Pilots
The $10,000 Sweep
- (1972) Unsold Jack Clark pilot. [GSN/CC-1/C+]
Across the Board
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by Nelson Davis (Ripped from YouTube) [OB/CC-1/A-]
- (1977) Another unsold pilot but hosted by Bob Marvin (Ripped from YouTube) [OB/CC-1/A-]
Babble
- (1984) Unsold pilot hosted by Tom Kennedy. Betty White stops in at the end as a special celebrity guest and just completely steals the show. (Taped 2-3-84) [GSN/CC-1/A+]
Bamboozle
- (1986) Unsold pilot hosted by Bob Hilton. [SM/CC-1/B-]
Banko
- (1985) Unsold pilot hosted by Wink Martindale [SMw/slate/CC-1/A]
Beat The Clock
- (1979) Sold pilot hosted by Monty Hall. Taped 9-4-79 (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A+]
Bedtime Stories
- (1979) Sold Al Lohman and Roger Barkley pilot. Taped 3-9-79 (Includes a text message by Heatter-Quigley) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
Blankety Blanks
- (1975) Sold Bill Cullen pilot. [SM/CC-1/A]
Blockbusters
- (1980) Sold Bill Cullen pilot with very different rules!! (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
Body Language
- (1983) Sold pilot hosted by Tom Kennedy with a COMPLETELY different bonus (and not very good) round. Hope you like overacting!! [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak
- (1986) A test episode made before the show ever aired. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/CC-1/A-]
Card Sharks
- (1985) Sold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. (Ripped from YouTube. Has on-screen watermark. Taped 5-6-85) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
- (1996) Unsold pilot hosted by Tom Green. Terrible (Ripped from YouTube. Has watermark. Blurry video) [SM/CC-1/B]
- (2001) Sold pilot hosted by Pat Bullard with some ATROCIOUS acting and really noticeably bad editing. I'm flabbergasted this sold (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Categories: The Brain Game
- (1992) Unsold 12 minute pitch-film/pilot hosted by Bob Crossey (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Caught in the Act
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by Jim Peck. I like this one. (Video is a little blurry) [SM/CC-1/B]
Caught in the Act
- (1982) Unsold pilot hosted by Jack Clark. Now this one I don't like as much... (Video is blurry and a little fuzzy) [SM/CC-1/B]
Celebrity Secrets
- (1978) Sold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks, though the title was changed to "All-Star Secrets" once it was sold. (Ripped from YouTube. I certainly like the opening theme better for the pilot than I do for the actual-aired show, quite a funky little tune!!) [SM/CC-1/B]
Celebrity Sweepstakes
- (1973) Sold Jim McKrell pilot. (Would be a solid "B" rating if it weren't for the video sometimes having issues) [SM/CC-1/B-]
Child's Play
- (1982) Unaired pilot with different rules in the maingame and Bob Hilton as the announcer. (Now available in MUCH, MUCH better quality. missing credits) [SM/CC-1/A-]
Choose Up Sides
- (1953) Sold (before they changed their mind last minute... wild) pilot hosted by Bob Kennedy [BUZZR/CC-2/A+]
Comedy Courtroom
- (1987) Unsold pilot hosted by Chuck Barris. (Ripped from YouTube. Now that I can finally say after all these years that I have seen this pilot with my own two eyes... I'm still baffled that not only this exists, but that NBC commissioned it, and that Chuck Barris was genuinely trying to use it as a vehicle for his own personal television comeback. Is it good? No. I don't know why you asked. Even in this hypothetical where I'm just blogging at this point. Anyway. It's very mediocre. But worth seeing once as a historical curiosity where we live in the alternate universe where Chuck Barris: The TV Personality made a comeback) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Concentration
- (1985) Unsold second pilot hosted by Orson Bean. (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
Cop Out!
- (1972) Unsold pilot hosted by Geoff Edwards. [GSN/CC-1/B]
Critical Decisions
- (1990) Unsold pilot hosted by Eric Boardman. [SM/CC-1/A-]
The Day It Happened
- (1959) Unsold pilot hosted by Clifton Fadiman (Audio is slightly fuzzy) [KIN/CC-1/A-]
Dollar a Second
- (1981) Unsold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. [GSN/CC-1/B]
Double Dare
- (1976) Sold pilot hosted by Alex Trebek, pilot #1 [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
- (1976) Sold pilot hosted by Alex Trebek, pilot #2 (Alex says "this evening", which makes me wonder if Double Dare was originally meant to be a nighttime syndicated series) [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
- (1976) Sold pilot hosted by Alex Trebek, pilot #3 [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
Everything's Relative
- (1980) First unsold pilot hosted by Jim Peck. (Video is a little blurry) [SM/CC-1/B]
- (1980) Second unsold pilot hosted by Jim Peck, no different from the first one. (Video is a little blurry) [SM/CC-1/B]
Family Feud
- (1975) Sold pilot hosted by Richard Dawson. Featuring Johnny Olson as the announcer, a different set, and the rounds never go double or triple. [SM/CC-1/A-]
Gambit
- (1990) Unsold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. The contestants are extremely annoying. [SM/CC-1/B+]
The Generation Gap
- (1969) Sold pilot hosted by Dennis Wholey. (Ripped from YouTube) [Color KIN/CC-1/B]
Get Rich Quick!
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by Steve Edwards. [SM/CC-1/B+]
Give-n-Take
- (1975) Sold pilot hosted by Jim Lange (Ripped from YouTube. Has watermark on screen) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Going, Going, Gone!
- (1959) Unsold pilot hosted by Richard Lewellyn. Tom Kennedy is the announcer. (Missing a portion of round two) [SM/CC-1/B+]
The Great Getaway Game
- (1989) Sold pilot hosted by Jim Caldwell (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/CC-1/B+]
He Said, She Said
- (1969) Sold pilot hosted by Joe Garagiola. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
Headline Chasers
- (1985) Sold pilot hosted by Wink Martindale (Ripped from YouTube. Has watermark on screen) [SM/CC-1/B]
The Hollywood Squares
- (1965) Unsold pilot hosted by Bert Parks. The zingers are said AFTER the contestant picks their answer. Bert Parks isn't terrible; as usual, people tend to over-exaggerate how "overly-dramatic" he was. (Sound is a little scratchy. Audio gets very out-of-sync for a few minutes before returning to normal) [SM/CC-1/B]
I Predict
- Four minute pitch-film for the unsold pilot hosted by Monty Hall [SM/CC-1/B+]
It Had to Be You
- (1965) Unsold pilot hosted by Ed McMahon, that would later be re-tooled as "He Said, She Said". (Now available in MUCH better quality (actually watchable!!) and I can finally watch this show. Hot dog) [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
How Do You Like Your Eggs?
- (1977) All four pilots/tests hosted by Bill Cullen (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/CC-1/A-]
Jeopardy!
- (1964) Sold 1964 pilot hosted by Art Fleming (Ripped from YouTube with all sorts of little wrinkles (mostly verbal) that make it a very different show) [SM/CC-1/A+]
- (1983) Sold 1983 pilot hosted by Alex Trebek, featuring a weird set, the theme from the NBC revival in 1978, and Jay Stewart as the announcer!! (Audio is low) [SM/CC-1/B]
- (1984) Sold 1984 pilot hosted by Alex Trebek that looks much more like the show you'd know. (Audio is low) [SM/CC-1/B]
The Joker's Wild
- (1969) Unsold pilot (well, not in THIS format) hosted by Allen Ludden, and worked on by Jack Barry while he was working for Goodson-Todman. Totally different format involving celebrities as "experts." Video is in black and white. [SM/CC-1/A-]
- (1969) 2nd Unsold pilot hosted by Allen Ludden, this time with no celebrities, and in color!! [SM/CC-1/A+]
Key Witness
- (1959) Unsold pilot hosted by Vincent Price. (Dark and blurry video) [SM/CC-1/B-]
The Last Word
- (1989) Sold pilot hosted by Wink Martindale. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/CC-1/B]
Let's Make a Deal
- (1963) Sold pilot hosted by Monty Hall, with an introduction by present-day Monty on the GSN version!! [GSN or SM/CC-1/B+ for GSN, B for SM]
Lingo
- (1986) Sold pilot hosted by Michael Reagan (Taped 12-2-86. Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
The Match Game
- (1962) Sold pilot hosted by Gene Rayburn. [SM/CC-1/A]
Match Game '73
- (1973) Sold pilot hosted by Gene Rayburn. [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
Match Game '90
- (1989) One of the full pilots [GSN/CC-1/A+]
- (1989) Another full pilot (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/B+]
MG2: The Match Game
- (1996) Unsold pilot hosted by Charlene Tilton. Maybe the worst pilot I have ever seen in my entire life. Do not watch this. Unspeakably bad. (Ripped from YouTube, has watermark) [SM/CC-1/B]
Mindreaders
- (1979) Sold pilot hosted by Dick Martin. [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
Monday Night Quarterback
- (1971) Unsold pilot hosted by Jerry Kramer [GSN/CC-1/B+]
Money in the Blank
- (1987) Unsold Kevin O'Connell pilot. (Bright video) [SM/CC-1/C+]
The Moneymaze
- (1974) Sold Nick Clooney pilot. [SM/CC-1/B+]
Monopoly
- (1984) Unsold Rick Dees pilot that has nothing to do with the Merv Griffin series. This one was sponsored by Pepsi-Cola and had mostly home/phone game elements as contestants over the phone played a game of Monopoly on a screen game board. (Ripped from YouTube. Jerky audio at a few points. If you love wacky morning zoo sound effects, this is YOUR game show!!) [SM/CC-1/B]
The Movie Game
- (1968) Sold Jack Narz pilot, hosted by Sonny Fox and later Larry Blyden when it went to air (Only a nine minute clip) [SMw/slate/CC-1/B+]
Monopoly
- (1990) Sold Peter Tomarken pilot, hosted by Mike Reilly when it went to air. (Features a message from Merv Griffin before the pilot!!) [SM/CC-1/B]
The Neighbors
- (1975) Sold Regis Philbin pilot. [SM/CC-1/A]
The New High Rollers
- (1978) Sold Alex Trebek pilot. (Ripped from YouTube. Has watermark on screen) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
Nick Arcade
- (1991) Sold pilot hosted by Neal Sherman. (Blurry video) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Nothing But the Truth
- (1956) The pilot of the original To Tell the Truth, hosted by Mike Wallace. [SM/CC-1/C+]
On a Roll
- (1986) Unsold pilot hosted by David Sparks, pilot #2 [BUZZR/CC-2/A+]
- (1986) Unsold pilot hosted by David Sparks, pilot #3 (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/B+]
Party Line
- (1983) Unsold Gene Rayburn pilot that later was re-tooled into "Hot Streak". [SM/CC-1/A-]
Pass or Play
- (1977) QUBE pilot hosted by Dick Liberatore (Ripped from YouTube. Dick's stage name later in his career was "Mark Richards", the original host of Starcade) [SM/CC-1/A-]
Pass/Fail
- (1986) Unsold 10 minute clip of the pilot hosted by Edwin Newman. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/CC-1/B]
PDQ
- (1965) Sold pilot hosted by Dennis James. [SM/CC-1/A-]
Phrase It
- (1980) Unsold 12 minute clip of a pilot/pitch film hosted by Jack Narz [SM/CC-1/B+]
Play For Keeps!
- (1955) Unsold pilot hosted by Sonny Fox. Pilot #1 [BUZZR/CC-2/A+]
Puzzlers
- (1980) Unsold pilot hosted by Pat Sajak (Ripped from YouTube. Blurry video) [SM/CC-1/B]
Quick as a Flash!
- (1952) Unsold pilot hosted by Bill Cullen. [KIN/CC-1/B+]
The Riddlers
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by David Letterman. The game itself isn't anything to write home about, but David's hosting by itself makes it a treat. [GSN/CC-1/A-]
Rhyme and Reason
- (1975) Sold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. (missing a portion of the bonus round) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Says Who
- (1971) Unsold pilot hosted by Geoff Edwards. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
Scattergories
- (1992) Sold pilot hosted by Dick Clark. (Audio is frustratingly buzzy at points) [SM/CC-1/A-]
Score!
- (5-4-83) QUBE sports game show pilot hosted by George Lehner [SM/CC-1/A-]
Scrabble
- (1984) Sold pilot hosted by Chuck Woolery [SMw/slate/CC-1/B]
Scrabble Challenge
- (2002) Unsold pilot hosted by John O'Hurley. Taped 12-16-02 (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
Second Chance
- (1976) Sold pilot hosted by Jim Peck. [SMw/slate/CC-1/B+]
Second Guessers
- (1969) Unsold pilot hosted by Jack Carter. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
Shopper's Bazaar
- (1973) The FULL unsold pilot hosted by Chuck Woolery, that would later be re-tooled into Wheel of Fortune. [SMw/slate/CC-1/A+]
Showoffs
- (1975) Sold pilot hosted by Larry Blyden. (Ripped from YouTube. Has watermarks on the screen) [SMw/slate/CC-1/B]
The Smart Alecks
- (1977) Unsold pilot that is hosted by Allen Ludden. [SM/CC-1/C+]
Smushed
- (1996) Unsold pilot/pitch film that was later re-tooled into "Smush". This one is filmed like it's professionally recorded camcorder footage at a party while the theme song is "Back in Black" by AC/DC. There's swearing and the contestants are all introduced through terrible skits while the host begins the game by saying "ready to smoosh?" If you told me this was a Tim & Eric skit I'd believe you. [SM/CC-1/A]
Starcade
- (1982) Sold pilot (though the host and network would change) hosted by Alex Trebek (Ripped from YouTube. Has on-screen watermark) [SM/CC-2/B]
Star Play
- (1988) Unsold pilot/pitch-film that is hosted by Tom Kennedy. Check out the way the pitch was filmed; bizarre is an understatement. [SM/CC-1/A-]
Star Words
- (1983) Unsold pilot hosted by Nipsey Russell, pilot #1. (Taped 6-2-83) [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
- (1983) Unsold pilot hosted by Nipsey Russell, pilot #2. (Taped 6-2-83) [BUZZR/CC-2/A+]
- (1983) Unsold pilot hosted by Nipsey Russell, pilot #3. (Taped 6-2-83) [BUZZR/CC-2/A+, also available as a SMw/slate, ripped from YouTube with an on-screen watermark in A- quality]
Take Your Choice
- (1954) Unsold pilot hosted by Fred Allen. [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
Talking Pictures
- (1968) Black and white version of the unsold pilot hosted by Allen Ludden. [SM/CC-1/B-]
TKO
- (1989) Unsold pilot hosted by Peter Tomarken. (Mark Goodson makes a cute cameo in the beginning during the intro) [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
To Tell the Truth
- (1990) The pilot that was mistakenly aired by NBC in 1990 on the East Coast, hosted by Richard Kline and featuring a completely different set and announcer. (VERY low audio. Very small tracking line present at the top of the screen, and the video is a little muddy. Missing credits) [OB/CC-1/C+]
Triple Threat
- (1988) Sold pilot hosted by Sam Riddle. Ripped from YouTube. Audio is a little off-sync at certain points) [SM/CC-1/B+]
20 Questions
- (1975) Unsold pilot hosted by Jack Clark. (Video is squiggly and jumpy, and there are tracking issues throughout) [SM/CC-1/C-]
Twisters
- (1982) Unsold pilot hosted by Jim Perry. [GSN/CC-1/A]
We've Got Your Number
- (1975) Unsold pilot hosted by Jack Barry. (This is a color videotape copy, as compared to the color kinescope copy most people have!!) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Wheel of Fortune
- (1974) Sold 1st pilot hosted by Edd "Kookie" Byrnes. [SM/CC-1/A+]
- (1974) First ten minutes of the second pilot hosted by Edd "Kookie" Byrnes. [SM/CC-1/A+]
Whew!
- (1978) Sold pilot hosted by Tom Kennedy. (Taped 12-4-78) [SMw/slate/CC-1/B, also available in A+ quality minus the slate from BUZZR]
Wordplay
- (1986) Sold pilot hosted by Peter Tomarken. [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
- (1972) Unsold Jack Clark pilot. [GSN/CC-1/C+]
Across the Board
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by Nelson Davis (Ripped from YouTube) [OB/CC-1/A-]
- (1977) Another unsold pilot but hosted by Bob Marvin (Ripped from YouTube) [OB/CC-1/A-]
Babble
- (1984) Unsold pilot hosted by Tom Kennedy. Betty White stops in at the end as a special celebrity guest and just completely steals the show. (Taped 2-3-84) [GSN/CC-1/A+]
Bamboozle
- (1986) Unsold pilot hosted by Bob Hilton. [SM/CC-1/B-]
Banko
- (1985) Unsold pilot hosted by Wink Martindale [SMw/slate/CC-1/A]
Beat The Clock
- (1979) Sold pilot hosted by Monty Hall. Taped 9-4-79 (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A+]
Bedtime Stories
- (1979) Sold Al Lohman and Roger Barkley pilot. Taped 3-9-79 (Includes a text message by Heatter-Quigley) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
Blankety Blanks
- (1975) Sold Bill Cullen pilot. [SM/CC-1/A]
Blockbusters
- (1980) Sold Bill Cullen pilot with very different rules!! (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
Body Language
- (1983) Sold pilot hosted by Tom Kennedy with a COMPLETELY different bonus (and not very good) round. Hope you like overacting!! [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak
- (1986) A test episode made before the show ever aired. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/CC-1/A-]
Card Sharks
- (1985) Sold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. (Ripped from YouTube. Has on-screen watermark. Taped 5-6-85) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
- (1996) Unsold pilot hosted by Tom Green. Terrible (Ripped from YouTube. Has watermark. Blurry video) [SM/CC-1/B]
- (2001) Sold pilot hosted by Pat Bullard with some ATROCIOUS acting and really noticeably bad editing. I'm flabbergasted this sold (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Categories: The Brain Game
- (1992) Unsold 12 minute pitch-film/pilot hosted by Bob Crossey (Ripped from YouTube. Counts as half of an episode due to its length) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Caught in the Act
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by Jim Peck. I like this one. (Video is a little blurry) [SM/CC-1/B]
Caught in the Act
- (1982) Unsold pilot hosted by Jack Clark. Now this one I don't like as much... (Video is blurry and a little fuzzy) [SM/CC-1/B]
Celebrity Secrets
- (1978) Sold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks, though the title was changed to "All-Star Secrets" once it was sold. (Ripped from YouTube. I certainly like the opening theme better for the pilot than I do for the actual-aired show, quite a funky little tune!!) [SM/CC-1/B]
Celebrity Sweepstakes
- (1973) Sold Jim McKrell pilot. (Would be a solid "B" rating if it weren't for the video sometimes having issues) [SM/CC-1/B-]
Child's Play
- (1982) Unaired pilot with different rules in the maingame and Bob Hilton as the announcer. (Now available in MUCH, MUCH better quality. missing credits) [SM/CC-1/A-]
Choose Up Sides
- (1953) Sold (before they changed their mind last minute... wild) pilot hosted by Bob Kennedy [BUZZR/CC-2/A+]
Comedy Courtroom
- (1987) Unsold pilot hosted by Chuck Barris. (Ripped from YouTube. Now that I can finally say after all these years that I have seen this pilot with my own two eyes... I'm still baffled that not only this exists, but that NBC commissioned it, and that Chuck Barris was genuinely trying to use it as a vehicle for his own personal television comeback. Is it good? No. I don't know why you asked. Even in this hypothetical where I'm just blogging at this point. Anyway. It's very mediocre. But worth seeing once as a historical curiosity where we live in the alternate universe where Chuck Barris: The TV Personality made a comeback) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Concentration
- (1985) Unsold second pilot hosted by Orson Bean. (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
Cop Out!
- (1972) Unsold pilot hosted by Geoff Edwards. [GSN/CC-1/B]
Critical Decisions
- (1990) Unsold pilot hosted by Eric Boardman. [SM/CC-1/A-]
The Day It Happened
- (1959) Unsold pilot hosted by Clifton Fadiman (Audio is slightly fuzzy) [KIN/CC-1/A-]
Dollar a Second
- (1981) Unsold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. [GSN/CC-1/B]
Double Dare
- (1976) Sold pilot hosted by Alex Trebek, pilot #1 [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
- (1976) Sold pilot hosted by Alex Trebek, pilot #2 (Alex says "this evening", which makes me wonder if Double Dare was originally meant to be a nighttime syndicated series) [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
- (1976) Sold pilot hosted by Alex Trebek, pilot #3 [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
Everything's Relative
- (1980) First unsold pilot hosted by Jim Peck. (Video is a little blurry) [SM/CC-1/B]
- (1980) Second unsold pilot hosted by Jim Peck, no different from the first one. (Video is a little blurry) [SM/CC-1/B]
Family Feud
- (1975) Sold pilot hosted by Richard Dawson. Featuring Johnny Olson as the announcer, a different set, and the rounds never go double or triple. [SM/CC-1/A-]
Gambit
- (1990) Unsold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. The contestants are extremely annoying. [SM/CC-1/B+]
The Generation Gap
- (1969) Sold pilot hosted by Dennis Wholey. (Ripped from YouTube) [Color KIN/CC-1/B]
Get Rich Quick!
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by Steve Edwards. [SM/CC-1/B+]
Give-n-Take
- (1975) Sold pilot hosted by Jim Lange (Ripped from YouTube. Has watermark on screen) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Going, Going, Gone!
- (1959) Unsold pilot hosted by Richard Lewellyn. Tom Kennedy is the announcer. (Missing a portion of round two) [SM/CC-1/B+]
The Great Getaway Game
- (1989) Sold pilot hosted by Jim Caldwell (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/CC-1/B+]
He Said, She Said
- (1969) Sold pilot hosted by Joe Garagiola. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
Headline Chasers
- (1985) Sold pilot hosted by Wink Martindale (Ripped from YouTube. Has watermark on screen) [SM/CC-1/B]
The Hollywood Squares
- (1965) Unsold pilot hosted by Bert Parks. The zingers are said AFTER the contestant picks their answer. Bert Parks isn't terrible; as usual, people tend to over-exaggerate how "overly-dramatic" he was. (Sound is a little scratchy. Audio gets very out-of-sync for a few minutes before returning to normal) [SM/CC-1/B]
I Predict
- Four minute pitch-film for the unsold pilot hosted by Monty Hall [SM/CC-1/B+]
It Had to Be You
- (1965) Unsold pilot hosted by Ed McMahon, that would later be re-tooled as "He Said, She Said". (Now available in MUCH better quality (actually watchable!!) and I can finally watch this show. Hot dog) [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
How Do You Like Your Eggs?
- (1977) All four pilots/tests hosted by Bill Cullen (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/CC-1/A-]
Jeopardy!
- (1964) Sold 1964 pilot hosted by Art Fleming (Ripped from YouTube with all sorts of little wrinkles (mostly verbal) that make it a very different show) [SM/CC-1/A+]
- (1983) Sold 1983 pilot hosted by Alex Trebek, featuring a weird set, the theme from the NBC revival in 1978, and Jay Stewart as the announcer!! (Audio is low) [SM/CC-1/B]
- (1984) Sold 1984 pilot hosted by Alex Trebek that looks much more like the show you'd know. (Audio is low) [SM/CC-1/B]
The Joker's Wild
- (1969) Unsold pilot (well, not in THIS format) hosted by Allen Ludden, and worked on by Jack Barry while he was working for Goodson-Todman. Totally different format involving celebrities as "experts." Video is in black and white. [SM/CC-1/A-]
- (1969) 2nd Unsold pilot hosted by Allen Ludden, this time with no celebrities, and in color!! [SM/CC-1/A+]
Key Witness
- (1959) Unsold pilot hosted by Vincent Price. (Dark and blurry video) [SM/CC-1/B-]
The Last Word
- (1989) Sold pilot hosted by Wink Martindale. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/CC-1/B]
Let's Make a Deal
- (1963) Sold pilot hosted by Monty Hall, with an introduction by present-day Monty on the GSN version!! [GSN or SM/CC-1/B+ for GSN, B for SM]
Lingo
- (1986) Sold pilot hosted by Michael Reagan (Taped 12-2-86. Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
The Match Game
- (1962) Sold pilot hosted by Gene Rayburn. [SM/CC-1/A]
Match Game '73
- (1973) Sold pilot hosted by Gene Rayburn. [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
Match Game '90
- (1989) One of the full pilots [GSN/CC-1/A+]
- (1989) Another full pilot (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/B+]
MG2: The Match Game
- (1996) Unsold pilot hosted by Charlene Tilton. Maybe the worst pilot I have ever seen in my entire life. Do not watch this. Unspeakably bad. (Ripped from YouTube, has watermark) [SM/CC-1/B]
Mindreaders
- (1979) Sold pilot hosted by Dick Martin. [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
Monday Night Quarterback
- (1971) Unsold pilot hosted by Jerry Kramer [GSN/CC-1/B+]
Money in the Blank
- (1987) Unsold Kevin O'Connell pilot. (Bright video) [SM/CC-1/C+]
The Moneymaze
- (1974) Sold Nick Clooney pilot. [SM/CC-1/B+]
Monopoly
- (1984) Unsold Rick Dees pilot that has nothing to do with the Merv Griffin series. This one was sponsored by Pepsi-Cola and had mostly home/phone game elements as contestants over the phone played a game of Monopoly on a screen game board. (Ripped from YouTube. Jerky audio at a few points. If you love wacky morning zoo sound effects, this is YOUR game show!!) [SM/CC-1/B]
The Movie Game
- (1968) Sold Jack Narz pilot, hosted by Sonny Fox and later Larry Blyden when it went to air (Only a nine minute clip) [SMw/slate/CC-1/B+]
Monopoly
- (1990) Sold Peter Tomarken pilot, hosted by Mike Reilly when it went to air. (Features a message from Merv Griffin before the pilot!!) [SM/CC-1/B]
The Neighbors
- (1975) Sold Regis Philbin pilot. [SM/CC-1/A]
The New High Rollers
- (1978) Sold Alex Trebek pilot. (Ripped from YouTube. Has watermark on screen) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
Nick Arcade
- (1991) Sold pilot hosted by Neal Sherman. (Blurry video) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Nothing But the Truth
- (1956) The pilot of the original To Tell the Truth, hosted by Mike Wallace. [SM/CC-1/C+]
On a Roll
- (1986) Unsold pilot hosted by David Sparks, pilot #2 [BUZZR/CC-2/A+]
- (1986) Unsold pilot hosted by David Sparks, pilot #3 (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/B+]
Party Line
- (1983) Unsold Gene Rayburn pilot that later was re-tooled into "Hot Streak". [SM/CC-1/A-]
Pass or Play
- (1977) QUBE pilot hosted by Dick Liberatore (Ripped from YouTube. Dick's stage name later in his career was "Mark Richards", the original host of Starcade) [SM/CC-1/A-]
Pass/Fail
- (1986) Unsold 10 minute clip of the pilot hosted by Edwin Newman. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/CC-1/B]
PDQ
- (1965) Sold pilot hosted by Dennis James. [SM/CC-1/A-]
Phrase It
- (1980) Unsold 12 minute clip of a pilot/pitch film hosted by Jack Narz [SM/CC-1/B+]
Play For Keeps!
- (1955) Unsold pilot hosted by Sonny Fox. Pilot #1 [BUZZR/CC-2/A+]
Puzzlers
- (1980) Unsold pilot hosted by Pat Sajak (Ripped from YouTube. Blurry video) [SM/CC-1/B]
Quick as a Flash!
- (1952) Unsold pilot hosted by Bill Cullen. [KIN/CC-1/B+]
The Riddlers
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by David Letterman. The game itself isn't anything to write home about, but David's hosting by itself makes it a treat. [GSN/CC-1/A-]
Rhyme and Reason
- (1975) Sold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. (missing a portion of the bonus round) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Says Who
- (1971) Unsold pilot hosted by Geoff Edwards. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
Scattergories
- (1992) Sold pilot hosted by Dick Clark. (Audio is frustratingly buzzy at points) [SM/CC-1/A-]
Score!
- (5-4-83) QUBE sports game show pilot hosted by George Lehner [SM/CC-1/A-]
Scrabble
- (1984) Sold pilot hosted by Chuck Woolery [SMw/slate/CC-1/B]
Scrabble Challenge
- (2002) Unsold pilot hosted by John O'Hurley. Taped 12-16-02 (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/CC-1/A-]
Second Chance
- (1976) Sold pilot hosted by Jim Peck. [SMw/slate/CC-1/B+]
Second Guessers
- (1969) Unsold pilot hosted by Jack Carter. [GSN/CC-1/B+]
Shopper's Bazaar
- (1973) The FULL unsold pilot hosted by Chuck Woolery, that would later be re-tooled into Wheel of Fortune. [SMw/slate/CC-1/A+]
Showoffs
- (1975) Sold pilot hosted by Larry Blyden. (Ripped from YouTube. Has watermarks on the screen) [SMw/slate/CC-1/B]
The Smart Alecks
- (1977) Unsold pilot that is hosted by Allen Ludden. [SM/CC-1/C+]
Smushed
- (1996) Unsold pilot/pitch film that was later re-tooled into "Smush". This one is filmed like it's professionally recorded camcorder footage at a party while the theme song is "Back in Black" by AC/DC. There's swearing and the contestants are all introduced through terrible skits while the host begins the game by saying "ready to smoosh?" If you told me this was a Tim & Eric skit I'd believe you. [SM/CC-1/A]
Starcade
- (1982) Sold pilot (though the host and network would change) hosted by Alex Trebek (Ripped from YouTube. Has on-screen watermark) [SM/CC-2/B]
Star Play
- (1988) Unsold pilot/pitch-film that is hosted by Tom Kennedy. Check out the way the pitch was filmed; bizarre is an understatement. [SM/CC-1/A-]
Star Words
- (1983) Unsold pilot hosted by Nipsey Russell, pilot #1. (Taped 6-2-83) [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
- (1983) Unsold pilot hosted by Nipsey Russell, pilot #2. (Taped 6-2-83) [BUZZR/CC-2/A+]
- (1983) Unsold pilot hosted by Nipsey Russell, pilot #3. (Taped 6-2-83) [BUZZR/CC-2/A+, also available as a SMw/slate, ripped from YouTube with an on-screen watermark in A- quality]
Take Your Choice
- (1954) Unsold pilot hosted by Fred Allen. [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
Talking Pictures
- (1968) Black and white version of the unsold pilot hosted by Allen Ludden. [SM/CC-1/B-]
TKO
- (1989) Unsold pilot hosted by Peter Tomarken. (Mark Goodson makes a cute cameo in the beginning during the intro) [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]
To Tell the Truth
- (1990) The pilot that was mistakenly aired by NBC in 1990 on the East Coast, hosted by Richard Kline and featuring a completely different set and announcer. (VERY low audio. Very small tracking line present at the top of the screen, and the video is a little muddy. Missing credits) [OB/CC-1/C+]
Triple Threat
- (1988) Sold pilot hosted by Sam Riddle. Ripped from YouTube. Audio is a little off-sync at certain points) [SM/CC-1/B+]
20 Questions
- (1975) Unsold pilot hosted by Jack Clark. (Video is squiggly and jumpy, and there are tracking issues throughout) [SM/CC-1/C-]
Twisters
- (1982) Unsold pilot hosted by Jim Perry. [GSN/CC-1/A]
We've Got Your Number
- (1975) Unsold pilot hosted by Jack Barry. (This is a color videotape copy, as compared to the color kinescope copy most people have!!) [SM/CC-1/B+]
Wheel of Fortune
- (1974) Sold 1st pilot hosted by Edd "Kookie" Byrnes. [SM/CC-1/A+]
- (1974) First ten minutes of the second pilot hosted by Edd "Kookie" Byrnes. [SM/CC-1/A+]
Whew!
- (1978) Sold pilot hosted by Tom Kennedy. (Taped 12-4-78) [SMw/slate/CC-1/B, also available in A+ quality minus the slate from BUZZR]
Wordplay
- (1986) Sold pilot hosted by Peter Tomarken. [BUZZR/CC-1/A+]