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** The 2019 revival did well enough to warrant another season; GSN sent out casting calls in March 2020, with the intention to tape episodes that May & June. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic went into full-swing not long after the casting notices went out, and said season was never made. So far, the first season of the revival remains the only one.
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** The 2019 revival did well enough to warrant another season; GSN sent out casting calls in March 2020, with the intention to tape episodes that May & June. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic went into full-swing not long after the casting notices went out, and said out. Said season was never made. So far, shelved and later cancelled, making the first season of the revival remains the only one.
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* Click [[Trivia/GambitComics here for the character]] associated with [[Franchise/XMen the X-Men franchise]].
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* IAmNotSpock:
** Alfonso avoided any opportunity to do the "Carlton Dance", even mentioning that GSN gave him a deal that he wouldn't have to do it. Didn't stop at least one contestant from doing it ''for'' him, though.
** One contestant even went as far as to call him "Carlton" in his interview. The slightly-miffed host told him to call him "Alfonso".
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** Despite GSN's heavy rerunning of Catch 21, the first season has not rerun since about 2009.
* PropRecycling:
** The ''Las Vegas'' version recycled set pieces from the 1979 pilot (mainly the large light-up ''Gambit'' sign), and when the Gambit Galaxy endgame was instituted, the dice, insurance markers and table from ''Series/HighRollers'' were dug out of storage (the show having been canned only about a year prior); [[DummiedOut the buzzers and question card holder are still part of the table, just unused]].
** The distinctive cards used on the show would later be used on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' for their pricing game "Hit Me!", another TabletopGame/{{blackjack}}-based game.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Kind of- the main reason for ABC not picking up the 1990 pilot was Creator/OrionPictures' financial issues at the time (they held the rights to the H-Q library at the time thanks to their 1982 merger with Creator/{{Filmways}}, which had acquired H-Q in the late 60s); the year after, Orion went bankrupt and eventually got sold to Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer.
* UnCanceled: GSN revived ''Catch 21'' in 2019, keeping Alfonso and pairing him up with Witney Carson.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** When ''Gambit'' was picked up for CBS's Fall 1972 lineup, Bob Barker expressed interest in hosting a quiz show, preferring it or ''Series/TheJokersWild''. CBS vice president of daytime programming Bud Grant swayed him in favor of doing ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', telling him ”Barker, you will do ''Price'' because those other two shows are good, solid game shows that merely require a traffic cop to run them, and you’re not a cop. You have far more talent!”
** The 2019 revival did well enough to warrant another season; GSN sent out casting calls in March 2020, with the intention to tape episodes that May & June. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic went into full-swing not long after the casting notices went out, and said season was never made. So far, the first season of the revival remains the only one.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Wink Martindale, later [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Alfonso "Carlton" Ribeiro]].
* IAmNotSpock: Alfonso avoided any opportunity to do the "Carlton Dance", even mentioning that GSN gave him a deal that he wouldn't have to do it.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As with so many other game shows, this is pretty much the only way to see the Martindale era. Only four CBS episodes and ten NBC episodes are known to circulate.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Wink Martindale, later [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Alfonso "Carlton" Ribeiro]].
* IAmNotSpock: Alfonso avoided any opportunity to do the "Carlton Dance", even mentioning that GSN gave him a deal that he wouldn't have to do it.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As with so many other game shows, this is pretty much the only way to see the Martindale era. Only four CBS episodes and ten NBC episodes are known to circulate.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: As with so many other game shows, this is pretty much the only way to see the Martindale era. Only '''one''' two CBS episode episodes and five NBC episodes are known to circulate.
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* IAmNotSpock: Alfonso avoided any opportunity to do the "Carlton Dance", even mentioning that GSN gave him a deal that he wouldn't have to do it.
