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* [[Development Hell]]: Where any chances for a revival seem to have been residing since 1999.
** FOX shot a pilot for an "[[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|updated]]" version of ''Match Game'' entitled ''What the Blank?!'' in 2004. Mixing elements of ''[[Street Smarts]]'' into the game (because it [[Sarcasm Mode|obviously worked so well]] [[Card Sharks|for another game show]] just three years earlier), it was [[Screwed
** TBS tried their hand at reviving the show in 2008, taping a pilot featuring, among others, [[The Sarah Silverman Program|Sarah Silverman]] and [[The Kids in The Hall|Scott Thompson]] on the panel. Shot on the same set as the ''Gameshow Marathon'' version, it was scrapped in favor of ''Lopez Tonight''.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' announcer Johnny Olson was the announcer for the first four versions (1962-82), and Goodson-Todman standby Gene Wood announced the ABC version.
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* [[Missing Episode]]: A string of CBS episodes from 1979 didn't air until GSN finally showed them in 2001. The network also skips over a few episodes due to misplaced/broken tapes, although a few are skipped due to no-longer-PC content.
* [[The Pete Best]]: Jack Klugman. Jack agreed to appear during the first week of ''Match Game 73'' on the condition that they bring his then wife on a later week as a celebrity. Her name - Brett Sommers (Klugman).
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** NBC canned the original not because of ratings (which were still very good), but because it wanted to revitalize its lineup. The replacement, ''Letters to Laugh-In'', bombed in three months.
** CBS moved the show from 3:30 PM to 11:00 AM on November 7, 1977 — then to 4:00 PM on December 19. The first change was bad enough, but the second ''really'' killed it and Dawson's departure in August 1978 only sped it up. To the show's credit, it managed to last 16 months following the move to 4:00 PM.
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