100 Grand (game show)

1963 American game show May 2020 August 2026 March 2025 22–24 minutes Bob Stivers Productions Game show Bunny Handler Robert Stivers Jack Clark United States ABC 1963 09 15 1963 09 29 3Moore Barbara Bensman Marvin R. Van Dyke Jim Prime-time television : a concise history 2006 Greenwood Publishing Group 0275981428 143 John Green 100 Grand is an American game show hosted by Jack Clark. The series ran for three episodes, weekly on Sunday nights from September 15 to 29, 1963.McNeil Alex Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present 1996 Penguin Books USA, Inc. New York, New York 0-14-02-4916-8 620 4th Broadcast on Sundays from 10 to 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 100 Grand was the first "big money" show to be broadcast after the quiz-show scandals in 1958.Brooks Tim Tim Brooks (television historian) Marsh Earle 2007 https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22100+Grand+Quiz/Audience+Participation%22&pg=PA1022 The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present 1022 9th New York Ballantine Books 978-0-345-49773-4 2025-12-20 Game play Two people, one an expert in a given field and the other an amateur interested in that field, were paired. Each contestant had to answer questions that the other had created. The questioning took place in an isolation booth. Before the session, two "authenticating judges" evaluated the questions to "be sure that they are absolutely correct according to several reference works and that they conform to the rules in a 199-page instruction book".Welles Chris October 18, 1963 133, 135–136 No Rig, No Fix and No Quiz https://books.google.com/books?id=XlIEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22100+Grand%22+ABC+quiz&pg=PA133 Life September 13, 2023 Google Books The player who stumped the professional for five weeks, had the show survived that long, would have had the privilege to answer five questions submitted by home viewers, and ended up with a grand total of $100,000 if successful.September 2023 On the premiere episode, amateurs defeated their professional counterparts with knowledge of content about the Civil War and opera. Each amateur won $10,000 "toward the potential jackpot." On the third show, both professionals stumped the amateurs, both of whom were awarded $1,000 savings bonds while the professionals each won $10,000.September 2023 Episode status The series is believed to be destroyed through wiping. A promotional video featuring the set and a contestant exists, traded among private collectors.September 2023 Production Bunny Handler and Robert Stivers created 100 Grand. John Green was the producer. Critical response Reviewing the premiere episode of 100 Grand, Jack Gould wrote in The New York Times, "The old appeal [of quiz shows] is still there; 100 Grand probably will be a major hit of the season."Gould Jack TV: The Big Money Returns With '100 Grand' Quiz on A.B.C.: Old Appeal Still There With Sophistications https://www.nytimes.com/1963/09/16/archives/tv-the-big-money-returns-with-100-grand-quiz-on-abc-old-appeal.html September 12, 2023 The New York Times September 16, 1963 71 subscription Chris Welles wrote in Life magazine: "What the producers should have done was junk the quiz and televise their backstage cloak-and-dagger preparations. It could have been the season's big hit." 1960s References External links tt13696852 Category:1963 American television series debuts Category:1963 English-language television series debuts Category:1963 American television series endings Category:1963 English-language television series endings Category:1960s American game shows Category:American Broadcasting Company game shows Category:Black-and-white American television shows Category:English-language American television shows Category:Lost television shows