Blackout (game show): Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"'''Blackout''' — it's not your average game show!"''|Tagline spoken in several promos for the series.}}

 

 

{{spoiler|[[CBS]]}} [[Game Show]] hosted by {{spoiler|Bob Goen and produced by}} [[Jay Wolpert]], whose other major contribution to the game show world {{spoiler|was ''[[Whew]]'' Thankfully, the game this time around}} is{{spoiler|n't as}} unnecessarily complicated.

''Blackout'' is a cult classic whose brevity can be chalked up to bad timing and stiff competition — it replaced ''[[Pyramid|The $25,000 Pyramid]]'' on January 4, 1988 and faced not only the still-popular ''[[Sale of the Century]]'' on [[NBC]] but also a massive outcry from viewers toward the network for killing off the Dick Clark-hosted game. The resulting low ratings caused ''Blackout'' to be canned on April 1. The show was then replaced with a final 13 weeks of ''Pyramid'', which would be canned (for good this time) on July 1st in favor of Ray Combs' ''[[Family Feud]]''.

 

* [[Bonus Round]]: The Clue Screen — While one member of the winning team viewed the incoming clues on the screen (up to six), the other would have his / her back to this screen and would have to await a cue (“solve it!”) before turning around to see all of the accumulated clues at once. The cycle would repeat until they either ran out of time (70 seconds) or gave five correct answers, which would win $10,000.

* Personnel:

* [[Show the Folks At Home]]: Only used for the sudden-death word.

* [[Sound Proof Booth]]: The contestants wore headphones when needed. But, instead of going into a booth, the seat and table half the contestant sat at literally slid backwards instead.

* [[Animated Credits Opening]]: Wolpert seemed to like animated intros; this one has a demonstration of the game mechanic at a restaurant table with a fast-talking lady (actually a sped-up recording of Wolpert's wife).

* [[Porn Stache]]: Goen. He got rid of it by the time he took over ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'' in July 1989.

 

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