Even More Changes

Well, with Dancing With the Stars premiering tonight, there are more changes to the schedule, beginning this next week, in addition to the changes announced last month.

Match Game loses its 11:00am slot. Eubanks Card Sharks will rejoin the daytime lineup and take over that spot. That will begin at episode #1 from January 1986. Match Game 74 will remain at 11:30, and will still air in the 8:00am hour. Seems odd having Perry at 10:00am, Pyramid at 10:30am, then Eubanks at 11:00am. Seems weird but oh well. Would much rather see Match Game for the 468th time, but at least this will shut up the people on the message boards who complain about rerun abuse. Yeah, I'm sure you'll be happier to see the shows gone.

And another changes happens. Syndicated Deal or No Deal bites the dust. Repalcing it? The Bill Engvall version of Lingo. And same with Card Sharks, Engvall at 2:30pm, Whammy! at 3:00pm, and Woolery at 3:30pm. Seems weird, but it might work. That's just Monday-Thursday. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader will still get the Friday afternoon slot. This is a good change. I really hate the Syndie version of the show, only 2 models (and there were hotter ones IMHO), half the prize (yes it was Syndication) and just felt too rushed. I don't like it slow, but if you go too fast, it ruins it. And the gimmicks on the NBC version didn't bother me, in fact, I liked them. I love the NBC version, but the Syndie wasn't that great. It even had suckish ratings. Engvall should do much better.