User:Daniel Benfield/Shop 'Til You Drop Video Archive

To be honest, while I remember watching Shop 'Til You Drop in 1998 I didn't really became a "fan" (such as it is) until around the time GSN began airing Season 7.

Note that I don't have complete data for Seasons 7 and 8, partly because I missed GSN's advance schedules for the days between February 3 and March 3, 2014. Even then, I don't have all the player names available, so any help would be appreciated.

LEGAL STUFF SO I DON'T GET SUED: I'm only linking to these videos, none of which were uploaded by me, for the purposes of research and as a public record. Footage ©1991-94/1996-98/2000-05 Stone-Stanley Entertainment and associated entities.

AND ANOTHER THING: The airdates given for episodes that have production numbers (Seasons 7, 8, and one of 9) are based solely on their numbers, and don't reflect any shuffling or preemptions PAX may have done; any out-of-order airings that I know of are noted.

Lifetime (1991-94)
Lifetime, Daily: July 8, 1991 - September 30, 1994 (May 31, 1996)

The original version started out pretty rough, but found its footing after Season 2. The first two seasons used a $1,000 goal in the bonus round with "gag gifts" worth less than $50; Season 3 ditched the latter and upped the former to $2,500. The traditional theme made its first appearance in Season 4,

A few stations aired repeats around 1995-96 to see if it could work in first-run syndication. PAX aired repeats of Season 4 from November 1, 1999-March 31, 2000.

Season 1 (July 8-September? 1991)

Season 2 (April?-September? 1992)

Season 3 (1993)

Season 4 (December? 1993-September 30, 1994)

Family Channel (1996-98)
Family Channel, Daily: September 30, 1996 - August 14, 1998 (620 episodes total with previous run)

Not much different from Season 4, aside from Jason Grant replacing Mark L. Wahlberg as announcer (Season 6 replaced him with Dee Bradley Baker). The rest of the changes were cosmetic.

PAX aired repeats of this version from April 19-October 29, 1999.

Season 5 (1996-97)

Season 6 (1997-98)

PAX, Finn (2000-02)
PAX Daily: April 3 - July 21, 2000 (80 episodes)/September 12, 2001 - January 29, 2002 (100 episodes)

Not too different from the FAM era, really – the differences are cosmetic.

Season 7 (2000)
 * April 3, 2000 (#001 {621}/first taped): Stacy & Jake vs. Anita & Jamie, with lots of cosmetic differences; taped from GSN {alternate copy})


 * July 21, 2000 (#080 {700!}/Season Finale: Sue & Chris vs. Julie & Chuck; taped from GSN)

Season 8 (2001-02)
 * September 12, 2001 (#8001 {701}/Season Premiere, aired 9/19): Jamie & Sean vs. Kimberly & Brian; taped from GSN)


 * January 29, 2002 (#8100 {800!}/Season Finale): Karen & Anthony vs. Charisse & John, with all sorts of weird events; taped from GSN)

PAX, Roberto (2003-05)
PAX Daily: October 6, 2003 - May 27, 2005 (August 11, 2006; 180 episodes total)

Wanna see a decent show get flushed down the crapper? Here you go: no more stunts, a more boring "megastore" as opposed to the mall, bad jokes and other humor, drawn-out reveals in the bonus round, and product plugs. Product plugs everywhere.

Season 10 added a large diagonal-facing TV displaying the logo behind JD, the bonus round clock added a sponsor (and used a different font), and it seems JD began plugging products more often while introducing games.

Season 9 (October 6, 2003-2004)

Season 10 (October 4, 2004-2005)