Talk:The Money Maze

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Some things I remember differently

I didn't want to edit the page where I wasn't 100% certain, but there are three things on the page that I don't think are right.

First, Let's Make a Deal aired repeats irregularly even before The Money Maze started (and are you sure the series had "Money Maze" as two words?); at the end of the repeated episodes, Jay Stewart would say in a voiceover, "The preceding was a repeat of an earlier telecast." (The TMM repeats at the end of the show's run had the same voiceover, by a different announcer.)

Re: "two words", the title card had it as one word, but apparently the studio tickets had two. Pics of each at http://gameshows.wikia.com/wiki/The_Moneymaze HalJor (talk) 20:15, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Second, I saw the last few weeks of episodes, and don't remember there ever being a $20,000 end game. (It is possible that there was a weekly syndicated version planned, with a $20,000 prize; also, it could have been part of some May sweeps promition.)

Third, I remember the last week being repeats, but they weren't repeats from the first two weeks as they had switched to the new rules (the runner comes out of the maze after each run; the $500 second tower option). I remember all five of the last week's episodes being $10,000 wins; in fact, I am fairly certain that the last episode was a repeat of the last first-run episode, which I thought was on the previous Friday. —Preceding unsigned comment added by That Don Guy (talk • contribs) 02:59, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I defer to the elder generation for this (no offense), and have edited the article accordingly. Based on what you said, the show ended on 6/27/75 after 135 episodes. But if that's the case, ABC must have seriously been hurting in the pocketbook if they canned the show halfway through a production week. Daniel Benfield (talk) 18:59, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: The host himself uses the "Money Maze" title and claims that 1) the set took two days to set up, 2) only one day was used for taping, and 3) the prize did get upped to $20,000 later on. If you guys think that's enough to go on, then I'll re-add that info. Let me know. Daniel Benfield (talk) 19:23, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1. The Money Maze might have lasted longer if Fred Silverman, who had been head of programming at CBS until 1975, had not moved to ABC that year. Silverman was not a fan of game shows, and three shows -- Split Second, The Big Showdown and Money Maze -- aired their final original episodes on the same day, June 27, 1975. Money Maze continued for one extra week with selected repeats, including the very first regular show on December 23, 1974. ABC ran some short-lived filler series in the 4:00 PM time slot until it picked up the soap opera The Edge of Night from CBS and began running it on December 1, 1975 (this was at the request of the series' production company, which wanted to run the series at as late a time as possible to reflect its title; it had been running on CBS in the early afternoon for several years).

2. If the two couples were tied after three rounds of play, there was no need for a "Catch-Up" round and BOTH couples ran the $10,000 maze independently of each other. The couple with the highest prize and money total after the two runs was declared the champion. On the regular-series premiere on December 23, 1974, both couples ran the maze and both couples won $10,000. Followers of the show say this was the only time during the show's run that both couples achieved this feat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.140.101.162 (talk) 06:51, 14 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]