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Narrated by Olin TiceBill McCord Original language(s) English First episode date 20 June 1953 Number of seasons 2 Language English | 4.5/10 TV Country of origin United States No. of seasons 2 Running time 24–25 minutes Final episode date 21 August 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Similar Game show, Down You Go, Eye Guess, All Star Secrets, About Faces | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bank on the Stars is an American game show that aired on CBS and NBC from 1953 to 1954. The series was hosted by Jack Paar, Bill Cullen, and Jimmy Nelson. Olin Tice and Bill McCord were the announcers.
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CBS (1953)
Bank on the Stars premiered on June 20, 1953. The Saturday night game show was hosted by Jack Paar. The debut episode aired at 9:00 PM ET; subsequent airings were shown at 9:30 PM ET. Its run on CBS ended on August 8, 1953.
NBC (1954)
The series returned May 15, 1954 on NBC. It occupied the 8:00 PM ET time slot on Saturday nights. Bill Cullen was the host for the first several weeks until Jimmy Nelson took over in July. The final episode aired on August 21, 1954.
Gameplay
Bank on the Stars is a memory game in which contestants, competing in two-person teams, view scenes from recently released feature films and are quizzed on what they have just seen. Each correct response earns the team fifty dollars, and the team with the most money at the end of the game advances to the bonus round. There, the contestants are asked more difficult questions about a different movie but they can only hear, not see, the film clip.