Hot Potato - Game show hosts question

Bill gives a shout-out to some of his homies on a question about network TV game show hosts.

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[SuperGamer7]

I'm sure you know this already but, Wink was incorrect because his show (Tic Tac Dough) was in syndication, not a network.

[pylprincess]

I'm so happy they mentioned Peter Tomarken!!!! Darn right he sure was good looking, boy I miss him so much.

[bachelordan0470]

@AdamNedeff

Yeah. I understand that:) 

[AdamNedeff]

@bachelordan0470 No they shouldn't, because Peter wasn't hosting anything at the time and Allen had been dead for three years.

[AdamNedeff]

@AdamNedeff And actually, the B&E shows weren't really wiped out by the scandal. In addition to "Concentration," "Tic Tac Dough" stayed on the air for about a year after the scandal broke, and "Dough Re Mi" stayed for a little more than two years after.

My point is, buy my book when it gets published. Please. Please?

[AdamNedeff]

@bluebear1985 Eh...Okay, I'm writing a book, so all this stuff is really fresh in my head. Barry & Enright actually sold their entire company to NBC well before the scandal hit, some time in the first year of "Twenty One," with a deal that NBC would retain them to continue acting as producers for the shows they just sold (the same kind of deal Goodson-Todman made when they sold the rights to "What's My Line?" to CBS). So B&E created "Concentration," but never owned it.

[bluebear1985]

@AdamNedeff They also were the original creators of Concentration. Early on in the run, they ended up selling the rights to NBC, and that's why the show wasn't cancelled like all their other shows at the time were.

[landrykkb]

@sweiland75 That wouldn`t be saying much,considering there`s maybe only 5 on the air,not counting GSN.

[landrykkb]

@joebradio Then again,there wouldn`t be a question like that asked today.I would love a full fledged daytime game show revival,even though I wouldn`t get to watch them anyway.Not all would be lost though because I could watch them online as opposed to then.

[landrykkb]

If game shows should ever make a full fledged comeback,the networks will know better now than to air them in the 12:00 PM slot,,much like Hot Potato did in 1984.