Editing Card Sharks (section)

===1978–1981===
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The original ''Card Sharks'' aired on [[NBC]] from April 24, 1978 to October 23, 1981, hosted by [[Jim Perry (television personality)|Jim Perry]]; it was the first new [[Goodson-Todman]] game show to debut on [[NBC]] since the end of the original ''[[Match Game]]'' in September 1969. From its debut until June 20, 1980, ''Card Sharks'' aired at 10:00 am ([[Eastern Time Zone|ET]])/9:00 am ([[Central Time Zone|CT]]/[[Mountain Time Zone|MT]]/[[Pacific Time Zone|PT]]). The series was one of the few respectably-rated programs (daytime or otherwise) on NBC under [[Fred Silverman]]'s tenure as network president, which at the time was struggling to gain ratings in both daytime and prime-time.

After a scheduling shuffle necessitated by the debut of ''[[The David Letterman Show]]'' on June 23, 1980, ''Card Sharks'' moved to noon/11:00 am, a timeslot where it first faced ''[[The Pyramid (game show)|The $20,000 Pyramid]]'', which was in its last week of its run, and then from June 30 on, the top-rated game show in daytime, ''[[Family Feud]]'' on ABC; the first half of ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' in certain markets on CBS; and preemptions on local affiliates due to many stations electing to air local newscasts, talk shows, or other syndicated programming in the noon hour. ''Card Sharks'' remained in the noon/11:00 slot until its final episode aired on October 23, 1981.