4.8 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United States Producer(s) Rockhill Productions Original network DuMont Final episode date 20 August 1954 Genre Game show | 4.7/10 TV No. of episodes 6 Running time 30 minutes First episode date 16 July 1954 Number of episodes 6 Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original release July 16 – August 20, 1954 Similar Game show, Take a Good Look, The Ernie Kovacs Show, Tonight Starring Steve Allen, The Tonight Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gamble on Love is an American game show which ran on the DuMont Television Network from July 16 to August 20, 1954. The series, originally hosted by Denise Darcel, had three opposite-sex couples competing for a prize.
The series aired Friday nights at 10:30 PM Eastern on most DuMont affiliates. Darcel was replaced on August 6 by comedian Ernie Kovacs, who also hosted the retitled version, Time Will Tell, which started August 27.
Episode status
DuMont, like CBS and NBC during the 1950s, likely kept at least one or two "example" episodes of each of their main game shows, though DuMont's exact policy is not known. However, DuMont's archive was destroyed after the network ceased broadcasting in 1956. Although a small number of episodes of DuMont game shows have surfaced (including episodes of Okay Mother, On Your Way, Blind Date, etc.), none are known to exist of either Gamble on Love nor Time Will Tell.