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Press Your Luck usually edged its NBC time slot competitor Sale of the Century in the Nielsens from its premiere until January 3, 1986.

The show's ratings reached its peak in mid-1984, unsurprisingly after Michael Larson's run against the Big Board.

However, with daytime viewers declining in general, Press Your Lucks numbers began to slip in Summer 1985, when Sale of the Century gained the upper hand in the Nielsen ratings.