Pilots
The $10,000 Sweep
- (1972) Unsold Jack Clark pilot. [GSN/16.2/B]
Across the Board
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by Nelson Davis (Ripped from YouTube) [OB/A-]
- (1977) Another unsold pilot but hosted by Bob Marvin (Ripped from YouTube) [OB/A-]
Bamboozle
- (1986) Unsold pilot hosted by Bob Hilton. [SM/485.3/B]
Banko
- (1985) Unsold pilot hosted by Wink Martindale [SMw/slate/A]
Bedtime Stories
- (1979) Sold Al Lohman and Roger Barkley pilot. Taped 3-9-79 (Includes a text message by Heatter-Quigley) [SMw/slate/339.1/A-]
Blankety Blanks
- (1975) Sold Bill Cullen pilot. [SM/599.2/A]
Blockbusters
- (1980) Sold Bill Cullen pilot with very different rules!! (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/A-]
Bruce Forsyth’s Hot Streak
- (1986) A test episode made before the show ever aired. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/232.4/A-]
Caught in the Act
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by Jim Peck. I like this one. (Video is a little blurry) [SM/259.2/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/259.3/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/246.1/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/482.2/B-]
Child's Play
- (1982) Unaired pilot with different rules in the maingame and Bob Hilton as the announcer. (Extremely poor video, missing credits) [SM/107.2/C-]
Concentration
- (1985) Unsold second pilot hosted by Orson Bean. (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/A-]
Cop Out!
- (1972) Unsold pilot hosted by Geoff Edwards. [GSN/WI1.2/B+]
Critical Decisions
- (1990) Unsold pilot hosted by Eric Boardman. [SM/NOL15.5/A-]
Dollar a Second
- (1981) Unsold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. [GSN/157.1/B+]
Everything’s Relative
- (1980) First unsold pilot hosted by Jim Peck. (Video is a little blurry) [SM/280.1/B]
- (1980) Second unsold pilot hosted by Jim Peck, no different from the first one. (Video is a little blurry) [SM/280.1.2/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/375.1/A-]
Gambit
- (1990) Unsold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. The contestants are tres annoying. [SM/257.4/B+]
The Generation Gap
- (1969) Sold pilot hosted by Dennis Wholey. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/233.2/B+]
Get Rich Quick!
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by Steve Edwards. [SM/539.3/B+]
Going, Going, Gone!
- (1959) Unsold pilot hosted by Richard Lewellyn. Tom Kennedy is the announcer. (Missing a portion of round two) [SM/110.4/B+]
The Great Getaway Game
- (1989) Sold pilot hosted by Jim Caldwell (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/B+]
He Said, She Said
- (1969) Sold pilot hosted by Joe Garagiola. [GSN/609.2/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/375.2/B]
It Had to Be You
- (1965) Unsold pilot hosted by Ed McMahon, that would later be re-tooled as “He Said, She Said”. (Video and audio is very poor. I’ll just leave it at that) [SM/282.6/D-]
How Do You Like Your Eggs?
- (1977) All four pilots/tests hosted by Bill Cullen (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/A-]
Jeopardy!
- (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/302.1/B]
- (1984) Sold 1984 pilot hosted by Alex Trebek that looks much more like the show you’d know. (Audio is low) [SM/302.2/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/561.1/A]
- (1969) 2nd Unsold pilot hosted by Allen Ludden, this time with no celebrities, and in color!! [SM/369.5/A+]
Key Witness
- (1959) Unsold pilot hosted by Vincent Price. (Dark and blurry video) [SM/280.2/B-]
The Last Word
- (1989) Sold pilot hosted by Wink Martindale. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/233.3/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/462.2 for GSN, 324.4 for SM/B+ for GSN, B for SM]
Liar’s Club
- (1976) Sold pilot hosted by Bill Armstrong. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/180.2/B+]
The Match Game
- (1962) Sold pilot hosted by Gene Rayburn. [SM/192.5/A]
Match Game ‘73
- (1973) Sold pilot hosted by Gene Rayburn. [SMw/slate/495.1/A-]
Match Game ‘90
- (1989) The first minute or so of the sold pilot hosted by Bert Convy (but later hosted by Ross Shafer once it started taping). (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/182.8/A-]
- (1989) Another of the pilots, but this one is in FULL!! [GSN/248.2/A+]
- (1989) Another full pilot (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/B+]
Money in the Blank
- (1987) Unsold Kevin O’Connell pilot. (Bright video) [SM/138.6/C+]
The Moneymaze
- (1974) Sold Nick Clooney pilot. [SM/600.4/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/486.1/B]
The Neighbors
- (1975) Sold Regis Philbin pilot. [SM/361.1/A]
Nothing But the Truth
- (1956) The pilot of the original To Tell the Truth, hosted by Mike Wallace. [SM/149.6/C+]
On a Roll
- (1986) Unsold pilot hosted by David Sparks (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/B+]
Party Line
- (1983) Unsold Gene Rayburn pilot that later was re-tooled into “Hot Streak”. [SM/541.5/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/A-]
PDQ
- (1965) Sold pilot hosted by Dennis James. [SM/199.4/A-]
Puzzlers
- (1980) Unsold pilot hosted by Pat Sajak (Ripped from YouTube. Blurry video) [SM/B]
Quick as a Flash!
- (1952) Unsold pilot hosted by Bill Cullen. [KIN/167.1/A]
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/421.1/A-]
Rhyme and Reason
- (1975) Sold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. (missing a portion of the bonus round) [SM/584.2/B+]
Says Who
- (1971) Unsold pilot hosted by Geoff Edwards. [GSN/485.3/B+]
Scattergories
- (1992) Sold pilot hosted by Dick Clark. (Audio is frustratingly buzzy at points) [SM/529.5/A-]
Score!
- (5-4-83) QUBE sports game show pilot hosted by George Lehner [SM/A-]
Scrabble Challenge
- (2002) Unsold pilot hosted by John O’Hurley. Taped 12-16-02 (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/269.6/A]
Second Chance
- (1976) Sold pilot hosted by Jim Peck. [SMw/slate/360.4/B+]
Second Guessers
- (1969) Unsold pilot hosted by Jack Carter. [GSN/343.4/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/486.4/A+]
The Smart Alecks
- (1977) Unsold pilot that is hosted by Allen Ludden. [SM/120.1/C+]
Star Play
- (1988) Unsold pilot/pitch-film that is hosted by Tom Kennedy. Check out the way the pitch-film was filmed; bizarre is an understatement. [SM/463.1/A-]
Talking Pictures
- (1968) Black and white version of the unsold pilot hosted by Allen Ludden. [SM/153.2/B-]
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/320.1/C+]
Triple Threat
- (1988) Sold pilot hosted by Sam Riddle. Ripped from YouTube. Audio is a little off-sync at certain points) [SM/191.2/B+]
20 Questions
- (1975) Unsold pilot hosted by Jack Clark. (Video is squiggly and jumpy, and there are tracking issues throughout) [SM/136.6/C-]
Twisters
- (1982) Unsold pilot hosted by Jim Perry. [GSN/420.1/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/NOL18.4/B+]
Wheel of Fortune
- (1974) Sold 1st pilot hosted by Edd “Kookie” Byrnes. [SM/486.4/A+]
- (1974) First ten minutes of the second pilot hosted by Edd “Kookie” Byrnes. [SM/487.1/A+]
- (1972) Unsold Jack Clark pilot. [GSN/16.2/B]
Across the Board
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by Nelson Davis (Ripped from YouTube) [OB/A-]
- (1977) Another unsold pilot but hosted by Bob Marvin (Ripped from YouTube) [OB/A-]
Bamboozle
- (1986) Unsold pilot hosted by Bob Hilton. [SM/485.3/B]
Banko
- (1985) Unsold pilot hosted by Wink Martindale [SMw/slate/A]
Bedtime Stories
- (1979) Sold Al Lohman and Roger Barkley pilot. Taped 3-9-79 (Includes a text message by Heatter-Quigley) [SMw/slate/339.1/A-]
Blankety Blanks
- (1975) Sold Bill Cullen pilot. [SM/599.2/A]
Blockbusters
- (1980) Sold Bill Cullen pilot with very different rules!! (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/A-]
Bruce Forsyth’s Hot Streak
- (1986) A test episode made before the show ever aired. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/232.4/A-]
Caught in the Act
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by Jim Peck. I like this one. (Video is a little blurry) [SM/259.2/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/259.3/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/246.1/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/482.2/B-]
Child's Play
- (1982) Unaired pilot with different rules in the maingame and Bob Hilton as the announcer. (Extremely poor video, missing credits) [SM/107.2/C-]
Concentration
- (1985) Unsold second pilot hosted by Orson Bean. (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/A-]
Cop Out!
- (1972) Unsold pilot hosted by Geoff Edwards. [GSN/WI1.2/B+]
Critical Decisions
- (1990) Unsold pilot hosted by Eric Boardman. [SM/NOL15.5/A-]
Dollar a Second
- (1981) Unsold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. [GSN/157.1/B+]
Everything’s Relative
- (1980) First unsold pilot hosted by Jim Peck. (Video is a little blurry) [SM/280.1/B]
- (1980) Second unsold pilot hosted by Jim Peck, no different from the first one. (Video is a little blurry) [SM/280.1.2/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/375.1/A-]
Gambit
- (1990) Unsold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. The contestants are tres annoying. [SM/257.4/B+]
The Generation Gap
- (1969) Sold pilot hosted by Dennis Wholey. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/233.2/B+]
Get Rich Quick!
- (1977) Unsold pilot hosted by Steve Edwards. [SM/539.3/B+]
Going, Going, Gone!
- (1959) Unsold pilot hosted by Richard Lewellyn. Tom Kennedy is the announcer. (Missing a portion of round two) [SM/110.4/B+]
The Great Getaway Game
- (1989) Sold pilot hosted by Jim Caldwell (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/B+]
He Said, She Said
- (1969) Sold pilot hosted by Joe Garagiola. [GSN/609.2/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/375.2/B]
It Had to Be You
- (1965) Unsold pilot hosted by Ed McMahon, that would later be re-tooled as “He Said, She Said”. (Video and audio is very poor. I’ll just leave it at that) [SM/282.6/D-]
How Do You Like Your Eggs?
- (1977) All four pilots/tests hosted by Bill Cullen (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/A-]
Jeopardy!
- (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/302.1/B]
- (1984) Sold 1984 pilot hosted by Alex Trebek that looks much more like the show you’d know. (Audio is low) [SM/302.2/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/561.1/A]
- (1969) 2nd Unsold pilot hosted by Allen Ludden, this time with no celebrities, and in color!! [SM/369.5/A+]
Key Witness
- (1959) Unsold pilot hosted by Vincent Price. (Dark and blurry video) [SM/280.2/B-]
The Last Word
- (1989) Sold pilot hosted by Wink Martindale. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/233.3/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/462.2 for GSN, 324.4 for SM/B+ for GSN, B for SM]
Liar’s Club
- (1976) Sold pilot hosted by Bill Armstrong. (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/180.2/B+]
The Match Game
- (1962) Sold pilot hosted by Gene Rayburn. [SM/192.5/A]
Match Game ‘73
- (1973) Sold pilot hosted by Gene Rayburn. [SMw/slate/495.1/A-]
Match Game ‘90
- (1989) The first minute or so of the sold pilot hosted by Bert Convy (but later hosted by Ross Shafer once it started taping). (Ripped from YouTube) [SM/182.8/A-]
- (1989) Another of the pilots, but this one is in FULL!! [GSN/248.2/A+]
- (1989) Another full pilot (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/B+]
Money in the Blank
- (1987) Unsold Kevin O’Connell pilot. (Bright video) [SM/138.6/C+]
The Moneymaze
- (1974) Sold Nick Clooney pilot. [SM/600.4/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/486.1/B]
The Neighbors
- (1975) Sold Regis Philbin pilot. [SM/361.1/A]
Nothing But the Truth
- (1956) The pilot of the original To Tell the Truth, hosted by Mike Wallace. [SM/149.6/C+]
On a Roll
- (1986) Unsold pilot hosted by David Sparks (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/B+]
Party Line
- (1983) Unsold Gene Rayburn pilot that later was re-tooled into “Hot Streak”. [SM/541.5/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/A-]
PDQ
- (1965) Sold pilot hosted by Dennis James. [SM/199.4/A-]
Puzzlers
- (1980) Unsold pilot hosted by Pat Sajak (Ripped from YouTube. Blurry video) [SM/B]
Quick as a Flash!
- (1952) Unsold pilot hosted by Bill Cullen. [KIN/167.1/A]
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/421.1/A-]
Rhyme and Reason
- (1975) Sold pilot hosted by Bob Eubanks. (missing a portion of the bonus round) [SM/584.2/B+]
Says Who
- (1971) Unsold pilot hosted by Geoff Edwards. [GSN/485.3/B+]
Scattergories
- (1992) Sold pilot hosted by Dick Clark. (Audio is frustratingly buzzy at points) [SM/529.5/A-]
Score!
- (5-4-83) QUBE sports game show pilot hosted by George Lehner [SM/A-]
Scrabble Challenge
- (2002) Unsold pilot hosted by John O’Hurley. Taped 12-16-02 (Ripped from YouTube) [SMw/slate/269.6/A]
Second Chance
- (1976) Sold pilot hosted by Jim Peck. [SMw/slate/360.4/B+]
Second Guessers
- (1969) Unsold pilot hosted by Jack Carter. [GSN/343.4/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/486.4/A+]
The Smart Alecks
- (1977) Unsold pilot that is hosted by Allen Ludden. [SM/120.1/C+]
Star Play
- (1988) Unsold pilot/pitch-film that is hosted by Tom Kennedy. Check out the way the pitch-film was filmed; bizarre is an understatement. [SM/463.1/A-]
Talking Pictures
- (1968) Black and white version of the unsold pilot hosted by Allen Ludden. [SM/153.2/B-]
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/320.1/C+]
Triple Threat
- (1988) Sold pilot hosted by Sam Riddle. Ripped from YouTube. Audio is a little off-sync at certain points) [SM/191.2/B+]
20 Questions
- (1975) Unsold pilot hosted by Jack Clark. (Video is squiggly and jumpy, and there are tracking issues throughout) [SM/136.6/C-]
Twisters
- (1982) Unsold pilot hosted by Jim Perry. [GSN/420.1/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/NOL18.4/B+]
Wheel of Fortune
- (1974) Sold 1st pilot hosted by Edd “Kookie” Byrnes. [SM/486.4/A+]
- (1974) First ten minutes of the second pilot hosted by Edd “Kookie” Byrnes. [SM/487.1/A+]
