Title | Host | Description | Catalog Info | |
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$10,000 Sweep, The | Jack Clark | Interesting Pyramid precursor | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
$50,000 a Minute | Meredith MacRae & Geoff Edwards | Pilot #1 – Shelley Smith vs. Charles Siebert | A/SM/TA-4 | |
$50,000 a Minute | Meredith MacRae & Geoff Edwards | Pilot #2 – Markie Post vs. Ed Begley, Jr. | A/SM/TA-4 | |
Babble | Tom Kennedy | Unsold pilot with guests Meredith MacRae, Brad Garrett, Gwynne Gilford, James Hampton, Marcia Wallace, Norm Crosby, Betty White | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Bamboozle | Bob Hilton | Pilot with similarities to To Tell the Truth (so much so that Chuck Barris got sued) | B/SM/JC1 | |
Banko | Wink Martindale | Format based on Bingo | A-/SM/JC1 | |
Bedtime Stories | Al Lohman & Roger Barkley | Pilot episode | A/SM/TA-4 | |
Body Talk | Vicki Lawrence | Pilot #1 – Elaine Joyce/Jacklyn Zeman vs. Richard Simmons/Bill Kirchenbauer | A+/Buzzr | |
Buck Stops Here, The | Jim Peck | Question and answer game against time | A-/SM/JC1 | |
Caught in the Act | Jim Peck | Anne Meara/Bill Cullen/Anita Gillette/Clifton Davis/Stephanie Braxton | A/SM/JC1 | |
Celebrity Double Dare | Bruce Jenner | Yeesh, this show didn't need celebrities | A-/SM/JC1 | |
Combination Lock | Ross King | Unsold pilot created by John Ricci | B+/S4C/TA-4 | |
Cop Out | Geoff Edwards | Are celebrities being honest or copping out? | A/GSN/JC1 | |
Crossword | George Fenneman | Possibly the first attempt at turning crossword puzzles into a game show | B/Color Kine/JC1 | |
Decisions, Decisions | Bill Cullen | Game that eventually became Hot Potato's bonus round - 2 pilots | B/SM/JC1 | |
Dollar a Second | Bob Eubanks | Attempt to revive a 1950s show | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Gambit | Bob Eubanks | Revival attempt | B-/SM/TA-4 | |
Get Rich Quick | Steve Edwards | Guests are Robert Urich, Lynnie Greene, John Ritter, & Debralee Scott | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Honeymoon Game, The | Jim McKrell | Jack Barry’s third attempt at the Joker’s Wild format, and would have been the world’s first 90 minute game show | A-/SM/TA-4 | |
King of the Hill | Robert Earle | Card Sharks precursor | A/SM/JC1 | |
Lucky Numbers | Alex Trebek | Two unsold pilots for this tweaked version of High Rollers | A/SM/TA-4 | |
Malcolm | Alex Trebek | Do I need to describe this one? | A-/SM/JC1 | |
Monday Night Quarterback | Jerry Kramer | Dick Martin/John Hall vs. Peter Lawford/Myron Pottios | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Money in the Blank | Kevin O'Connell | Pyramid meets Three on a Match | A-/SM/TA-4 | |
Oddball | Jamie Farr | Attempted revamp of "Get the Message" | A/SM/JC1 | |
On a Roll | David Sparks | Pilot #1 – Sharon vs. Tim | A+/Buzzr | |
Party Line | Gene Rayburn | Pilot for what eventually became Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak | A-/SM/JC1 | |
Pass the Line | Cliff Saber | A panel has to finish a story with drawings | A/Kine/JC1 | |
Play for Keeps | Sonny Fox | Pilot #2 – Basically big-money “Winner Take All” | A+/Buzzr | |
Puzzlers | Pat Sajak | Laurie/John/April – odd Goodson/Todman pilot, but Pat’s personality shines through! | A/SM/TA-4 | |
Quick as a Flash | Bill Cullen | Unsold pilot from early in Bill's TV career | A-/Kine/TA-4 | |
Riddlers, The | David Letterman | JoAnne Worley, Robert Urich, Joyce Bulifant, Michael McKean, Debralee Scott | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Run for the Money | Bill Rafferty | Pilot for what became "Going for Gold" in the UK | A/SM/TA-4 | |
Says Who | Geoff Edwards | Betsy Palmer, Anne Meaa, Bill Cullen, Peter Lawford | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Second Guessers | Jack Carter | Studio audience members try to guess answers to questions given by people on the street | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Shoot the Works | Geoff Edwards | Pilot for what eventually became Shoot for the Stars | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Simon Says | Bob Barker | Odd pilot involving a “computer” and random facts about audience members | B/SM/TA-4 | |
Smart Alecks | Allen Ludden | Inventors show off their inventinons | B/SM/JC1 | |
Star Words | Nipsey Russell | Patty Duke Astin and Charles Nelson Reilly | A+/Buzzr | |
TKO | Peter Tomarken | Pilot #4 | A+/Buzzr | |
Talking Pictures | Allen Ludden | Concentraton meets Hollywood Squares | A-/SM/TA-4 | |
Top Secret | Wink Martindale | This one ALMOST made CBS's schedule | B/SM/TA-4 | |
Twenty One | Jim Lange | Pilot for a revival | A-/SM/JC1 | |
Twisters | Jim Perry | Jackpot meets shuffleboard | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
We've Got Your Number | Jack Barry | From a videotape source (as opposed to the color kinescope circulating) | A-/SM/TA-4 |