Editing Match Game (section)

===1978 changes and cancellation===
On July 19, 1978, a new ''Match Game'' set was built by CBS, changed from the original bright orange to a new set with blue and white colors, as well as revamping the logo. The newly designed ''Match Game'' sign meant that a whole new sign no longer had to be built each year as had been done previously. An attachment designating the year was simply taken off the end of the revamped ''Match Game '78'' sign and replaced with a new one numbered '79 on New Year's Eve of 1978, which actually aired January 2, 1979, becoming ''Match Game '79.'' (An alternate attachment was used for ''Match Game PM.'')

At 4:00&nbsp;p.m., the show trailed ''Family Feud'', ''The Price Is Right'', and NBC's ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'', and it fell out of the top three game shows in 1979 for the first time in the CBS run (as opposed to a solid and twice top-3 hit in the 1960s). The 1,439th and final CBS episode aired on April 20, 1979. The [[Tom Kennedy (television host)|Tom Kennedy]]-hosted game show ''[[Whew!]]'' replaced ''Match Game'' on the schedule when it premiered in the 10:30&nbsp;a.m. time slot on April 23, 1979.