At the time, and like its major competitors, WABC aired an hour of local news at 6:00 p.m. and followed it with the national newscast, in this case "World News Tonight", at 7:00 p.m. For the 1986–87 season, WABC added another new syndicated offering in a revival of "Hollywood Squares", which was placed at 7:30 p.m. "Squares" turned out to be a strong performer against the immensely popular "Wheel of Fortune" on WCBS and, seeing those ratings, WABC decided that it could draw equal or better ratings with "Jeopardy!" in the 7:00 p.m slot. ABC did not require its stations to air "World News Tonight" at a specific time, giving WABC the freedom to make the move if it wanted.