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Ratings for "Match Game"

  

CBS Version (1973-1979)

When CBS revamped the game show in 1973, with more of a focus on risque humor, ratings more than doubled in comparison with the NBC incarnation. Within merely months, Match Game '73 was the most watched program on network daytime television. By the summer of 1974, it grew into an absoulute phenomenon with high school students and stay-at-home parents, scoring remarkable ratings among the 12-34 year old age demographic. It broke records as the highest-rated network daytime television show ever. Att one point it even drew an outsanding 12.5 rating with a 15 share (roughly 12 million viewers), higher numbers than that of some primetime shows.

Among all network daytime television programs:

Among all network game shows:


NBC Version (1962-1969)

The original 60s version consistently won its 4:00pm time slot on NBC, defeating fierce competitors Art Linkletter and the soap opera hit, Dark Shadows. After the network suddenly cancelled its most popular game shows in 1969 in a major daytime programming overhaul, it was replaced with the program, Stardust at a time when The Match Game was still doing well in the ratings. However, Match Game never ranked in the top three among all network daytime shows during the NBC years.

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