Editing Card Sharks (section)

===1986–1989===
The CBS version of ''Card Sharks'' debuted at 10:30/9:30 am January 6, 1986, as a replacement for ''[[Body Language (game show)|Body Language]]'', and stayed in that timeslot for its entire run; ''[[Press Your Luck]]'' relocated to the latter show's old 4:00/3:00 pm slot to make room for ''Card Sharks''. Until January 1987, ''Card Sharks'' faced off against its original host Jim Perry's game show ''[[Sale of the Century]]'' on NBC in the time slot; ''Sale of the Century'' was moved to 10:00 am that year. ''[[Blockbusters (American game show)|Blockbusters]]'' (with the then-host of the syndicated ''Card Sharks'', Bill Rafferty) and then Alex Trebek's ''[[Classic Concentration]]'' followed as competition for ''Card Sharks''. This version ended its run on March 31, 1989, and was replaced by a short-lived version of ''[[Now You See It (American game show)|Now You See It]]''. The new host of the CBS version was [[Bob Eubanks]]; the host of the British adaptation, [[Bruce Forsyth]], was at one point being considered for the job as well, after having a short-lived game show in the US on ABC, ''[[Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak]]'' (Forsyth would eventually host ''[[Play Your Cards Right]]'', the British adaptation of the series<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4f4b9de907392|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122034639/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4f4b9de907392|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2021|title = Play Your Cards Right (TV series)}}</ref>). [[Patrick Wayne]] was also considered for the job.

The syndicated series debuted on September 8, 1986, replacing ''[[The Price Is Right|The Nighttime Price Is Right]]''. [[Bill Rafferty]] was host of this version. For the first half of the season, this syndicated ''Card Sharks'' series had fairly decent clearances, but this changed due to the show's ratings struggles in an overcrowded syndicated game show market. At the midseason point, the syndicated ''Card Sharks'' disappeared from quite a few of its markets, while many stations that continued to air it moved it to very undesirable late-night and early morning timeslots. The series continued to air until June 5, 1987, in the markets that kept it, with re-runs airing until September 11 of that year. Plans were to replace ''Card Sharks'' with the return of the ''[[Match Game]]'' with original host [[Gene Rayburn]],<ref>''Broadcasting & Cable'', January 19, 1987</ref> but these plans never came to fruition.