Sure, you have to be careful of these sites' tendency to repeat urban legends and unsourced rumors from the Interwebs. For instance, the Wikipedia article on Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour asserts, with no documentation, that "cross-ownership" issues kept reruns of the show off the air for decades. Until those issues magically vanished this year when Buzzr reran a few eps.
I suspect the genuine reason for the show's disappearance was that it was a pretty bad show. But that's harsh and not in keeping with the older-is-better bias of the game show Interwebs. So if somebody wants to maintain the less sardonic explanation, who am I to argue? You just have to read any user-generated wiki with a skeptical mind.
But these wikis are a treasure trove of oddball details and intriguing facts about hundreds of game shows. Not to mention that they're free. Can't beat that price point.
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