I returned on December 1st. Prior to that, GSN renewed their leases on their older shows they've been airing. Last September, GSN began airing
Match Game 77 picking up from a previous lease from a few years ago. They also leased episodes from 1987 for Bob Eubanks
Card Sharks, 1979 episodes from Jim Perry's
Card Sharks and 1984 episodes of
Press Your Luck. And also last June, they leased the first few months of
The $25,000 Pyramid from 1982. Of course when I returned, Jim Perry's
Card Sharks had been pulled from the schedule.
I have a couple of observations. From what I've read on the internet, the previous lease of
Match Game included the first syndicated season from 1979-1980, and CBS episodes ranging episodes #1216-#1455 (which is the finale). Accounting for the episodes skipped about 350 episodes aired. This current lease starts from episode #921. If they go until episode #1215, the episode before the previous lease, counting skips it's about 280. My guess, either they've leased just that. Or if it's close to what it's been in the past. My guess if they were to round off the number to say 400, they could've picked up
Match Game 73 as well. With the episodes they've got for that (counting skips) you have 113 episodes (including the first
Match Game 74 which was not part of any recent lease). That would put you close to 400 episodes. I guess we'll see.
Another interesting item to note is
The $25,000 Pyramid. They're currently airing episodes from June 1983. I'm guessing with that leasing history, we're going to be rewinding back to the 1982 Premiere soon. However, on the GSN schedule, I noticed episodes for next week feature celebrity guests as Teresa Ganzel & Charlie Siebert. According to the episode guide, they played together in November 1987. So I don't know. I guess we'll see.
