The Scandalous History of Television Game Shows

A 1950s scandal caused the near-death of game shows

“It’s Academic” game show being taped in 2009 at WRC-TV (NBC), Washington, DC. EuclidC, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Television viewers in countries across the globe love game shows. Some of the most successful game shows have been around for decades — Jeopardy (1964), The Price is Right (1972) and Wheel of Fortune (1975), for example. Game shows are a resiliently popular television genre, but they have a dark…

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