Most of the stations carrying "Crosswords" immediately dropped the series after the hiatus was announced, including the two largest markets of New York and Los Angeles. Neither of those two markets picked up the rerun package, and most of the rest did not opt for either of the other "Daytime Plus" options (although WNBC in New York, which had aired "Crosswords", added both) and instead opted for other new syndicated programming – either game shows (such as "" or a syndicated version of "Deal or No Deal") or talk shows such as "The Bonnie Hunt Show". Stations that chose to air the "Best Of" package began with an episode from the "alternate" format, although viewers quickly noticed that nothing was added ("Best Of" logo, production slate, episode number, recording date, original airdate, etc.) to distinguish this set of repeats from Season 1; this had the side effect of causing stations that aired Season 1 to show continuous repeats since the first-run episodes ended. "Crosswords" was officially considered cancelled in February 2009, and around the same time the "Daytime Plus" experiment ended when Program Partners pulled "Inside the Box" from its affiliates.