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Tic-Tac-Dough is an American television game show based on the paper-and-pencil game of tic-tac-toe. Contestants answer trivia questions to put up their respective symbol, X or O, on a tic-tac-toe board. Three versions were produced: the initial 1956–59 run on NBC, a 1978–86 run initially on CBS and then in syndication, and a syndicated run ...
Thom McKee. Thom McKee (born 1955) is a retired officer in the United States Navy and 1977 graduate from the United States Naval Academy. He is best known for being a contestant on the game show Tic Tac Dough, becoming the show's longest reigning champion and (at the time) the highest money winner in American game show history.
Wink Martindale. Winston Conrad " Wink " Martindale (born December 4, 1933) [1] is an American disc jockey, radio personality, game show host, and television producer. He is best known for hosting Gambit from 1972 to 1976 (and again from 1980 to 1981), Tic-Tac-Dough from 1978 to 1985, High Rollers from 1987 to 1988, and Debt from 1996 to 1998.
Hollywood Squares (originally The Hollywood Squares) is an American game show [1][2][3][4] in which two contestants compete in a game of tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The show piloted on NBC in 1965 and the regular series debuted in 1966 on the same network. The board for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each ...
Headline Chasers is an American game show that ran daily in syndication from September 9, 1985, to May 23, 1986, with reruns airing until September 5. The series was hosted by Wink Martindale, who also created the series and was its executive producer, [2] with Johnny Gilbert serving as announcer. It was produced by Wink Martindale Enterprises ...
Lingo is an American television game show with multiple international adaptations. Contestants compete to decode five-letter words given the first letter, similarly to Jotto, with each correctly guessed word earning number draws to attempt filling in a Bingo card. Four Lingo series have aired in the United States.
The scandal led to federal legislation against the rigging of game shows and every form of competition show. In 1959 Tic-Tac-Dough was also canceled. Barry & Enright were forced to sell their game shows to NBC, including Concentration, Twenty-One, Dough Re Mi and Tic-Tac-Dough. The company later ceased to exist.
McKee won $312,700 (equivalent to $1,156,000 in 2023) [3] in cash and prizes in 43 games, which included eight cars (on Tic Tac Dough a contestant received a new car after every fifth game won). [36] McKee's record on Tic Tac Dough was not surpassed by another player, and this was in part because when WCBS-TV in New York purchased the right to ...