Talk:Battle of the Network Stars

Winners?

Um, why are there no WINNERS listed for each show? Seems like pretty important information! 128.230.239.88 19:29, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

This rosters are not accurate. Dirk Benedict and Dan Haggerty were on the show at least one time each. Neither actor is listed.

Broadcasting networks

The Battle of the Network Stars included members from each network.

The networks would alternate the networks that would broadcast them. I suggest this tidbit of interesting information be included in the article as this was unique and showed true cooperation among them. 98.64.246.71 (talk) 23:47, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

The Jenner issue

How exactly is Caitlyn Jenner's gender transition in 2015 relevant to something that occurred in 1976 in an article that isn't about her? Even as a footnote, her gender transition and name change are not the subject or even tangentially related to the subject of this article. Absurdist1968 (talk) 04:49, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

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Loose definition of "network star," Tug of War rule correction, and Season 1 controversy"

The competitors were not all from series that were on at the time; some competitors competed for networks based on TV-movies.

The Tug of War did not always determine the winner. Events were usually scored 100 for first, 75 for second, and 50 for third, except for the Tug of War, which was 100 to the winner and zero to the loser. If the leaders led by more than 100 going into the Tug of War, at first an extra $1000/competitor was given to the event winner; later, the rule was that the teams not in the lead would compete against each other for second place.

Also, in Season 1, the NBC team nearly walked out of the competition after a controversy in the running relay where an ABC runner moved back a few yards so he could get the baton from his slower teammate earlier; the NBC competitors considered this cheating, especially as it was done by ABC, which was hosting the event. To settle the problem the NBC and ABC team captains had a 110-yard dash to determine the event winner. The following year, "passing zones" similar to those used in track meet relays were added to prevent a repeat of this problem. -- That Don Guy (talk) 20:15, 24 April 2017 (UTC)