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On April 23, 1973, the prizes were removed from the board and replaced with pictures according to a certain "theme" (movie monsters, actors, animals, etc.). Further, the game was amended to keep three contestants on until one scored three matches (tracked by placards on each podium), winning a prize package worth about $5,000.
Still, despite lasting far longer than any previous show had at the 1:30 PM slot vacated by ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'' in December 1968, getting some affiliates to stop pre-empting the slot, and giving away much more with the format update, ''TOAM'' consistently ranked a solid third behind ABC's ''Deal'' and [[CBS]]' ''[[As the World Turns]]'' in the east (in the Pacific time zone, where it aired at Noon, against ABC's ''[[Password]]'' and local programming on CBS)...but even then, that wasn't what killed it — see [[Screwed
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* [[The Cameo]]: Geoff Edwards appeared on February 11, 1974 to promote ''[[Jackpot]]!'', and tested Bill with a few Super Jackpot riddles. ''Jackpot!'' had only aired for a month at this point, and probably hadn't even debuted yet when this episode was taped.
* [[A Day in
* [[Once an Episode]]: Bill's knock on the wall behind him after his introduction, and (during the second format) the Big Match.
* [[Opening Narration]]:
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