Charade Quiz

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Charade Quiz
Directed byDon Weiner
Presented byBill Slater
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkDuMont
ReleaseNovember 27, 1947 (1947-11-27) –
June 23, 1949 (1949-06-23)

Charade Quiz was an American game show hosted by Bill Slater which aired on the DuMont Television Network Thursdays at 8:30pm ET from November 27, 1947 to June 23, 1949.

Overview

In this 30-minute program, viewers requested to see something performed by panelists through charades. If the panelists failed to perform the stunt, the viewer received $15.

Episode status

Owing to DuMont's network practices, at least some episodes of Charade Quiz were held by the network until the dumping of its archive in the 1970s. No episodes are known to exist.

See also

Bibliography

  • David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
  • Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
  • Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1

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