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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1985
Page
6
Bouquets and brickbats fly as TV critic notes a surge of game shows on air. Wheel of Fortune drives ratings and ad revenue in both daytime NBC slots and syndicated evening airouts. A Nighttime Sale of the Century spinoff expands nearby markets as more creators plan similar ventures.
Nighttime versions of The Price Is Right and The $25,000 Pyramid debut next September while Break the Bank returns in first run syndication hosted by Gene Rayburn. Jeopardy gains audiences under Alex Trebek as Wheel of Fortune and Family Feud face cuts amid CBS scheduling woes. Lorimar plans Knots Landing and Flamingo Road reruns. Gone with the Wind video hype ends with free CBS replay. Ava Gardner joins Knots Landing. Nelson Benton moves to Mutual Radio. Dukes of Hazzard canceled for House Detective.
The recap tracks multiple plotlines: Jesse helps Yvonne while she fires her manager Rusty after unwelcome advances. Brooke and Mark face a drug expose and threats as Murray is killed offstage following the reveal. Other couples drift, split, or confront betrayals across town with investigations, marriages, and secret pregnancies shaping the saga.
TV veterans Peter Strauss and Sam Neill will star in the six hour Kane and Abel mini series for CBS to be filmed in Toronto. Alfred Hitchcock will host NBC's 1985 TV movie remake of four classic Hitchcock tales with notable casts and spring telecast planned.
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