WLS channel 7 TV schedule for Friday, July 9, 1976
Morning
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6:30a - Perspectives
6:55a - Earl Nightingale
7a - Good Morning America (2 hours)
9a - Steve Edwards' AM Chicago (1 hr, 30 min)
10:30a - Happy Days
11a - Let's Make a Deal (Finale)
11:30a - All My Children
Afternoon
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Noon - Ryan's Hope
12:30p - Rhyme and Reason (Finale)
1p - The $20,000 Pyramid
1:30p - Break the Bank
2p - General Hospital
2:30p - One Life to Live
3p - Edge of Night
3:30p - The 3:30 Movie: The Lively Set (1 hr, 30 min)
5p - Eyewitness News at 5
5:30p - ABC Evening News with Harry Reasoner
Evening
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6p - Eyewitness News at 6p (1 hour)
7p - Donny and Marie Show (1 hour)
8p - ABC Friday Night Movie: Waterloo (2 hours)
10p - Eyewitness News at 10
10:30p - The Rookies (1 hr, 10 min)
11:40p - Graffiti with John Coleman (50 min)
12:30a - Late Night Movie: Flame of the Barbary Coast (1 hr, 50 min)
The daytime version of Let's Make a Deal called the last traders to make a deal with Monty Hall on whether they can keep or trade the bankroll, the wallet, or the Velveeta process cheese spread for something greater, the two ladies fought it out to win a 1976 Chevrolet Monza worth $4,624 in the final pricing deal where the goal is to reach $700 to win it. The show's usual format was slightly amended, because the final Big Deal of the daytime series had to be played earlier than usual, because an announcement has to be made. Door #2 had the $4,649 big deal included the $25 supply of Sue Bee Honey and the same '76 Chevy Monza was won earlier. The first player won some paneling, washer/dryer and the floor model TV with stereo totalling $2,054 and the other chosen the $25 supply of ice cream bars where there's an additional $2,444 cash comes to a total of $2,469.
Monty Hall's announcement was the daytime edition of Let's Make a Deal is ending its successful 13-year run as the top-rated show on both NBC and ABC all together after some 3,784 uninterrupted shows on both networks despite some pre-emptions and special news bulletins. He said that the nighttime version continues where the show will be in Las Vegas until the syndicated finale on Saturday, May 28, 1977. He also said that he'll be doing specials, including one would be airing Saturday, August 7th. Since the traditional end-of-show fast deals on the trading floor ended the day before, they decided to show a clip of the Let's Make a Deal pilot from April of 1963 where it resurfaced and aired it full on Game Show Network in celebration of its 40th anniversary in 2003. That being said, the end-of-show deals for the finale did not take place. The following Monday, July 12th, Hot Seat with Jim Peck takes over the 11a time slot hereafter.
Rhyme and Reason ends its run after one year and it ended on a high note where Brian Biro (sic) became the last champion and won a total of $5,500 thanks to Terry Carter who had to guess all three words that rhymed with the word "Gipper" by completing the rhyming phrase. His opponent, June Penrod left with $4,250 after 3 matches. In the first 23 years ABC became a network, something so bizarre that has NEVER been done on any television show and that was to destroy the entire Rhyme and Reason set. At the tail end of Bob Eubanks' farewell speech, the celebrity poets and members of the show's staff began knocking down the host's podium, then they busted the neon lights, tearing up the carpet, and destroying the props as the credits rolled. The following Monday, July 12th, a new but popular Goodson-Todman game Family Feud with regular Match Game panelist Richard Dawson takes over Rhyme and Reason's time slot.
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