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Ratings were strong for the first week (in fact, the show led all late-night programming), and reviews were good...but the novelty wore off in the second week and ratings began to drop. Big time. A week before Sajak's show debuted, ''Series/TheArsenioHallShow'' premiered in syndication and was a surprise hit. By August 1989, Sajak trailed Carson, Hall, ''[[Series/LateNight Late Night with David Letterman]]'', '''''and''''' Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''Nightline'' in the ratings. ''Ratings were even below those of CBS' '''old''' late-night block.'' Cancellation rumors soon started to spread. Reviews also went in the opposite direction.
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Ratings were strong for the first week (in fact, the show led all late-night programming), and reviews were good...but the novelty wore off in the second week and ratings began to drop. Big time. A week before Sajak's show debuted, ''Series/TheArsenioHallShow'' premiered in syndication and was a surprise hit. By August 1989, Sajak trailed Carson, Hall, ''[[Series/LateNight Late Night with David Letterman]]'', '''''and''''' Creator/{{ABC}}'s [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]]'s ''Nightline'' in the ratings. ''Ratings were even below those of CBS' '''old''' late-night block.'' Cancellation rumors soon started to spread. Reviews also went in the opposite direction.
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Siskel and Ebert were slated as fill-in hosts, but the show was canceled before their slated fill-in date. Added an entry for Common Knowledge on the YMMV page about this
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* GuestHost: The producers invoked this trope for Friday episodes beginning in February 1990. As mentioned above, Rush Limbaugh ended up being the most notable. Siskel and Ebert also filled in one night. It obviously didn't boost ratings.
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* GuestHost: The producers invoked this trope for Friday episodes beginning in February 1990. As mentioned above, Rush Limbaugh ended up being the most notable. Siskel and Ebert also filled in one night. It obviously didn't boost ratings.
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In a 2015 interview with Mark Malkoff on ''The Carson Podcast'', Sajak said that the show failed simply because he didn't put out a show people wanted to watch, but that he had no regrets about doing it. He can always take solace in the fact his show lasted eight months longer than ''The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'', and over 13 months longer than ''The Chevy Chase Show''.
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In a 2015 interview with Mark Malkoff on ''The Carson Podcast'', Sajak said that the show failed simply because he didn't put out a show people wanted to watch, but that he had no regrets about doing it. He can always take solace in the fact his show lasted eight months longer than ''The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien'', and over 13 months longer than ''The Chevy Chase Show''.''Series/TheChevyChaseShow''.
