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Podcast: The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network
Episode: Episode 68--The Game Show Finales of June 20, 1980 and The David Letterman Show
Description: This week 40 years ago saw the temporary ends of three game shows, each of which would return to TV by 1987. That week also saw the birth of a legend, though he made his mark in late night. We look at the three NBC game show finales of June 20, 1980 and their replacement, The David Letterman Show in this timely installment of the podcast.