TV Game Shows"From the original radio quiz shows through the scandal-ridden fifties up to today's extravaganzas, TV Game Shows takes you behind the sets of this uniquely American phenomenon. Here are the 10 worst and the 40 best shows of all time, the contestants, the hosts and the celebrities, the prizes and the profits, the questions and the quizzes ... Includes a complete list of every game show ever aired."--Cover. |
Contents
SIGN IN PLEASE The Best the Worst and the Rest | 99 |
But First There Was Radio | 101 |
The Best TV Games of the Forties | 121 |
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