Game show WIs?

What would be some good "What If"s involving game shows? Obviously the big one is what if there was no Quiz Show scandal, but im sure there are others involving hosts of the shows and all (What if Alex Trebek hadnt been the host of the Jeopardy revival, or Bob Barker didnt host the Price is Right revival, would they have become the institutions that they are now?).
 
What would be some good "What If"s involving game shows? Obviously the big one is what if there was no Quiz Show scandal, but im sure there are others involving hosts of the shows and all (What if Alex Trebek hadnt been the host of the Jeopardy revival, or Bob Barker didnt host the Price is Right revival, would they have become the institutions that they are now?).

I'm of the opinion that Alex Trebek and Bob Barker defined their shows, to the point that removing them probably butterflies away success. It's possible another host would manage to catch lightning in a bottle, but I wouldn't bet on it.

The problem with those WIs are that those two had such huge rolls and defined their shows. Same with Wheel of Fortune with Vanna White and Pat Sajak. You remove that and either you have the substitute host take over and make those shows their own or you have entirely new material taking up the void. You have to make something up instead of building on anything you know.
 
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