Until the series moved to syndication in 1984, Jeopardy! had long been associated with NBC, and it was after the series was initially cancelled when creator-producer Merv Griffin sold NBC Wheel of Fortune.
While Wheel did move to CBS in the 80's, the "Tiffany of The Networks" almost picked up Jeopardy! in 1977. The network ordered a pilot for the revival, and, as you'll see, the set is the same one that would be used when Jeopardy! returned to NBC the next year.
Charlie O'Donnell, the long time Wheel announcer and former announcer-sidekick to Dick Clark on American Bandstand, is the announcer for this pilot. The one tweak at the start of the game was dropped when NBC brought back the series the next year.
Don Pardo wouldn't reunite with Art Fleming until they appeared in a Weird Al Yankovic video a few years later. Pardo was exclusive to NBC.
Rating: A-.
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