| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | WE RECOGNIZE $200: It's the headwear seen here worn by a lot of '50s kids emulating TV's Davy Crockett a coonskin cap |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | TALK SHOWS $2000: 50 years on, episodes of his ABC talk show, like Janis Joplin's last TV appearance, have a new life on YouTube Dick Cavett |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | SPANISH-LANGUAGE TV $2000: Don Francisco's "Show Dominical" moved up a day to become "Giant Saturday", AKA this show that ran more than 50 years Sábado Gigante |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | THE PLAYS OF NEIL SIMON $2000: Neil's days as a writer for the show hosted by this giant of '50s TV comedy inspired "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" Sid Caesar |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | WHAT'S ON TV? $1200: In 2013 it was announced Peter Capaldi will be the next title time traveler in this 50-year-old show Doctor Who |
| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | TV THROUGH THE YEARS $200: The first national issue of TV Guide, April 1953, featured a photo of this zany comedienne's "$50,000,000 baby" Lucille Ball |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | TV TITLE GUYS & GALS $1200: Emily Deschanel, one of TV's 50 greatest forensic anthropologists Bones |
| #6053, aired 2010-12-29 | TV CHARACTERS $2000: An 8-foot bronze statue of this '50s TV character stands in front of NYC's Midtown Port Authority bus terminal Ralph Kramden |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | DYNO-"ITE" $200: One of the USA's most honored TV journalists, he was at CBS for more than 50 years Walter Cronkite |
| #5318, aired 2007-10-24 | TV NOSTALGIA $800: In the '50s this movie Tarzan was still hanging out with a chimp, but he wore more than a loincloth as TV's "Jungle Jim" Johnny Weissmuller |
| #4894, aired 2005-12-15 | TOUGH TV $1200: This tabloid talk show tops the list of "TV Guide's 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time" Jerry Springer |
| #4792, aired 2005-06-07 | '50s TV $1000: In "Have Gun, Will Travel", Richard Boone played this dapper gun-for-hire based in San Francisco's Hotel Carlton (Wire) Paladin |
| #4667, aired 2004-12-14 | THE FABULOUS '50s $1600: In early 1951 TV viewers were riveted watching the Kefauver committee's look into this in America organized crime |
| #4638, aired 2004-11-04 | '50s TV $200: In 1953 Edward R. Murrow gave a TV tour of this network's new West Coast facility, Television City CBS |
| #4358, aired 2003-07-09 | '50s TV $1600: 1957's "Date with the Angels" featured this future "Golden Girl" as Vickie Angel Betty White |
| #4135, aired 2002-07-19 | 20th CENTURY BUSINESS $800: This company that brought out the TV dinner in the early '50s was bought by Campbell's in 1955 Swanson |
| #3886, aired 2001-06-25 | TV NOSTALGIA $400: This movie cowboy's '50s TV series was so popular that his horse Champion got his own series, too Gene Autry |
| #3842, aired 2001-04-24 | "LE" CATEGORIE $200: This TV "Friend" was one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2000 Matt LeBlanc |
| #3830, aired 2001-04-06 | TV COMMERCIALS $1000: John Moschitta Jr.'s motormouth spiel for this company was No. 2 on Entertainment Weekly's 50 Best Commercials List Federal Express |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | TV & MOVIE ACTORS $200: This Mouseketeer hadn't been to a "Beach Party" yet when she played Anita Cabrillo on TV's "Zorro" in the '50s Annette Funicello |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | TV GUIDE'S 50 GREATEST CHARACTERS $100: Weighing in at No. 6, this son of Sarek & Amanda is the only alien in the Top 10 Mr. Spock |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | TV GUIDE'S 50 GREATEST CHARACTERS $200: No. 3 on the list, this character was once pinned to a kitchen cabinet by a giant loaf of bread Lucy Ricardo |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | TV GUIDE'S 50 GREATEST CHARACTERS $300: No. 11 on the list, this backstabbing, bed-hopping oil baron was once shot by a mysterious assailant J.R. Ewing |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | TV GUIDE'S 50 GREATEST CHARACTERS $400: No. 46, this princess wears a leather & metal outift Xena |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | TV GUIDE'S 50 GREATEST CHARACTERS $500: This cop ranked No. 18 is the only totally bald character on the list, baby Kojak |
| #3398, aired 1999-05-19 | FILE UNDER "H" $1000: '50s TV puppet that's the subject of a 1999 custody battle between the D.I.A. & its owner's heirs Howdy Doody |
| #3352, aired 1999-03-16 | '50s TV $200: Word that completes the line sung by Jimmy Nelson "N-e-s-t-l-e-s, Nestle's makes the very best..." Chocolate |
| #3309, aired 1999-01-14 | ROY ROGERS $300: This co-star of Roy's '50s TV series was German -- well, actually he was a German shepherd Bullet |
| #3256, aired 1998-11-02 | 20th CENTURY ART $600: Franz Kline's palette in the '50s was generally restricted to this, like TV at the time Black & white |
| #3232, aired 1998-09-29 | CBS TV AT 50 $200: The book "Total Television" calls this CBS show "Television's first smash hit situation comedy" I Love Lucy |
| #3232, aired 1998-09-29 | CBS TV AT 50 $1,000 (Daily Double): This CBS show was No. 1 in the primetime ratings for each season from 1972 to 1976 All in the Family |
| #3007, aired 1997-09-30 | TV GUIDE'S 50 GREATEST STARS $200: No. 25:
In 1996, after 60 years with NBC, he called it quits Bob Hope |
| #3007, aired 1997-09-30 | TV GUIDE'S 50 GREATEST STARS $400: No. 15:
TV Guide says the term "anchor" was coined for this man Walter Cronkite |
| #3007, aired 1997-09-30 | TV GUIDE'S 50 GREATEST STARS $600: Once Lance White on "The Rockford Files", a good P.I. will find him at No. 19 on the list Tom Selleck |
| #3007, aired 1997-09-30 | TV GUIDE'S 50 GREATEST STARS $800: Nos. 11 & 23:
1 of the 2 "female" animals on the list; they were both played by males Lassie or Miss Piggy |
| #3007, aired 1997-09-30 | TV GUIDE'S 50 GREATEST STARS $1000: Nos. 32 & 48:
1 of 2 male cartoon characters on the list who are voiced by females Bart Simpson or Rocky The Flying Squirrel |
| #2919, aired 1997-04-17 | ACTORS IN '50s FILMS $500: As a teenage actress, this co-star of TV's "Coach" appeared in "Marjorie Morningstar" with Natalie Wood Shelley Fabares |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | A.K.A. $400: As a child actor in the '50s, this future Monkee starred in TV's "Circus Boy" under the name Mickey Braddock Mickey Dolenz |
| #2444, aired 1995-03-30 | '50s FILM FACTS $500: She starred in the 1951 film "Lorna Doone", but you probably know her better as TV's Della Street Hale |
| #1372, aired 1990-07-17 | '50s TV $300: Shortly after he left office in 1953, this former U.S. vice president had his own TV series, "Meet the Veep" Alben Barkley |
| #1370, aired 1990-07-13 | BOB HOPE $500: In the early '50s Bob was one of many hosts of this company's TV "Comedy Hour" Colgate |
| #1212, aired 1989-12-05 | '50s TV $200: In this sitcom a banker was haunted by 3 ghosts--George & Marian Kerby & a booze-loving dog named Neil Topper |
| #1212, aired 1989-12-05 | '50s TV $400: For the '52-53 season, this redhead's "Talent Scouts" show was ranked No. 2, while his variety series was No. 3 Arthur Godfrey |
| #1189, aired 1989-11-02 | NEBRASKAN ACTORS $600: 50 actors were tested before this Nebraskan was chosen to play TV's "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" David Janssen |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | '50s TV $400: While Don Quixote's sidekick was Sancho, this cowboy's sidekick was Pancho the Cisco Kid |
| #1137, aired 1989-07-11 | '50s TV $600: The show's dancers were called "The Toastettes" when "The Ed Sullivan Show" was called this The Toast of the Town |
| #1017, aired 1989-01-24 | '50s TV $500: On "The People's Choice" Cleo the talking dog was this breed basset hound |
| #951, aired 1988-10-24 | '50s TV TRIVIA $200: Sergeant Bilko's first name Ernie |
| #811, aired 1988-02-29 | GOOD "GUY"s $200: In the '50s, he was TV's "Zorro", in the '60s, he was "Lost in Space" Guy Williams |
| #743, aired 1987-11-25 | '50s TV $400: It's said 7 million people saw him fire Julius La Rosa Arthur Godfrey |
| #743, aired 1987-11-25 | '50s TV $1000: Game show announcer who also brought in the questions & kept score on Groucho's "You Bet Your Life" George Fenneman |
| #659, aired 1987-06-18 | EARLY KIDS' TV $1000: "A pause in the day's occupations" or an Ed Herlihy '50s kiddie variety show The Children's Hour |
| #625, aired 1987-05-01 | PREACHERS $400: In the '50's, he was on TV Tuesday nights, opposite Milton Berle Bishop Fulton Sheen |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | '50'S TV $200: Of "Coke Time" & "Pepsi Cola Playhouse", one which had the longer run Coke Time |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | '50'S TV $399 (Daily Double): In 1953, they were known around CBS as "the 2 redheads" Lucille Ball and Red Skelton |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | '50'S TV $400: Titles of these in the '50s included "Valiant Lady", "From These Roots", & "The Brighter Day" soap operas |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | '50'S TV $600: To get Paladin, you'd wire to this city San Francisco |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | '50'S TV $1000: 1 of the 7 series in the '50s whose title began "Life With..." Life With Father, Life With Buster Keaton, Life With Elizabeth, Life With Linkletter, Life With Luigi, Life With the Irwins, or Life With Snarky Parker |
| #580, aired 1987-02-27 | 1982 $100: People bought red-&-blue glasses in convenience stores to watch this '50s movie fad's debut on TV 3D movie |
| #546, aired 1987-01-12 | TV SOLDIERS $800: "What's My Line?" panelist who was hostess of the Army talent show, "Soldier Parade", in the '50s Arlene Francis |
| #512, aired 1986-11-25 | THE '50s $1,400 (Daily Double): Before playing Pete Nolan on TV's "Rawhide", he had a major hit with this:
"Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky / It had the one long horn, and one big eye / I commenced to shakin' and I said "Ooh-eee" / It looks like a purple people eater to me / It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater / (One-eyed, one-horned..." Sheb Wooley |
| #510, aired 1986-11-21 | '50s TV $800: Besides hosting daytime's "The Price Is Right", Bill Cullen was a regular on this nighttime game show I've Got a Secret |
| #478, aired 1986-10-08 | ENDS WITH "X" $500: A dramatic culmination, a '50s TV anthology, or one of Dr. Ruth's favorite subjects climax |
| #470, aired 1986-09-26 | '50'S TV $200: On his 1952 musical variety show, the orchestra was led by his brother George Liberace |
| #470, aired 1986-09-26 | '50'S TV $400: Singer Cricket Blake hung out with the "eyes" from this tropical private detective firm Hawaiian Eye |
| #470, aired 1986-09-26 | '50'S TV $600: This anthology series finished 6th in the '56-'57 season & 49th in '85-'86 Alfred Hitchcock Presents |
| #470, aired 1986-09-26 | '50'S TV $800: According to the series title, Charles Bronson was "A Man with..." one of these a camera |
| #470, aired 1986-09-26 | '50'S TV $1000: In the opening, the announcer said these 2 "present 'The Mickey Mouse Club'" Walt Disney & Mickey Mouse |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | TV HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): In the '50s, the FCC accepted this corporation's dot-sequential method of color TV transmission RCA |
| #295, aired 1985-10-25 | THE '50s $400: He first denied, then admitted, he was coached prior to winning $129,000 on TV's "Twenty-One" Charles Van Doren |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | '50's TV $100: Ozzie & Harriet's 2 sons David & Ricky |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | '50's TV $200: Ricky Ricardo's fictional & Desi Arnaz' original homeland Cuba |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | '50's TV $300: In 1956, they teamed up to co-anchor NBC's evening news Huntley & Brinkley |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | '50's TV $400: In 1954, mysterious periodic rises in Toledo, Oh. water usage were finally linked to these times the commercial breaks |
| #293, aired 1985-10-23 | '50's TV $500: In 1956-57, he was last black to host network variety show until 1966 when Sammy Davis did Nat King Cole |
| #283, aired 1985-10-09 | '50s TV $600: What Howdy Doody's in-studio audience was called the Peanut Gallery |
| #1, aired 1984-09-10 | '50'S TV $200: Occupation of Richard Diamond, Peter Gunn & Mike Hammer private eyes (or private detectives) |
| #1, aired 1984-09-10 | '50'S TV $400: She was "Our Miss Brooks" Eve Arden |
| #1, aired 1984-09-10 | '50'S TV $600: Amount Michael Anthony gave out each week on behalf of John Beresford Tipton $1 million |
| #1, aired 1984-09-10 | '50'S TV $800: His card read "Have gun, will travel" the Paladin (Richard Boone) |
| #1, aired 1984-09-10 | '50'S TV $1000: Name under which experimenter Don Herbert taught viewers all about science Mr. Wizard |
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