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Bob Stewart (1920 - ) is a former American television game show producer. He was active in the TV industry from 1956 to 1992. Jump to: navigation, search A game show is a radio or television program, involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ...
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Stewart is known for creating some of the most popular game shows for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. These shows include To Tell The Truth, Password, and The Price Is Right. His biggest success as an independent producer is the Pyramid series, starting with The $10,000 Pyramid in 1973. Jump to: navigation, search Mark Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an American television producer born in Sacramento, California. ...
Bill Todman (July 31, 1916-July 29, 1979) was an American television producer born in New York City. ...
To Tell the Truth is a classic American television game show that has been seen in various forms on and off since 1956. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Although Password can be played without any equipment, commercial versions of the game have also been successful. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Price Is Right is a popular game show based on contestants guessing the retail prices of featured prizes and other promotional products. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Pyramid was an American television game show where contestants tried to guess a series of words or phrases, based on descriptions that were given to them, in the shortest amount of time. ...
Stewart with Goodson-Todman
Stewart's early broadcasting career included stints at NBC's flagship TV and radio stations in New York. In the book The Box, the native New Yorker says he got the first spark for The Price Is Right during his tenure as a staff producer at WRCA-TV (now WNBC-TV) when he watched an auction on 50th Street on his lunch hour. He developed the idea into The Auctioneer. Jump to: navigation, search The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...
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Stewart joined Goodson-Todman Productions in 1956, after he bumped into broadcaster (and future game show producer-host) Monty Hall on the street and Hall told him he knew Goodson-Todman's attorney. "You got any ideas?" Stewart quoted Hall as asking. Monty Hall, (born August 25, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba)as Maurice Halprin, is a Canadian-born actor, singer and sportscaster, but is best known for being the MC of popular American television game shows. ...
The Price Is Right, using some of the Auctioneer concept, premiered on NBC November 26, 1956, with Bill Cullen as host. CBS's To Tell the Truth, emceed by Bud Collyer, hit the air less than one month later, on December 18. Stewart said he auditioned the concept to Goodson and his producers by trying to have them guess which of three men had been in the infantry in World War II and was now managing a grocery store. Bill Cullen, full name William Lawrence Cullen (February 18, 1920–July 7, 1990), was an American radio and television personality. ...
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Five years later, in 1961, Stewart hit the jackpot again with Password, the word-association guessing game emceed by Allen Ludden. The show, the first to team celebrities and civilians, became the top-rated program in daytime TV and popularized the concept of the bonus round for additional money. Allen Ludden, as emcee of Password, presiding over a round with celebrity guests Carol Burnett (left) and Vicki Lawrence (right). ...
Stewart was one of a coterie of talented Goodson staff producers who came up with ideas for game shows and segments. Producers such as Stewart, Frank Wayne, and Gil Fates earned Goodson's respect not only for their concepts but for their skill in executing them.
Bob Stewart Productions Stewart set out on his own in 1965. His first network game show as an independent producer, the memory game Eye Guess, aired on NBC from January 3, 1966 to September 26, 1969, and featured close friend Bill Cullen, who emceed Price, as host. His next entry, the CBS primetime celebrity game show The Face Is Familiar with host Jack Whitaker, ran from May 7 to September 3, 1966. Another Stewart celebrity game, Personality (hosted by Larry Blyden), aired on NBC from 1967 to 1969. Eye Guess was a television game show (1966-1969) created by Bob Stewart and hosted by Bill Cullen. ...
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Bill Cullen, full name William Lawrence Cullen (February 18, 1920–July 7, 1990), was an American radio and television personality. ...
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Larry Blyden (June 23, 1925 - June 6, 1975) was an American actor. ...
Other than Eye Guess, Stewart's other moderate early success was Three on a Match, hosted by Cullen, which aired on NBC from August 2, 1971 to June 28, 1974.
Stewart's biggest success with his own production company, and one of TV's most honored quiz shows, was Pyramid hosted by Dick Clark, which like Password was a word game. Its March 26, 1973 premiere on CBS marked the first time a quiz show mounted a five-figure or more cash jackpot since the demise of 100 Grand in the mid-1960s. Jump to: navigation, search Pyramid was an American television game show where contestants tried to guess a series of words or phrases, based on descriptions that were given to them, in the shortest amount of time. ...
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Pyramid's network run would span 15 years (and escalating dollar amounts in the title). It has proven to be one of the most enduring game shows, airing almost continuously between first-run network/syndicated airings and cable reruns since 1982. Its nine Emmy awards for best game show rank it second to the Alex Trebek version of Jeopardy!, which has 10. Jump to: navigation, search Jeopardy! logo (1994–1996) Jeopardy! is a popular international television game show, originally devised by Merv Griffin, who also created Wheel of Fortune. ...
The network version of Pyramid (hosted by Clark) ran from 1973 to 1980 (moving to ABC for its final six years) and from 1982 to 1988 on CBS (with a three month break in the second run). It was also popular in syndication, running once a week from 1974 to 1979 (with Bill Cullen as emcee), daily from January to September 1981 and again daily from 1985 to 1988 (with Clark back at the podium) and again from January 1991 to March 1992 (with John Davidson). John Davidson is also the name of a former ice hockey player. ...
Another version of Pyramid, not helmed by Stewart, aired in syndication from 2002 to 2004, hosted by Donny Osmond. Donald Clark Donny Osmond (born December 9, 1957 in Ogden, Utah) is an American entertainment personality. ...
Other game shows from Bob Stewart Productions -- mostly word games and puzzles -- included Jackpot, Chain Reaction, Go, and Double Talk. Jackpot and Chain Reaction were moderate successes for Stewart in their 1980s runs on cable TV after having relatively brief runs on NBC. Jackpot was a game show seen on NBC in the 70s and the USA Network in the 80s. ...
Chain Reaction was an American game show seen on the NBC network in 1980, and the USA cable network in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ...
Go was a game show seen on NBC from October 3, 1983, to January 20, 1984. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Double Talk was an American game show seen on the ABC network in 1986. ...
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Retirement Bob Stewart retired in 1992 after the second run of The $100,000 Pyramid was cancelled, and his son Sande Stewart took over operations of Bob Stewart Productions. Sande Stewart later produced some game shows on his own, including Inquizition, Hollywood Showdown, and Powerball Instant Millionaire. Inquizition was a short-lived television program in the game show genre. ...
Hollywood Showdown is a television game show based on the Bob Stewart created & produced game show Jackpot! Ironically this show was created by his son Sande Stewart. ...
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Bob Stewart Productions was sold to Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2002, and many of Bob Stewart's creations air frequently on Game Show Network. Stewart himself has participated in panels and special events related to quiz shows, including the annual Game Show Congress gatherings in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. ...
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The Game Show Network logo (1997-2004) The Game Show Network (now only known as GSN—The Network for Games) is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and interactive television games. ...
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