ITV's 9.25 shows

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Revision as of 17:15, 12 September 2011

Good morning from Central!

For a little bit more than a decade, the 9.25am slot on Britain's main commercial network was pretty much guaranteed to be filled with one glorified parlour game or another. Starting in September 1987, when ITV managed to palm off its schools' programmes onto Channel 4, the slot was the natural home for cheap 'n' cheerful tat until 1998, when a no less cheap, and even more tacky, alternative was found in the form of US-style "discussion" shows fronted by Vanessa Feltz, Trisha Goddard and (later) Jeremy Kyle.

There now follows a list of the shows which filled this nearly-hallowed slot. Dates are of course series start dates. Weeks do not necessarily add up to 52 as the game show slot would usually be replaced with cartoons during the school summer holidays and would also take two or three weeks' break over christmas and new year.

1987
7 Sep Chain Letters (5 weeks)
12 Oct Runway (10 weeks)
1988
4 Jan Give Us a Clue (11 weeks)
21 Mar Lucky Ladders (5 weeks)
25 Apr Crosswits (8 weeks)
20 June Password (7 weeks)
8 Aug Whose Baby? (1 week)
15 Aug What's My Line? (3 weeks)
5 Sep Runway (8 weeks)
31 Oct Lucky Ladders (7 weeks)
1989
9 Jan The Pyramid Game (9 weeks)
13 Mar Keynotes (9 weeks)
15 May Crosswits (9 weeks)
4 Sep Runway (7 weeks)
23 Oct Keynotes (7 weeks)
11 Dec Born Lucky (2 weeks)
1990
8 Jan Lucky Ladders (6 weeks)
19 Feb The Pyramid Game (7 weeks)
9 Apr Crosswits (7 weeks)
28 May Chain Letters (6 weeks)
3 Sep Jeopardy! (8 weeks)
29 Oct Keynotes (8 weeks)
1991
7 Jan Runway (3 weeks; pulled from slot to make way for Gulf War News)
4 Mar Lucky Ladders (8 weeks)
29 Apr Crosswits (8 weeks)
24 Jun All Clued Up (4 weeks)
2 Sep Runway (6 weeks)
14 Oct Jeopardy! (10 weeks)
1992
6 Jan Keynotes (8 weeks)
2 Mar Lucky Ladders (6 weeks)
13 Apr Crosswits (11 weeks)
29 Jun Your Number Please (4 weeks)
27 Jul Jumble (6 weeks)
7 Sep Win, Lose or Draw (5 weeks)
12 Oct Keynotes (10 weeks)
1993
4 Jan Runway (7 weeks)
22 Feb Jeopardy! (7 weeks)
12 Apr Lucky Ladders (5 weeks)
17 May Crosswits (5 weeks)
21 Jun Talkabout (5 weeks)
6 Sep Supermarket Sweep (15 weeks)
1994
3 Jan Win, Lose or Draw (13 weeks)
4 Apr Crosswits (14 weeks)
3 Sep Supermarket Sweep (15 weeks)
1995
2 Jan Chain Letters (17 weeks)
1 May Win, Lose or Draw (10 weeks)
4 Sep Supermarket Sweep (15 weeks)
1996
8 Jan Win, Lose or Draw (17 weeks)
27 May Supermarket Sweep (repeats)
3 Sep Supermarket Sweep (new, 15 weeks)
1997
7 Jan Win, Lose or Draw (7 weeks)
4 Mar Chain Letters (8 weeks)
Jun Win, Lose or Draw (repeats)
1 Sep Supermarket Sweep (15 weeks)
1998
6 Jan Win, Lose or Draw (8 weeks)

...and then Vanessa, Trisha and Jeremy Kyle took over.

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