 in 1990 when it took over for WCBS as the New York home for "Wheel of Fortune".Although "Wheel" had been a ratings winner for WCBS, the station (whose newscasts began to experience what would be a gradual ratings decline) decided it wanted to go in a different direction with its access hour programming; for instance, WCBS picked up "Hard Copy" to serve as the lead in for "Wheel" in 1989 and eventually paired it with "Entertainment Tonight", once it became available in the fall of 1990.WABC's successful access hour move eventually resulted in many Eastern and Pacific Time Zone network affiliates moving their network newscasts to 6