On April 12, 1976, ABC debuted "Break the Bank," a revival in name only of the 1950s game show. The new "Break the Bank" was another clone of "Hollywood Squares" that popped up during the mid-1970s, and proved to be very popular. So popular that it was the #2 game show during the 1976 season. However, it was canceled after only 15 weeks to make room for the expansions of "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital" for 45 minutes.
As I said in an earlier post, I said I would be a bit biased towards game shows in this series, since I am a huge fan of game shows, and I just have one question to ask ABC.
WHY?!
Then again, Fred Silverman was running ABC at the time, and he seemed to lean more towards soap operas than game shows, but that's just how I see it.
And trust me when I say this, folks. This would be NOTHING compared to what would happen when Freddy took over NBC in 1978...
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