Title | Host | Production Date | Description | Catalog Info | |
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$10,000 Sweep, The | Jack Clark | 1972 | Interesting Pyramid precursor | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
$50,000 a Minute | Meredith MacRae & Geoff Edwards | 1985 | Pilot #1 – Shelley Smith vs. Charles Siebert | A/SM/TA-4 | |
$50,000 a Minute | Meredith MacRae & Geoff Edwards | 1985 | Pilot #2 – Markie Post vs. Ed Begley, Jr. | A/SM/TA-4 | |
Babble | Tom Kennedy | 1984 | 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 | 1986 | Pilot with similarities to To Tell the Truth (so much so that Chuck Barris got sued) | B/SM | |
Banko | Wink Martindale | 1985 | Format based on Bingo | A-/SM | |
Bedtime Stories | Al Lohman & Roger Barkley | 1979 | Pilot episode | A/SM/TA-4 | |
Body Talk | Vicki Lawrence | 1989 | Pilot #1 – Elaine Joyce/Jacklyn Zeman vs. Richard Simmons/Bill Kirchenbauer | A+/Buzzr | |
Buck Stops Here, The | Jim Peck | 1985 | Question and answer game against time | A-/SM | |
Caught in the Act | Jim Peck | 1975 | Anne Meara/Bill Cullen/Anita Gillette/Clifton Davis/Stephanie Braxton | A/SM | |
Celebrity Double Dare | Bruce Jenner | 1987 | Yeesh, this show didn't need celebrities | A-/SM | |
Combination Lock | Ross King | 1996 | Unsold pilot created by John Ricci | B+/S4C/TA-4 | |
Cop Out | Geoff Edwards | 1972 | Are celebrities being honest or copping out? | A/GSN | |
Crossword | George Fenneman | 1966 | Possibly the first attempt at turning crossword puzzles into a game show | B/Color Kine | |
Decisions, Decisions | Bill Cullen | 1979 | Game that eventually became Hot Potato's bonus round - 2 pilots | B/SM | |
Dollar a Second | Bob Eubanks | 1981 | Attempt to revive a 1950s show | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Gambit | Bob Eubanks | 1990 | Revival attempt | B-/SM/TA-4 | |
Get Rich Quick | Steve Edwards | 1977 | Guests are Robert Urich, Lynnie Greene, John Ritter, & Debralee Scott | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Honeymoon Game, The | Jim McKrell | 1970 | 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 | 1975 | Card Sharks precursor | A/SM | |
Lucky Numbers | Alex Trebek | 1985 | Two unsold pilots for this tweaked version of High Rollers | A/SM/TA-4 | |
Malcolm | Alex Trebek | 1983 | Do I need to describe this one? | A-/SM | |
Monday Night Quarterback | Jerry Kramer | 1971 | Dick Martin/John Hall vs. Peter Lawford/Myron Pottios | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Money in the Blank | Kevin O'Connell | 1987 | Pyramid meets Three on a Match | A-/SM/TA-4 | |
Oddball | Jamie Farr | 1986 | Attempted revamp of "Get the Message" | A/SM | |
On a Roll | David Sparks | 1986 | Pilot #1 – Sharon vs. Tim | A+/Buzzr | |
Party Line | Gene Rayburn | 1983 | Pilot for what eventually became Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak | A-/SM | |
Pass the Line | Cliff Saber | 1954 | A panel has to finish a story with drawings | A/Kine | |
Play for Keeps | Sonny Fox | 1955 | Pilot #2 – Basically big-money “Winner Take All” | A+/Buzzr | |
Puzzlers | Pat Sajak | 1980 | Laurie/John/April – odd Goodson/Todman pilot, but Pat’s personality shines through! | A/SM/TA-4 | |
Quick as a Flash | Bill Cullen | 1952 | Unsold pilot from early in Bill's TV career | A-/Kine/TA-4 | |
Riddlers, The | David Letterman | 1977 | JoAnne Worley, Robert Urich, Joyce Bulifant, Michael McKean, Debralee Scott | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Run for the Money | Bill Rafferty | 1987 | Pilot for what became "Going for Gold" in the UK | A/SM/TA-4 | |
Says Who | Geoff Edwards | 1971 | Betsy Palmer, Anne Meaa, Bill Cullen, Peter Lawford | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Second Guessers | Jack Carter | 1970 | Studio audience members try to guess answers to questions given by people on the street | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Shoot the Works | Geoff Edwards | 1976 | Pilot for what eventually became Shoot for the Stars | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
Simon Says | Bob Barker | 1971 | Odd pilot involving a “computer” and random facts about audience members | B/SM/TA-4 | |
Smart Alecks | Allen Ludden | 1977 | Inventors show off their inventinons | B/SM | |
Star Words | Nipsey Russell | 1983 | Patty Duke Astin and Charles Nelson Reilly | A+/Buzzr | |
TKO | Peter Tomarken | 1989 | Pilot #4 | A+/Buzzr | |
Talking Pictures | Allen Ludden | 1968 | Concentraton meets Hollywood Squares | A-/SM/TA-4 | |
Top Secret | Wink Martindale | 1987 | This one ALMOST made CBS's schedule | B/SM/TA-4 | |
Twenty One | Jim Lange | 1982 | Pilot for a revival | A-/SM | |
Twisters | Jim Perry | 1982 | Jackpot meets shuffleboard | 1stGen/GSN/TA-4 | |
We've Got Your Number | Jack Barry | 1975 | From a videotape source (as opposed to the color kinescope circulating) | A-/SM/TA-4 |