# Cast the new "Battle of the Network Stars"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-new-battle-of-the-network-stars/781452>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 5, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-new-battle-of-the-network-stars/781452 "2017-03-05T02:14:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-new-battle-of-the-network-stars/781452/21 "2017-06-14T21:45:51Z")

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> [@Terminus\_Est](#):
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> They could have appeared in the original Battle of the Network Stars.

By my count, 18 of them were. (That’s what the asterisks represent.)

> [@zamboniracer](#):
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> That is absolutely hilarious. I was around way back then, I was in the show’s target demographic, and I was ignorant of this event until now. WOW!!!

And the next year, they drew in “passing zones” like they have in pretty much every track meet relay.

IIRC, the main problem was, it was an ABC show, and the NBC team felt that the penalty was because the producers “wanted” ABC to win, so they threatened to walk out of the rest of the events until the “runoff” was suggested.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-new-battle-of-the-network-stars/781452/22 "2017-06-15T00:41:34Z")

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there’s also [this classic…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-2JsACs1pw)

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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-the-new-battle-of-the-network-stars/781452/23 "2017-06-15T00:46:41Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> What’s the odds on there being a _Celebrity Death Race!_ within the next ten years?

If Trump is re-elected I’d give it better-than-even odds.

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