On January 8, 1979, NBC moved "Jeopardy!" from 10:30a.m. to noon, the time slot the original series had occupied and done well in for many years. However, the television climate in 1979 was much different than it was in the 1960s and early 1970s. The 12:00p.m. hour was one that network affiliates often chose to preempt in favor of showing other programming such as a midday local newscast or a syndicated offering such as another game show or a talk show. In markets that did air "Jeopardy!" at noon, the show found itself losing the ratings battle against "The $20,000 Pyramid" on ABC and "The Young and the Restless" on CBS, two shows that, ironically enough, had competed against the original in 1974 and 1973, respectively. NBC decided to pull the plug on the revived "Jeopardy!" series shortly after the move, and its 108th and final episode aired on March 2, 1979. Its place on the schedule was taken by "Password Plus", which at the time had been airing at 12:30p.m., and the cancellation allowed NBC to expand its top-rated soap opera, "Another World", to ninety minutes from sixty, later in the afternoon.