Scrabble (game show) (Johnsonverse)

Scrabble is an American television game show based upon the Scrabble board game. Muriel Green of Exposure Unlimited developed the idea for a television game show based upon the board game concept. During 1983, Green convinced Selchow and Righter, who at that time owned the Scrabble board game, to license Exposure Unlimited to produce the game show. Exposure Unlimited co-produced the show with Reg Grundy Productions, and licensed the show to NBC. Scrabble first aired on NBC daytime from July 2, 1984, to March 23, 1990, and again from January 18, 1993 to June 25, 2004. Chuck Woolery hosted the program on both NBC daytime runs in their entirety. On September 14, 1987, a syndicated version of Scrabble debuted with Steve Edwards as host. Woolery became the host of the syndicated version on September 12, 1994 following Edwards' departure to Sale of The Century. This syndicated version aired until June 25, 2004. Jay Stewart was the announcer for the first year. Charlie Tuna replaced him in the summer of 1985 and remained through 2014.
In 2014, a weeklong revival was created by NBC to air in primetime from June 30 to July 4, featuring game show hosts competing for home viewers. Woolery again hosted this version with Tuna again announcing this version. WBC debuted a new version in the summer of 2024, with host George Gray and announcer Randy West.
Reruns of Scrabble have aired on various channels over the years. The show was first rerun on the USA Network from 1991 to 1995, consisting of episodes from the 1980s NBC daytime run. Game Show Network picked up the rights to rerun Scrabble in 1997, originally rerunning 1980s NBC daytime episodes, but added episodes from the Edwards-era run in 1999, and then added Woolery-era syndicated episodes and the 1990s NBC daytime episodes in 2000.
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