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Game shows were the lowest priority of television networks and frequently were rotated out every thirteen weeks if they were unsuccessful.

Most tapes were destroyed until the early 1980s.

Over the course of the late 1980s and early 1990s as fewer new hits were produced, game shows lost their permanent place in the daytime lineup.

ABC gave up on game shows in 1986.

NBC lasted until 1991, but attempted to bring them back in 1993 before cancelling its game show block again in 1994.

CBS phased out most of their game shows, except for The Price Is Right, by 1993.

To the benefit of the genre, the move of Wheel of Fortune to syndication in 1983 and the modernized revival of Jeopardy!

in 1984 was highly successful, leading to the two games becoming fixtures in the prime time " access period " and several failed attempts at imitation.

Cable television also allowed for the debut of game shows such as Supermarket Sweep ( Lifetime ), Trivial Pursuit and Family Challenge ( Family Channel ), and Double Dare ( Nickelodeon ).

It also opened up a previously underdeveloped market for game show reruns ; Game Show Network debuted in 1994.