!CBS:
* ''Series/MatchGame'' flourished at 3:30 PM Eastern, but the network inexplicably moved it to 11:00 AM, following ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''. Ratings tumbled as several major markets blacked out ''Match'' in favor of syndicated fare. Six weeks later, ''Match'' was moved to the low-clearance 4:00 PM Eastern spot (previous occupant ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' was moved to 10:00 AM and ''Price'' to 10:30) where it lived out its tenure to April 1979.
* The original CBS run of ''Series/{{Password}}'' became the first hit after the quiz show scandals nearly killed off the game show genre. Then on July 11, 1966, CBS pre-empted the series to cover a press conference by Secretary of Defense Robert [=McNamara=] regarding the progress of the Vietnam War; as Creator/{{NBC}} and Creator/{{ABC}} didn't give their news divisions the same leeway that CBS gave ''its'' news division, viewers began defecting to both NBC's recently-debuted ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' and the debut of ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' on ABC, giving the latter a larger sampling than it likely would've had otherwise. This eventually led to Fred Silverman cancelling it (see above).
** Much later, CBS screwed ''Million-Dollar Password'' by canning it simply because it didn't hit their target demographic, despite the fact that it frequently pulled the highest ratings in its timeslot. (That may have been for the best, though, considering the rather terrible format changes that version had.)
* CBS also screwed over the American ''Series/WinningLines'' by only airing it Saturday nights with seemingly no consistent timeslot, causing the ratings to plummet.
* ''Series/{{Whew}}'' was an odd example- at first it was doing well, as ABC programmed nothing in the 10:30 AM timeslot and all NBC had to offer was the short-lived ''All-Star Secrets''. But as part of Fred Silverman's plan to shut down ''The Hollywood Squares'' (see above), it got shuffled to 10:30 and promptly started beating ''Whew!'' to a pulp. CBS' daytime department realized NBC was playing dirty and asked the promotional people for more advertising. They said no, and as a result, even the show going into a full-time CelebrityEdition didn't help, and the show expired unfairly.
!!Channel Four:
* This is thought to be the cause of Carol Vorderman's 2008 departure from British game ''Series/{{Countdown}}'': when the show's budget was going to be cut by 33%, Vorderman was willing to take a 33% salary cut as well...except Channel Four allegedly went up to her and said what boiled down to "We're going to take off a trailing zero from your salary next year. Take it or leave it, you have two days to respond." Note that Vorderman's about as famous in Britain as [[Series/WheelOfFortune Vanna White]] is in America, as she was on ''Countdown'' from its 1982 debut.
!!FOX:
* ''Series/TheChamber'' got screwed by FOX as it was rushed to air ahead of time to compete with ABC's ''Series/TheChair'' and ended up getting labeled a rip-off as a result (it's unknown which show began production first)... and then FOX canned it after only airing half of the six shows taped. (Then again, considering how the show was pretty much '''televised torture''', perhaps someone at Fox realized it was a bad idea?)
* FOX screwed over both ''Series/{{Greed}}'' and ''It's Your Chance of a Lifetime'' because the then-current network president hated game shows. ''Chance'' got it the worst because it was barely advertised, and what little advertisement there was only appeared mere days before the show was due to air. ''Chance'' was supposed to become a regular weekly series, contestants were being interviewed and everything, and FOX just pulled the plug for no reason whatsoever. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120305215645/http://www.fortunecity.com/business/shares/1385/id2.htm Full details here.]]
!!GSN:
* Quite a few Creator/{{GSN}} originals. The typical formula for an original game here: A) introduce it with some fanfare, B) constantly jack its timeslot around, C) show a metric buttload of reruns while the show's still making new episodes, D) announce the new seasons rarely if at all, and E) gradually stop making new episodes. Small wonder that, out of all of their original programming dating back to the late 1990s, ''Series/{{Lingo}}'' was one of the only ones to be a bona-fide hit...and even ''that'' was a revival.
** Perhaps the most notorious example came in 2004 when the network, which had previously been known on-air as Game Show Network, decided to [[NetworkDecay try to appeal to a younger demographic]] by changing its programming up with dozens of non-game show-related series, including ''Series/KennyVsSpenny'', the unsurprisingly short-lived ''Fake-a-Date'' and ''Vegas Weddings Unveiled'', and various blackjack/poker games. In the ensuing change-up, '''all''' of the network's original programming that wasn't named ''Lingo'' was canceled. Said original programming, which included ''Series/FriendOrFoe'', ''Series/RussianRoulette'', and a [[Series/{{Whammy}} revival]] of ''Series/PressYourLuck'', were some of the network's most popular programs, and likely would have gone on for more seasons had GSN not screwed them (and, in effect, themselves) over.
!!NBC:
* After a disastrous pilot, series creator Bob Stewart persuaded reluctant NBC execs to give ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' at least 13 weeks on the air. The network, evidently having zero faith in the program, put it on at 10:30 AM against CBS' ''Arthur Godfrey Time'', then one of the biggest things on television. A month later, ''Price'' was moved to 11AM against the second half of Godfrey's hour-long show. [[note]](ABC wouldn't program at 10:30 until 1964; they hadn't put any shows at 11AM since 1955, and wouldn't do so again until '58.)[[/note]] Despite this and several negative reviews early on, ''Price'' beat Godfrey in the ratings by the end of those initial 13 weeks and remained a powerhouse for much of the next seven years.
* The nighttime ''Price'' flourished Wednesdays at 8:30 PM, making it the top-rated primetime game show. In September 1961, the sponsors wanted to tinker with it, so NBC moved the show to Mondays at 8:30. Ratings slid, so a year later the show was moved up an hour to 9:30 PM...opposite ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''. ''Price'' hemorrhaged ratings, so on February 1, 1963 it was moved to Fridays at 9:30. NBC wanted a show that attracted a younger audience than ''Price'' sponsors wanted, so they optioned the sitcom ''Harry's Girls'' to replace ''Price'' that Fall.
** [[NetworkToTheRescue ABC stepped in]] and acquired both versions of ''Price'' for an amount NBC wasn't willing to match, although the move was costly as ABC couldn't afford either version in color and not every market had an ABC affiliate (48 markets aired ''Price'' on their CBS station).
* The 2000 revival of ''Series/TwentyOne'' was performing quite well, yet it was abruptly canned out of nowhere for no reason, and the finale wasn't even advertised.
* NBC head Lin Bolen became the enemy of fans for her insistence on ousting games hosted by middle-aged men on technologically-obsolete sets.
** In 1973, as CBS' ''Price Is Right'' reboot was trouncing it, she refused to move the original ''Series/{{Concentration}}'' from being its competitor. [[note]]Probably not helping was an incident involving Bolen and producer Norm Blumenthal. As Bolen visited the control booth during a telecast, an audience member shouted out the answer to a puzzle and Blumenthal ordered that the car on a contestant's prize rack be given to said member. Bolen rebuked "Why don't you give one to the opponent?", to which Blumenthal looked her in the eyes and said "Shut up. This is ''my'' control booth," effectively daring her to fire him and cancel the show.[[/note]]
** In 1974, she killed the three-year-old Creator/BobStewart game ''Series/ThreeOnAMatch'', which had done respectably in the 1:30 PM timeslot that had been a revolving door after Monty Hall took ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' to ABC in December 1968. The replacement, ''Series/WinningStreak'', was a failure.
** Once ''TOAM'' ended, Bolen moved ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}!'' to the 1:30 slot, causing it to lose a good portion of its audience. In one of the biggest aversions of this trope, in exchange for ending Creator/MervGriffin's show a year before the contract stated, the remainder of said contract was given to the culmination of over a year's development and Bolen putting her job on the line - ''Series/WheelOfFortune''.
* The NBC version of ''Series/DreamHouse'' ran against the second half of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' and was holding its ground, being the third-highest rated game show at one point. However, the series was replaced by ''Series/{{Scrabble}}'' which would go onto run for six years. To make matters worse, ''Scrabble'' took over its time slot and stayed there for the first three years.
* The American version of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' proved to be a big hit upon its premiere, but the second season saw the series collapse in a ratings freefall in the aftermath of 9/11. In an effort to bring the ratings back up, NBC produced "celebrity" episodes for the third season featuring personalities rather than standard contestants. The gambit backfired horribly on the network, leading to its cancellation.
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* Many daytime game shows whose network was run by Fred Silverman. [[note]]He started at Creator/{{CBS}} in 1963 as vice president of daytime programming; he became vice president of programming by 1970, the position in which he initiated UsefulNotes/TheRuralPurge. He moved on to Creator/{{ABC}} in 1975 as president of ABC Entertainment, helping lead that network from perennial third place to first place. From there, he became president and CEO of Creator/{{NBC}} in 1978, plunging that network into a DorkAge until he was dismissed in 1981.[[/note]] Not surprising, as Silverman actually openly hated game shows, feeling that they were a waste of time and not as entertaining as scripted programming. Never mind that game shows are generally cheaper to produce than scripted programming, and might have helped NBC during its ratings doldrums when it was spending money left and right on scripted fare and the 1980 Summer Olympics. That money didn't come back when the Jimmy Carter-ordered boycott on the 1980 Olympics forced it off of NBC's schedule and the rut claimed Silverman's career with the firm and his A-list executive career.
** ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' was enjoying the highest ratings for a daytime game show but then NBC president and CEO Silverman wanted it gone, ostensibly because he passed on it while vice president of CBS and hated how big of a hit it became. In its last two years on the air, Silverman enacted his revenge by shuffling its timeslot in an effort to confuse viewers. He finally canned it in June 1980 along with ''Series/ChainReaction'' and ''Series/HighRollers'' to make room for a 90-minute talk show hosted by Creator/DavidLetterman... which flopped after four months. The same shuffling ''very'' nearly killed ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' as well, but its cancellation was overturned -- and in doing so, it eventually got popular enough to gain the syndicated version which [[LongRunners remains on air well into]] TheNewTens. As for Silverman, his bosses at NBC corporate parent RCA ultimately got fed up with his mistakes and finally sacked him and replaced him with Grant Tinker... who, coincidentally, had previously known Creator/MervGriffin back when he previously worked at NBC as a junior programming executive during the mid-1960's, and, in fact, had previously persuaded Mort Werner, then the network's senior vice president of programming and talent, to greenlight Griffin's other best known creation, ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', which itself gained a syndicated revival around the same time as ''Wheel'''s.
** The NBC version of ''Series/CardSharks'' aired at 10:00 AM and was pulling in commendable ratings for its slot. To accommodate Letterman's show, it was moved it to Noon where many local affiliates chose to pre-empt it for newscasts. ''Card Sharks'' was cancelled fifteen months later.
** ''Series/BreakTheBank1976'' was another prime daytime example. It was #3 in all of daytime but Silverman, who helmed ABC at the time, canned it after just 15 weeks to expand two soap operas by 15 minutes. Tsk, tsk, tsk...
** Silverman screwed over the original version of ''Series/{{Password}}'' which had been losing viewers to ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' on NBC and ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' on ABC. When he was vice president of daytime programming at CBS, Silverman wanted the show permanently moved from New York to Television City. An argument ensued with Creator/MarkGoodson and Bill Todman and the show was terminated.
** Around the same time, Silverman likely had an influence on CBS cancelling their entire prime time game show lineup when the 1966-67 season came to a close, even though prime time programming was technically outside of his responsibilities. CBS axed ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'', a nighttime version of ''Password'', ''Series/IveGotASecret'' and ''Series/WhatsMyLine'' without warning, claiming that game shows were no longer suitable for prime time hours. Bennett Cerf found out about ''What's My Line'' getting cancelled through ''The New York Times''. The daytime version of ''To Tell the Truth'' survived another season before getting the ax itself.
** Amusingly, several years later, when Silverman was promoted to vice president of programming at CBS, he and Goodson-Todman eventually patched up their differences and Silverman green lit several game shows from Goodson-Todman on CBS's daytime schedule, such as revivals of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' and ''Series/MatchGame'' as well as two new shows called ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'', which itself was actually a loose revival of ''Series/HeSaidSheSaid'', and ''Series/NowYouSeeIt''. This continued on when Silverman moved to ABC, when Silverman brought ''Series/FamilyFeud'' and ''Series/TheBetterSex'' to the network. It finally came full circle at NBC, when Silverman green lit a revival of ''Series/{{Password}}'' titled ''Password Plus'', as well as three new shows, the aforementioned ''Series/CardSharks''; ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}''; and ''Series/{{Mindreaders}}''.
* The ''Series/WheelOfFortune''/''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' combo as well as the trifecta of ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'', ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt'', and ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'', were responsible for the mass trampling of syndicated game shows in the mid to late 80s. ''Series/FamilyFeud'''s ratings tanked and was not renewed in 1985 with the daytime version cancelled shortly after. ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and ''Series/TicTacDough'', which were already struggling due to [[ReplacementScrappy unpopular hosting changes]], both kicked the bucket in 1986. Already existing shows were moved to unpopular time slots such as late night or the early evening. The Bill Rafferty-hosted revival of ''Series/CardSharks'' was screwed by an affiliate; WABC in New York City originally aired it at 4:00 PM alongside ''Jeopardy!'' but moved to the late night hours to accommodate ''Oprah'' while ''Jeopardy!'' got the juicy 7:00 PM slot. New shows, such as the Tom Kennedy-hosted version of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', the US version of ''Series/CatchPhrase'', ''Series/Wipeout1988'', and many others also suffered this fate.
* With very few exceptions, the syndicated version of ''Wheel of Fortune'' has a mandatory time slot of 7:00 or 7:30 PM in the Eastern and Pacific Time Zones and 6:00 or 6:30 PM in the Central and Mountain Time Zones. Because of this, it is often pre-empted by local affiliates that choose to air special programming just before primetime. It also falls victim to sporting events such as Thursday Night Football that begin coverage at those times. In some cases, if sister show ''Jeopardy!'' (which does not have any time slot mandates) has its time slot pre-empted instead, some stations will opt to air that show in ''Wheel's'' time slot.
Examples from Disney-owned networks, including ABC, Freeform, and A&E Networks, can be seen on [[ScrewedByTheNetwork/DisneyNetworks their separate page]].
!!BBC:
* Of the five series of the BBC's ''Series/WouldILieToYou'', it has never once held the same timeslot twice; it has bounced from Saturday at 10PM, Friday at 9PM, Monday at 10:30PM, Friday at 10:35PM, Friday at 9:30PM. And it's been announced that Series 6 will be airing before the watershed, at 8:30PM.
!!CBS:
* ''Series/MatchGame'' flourished at 3:30 PM Eastern, but the network inexplicably moved it to 11:00 AM, following ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''. Ratings tumbled as several major markets blacked out ''Match'' in favor of syndicated fare. Six weeks later, ''Match'' was moved to the low-clearance 4:00 PM Eastern spot (previous occupant ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' was moved to 10:00 AM and ''Price'' to 10:30) where it lived out its tenure to April 1979.
* The original CBS run of ''Series/{{Password}}'' became the first hit after the quiz show scandals nearly killed off the game show genre. Then on July 11, 1966, CBS pre-empted the series to cover a press conference by Secretary of Defense Robert [=McNamara=] regarding the progress of the Vietnam War; as Creator/{{NBC}} and Creator/{{ABC}} didn't give their news divisions the same leeway that CBS gave ''its'' news division, viewers began defecting to both NBC's recently-debuted ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' and the debut of ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' on ABC, giving the latter a larger sampling than it likely would've had otherwise. This eventually led to Fred Silverman cancelling it (see above).
** Much later, CBS screwed ''Million-Dollar Password'' by canning it simply because it didn't hit their target demographic, despite the fact that it frequently pulled the highest ratings in its timeslot. (That may have been for the best, though, considering the rather terrible format changes that version had.)
* CBS also screwed over the American ''Series/WinningLines'' by only airing it Saturday nights with seemingly no consistent timeslot, causing the ratings to plummet.
* ''Series/{{Whew}}'' was an odd example- at first it was doing well, as ABC programmed nothing in the 10:30 AM timeslot and all NBC had to offer was the short-lived ''All-Star Secrets''. But as part of Fred Silverman's plan to shut down ''The Hollywood Squares'' (see above), it got shuffled to 10:30 and promptly started beating ''Whew!'' to a pulp. CBS' daytime department realized NBC was playing dirty and asked the promotional people for more advertising. They said no, and as a result, even the show going into a full-time CelebrityEdition didn't help, and the show expired unfairly.
!!Channel Four:
* This is thought to be the cause of Carol Vorderman's 2008 departure from British game ''Series/{{Countdown}}'': when the show's budget was going to be cut by 33%, Vorderman was willing to take a 33% salary cut as well...except Channel Four allegedly went up to her and said what boiled down to "We're going to take off a trailing zero from your salary next year. Take it or leave it, you have two days to respond." Note that Vorderman's about as famous in Britain as [[Series/WheelOfFortune Vanna White]] is in America, as she was on ''Countdown'' from its 1982 debut.
!!FOX:
* ''Series/TheChamber'' got screwed by FOX as it was rushed to air ahead of time to compete with ABC's ''Series/TheChair'' and ended up getting labeled a rip-off as a result (it's unknown which show began production first)... and then FOX canned it after only airing half of the six shows taped. (Then again, considering how the show was pretty much '''televised torture''', perhaps someone at Fox realized it was a bad idea?)
* FOX screwed over both ''Series/{{Greed}}'' and ''It's Your Chance of a Lifetime'' because the then-current network president hated game shows. ''Chance'' got it the worst because it was barely advertised, and what little advertisement there was only appeared mere days before the show was due to air. ''Chance'' was supposed to become a regular weekly series, contestants were being interviewed and everything, and FOX just pulled the plug for no reason whatsoever. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120305215645/http://www.fortunecity.com/business/shares/1385/id2.htm Full details here.]]
!!GSN:
* Quite a few Creator/{{GSN}} originals. The typical formula for an original game here: A) introduce it with some fanfare, B) constantly jack its timeslot around, C) show a metric buttload of reruns while the show's still making new episodes, D) announce the new seasons rarely if at all, and E) gradually stop making new episodes. Small wonder that, out of all of their original programming dating back to the late 1990s, ''Series/{{Lingo}}'' was one of the only ones to be a bona-fide hit...and even ''that'' was a revival.
** Perhaps the most notorious example came in 2004 when the network, which had previously been known on-air as Game Show Network, decided to [[NetworkDecay try to appeal to a younger demographic]] by changing its programming up with dozens of non-game show-related series, including ''Series/KennyVsSpenny'', the unsurprisingly short-lived ''Fake-a-Date'' and ''Vegas Weddings Unveiled'', and various blackjack/poker games. In the ensuing change-up, '''all''' of the network's original programming that wasn't named ''Lingo'' was canceled. Said original programming, which included ''Series/FriendOrFoe'', ''Series/RussianRoulette'', and a [[Series/{{Whammy}} revival]] of ''Series/PressYourLuck'', were some of the network's most popular programs, and likely would have gone on for more seasons had GSN not screwed them (and, in effect, themselves) over.
!!NBC:
* After a disastrous pilot, series creator Bob Stewart persuaded reluctant NBC execs to give ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' at least 13 weeks on the air. The network, evidently having zero faith in the program, put it on at 10:30 AM against CBS' ''Arthur Godfrey Time'', then one of the biggest things on television. A month later, ''Price'' was moved to 11AM against the second half of Godfrey's hour-long show. [[note]](ABC wouldn't program at 10:30 until 1964; they hadn't put any shows at 11AM since 1955, and wouldn't do so again until '58.)[[/note]] Despite this and several negative reviews early on, ''Price'' beat Godfrey in the ratings by the end of those initial 13 weeks and remained a powerhouse for much of the next seven years.
* The nighttime ''Price'' flourished Wednesdays at 8:30 PM, making it the top-rated primetime game show. In September 1961, the sponsors wanted to tinker with it, so NBC moved the show to Mondays at 8:30. Ratings slid, so a year later the show was moved up an hour to 9:30 PM...opposite ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''. ''Price'' hemorrhaged ratings, so on February 1, 1963 it was moved to Fridays at 9:30. NBC wanted a show that attracted a younger audience than ''Price'' sponsors wanted, so they optioned the sitcom ''Harry's Girls'' to replace ''Price'' that Fall.
** [[NetworkToTheRescue ABC stepped in]] and acquired both versions of ''Price'' for an amount NBC wasn't willing to match, although the move was costly as ABC couldn't afford either version in color and not every market had an ABC affiliate (48 markets aired ''Price'' on their CBS station).
* The 2000 revival of ''Series/TwentyOne'' was performing quite well, yet it was abruptly canned out of nowhere for no reason, and the finale wasn't even advertised.
* NBC head Lin Bolen became the enemy of fans for her insistence on ousting games hosted by middle-aged men on technologically-obsolete sets.
** In 1973, as CBS' ''Price Is Right'' reboot was trouncing it, she refused to move the original ''Series/{{Concentration}}'' from being its competitor. [[note]]Probably not helping was an incident involving Bolen and producer Norm Blumenthal. As Bolen visited the control booth during a telecast, an audience member shouted out the answer to a puzzle and Blumenthal ordered that the car on a contestant's prize rack be given to said member. Bolen rebuked "Why don't you give one to the opponent?", to which Blumenthal looked her in the eyes and said "Shut up. This is ''my'' control booth," effectively daring her to fire him and cancel the show.[[/note]]
** In 1974, she killed the three-year-old Creator/BobStewart game ''Series/ThreeOnAMatch'', which had done respectably in the 1:30 PM timeslot that had been a revolving door after Monty Hall took ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' to ABC in December 1968. The replacement, ''Series/WinningStreak'', was a failure.
** Once ''TOAM'' ended, Bolen moved ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}!'' to the 1:30 slot, causing it to lose a good portion of its audience. In one of the biggest aversions of this trope, in exchange for ending Creator/MervGriffin's show a year before the contract stated, the remainder of said contract was given to the culmination of over a year's development and Bolen putting her job on the line - ''Series/WheelOfFortune''.
* The NBC version of ''Series/DreamHouse'' ran against the second half of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' and was holding its ground, being the third-highest rated game show at one point. However, the series was replaced by ''Series/{{Scrabble}}'' which would go onto run for six years. To make matters worse, ''Scrabble'' took over its time slot and stayed there for the first three years.
* The American version of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' proved to be a big hit upon its premiere, but the second season saw the series collapse in a ratings freefall in the aftermath of 9/11. In an effort to bring the ratings back up, NBC produced "celebrity" episodes for the third season featuring personalities rather than standard contestants. The gambit backfired horribly on the network, leading to its cancellation.
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* Many daytime game shows whose network was run by Fred Silverman. [[note]]He started at Creator/{{CBS}} in 1963 as vice president of daytime programming; he became vice president of programming by 1970, the position in which he initiated UsefulNotes/TheRuralPurge. He moved on to Creator/{{ABC}} in 1975 as president of ABC Entertainment, helping lead that network from perennial third place to first place. From there, he became president and CEO of Creator/{{NBC}} in 1978, plunging that network into a DorkAge until he was dismissed in 1981.[[/note]] Not surprising, as Silverman actually openly hated game shows, feeling that they were a waste of time and not as entertaining as scripted programming. Never mind that game shows are generally cheaper to produce than scripted programming, and might have helped NBC during its ratings doldrums when it was spending money left and right on scripted fare and the 1980 Summer Olympics. That money didn't come back when the Jimmy Carter-ordered boycott on the 1980 Olympics forced it off of NBC's schedule and the rut claimed Silverman's career with the firm and his A-list executive career.
** ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' was enjoying the highest ratings for a daytime game show but then NBC president and CEO Silverman wanted it gone, ostensibly because he passed on it while vice president of CBS and hated how big of a hit it became. In its last two years on the air, Silverman enacted his revenge by shuffling its timeslot in an effort to confuse viewers. He finally canned it in June 1980 along with ''Series/ChainReaction'' and ''Series/HighRollers'' to make room for a 90-minute talk show hosted by Creator/DavidLetterman... which flopped after four months. The same shuffling ''very'' nearly killed ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' as well, but its cancellation was overturned -- and in doing so, it eventually got popular enough to gain the syndicated version which [[LongRunners remains on air well into]] TheNewTens. As for Silverman, his bosses at NBC corporate parent RCA ultimately got fed up with his mistakes and finally sacked him and replaced him with Grant Tinker... who, coincidentally, had previously known Creator/MervGriffin back when he previously worked at NBC as a junior programming executive during the mid-1960's, and, in fact, had previously persuaded Mort Werner, then the network's senior vice president of programming and talent, to greenlight Griffin's other best known creation, ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', which itself gained a syndicated revival around the same time as ''Wheel'''s.
** The NBC version of ''Series/CardSharks'' aired at 10:00 AM and was pulling in commendable ratings for its slot. To accommodate Letterman's show, it was moved it to Noon where many local affiliates chose to pre-empt it for newscasts. ''Card Sharks'' was cancelled fifteen months later.
** ''Series/BreakTheBank1976'' was another prime daytime example. It was #3 in all of daytime but Silverman, who helmed ABC at the time, canned it after just 15 weeks to expand two soap operas by 15 minutes. Tsk, tsk, tsk...
** Silverman screwed over the original version of ''Series/{{Password}}'' which had been losing viewers to ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' on NBC and ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' on ABC. When he was vice president of daytime programming at CBS, Silverman wanted the show permanently moved from New York to Television City. An argument ensued with Creator/MarkGoodson and Bill Todman and the show was terminated.
** Around the same time, Silverman likely had an influence on CBS cancelling their entire prime time game show lineup when the 1966-67 season came to a close, even though prime time programming was technically outside of his responsibilities. CBS axed ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'', a nighttime version of ''Password'', ''Series/IveGotASecret'' and ''Series/WhatsMyLine'' without warning, claiming that game shows were no longer suitable for prime time hours. Bennett Cerf found out about ''What's My Line'' getting cancelled through ''The New York Times''. The daytime version of ''To Tell the Truth'' survived another season before getting the ax itself.
** Amusingly, several years later, when Silverman was promoted to vice president of programming at CBS, he and Goodson-Todman eventually patched up their differences and Silverman green lit several game shows from Goodson-Todman on CBS's daytime schedule, such as revivals of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' and ''Series/MatchGame'' as well as two new shows called ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'', which itself was actually a loose revival of ''Series/HeSaidSheSaid'', and ''Series/NowYouSeeIt''. This continued on when Silverman moved to ABC, when Silverman brought ''Series/FamilyFeud'' and ''Series/TheBetterSex'' to the network. It finally came full circle at NBC, when Silverman green lit a revival of ''Series/{{Password}}'' titled ''Password Plus'', as well as three new shows, the aforementioned ''Series/CardSharks''; ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}''; and ''Series/{{Mindreaders}}''.
* The ''Series/WheelOfFortune''/''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' combo as well as the trifecta of ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'', ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt'', and ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'', were responsible for the mass trampling of syndicated game shows in the mid to late 80s. ''Series/FamilyFeud'''s ratings tanked and was not renewed in 1985 with the daytime version cancelled shortly after. ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and ''Series/TicTacDough'', which were already struggling due to [[ReplacementScrappy unpopular hosting changes]], both kicked the bucket in 1986. Already existing shows were moved to unpopular time slots such as late night or the early evening. The Bill Rafferty-hosted revival of ''Series/CardSharks'' was screwed by an affiliate; WABC in New York City originally aired it at 4:00 PM alongside ''Jeopardy!'' but moved to the late night hours to accommodate ''Oprah'' while ''Jeopardy!'' got the juicy 7:00 PM slot. New shows, such as the Tom Kennedy-hosted version of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', the US version of ''Series/CatchPhrase'', ''Series/Wipeout1988'', and many others also suffered this fate.
* With very few exceptions, the syndicated version of ''Wheel of Fortune'' has a mandatory time slot of 7:00 or 7:30 PM in the Eastern and Pacific Time Zones and 6:00 or 6:30 PM in the Central and Mountain Time Zones. Because of this, it is often pre-empted by local affiliates that choose to air special programming just before primetime. It also falls victim to sporting events such as Thursday Night Football that begin coverage at those times. In some cases, if sister show ''Jeopardy!'' (which does not have any time slot mandates) has its time slot pre-empted instead, some stations will opt to air that show in ''Wheel's'' time slot.
Examples from Disney-owned networks, including ABC, Freeform, and A&E Networks, can be seen on [[ScrewedByTheNetwork/DisneyNetworks their separate page]].
!!BBC:
* Of the five series of the BBC's ''Series/WouldILieToYou'', it has never once held the same timeslot twice; it has bounced from Saturday at 10PM, Friday at 9PM, Monday at 10:30PM, Friday at 10:35PM, Friday at 9:30PM. And it's been announced that Series 6 will be airing before the watershed, at 8:30PM.
!!CBS:
* ''Series/MatchGame'' flourished at 3:30 PM Eastern, but the network inexplicably moved it to 11:00 AM, following ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''. Ratings tumbled as several major markets blacked out ''Match'' in favor of syndicated fare. Six weeks later, ''Match'' was moved to the low-clearance 4:00 PM Eastern spot (previous occupant ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' was moved to 10:00 AM and ''Price'' to 10:30) where it lived out its tenure to April 1979.
* The original CBS run of ''Series/{{Password}}'' became the first hit after the quiz show scandals nearly killed off the game show genre. Then on July 11, 1966, CBS pre-empted the series to cover a press conference by Secretary of Defense Robert [=McNamara=] regarding the progress of the Vietnam War; as Creator/{{NBC}} and Creator/{{ABC}} didn't give their news divisions the same leeway that CBS gave ''its'' news division, viewers began defecting to both NBC's recently-debuted ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' and the debut of ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' on ABC, giving the latter a larger sampling than it likely would've had otherwise. This eventually led to Fred Silverman cancelling it (see above).
** Much later, CBS screwed ''Million-Dollar Password'' by canning it simply because it didn't hit their target demographic, despite the fact that it frequently pulled the highest ratings in its timeslot. (That may have been for the best, though, considering the rather terrible format changes that version had.)
* CBS also screwed over the American ''Series/WinningLines'' by only airing it Saturday nights with seemingly no consistent timeslot, causing the ratings to plummet.
* ''Series/{{Whew}}'' was an odd example- at first it was doing well, as ABC programmed nothing in the 10:30 AM timeslot and all NBC had to offer was the short-lived ''All-Star Secrets''. But as part of Fred Silverman's plan to shut down ''The Hollywood Squares'' (see above), it got shuffled to 10:30 and promptly started beating ''Whew!'' to a pulp. CBS' daytime department realized NBC was playing dirty and asked the promotional people for more advertising. They said no, and as a result, even the show going into a full-time CelebrityEdition didn't help, and the show expired unfairly.
!!Channel Four:
* This is thought to be the cause of Carol Vorderman's 2008 departure from British game ''Series/{{Countdown}}'': when the show's budget was going to be cut by 33%, Vorderman was willing to take a 33% salary cut as well...except Channel Four allegedly went up to her and said what boiled down to "We're going to take off a trailing zero from your salary next year. Take it or leave it, you have two days to respond." Note that Vorderman's about as famous in Britain as [[Series/WheelOfFortune Vanna White]] is in America, as she was on ''Countdown'' from its 1982 debut.
!!FOX:
* ''Series/TheChamber'' got screwed by FOX as it was rushed to air ahead of time to compete with ABC's ''Series/TheChair'' and ended up getting labeled a rip-off as a result (it's unknown which show began production first)... and then FOX canned it after only airing half of the six shows taped. (Then again, considering how the show was pretty much '''televised torture''', perhaps someone at Fox realized it was a bad idea?)
* FOX screwed over both ''Series/{{Greed}}'' and ''It's Your Chance of a Lifetime'' because the then-current network president hated game shows. ''Chance'' got it the worst because it was barely advertised, and what little advertisement there was only appeared mere days before the show was due to air. ''Chance'' was supposed to become a regular weekly series, contestants were being interviewed and everything, and FOX just pulled the plug for no reason whatsoever. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20120305215645/http://www.fortunecity.com/business/shares/1385/id2.htm Full details here.]]
!!GSN:
* Quite a few Creator/{{GSN}} originals. The typical formula for an original game here: A) introduce it with some fanfare, B) constantly jack its timeslot around, C) show a metric buttload of reruns while the show's still making new episodes, D) announce the new seasons rarely if at all, and E) gradually stop making new episodes. Small wonder that, out of all of their original programming dating back to the late 1990s, ''Series/{{Lingo}}'' was one of the only ones to be a bona-fide hit...and even ''that'' was a revival.
** Perhaps the most notorious example came in 2004 when the network, which had previously been known on-air as Game Show Network, decided to [[NetworkDecay try to appeal to a younger demographic]] by changing its programming up with dozens of non-game show-related series, including ''Series/KennyVsSpenny'', the unsurprisingly short-lived ''Fake-a-Date'' and ''Vegas Weddings Unveiled'', and various blackjack/poker games. In the ensuing change-up, '''all''' of the network's original programming that wasn't named ''Lingo'' was canceled. Said original programming, which included ''Series/FriendOrFoe'', ''Series/RussianRoulette'', and a [[Series/{{Whammy}} revival]] of ''Series/PressYourLuck'', were some of the network's most popular programs, and likely would have gone on for more seasons had GSN not screwed them (and, in effect, themselves) over.
!!NBC:
* After a disastrous pilot, series creator Bob Stewart persuaded reluctant NBC execs to give ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' at least 13 weeks on the air. The network, evidently having zero faith in the program, put it on at 10:30 AM against CBS' ''Arthur Godfrey Time'', then one of the biggest things on television. A month later, ''Price'' was moved to 11AM against the second half of Godfrey's hour-long show. [[note]](ABC wouldn't program at 10:30 until 1964; they hadn't put any shows at 11AM since 1955, and wouldn't do so again until '58.)[[/note]] Despite this and several negative reviews early on, ''Price'' beat Godfrey in the ratings by the end of those initial 13 weeks and remained a powerhouse for much of the next seven years.
* The nighttime ''Price'' flourished Wednesdays at 8:30 PM, making it the top-rated primetime game show. In September 1961, the sponsors wanted to tinker with it, so NBC moved the show to Mondays at 8:30. Ratings slid, so a year later the show was moved up an hour to 9:30 PM...opposite ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''. ''Price'' hemorrhaged ratings, so on February 1, 1963 it was moved to Fridays at 9:30. NBC wanted a show that attracted a younger audience than ''Price'' sponsors wanted, so they optioned the sitcom ''Harry's Girls'' to replace ''Price'' that Fall.
** [[NetworkToTheRescue ABC stepped in]] and acquired both versions of ''Price'' for an amount NBC wasn't willing to match, although the move was costly as ABC couldn't afford either version in color and not every market had an ABC affiliate (48 markets aired ''Price'' on their CBS station).
* The 2000 revival of ''Series/TwentyOne'' was performing quite well, yet it was abruptly canned out of nowhere for no reason, and the finale wasn't even advertised.
* NBC head Lin Bolen became the enemy of fans for her insistence on ousting games hosted by middle-aged men on technologically-obsolete sets.
** In 1973, as CBS' ''Price Is Right'' reboot was trouncing it, she refused to move the original ''Series/{{Concentration}}'' from being its competitor. [[note]]Probably not helping was an incident involving Bolen and producer Norm Blumenthal. As Bolen visited the control booth during a telecast, an audience member shouted out the answer to a puzzle and Blumenthal ordered that the car on a contestant's prize rack be given to said member. Bolen rebuked "Why don't you give one to the opponent?", to which Blumenthal looked her in the eyes and said "Shut up. This is ''my'' control booth," effectively daring her to fire him and cancel the show.[[/note]]
** In 1974, she killed the three-year-old Creator/BobStewart game ''Series/ThreeOnAMatch'', which had done respectably in the 1:30 PM timeslot that had been a revolving door after Monty Hall took ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'' to ABC in December 1968. The replacement, ''Series/WinningStreak'', was a failure.
** Once ''TOAM'' ended, Bolen moved ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}!'' to the 1:30 slot, causing it to lose a good portion of its audience. In one of the biggest aversions of this trope, in exchange for ending Creator/MervGriffin's show a year before the contract stated, the remainder of said contract was given to the culmination of over a year's development and Bolen putting her job on the line - ''Series/WheelOfFortune''.
* The NBC version of ''Series/DreamHouse'' ran against the second half of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' and was holding its ground, being the third-highest rated game show at one point. However, the series was replaced by ''Series/{{Scrabble}}'' which would go onto run for six years. To make matters worse, ''Scrabble'' took over its time slot and stayed there for the first three years.
* The American version of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'' proved to be a big hit upon its premiere, but the second season saw the series collapse in a ratings freefall in the aftermath of 9/11. In an effort to bring the ratings back up, NBC produced "celebrity" episodes for the third season featuring personalities rather than standard contestants. The gambit backfired horribly on the network, leading to its cancellation.
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* The ''Series/WheelOfFortune''/''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' combo and ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'' were responsible for the mass trampling of syndicated game shows in the mid to late 80s. ''Series/FamilyFeud'''s ratings tanked and was not renewed in 1985 with the daytime version cancelled shortly after. ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and ''Series/TicTacDough'', which were already struggling due to [[ReplacementScrappy unpopular hosting changes]], both kicked the bucket in 1986. Already existing shows were moved to unpopular time slots such as late night or the early evening. The Bill Rafferty-hosted revival of ''Series/CardSharks'' was screwed by an affiliate; WABC in New York City originally aired it at 4:00 PM alongside ''Jeopardy!'' but moved to the late night hours to accommodate ''Oprah'' while ''Jeopardy!'' got the juicy 7:00 PM slot. New shows, such as the Tom Kennedy-hosted version of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', the US version of ''Series/CatchPhrase'', ''Series/Wipeout1988'', and many others also suffered this fate.
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* The ''Series/WheelOfFortune''/''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' combo as well as the trifecta of ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'', ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt'', and ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'' ''Series/EntertainmentTonight'', were responsible for the mass trampling of syndicated game shows in the mid to late 80s. ''Series/FamilyFeud'''s ratings tanked and was not renewed in 1985 with the daytime version cancelled shortly after. ''Series/TheJokersWild'' and ''Series/TicTacDough'', which were already struggling due to [[ReplacementScrappy unpopular hosting changes]], both kicked the bucket in 1986. Already existing shows were moved to unpopular time slots such as late night or the early evening. The Bill Rafferty-hosted revival of ''Series/CardSharks'' was screwed by an affiliate; WABC in New York City originally aired it at 4:00 PM alongside ''Jeopardy!'' but moved to the late night hours to accommodate ''Oprah'' while ''Jeopardy!'' got the juicy 7:00 PM slot. New shows, such as the Tom Kennedy-hosted version of ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', the US version of ''Series/CatchPhrase'', ''Series/Wipeout1988'', and many others also suffered this fate.
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* With very few exceptions, the syndicated version of ''Wheel of Fortune'' has a mandatory time slot of 7:00 or 7:30 PM in the Eastern and Pacific Time Zones and 6:00 or 6:30 PM in the Central and Mountain Time Zones. Because of this, it is often pre-empted by local affiliates that choose to air special programming just before primetime. It also falls victim to sporting events such as Thursday Night Football that begin coverage at those times. In some cases, if sister show ''Jeopardy!'' (which does not have any time slot mandates) has its time slot pre-empted instead, some stations will opt to air that show in ''Wheel's'' time slot.
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** ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' was enjoying the highest ratings for a daytime game show but then NBC president and CEO Silverman wanted it gone, ostensibly because he passed on it while vice president of CBS and hated how big of a hit it became. In its last two years on the air, Silverman enacted his revenge by shuffling its timeslot in an effort to confuse viewers. He finally canned it in June 1980 along with ''Series/ChainReaction'' and ''Series/HighRollers'' to make room for a 90-minute talk show hosted by Creator/DavidLetterman... which flopped after four months. The same shuffling ''very'' nearly killed ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' as well, but its cancellation was overturned -- and in doing so, it eventually got popular enough to gain the syndicated version which [[LongRunners remains on air well into]] TheNewTens. As for Silverman, his bosses at NBC corporate parent RCA ultimately got fed up with his mistakes and finally sacked him and replaced him with Grant Tinker... who, coincidentally, had previously known ''Wheel'' creator Creator/MervGriffin back when he previously worked at NBC as a junior programming executive during the mid-1960's, and, in fact, had previously persuaded Mort Werner, then the network's senior vice president of programming and talent, to greenlight Griffin's other best known creation, ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', which itself gained a syndicated revival around the same time as ''Wheel'''s.
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** ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' was enjoying the highest ratings for a daytime game show but then NBC president and CEO Silverman wanted it gone, ostensibly because he passed on it while vice president of CBS and hated how big of a hit it became. In its last two years on the air, Silverman enacted his revenge by shuffling its timeslot in an effort to confuse viewers. He finally canned it in June 1980 along with ''Series/ChainReaction'' and ''Series/HighRollers'' to make room for a 90-minute talk show hosted by Creator/DavidLetterman... which flopped after four months. The same shuffling ''very'' nearly killed ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' as well, but its cancellation was overturned -- and in doing so, it eventually got popular enough to gain the syndicated version which [[LongRunners remains on air well into]] TheNewTens. As for Silverman, his bosses at NBC corporate parent RCA ultimately got fed up with his mistakes and finally sacked him and replaced him with Grant Tinker... who, coincidentally, had previously known ''Wheel'' creator Creator/MervGriffin back when he previously worked at NBC as a junior programming executive during the mid-1960's, and, in fact, had previously persuaded Mort Werner, then the network's senior vice president of programming and talent, to greenlight Griffin's other best known creation, ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', which itself gained a syndicated revival around the same time as ''Wheel'''s.
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** Silverman screwed over the original version of ''Series/{{Password}}'' which had been losing viewers to ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' on NBC and ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' on ABC. When he was vice president of daytime programming at CBS, Silverman wanted the show permanently moved from New York to Television City. An argument ensued with Creator/MarkGoodson and the show was terminated.
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** Silverman screwed over the original version of ''Series/{{Password}}'' which had been losing viewers to ''Series/DaysOfOurLives'' on NBC and ''Series/TheNewlywedGame'' on ABC. When he was vice president of daytime programming at CBS, Silverman wanted the show permanently moved from New York to Television City. An argument ensued with Creator/MarkGoodson and Bill Todman and the show was terminated.
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** Around the same time, Silverman likely had an influence on CBS cancelling their entire prime time game show lineup when the 1966-67 season came to a close. CBS axed ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'', a nighttime version of ''Password'', ''Series/IveGotASecret'' and ''Series/WhatsMyLine'' without warning, claiming that game shows were no longer suitable for prime time hours. Bennett Cerf found out about ''What's My Line'' getting cancelled through ''The New York Times''. The daytime version of ''To Tell the Truth'' survived another season before getting the ax itself.
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** Around the same time, Silverman likely had an influence on CBS cancelling their entire prime time game show lineup when the 1966-67 season came to a close.close, even though prime time programming was technically outside of his responsibilities. CBS axed ''Series/ToTellTheTruth'', a nighttime version of ''Password'', ''Series/IveGotASecret'' and ''Series/WhatsMyLine'' without warning, claiming that game shows were no longer suitable for prime time hours. Bennett Cerf found out about ''What's My Line'' getting cancelled through ''The New York Times''. The daytime version of ''To Tell the Truth'' survived another season before getting the ax itself.
