# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 440
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8781 "2025-07-21T16:26:12Z")
**Prime-Time Soap Operas** 1. Dallas 2. Soap 3. Dynasty ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8782 "2025-07-21T17:30:06Z")
**Prime-Time Soap Operas** 1. Dallas 2. Soap 3. Dynasty 4. Falcon Crest ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8783 "2025-07-21T19:30:42Z")
**Prime-Time Soap Operas** 1. Dallas 2. Soap 3. Dynasty 4. Falcon Crest 5. Riverdale ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8784 "2025-07-21T21:02:39Z")
**Prime-Time Soap Operas** 1. Dallas 2. Soap 3. Dynasty 4. Falcon Crest 5. Riverdale 6. Peyton Place ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8785 "2025-07-21T23:57:09Z")
**Prime-Time Soap Operas** 1. Dallas 2. Soap 3. Dynasty 4. Falcon Crest 5. Riverdale 6. Peyton Place 7. Melrose Place ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8786 "2025-07-22T00:00:48Z")
**Prime-Time Soap Operas** 1. Dallas 2. Soap 3. Dynasty 4. Falcon Crest 5. Gossip Girl 6. Peyton Place 7. Melrose Place Housekeeping (I updated my earlier entry —- it’s a teen drama, not a soap opera) ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8787 "2025-07-22T02:14:26Z")
**Prime-Time Soap Operas** 1. Dallas 2. Soap 3. Dynasty 4. Falcon Crest 5. Gossip Girl 6. Peyton Place 7. Melrose Place 8. Knots Landing ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8788 "2025-07-22T04:24:18Z")
**Prime-Time Soap Operas** 1. Dallas 2. Soap 3. Dynasty 4. Falcon Crest 5. Gossip Girl 6. Peyton Place 7. Melrose Place 8. Knots Landing 9. Desperate Housewives ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8789 "2025-07-22T08:10:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Prime-Time Soap Operas** 1. Dallas 2. Soap 3. Dynasty 4. Falcon Crest 5. Gossip Girl 6. Peyton Place 7. Melrose Place 8. Knots Landing 9. Desperate Housewives 10. Sisters **1970s daytime game shows** include explanations of obscure ones, but don’t C/P the explanations. 1. Battle of the Sexes Lots of shows have been called this, but I’m referring specifically to a Goodson-Todman show that ran less than a year in 77-78; it had a question/answer format with teams of men against teams of women. There was a bluffing round, similar to what the celebrity panel did on _Hollywood Squares._ Then, the right answers eliminated team members, and the last couple of members had to face off in some stunt-- something that neither sex had an advantage in, so not feats of strength or flexibility. The show probably missed its mark-- might have lasted longer if it had first aired in 1972 or 73. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8790 "2025-07-22T08:49:25Z")
**1970s daytime game shows** include explanations of obscure ones, but don’t C/P the explanations. 1. Battle of the Sexes 2. Match Game ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8791 "2025-07-22T09:13:28Z")
**1970s daytime game shows** include explanations of obscure ones, but don’t C/P the explanations. 1. Battle of the Sexes 2. Match Game 3. Blockbusters Bill Cullen hosted. A solo player against a “family pair.” Bill Cullen kept the show moving, often with funny asides. I can catch this on a cable channel today, and it’s still fun. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8792 "2025-07-22T09:57:10Z")
**1970s daytime game shows** include explanations of obscure ones, but don’t C/P the explanations. 1. Battle of the Sexes 2. Match Game 3. Blockbusters 4. Wheel of Fortune Started in 1975 and hosted by Chuck Woolery, the original show had contestants win money and then spend it on prizes in a showroom. They revamped the format when Pat Sajak started hosting the evening show in 1981. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8793 "2025-07-22T10:33:28Z")
**1970s daytime game shows** include explanations of obscure ones, but don’t C/P the explanations. 1. Battle of the Sexes 2. Match Game 3. Blockbusters 4. Wheel of Fortune 5. Concentration ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8794 "2025-07-22T12:31:22Z")
**1970s daytime game shows** include explanations of obscure ones, but don’t C/P the explanations. 1. Battle of the Sexes 2. Match Game 3. Blockbusters 4. Wheel of Fortune 5. Concentration 6. $10,000 Pyramid I watched this with my mom in the summertime, along with all the ABC soap operas - Ryan’s Hope, All My Children, One Life to Live, and General Hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8795 "2025-07-22T12:37:48Z")
**1970s daytime game shows** include explanations of obscure ones, but don’t C/P the explanations. 1. Battle of the Sexes 2. Match Game 3. Blockbusters 4. Wheel of Fortune 5. Concentration 6. $10,000 Pyramid 7. Jeopardy hosted by Art Fleming ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8796 "2025-07-22T13:54:26Z")
**1970s daytime game shows** include explanations of obscure ones, but don’t C/P the explanations. 1. Battle of the Sexes 2. Match Game 3. Blockbusters 4. Wheel of Fortune 5. Concentration 6. $10,000 Pyramid 7. Jeopardy 8. High Rollers A trivia game, which used the mechanics of the dice game “Shut the Box.” ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8797 "2025-07-22T14:34:05Z")
**1970s daytime game shows** include explanations of obscure ones, but don’t C/P the explanations. 1. Battle of the Sexes 2. Match Game 3. Blockbusters 4. Wheel of Fortune 5. Concentration 6. $10,000 Pyramid 7. Jeopardy 8. High Rollers 9. Truth or Consequences ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8798 "2025-07-22T17:16:52Z")
**1970s daytime game shows** include explanations of obscure ones, but don’t C/P the explanations. 1. Battle of the Sexes 2. Match Game 3. Blockbusters 4. Wheel of Fortune 5. Concentration 6. $10,000 Pyramid 7. Jeopardy 8. High Rollers 9. Truth or Consequences 10. Hollywood Squares Next up: **Favorite _Monty Python_ characters** 1. Shabby, Ken Shabby ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8799 "2025-07-22T17:19:56Z")
**Favorite _Monty Python_ characters** 1. Shabby, Ken Shabby 2. The Gumbies / Prof RJ Gumby ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8800 "2025-07-22T17:26:06Z")
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