TVWI: Beat the Odds got picked up by ABC in 1975

The 1975 version of Beat the Odds is an attempted revival hosted by Chuck Henry, announced by Johnny Jacobs, produced by Bill Carruthers and it was taped for ABC on January 10, 1975 and February 7, 1975.

ABC had the condition to pick it up to replace Blankety Blanks, but it succeeded over the return of repeats of The Brady Bunch. ABC let Beat the Odds to have a start date of June 30, 1975. However, ABC abruptly cancelled Beat the Odds on August 29, 1975, making the show one of the worst revivals of the 1970s. Happy Days reruns replaced Odds on September 1, 1975.

However, Beat the Odds managed to last nine months, making it on of the greatest game show flops of all time.
 
Here's What ABC Affiliate WXYZ did ITTL had it carried Beat The Odds with a Twist starting at 9AM and continues to 4PM.

9:00 am: Rita Bell's Prize Movie
10:30 am: AM Detroit
11:30 am: Beat The Odds (hosted by Chuck Henry)
Noon: Showoffs (hosted by Larry Blyden) (1)
12:30 pm: All My Children
1:00 pm: Ryan's Hope
1:30 pm: Let's Make a Deal (hosted by Monty Hall)
2:00 pm: The $10,000 Pyramid (hosted by Dick Clark)
2:30 pm: Rhyme & Reason (hosted by Bob Eubanks)
3:00 pm: General Hospital

(1) = Larry Blyden ITTL?, IOTL he went on a Trip to Morocco while driving to Tan-Tan as his rental car got overturned after it went off the road, knocking him unconscious. Doctors in a Hospital in Agadir were unable to contact Blyden's family for several days which led to his death on June 6, 1975 but ITTL he survived during his Trip in Morocco and returned to LA to host Showoffs which began 24 Days Later ITTL.
 
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