SPINOFFS THAT EVENTUALLY DISTANCED THEMSELVES COMPLETELY FROM THE PARENT SHOW

[azumanga]

Mark Goodson thought the
audience-match bonus round on "Match Game" would make a good game in
itself. The result was "Family Feud," and in time the only thing the two shows
would have in common was that Richard Dawson moved from panelist on "Match
Game" to host of "Family Feud."

Dawson actually did double duty from 1976 to 1978, as panelist on Match game and host of the Feud. He would leave Match Game after becoming tired of it, while hosting his own show at the same time. The last few weeks of Match Game featured Dawson practically playing the game straight -- just giving the answers without smiling.

Wasn't Wayne Rogers on some sitcom on Monday nights during the run of Trapper John?

Wayne Rogers was in a show called "House Calls" with Lynn Redgrave (where he played a doctor), which ran on CBS from '79-82.

After its first season, Redgrave was replaced with Sharon Gless (the future Cagney of "Cagney and Lacey"), following a dispute over Redgrave bringing her newborn baby to the studio to allow for breastfeeding. Redgrave filed a lawsuit against Universal, but the case was dismissed several years later.

 

[Ultimajock]

Mark Goodson thought the
audience-match bonus round on "Match Game" would make a good game in
itself. The result was "Family Feud," and in time the only thing the two shows
would have in common was that Richard Dawson moved from panelist on "Match
Game" to host of "Family Feud."

Dawson actually did double duty from 1976 to 1978, as panelist on Match game and host of the Feud. He would leave Match Game after becoming tired of it, while hosting his own show at the same time. The last few weeks of Match Game featured Dawson practically playing the game straight -- just giving the answers without smiling.

...Richard Dawson, at this point, was doing (IIRC) fourteen separate programs each week, five of Match Game '78 for CBS, two of Match Game PM for syndication, and seven of Family Feud for ABC and syndication. This was the most that Goodson-Todman had ever had one person appearing on their shows at a single time (even Bill Cullen's double duty between The Price is Right on NBC or ABC and I've Got a Secret on CBS wasn't that heavy, as Secret was only once-a-week). Apparently, Mark Goodson didn't think it would put the mental strain on Dawson as it obviously did, and Dawson simply sulked in order to sabotage his presence on Match Game and break the contract for that show...

 

[WMC2006]

Knot's Landing cut off all ties to mothership Dallas following the dream season disaster. When Bobby Ewing died, it was mentioned on Knot's and Gary went home to Dallas for the funeral.

 

[vjm]

Mark Goodson thought the
audience-match bonus round on "Match Game" would make a good game in
itself. The result was "Family Feud," and in time the only thing the two shows
would have in common was that Richard Dawson moved from panelist on "Match
Game" to host of "Family Feud."

Dawson actually did double duty from 1976 to 1978, as panelist on Match game and host of the Feud. He would leave Match Game after becoming tired of it, while hosting his own show at the same time. The last few weeks of Match Game featured Dawson practically playing the game straight -- just giving the answers without smiling.

...Richard Dawson, at this point, was doing (IIRC) fourteen separate programs each week, five of Match Game '78 for CBS, two of Match Game PM for syndication, and seven of Family Feud for ABC and syndication. This was the most that Goodson-Todman had ever had one person appearing on their shows at a single time (even Bill Cullen's double duty between The Price is Right on NBC or ABC and I've Got a Secret on CBS wasn't that heavy, as Secret was only once-a-week). Apparently, Mark Goodson didn't think it would put the mental strain on Dawson as it obviously did, and Dawson simply sulked in order to sabotage his presence on Match Game and break the contract for that show...

It wasn't a mental strain as much as Dawson had his own show where he was the star, and didn't want to be on the other show where he was just a face in the crowd.

IIRC, the rumor was that Match Game instituted the star wheel so as to let other panelists have a chance at playing "Super Match", as the contestants were always picking Dawson.

---And yes, I'm aware of the official company line that the star wheel was instituted because it gave players a chance to double their money.---

But at the end of the day, Dawson had his own new sandbox, and was tired of playing in the old one that he had to share.

 

[Studio20]

In the pilot episode, it opens with Trapper having a nightmare about Korea and calling out the names "Hawkeye" and "Radar." Gonzo calls him a MASH legend in the same episode.

Question is: Is this "Trapper" Wayne Rogers or Elliot Gould?

Probably he has more in common with Rogers. Wayne Rogers and Pernell Roberts both bolted from a long-running hitting series early in the run.

The debut shows opening scene features four framed photographs that hang on Trappers wall from the
MASH series.

 

[FredLeonard]

Knot's Landing cut off all ties to mothership Dallas following the dream season disaster. When Bobby Ewing died, it was mentioned on Knot's and Gary went home to Dallas for the funeral.

Gary appeared on the new Dallas this past season.

 

[WMC2006]

Gary appeared on the new Dallas this past season.

Yes, I know, I saw that.

 

[jwk1979]

Dawson actually did double duty from 1976 to 1978, as panelist on Match game and host of the Feud.

...Richard Dawson, at this point, was doing (IIRC) fourteen separate programs each week, five of Match Game '78 for CBS, two of Match Game PM for syndication, and seven of Family Feud for ABC and syndication. Apparently, Mark Goodson didn't think it would put the mental strain on Dawson as it obviously did, and Dawson simply sulked in order to sabotage his presence on Match Game and break the contract for that show...

Actually, back during the 70s, Match Game and Family Fued were being taped in such a way that the two shows weren't overlapping. I read on the TV Party website that both shows would tape several weeks of shows over the course of a few weeks and that neither show was being taped at the same time. Match Game may tape 5 or 6 weeks of shows over the course of one week and then Family Fued would tape 5 or 6 weeks of shows a few weeks later. This would be steady work of Richard Dawson, since he had very few acting roles at the time. If you looked closely when both of those shows were being shown on GSN, most of the contestants would be wearing the same outfits the entire time they were on the shows.

 

[BD Sullivan]

Mark Goodson thought the
audience-match bonus round on "Match Game" would make a good game in
itself. The result was "Family Feud," and in time the only thing the two shows
would have in common was that Richard Dawson moved from panelist on "Match
Game" to host of "Family Feud."

Dawson actually did double duty from 1976 to 1978, as panelist on Match game and host of the Feud. He would leave Match Game after becoming tired of it, while hosting his own show at the same time. The last few weeks of Match Game featured Dawson practically playing the game straight -- just giving the answers without smiling.

...Richard Dawson, at this point, was doing (IIRC) fourteen separate programs each week, five of Match Game '78 for CBS, two of Match Game PM for syndication, and seven of Family Feud for ABC and syndication. This was the most that Goodson-Todman had ever had one person appearing on their shows at a single time (even Bill Cullen's double duty between The Price is Right on NBC or ABC and I've Got a Secret on CBS wasn't that heavy, as Secret was only once-a-week). Apparently, Mark Goodson didn't think it would put the mental strain on Dawson as it obviously did, and Dawson simply sulked in order to sabotage his presence on Match Game and break the contract for that show...

It wasn't a mental strain as much as Dawson had his own show where he was the star, and didn't want to be on the other show where he was just a face in the crowd.

So Dawson had a big ego?