King World Productions has cleared its updated version of Hollywood Squares in more than 55% of the country.(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 1997

King World Productions has cleared its updated version of Hollywood Squares in more than 55% of the country, says Roger King, the syndicator's chairman. New markets for the game show, set to debut next fail, include four Hearst Broadcasting stations and six AIIbritton Communications outlets.

Stations include WBAL-TV Baltimore, WISN-TV Milwaukee, WJLA-TV Washington and KING-TV Seattle. King says all four Hearst station clearances are for access time slots, and four of the six Allbritton stations will run Squares in access. He also says King World is developing a live, hour-long morning strip to take to NATPE in January. The strip will be sold for fall 1999, King says, but he wouldn't elaborate.