Pax (Now Ion) tried to get into the game show arena in 1998. Problem was, the producers of The Reel to Reel Picture Show went belly-up less than a month into the series run.
Peter Marshall was the host, and the story goes that Marshall was among those who wasn't paid by the time the series was abruptly halted after five weeks worth of shows were taped. An ignominious end for the show, which looked like a smoosh of Bullseye and The Joker's Wild, but lacked the panache and polish of those shows' producer, Jack Barry. Marshall had done quite a bit of acting since All-Star Blitz, his last collaboration with Merrill Heatter, had ended 12 years earlier, including an appearance on Burke's Law. I believe he's doing some satellite radio oldies show these days.
Anyway, here's a sample episode:
Rating: B.
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