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Game Shows - The first NBC game show was called FACE TO FACE (6/9/46-1/26/47). It featured a female emcee named "Sugar" and artist who sketched portraits of persons derived from verbal clues. The first DuMont game show was CASH AND CARRY (6/20/46-7/1/47). Set in a grocery store filled with "Libby" products, contestants were given questions worth from five to fifteen dollars. The first CBS game show was IT'S A GIFT (1/29/46-7/6/46). Hosted by John Reed King, this game show had contestants answering questions for prizes. The first ABC game show was MOVIELAND QUIZ (8/12/48-11/9/48). The program made contestants identify titles and stars of motion pictures for money. Broadcast from Philadelphia, it was first hosted by Arthur Q. Bryan and then later by Ralph Dumke. TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES/CBS/SYN/1950-74 was the first program to win an Emmy Award for the Best Game and Audience Participation show in 1950. THE DIAMOND HEAD GAME/SYN/1975 hosted by Bob Eubanks was the first game show to be taped in  Hawaii. FANDANGO produced by the Nashville Network Cable in 1983 hosted by Bill  Anderson, was the first game show on a country music broadcast from Nashville. BAFFLE/NBC/1973-74, hosted by Dick Enberg, was the first game show to use neon lights on their studio sets. BARGAIN HUNTERS/ABC/1987 hosted by Peter Tomarken was the first combination game show and home shopping series. PASSWORD/CBS/ABC/NBC/1961-84 was the first game show to pair celebrities with studio audience contestants. WINNER TAKE ALL/CBS/NBC/1948-52 hosted by Bill Collyer, Bill Cullen, Barry Gray was the first Goodson-Todman game show; the first game show to use a buzzer; the first to employ a lock out devise; and the first to create a champion contestants. See also CENSORSHIP - "Quiz Show Scandals" 

 
     
 
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