Episode Status
The 1950s version was likely destroyed, given network practices. The March 10, 1955 episode (with Bill Cullen) and a highlight episode from the final season (with Johnny Olson announcing) are known to exist. Episodes from 1954, 1956, and 1957 are held by the Paley Center for Media.
The status of the locally produced Richard Hayes series and the NBC daytime series hosted by Dennis James and Tom Kennedy are unknown. It is unclear whether any of the stations that aired Hayes' version kept their tapes, but the James and daytime Kennedy versions were likely destroyed given NBC's practices that continued into 1980. A clip from a James episode was used in a 1988 "Game Show Hosts Special" episode of FOX's The Late Show, and a full episode from December 26 was discovered in February 2010.
The syndicated Kennedy run is intact. Since producer Ralph Edwards' death, the episodes are in the possession of his estate. Additionally, an end of season blooper reel, featuring Kennedy, Oliver, Harlan and other show staffers cutting up at the end of the 1975–1976 season (with Harvey Bacal conducting the band) in a mock game, has been circulated on YouTube.
The 1984 syndicated series is fully intact and was rerun on American television on a fairly heavy basis for almost a decade. CBN was the first to air reruns of the series, from September 2, 1985 to August 29, 1986 USA Network picked it up on January 2, 1989 and ran it until September 13, 1991. The Lange series was last seen on The Family Channel, which aired it from June 7, 1993 to March 29, 1996.
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