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The $64,000 Challenge was replaced on CBS with "a special news program" on September 14. [11] The $64,000 Question, which had not yet begun airing for the new season, assumed Challenge's Sunday time slot on September 21. After the federal probe of quiz shows surfaced, quiz shows suffered badly in the Fall 1958 Nielsen ratings.
When he is chosen as a contestant on the radio quiz show, the prize money is increased beyond the usual $64. [citation needed] The program was the basis for the later television program, The $64,000 Question. [6] In the summer of 1943, the show's audience was estimated at 23 million, making it the highest-rated quiz program on radio. [7]
The $64,000 Question was a British quiz show based on the American format of the same name.The show originally ran from 19 May 1956 to 18 January 1958 produced by ATV and was originally hosted by Jerry Desmonde, and called simply The 64,000 Question with the top prize initially being 64,000 sixpences (£1,600), later doubling to 64,000 shillings (£3,200).