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The $64,000 Question is an American game show broadcast in primetime on CBS-TV from 1955 to 1958, which became embroiled in the 1950s quiz show scandals. Contestants answered general knowledge questions, earning money which doubled as the questions became more difficult.
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).
While Stempel was in the midst of his winning streak, both of the $64,000 quiz shows (The $64,000 Question and its spin-off, The $64,000 Challenge) were in the top-ten rated programs but Twenty-One did not have the same popularity. Enright and his partner, Albert Freedman, were searching for a new champion to replace Stempel to boost ratings.
Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical mystery-drama film [3] [4] directed and produced by Robert Redford.Dramatizing the Twenty-One quiz show scandals of the 1950s, the screenplay by Paul Attanasio [5] adapts the memoirs of Richard N. Goodwin, a U.S. Congressional lawyer who investigated the accusations of game-fixing by show producers. [6]
The correct title is The $64,000 Question. Pepso 18:30, 3 October 2005 (UTC) There is no technical limitation which stops the $ sign from being used in the title. If the correct title is The $64,000 Question, it should be changed unless anyone has any objections to it being changed. --tgheretford 17:47, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
In November 1955, Groucho announced on the air that he had noticed the success of big-money quiz programs (referring to, but not naming, The $64,000 Challenge) and declared that You Bet Your Life was itself going to raise its "Secret Word" bonus: from $100 to $101. This gimmick lasted until the end of the year.