ABC Carnival '74
Across the Board
Baloney
Bamboozle
Be What You Want
Beat The Genius
Beat The Odds (1962)
Beat The Odds (1975)
Bedtime Stories
The Better Sex
The Big Money
The Big Payoff
Big Spenders
Blank Check
Body Language
Body Talk
The Buck Stops Here
Bullseye
Call My Bluff
Card Sharks (1996)
Casino
Caught in the Act
Celebrity Billiards
Celebrity Doubletalk
Celebrity Secrets
Celebrity Sweepstakes
Chain Letter (1964)
The Challengers (1974)
Change Partners
Child's Play
The Choice Is Yours
Combination Lock (1996)
Comedy Club
Concentration (1985)
The Confidence Game
Cop Out
Countdown (1974)
Countdown (1990)
The Couples Race
Crossword
Decisions, Decisions
Dollar a Second
Duel in the Daytime
The Fashion Show
Fast Friends
$50,000 a Minute
Finish Line (1975)
Finish Line (1990)
Get Rich Quick
Going, Going, Gone!
Head of the Class
High Rollers
Hollywood Squares (1965)
Hollywood Squares (1985)
The Honeymoon Game
Hot Numbers
Hot Potato
House to House
How Do You Like Your Eggs?
Jackpot (1984)
Jeopardy (1977)
Jokers Wild
Jumble
Key Witness
Keynotes (1986)
King of the Hill
Let's Make a Deal (1963)
Let's Make a Deal (1990)
The Love Experts
M'ama Non M'ama
Match Game (1962)
Match Game (1973)
Match Game (1990)
Match Game (1996)
MatchGame (2008)
Mindreaders
Missing Links
Monday Night QB
Money Words
Money in the Blank
Moneymaze
Monopoly (1987)
Nothing But the Truth
Now You See It (1986)
Oddball
100%
PDQ
Party Line
People On TV
Play For Keeps
Play Your Hunch
The Plot Thickens
Pot O' Gold
Pressure Point
The Price Is Right (1972)
Pyramid (1996)
Pyramid (1997)
A Question of Scruples
Quick as a Flash
Razzle Dazzle
Riddlers
Run For The Money
Says Who?
Scrabble (1990)
Second Guessers
Second Honeymoon
Sharaize
Shoot for the Stars
Shoot the Works
Shopping Spree
Show Me
Showoffs
Simon Says
$64,000 Question (2000)
Smart Alecks
Smart Money
Spellbinders
Spin-Off
Split Decision
Star Cluster
Star Play
Strictly Confidential
TKO
Talking Pictures (1968)
Talking Pictures (1976)
Tell It to Groucho
Temptation (1981)
$10,000 Sweep
Three of a Kind
Tic Tac Dough
Tie-Up
Top Secret
Twenty One (1982)
Twenty Questions
Twisters
Up and Over
The Waiting Game
We've Got Your Number
What Do You Want?
What's On Your Mind
Wheel of Fortune
Whew!
Whodunit
Whose Baby
Wipeout
Word Grabbers
Write Your Own Ticket
You Bet Your Life (1988)
You Bet Your Life (1991)
You're Putting Me On
Show a Random Pilot
Show Unreviewed Pilots
Bob Stewart Flow Chart
Run for the Money
Producer: Reg Grundy
Host: Bill Rafferty
Announcer: Bob Hilton
Taping Info: 1987
Made it to Air: No
Availability: Trading circuit
While Griffin/King World was the king of syndication in the 80's, Reg Grundy was at least the duke of daytime, having both Scrabble and Sale of the Century as long time hits and also put Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak and Time Machine on the air. In 1987, Reg tried to import his British show Going for Gold, which itself was an importation of the French show Questions pour un champion. Bill Rafferty and some staff flew over the pond to film this show in England for the taping.
The first round involved four questions worth either one, two or three points. The cycle of points rotated, so that the first and fourth questions were worth one, second and fifth worth two and so on. The object was to not be the last person to reach nine points. That player is removed from the game.
The second round was played solo by each of the players as they tried to accumulate the longest streak of correct answers to questions in a category with a maximum of four correct in forty seconds. The order of play was the same as how the players got to their nine point limit in the first round. This was important, since ties were broken by this order. The top two players then moved on to the third round.
The third and final round was the most interesting. A long question was asked, with the reading of the question broken down into four, three, two and one point zones. One player could answer only in the even zones, while the other player could only answer in the odd zones. However, if a player rang in and answered incorrectly, the remaining time in that zone transferred to the other player. Control alternated on whether the player had the even or odd zones. Nine points won this round as well.
However, that's it. No bonus game, just $5,000 to the winner. It ran for 10 years on the BBC, and is still on the air in France. It's too bad it didn't hit here, because I've always liked Bill Rafferty as a host and I believe it would have had a decent run.
 Live, from England, it's an American Game Show. |
 And one of your real people, it's Bill Rafferty. |
 Here's round 1. |
 Here's round 2 and the possible categories. |
 Here's round 3. The player on the left has control of the two and four point zones. |
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