What Might've Been: Rhyme & Reason (1975)

 Rhyme & Reason was a unique panel game in that the gimmick to this show as poetry.

Designed as a vehicle for series regular Nipsey Russell, billed as the poet laureate of television, Rhyme, hosted by Bob Eubanks, fresh from the 1st iteration of The Newlywed Game, lasted one full year on ABC (1975-6) before being cancelled. By that point, the networks had started expanding daytime soaps. NBC's Days of Our Lives (now on Peacock) and CBS' As The World Turns had expanded to an hour, which ultimately sealed Rhyme's fate.

On the bright side, its replacement has become an icon unto itself. Family Feud premiered the following Monday.

Let's take a look at a portion of the pilot. Russell &  Richard Dawson are joined by Jack Cassidy, Lee Meriweather (Barnaby Jones), Adrienne Barbeau (Maude), & Jaye P. Morgan.

Rating: B.