CBS Television Quiz
CBS Television Quiz | |
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Genre | New York City, New York |
Running time | 60 minutes (1941) 55 minutes (January/April–May 1942) 50 minutes (February–March/June 1942-January 1943) |
Original release | |
Network | WCBW (CBS) |
Release | July 2, 1941 January 7, 1943 | –
CBS Television Quiz is a televised
Game play
The CBS Television Quiz followed an answer-and-question format: contestants were given a clue and were asked to provide a question that the clue would answer. Beyond this, little is known about the show's mechanics.[2]
The game show Jeopardy! would later use a similar answer-and-question conceit. Jeopardy! is known to differ from the CBS Television Quiz in its use of lockout buzzers, which had not yet been invented in 1941 (the first game show to use them was 1946's Winner Take All).[3] Whether Julann Wright Griffin, whom Merv Griffin credited with creating the concept, knew of the CBS Television Quiz remains an open question.[4][5]
Broadcast history
Televised game shows prior to the debut of CBS Television Quiz were "test episodes" for experimental purposes; one of these was
On October 2 the series moved to Thursdays, and on January 8 the show was reduced to 55 minutes for the network to present a five-minute news summary at 9:25 PM. Quiz moved to Mondays on February 2 and was now preceded by a
The series ended on January 7, 1943, the day before WCBW temporarily shut down its studios and reverted to broadcasting only filmed material on an irregular basis until May 1944.[6]
Fates would later produce and/or direct many
Episode status
CBS Television Quiz was aired live, prior to the adoption of kinescopes for recording programs and long before videotape. The show does not have any extant audio recordings or photographs, making it one of the few game shows to be completely lost.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Television Obscurities - Television Programs in 1941". Television Obscurities. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-8058-2199-4.
- ISBN 9781135194796. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Lowry, Cynthia (March 29, 1963). "Merv Griffin: Question and Answer Man". Independent Star-News. Associated Press.
- ^ Lidz, Franz (May 1, 1989). "What Is Jeopardy!'?". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
- ^ "January and February 1943". OLD TV HISTORY. 2021-11-20. Retrieved 2022-07-25.
Bibliography
- Christopher H. Sterling and John M. Kittross, Stay Tuned: A History of American Broadcasting (ISBN 978-0-534-00514-6
- Alex McNeil, Total Television, (New York: ISBN 0-14-024916-8
- Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, (New York: ISBN 0-345-31864-1
External links
- CBS Television Quiz at IMDb