![]() TV TRPES LEOS FORTUNE FULLThe full status is unknown primarily due to GSN having aired a mere three episodes since its 1994 debut, with posts on alt.tv.game-shows in 1997-98 claiming that the network holds all shows from about mid-1985 onward. Daytime Wheel of Fortune was among the victims, although its destruction apparently did not cease – a King World representative stated in August 2006 that all Woolery shows and about the first half of the Sajak years were recorded over as per Merv Griffin Productions' policy. While CBS quit this process in September 1972 and ABC stopped around January 1978, NBC continued until Fred Silverman ended it in 1980. As such, some companies and networks either destroyed the tapes outright or reused them for other shows in a cost-saving measure, typically resulting in the disappearance of many shows and (in)famous moments. ![]() ![]() For those shows which aired live, their nonexistence today is usually due to simply not recording it for videotaped shows, especially in the 1960s-70s, the 2" quadruplex videotapes were bulky and expensive to store. In the years before home video recording became mainstream and videotapes were rather costly, most broadcast networks and production companies generally saw television as one-time programming. ![]()
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