NBC Daytime was very advanced in the 1960's

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  1. Vahan

    Vahan Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Look at all the programs that were in color, and most of them were game shows.

    Anyone know why was Concentration late to the party?

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  2. m5comp

    m5comp Classic Rock Lover

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    Something to do with the fear the rebuses wouldn't look right in color.
     
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  3. Joel Cairo

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    That's true-- "Concentration" producer Norm Blumenthal was very resistant to changing the puzzles over to color... he apparently thought that coloring some items might give too many clues to what they were.

    It is notable, though, that the short-lived late 50s prime-time version aired in color.

    - Kevin
     
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  4. Joel Cairo

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    And of course, at that time, NBC was owned by RCA, so they had a vested interest in showing off as much color programming as possible, to sell the parent company's color television sets.

    - Kevin
     
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  5. DaleClark

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    Good point.
     
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  6. Vahan

    Vahan Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    When was Truth or Consequences in color on NBC Daytime? Seems like it went back and forth with that (in color for awhile, then back to b&w for awhile, and back to color again).
     
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  7. Joel Cairo

    Joel Cairo Video Gort / Paiute Warrior Staff

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    Started in the mid-50s, even prior to Bob Barker taking over. One of the NBC telops (color network slides) that I have is of Jolly Jack Bailey with a T-or-C title on it.

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  8. Dillydipper

    Dillydipper Space-Age luddite

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    May have something to do with the move to syndicated. A lot of indie stations with plenty of half-hour holes on their schedules, couldn't afford that kind of support for ongoing technology improvement. For some independant stations, the best they could do was have an up-to-date telecine strategy. (And dozens of copies of the same Pop*A*Matic game commercials in the library, so they could run it for years...)
     
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