Broadcast History
Letters to Laugh-In debuted on September 29, 1969 at 4:00 PM (3:00 Central). It replaced The Match Game, which had been canceled after a seven-year run in that slot. Like Match Game, Letters to Laugh-In faced the popular Dark Shadows on ABC and reruns of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. on CBS. Letters to Laugh-In was soundly beaten in the ratings. As such, unlike the nighttime Laugh-In (which enjoyed a five-year run on NBC), Letters to Laugh-In lasted only three months before being canceled on December 26. Its replacement was Name Droppers, an equally short-lived game that was replaced on March 30, 1970 by the soap opera Somerset.
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