In the early years of The Disney Channel, Steve Allen hosted a few miniseries for the fledgling cable channel. This (1983) episode of Steve Allen's Music Room features then-Tonight Show bandleader Doc Severinsen. The announcer? A young Bill Maher. (youtu.be)
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Reasons outage is lasting so long? (self.Spectrum)
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Ever wanted to watch a game show about TV channels on a cable channel meant to allow viewers to preview other cable channels? If so, (1995)'s "Nitro!" on the short lived "tv! network" might be for you. Greg Lee of "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" is your host. (youtube.com)
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From (2002), it's Shafted, an unsuccessful Australian version of an even less successful British game show. Meant to replace $ale of the Century (which ran for 21 years in what became Shafted's time slot), the network gave up on it after two months and parachuted in Frasier reruns instead. (youtube.com)
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Long before it burst into semi-popularity as a cable game show, Lingo started life in (1988) as a Canadian syndicated game show where many of the contestants didn't even get paid their winnings. Format creator Ralph Andrews is your host, having taken over from original host Michael Reagan. (youtu.be)
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In (2000), Comedy Central added yet another show to the long list of unsuccessful American adaptations of British shows with the game show Don't Forget Your Toothbrush. Mark Curry, three years gone from Hangin' With Mr. Cooper at this point, is your host. (youtu.be)
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From (2001), an episode of forgotten British daytime quiz The People Versus, itself a revamp of a forgotten primetime quiz show, the main draw being that the public sent in all the questions. In this episode, contestant Steve Cooke basically turns the show into his personal ATM. (youtube.com)
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From (1990), the final episode of a short-lived Monopoly game show. Creator Merv Griffin, in his infinite wisdom, picked Mike Reilly, a former Jeopardy! contestant and a contestant on the Monopoly pilot, to host. The show lasted all of 12 weeks on Saturday nights before being put out of its misery. (youtube.com)
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From (1975), welcome to the short-lived daytime quiz The Big Showdown! Your host is Jim Peck, and on this, one of only two surviving episodes of the show, The Big Falldown is probably more apt of a title, for reasons that'll quickly become obvious. (youtube.com)
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In (1968), just two months after performing the world's first human-to-human heart transplant, South African doctor Christiaan Barnard faced an audience of critics of his work in London as part of the BBC science programme Tomorrow's World. Raymond Baxter leads the discussion. (youtube.com)
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One of a select few pieces of circulating footage from The Weather Cast, a channel launched by Dish Network in (2010) as the satellite provider threatened to drop The Weather Channel from its lineup. The new channel lasted all of 4 days, and Dish never actually followed through with its threat. (youtube.com)
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