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Card Sharks
TV Series (1978 - 2002)
Two contestants compete against each other, guessing the answers to various questions (generally survey questions) to gain control of a row of cards, and then guessing whether the next card in the line was higher or lower in value. Jim Perry hosted the show's first incarnation, which aired from 1978 to 1981. Various other incarnations followed.
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Series Info
Type:
Reality/Game Show
Premiered:
Apr. 24, 1978
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
30 min.
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Series Fun Facts
- Sometime during the fall of 1986, the CBS and syndicated versions added a second bonus round game in which the contestant could win a car. The game followed the Money Cards, and featured a…
[show]Sometime during the fall of 1986, the CBS and syndicated versions added a second bonus round game in which the contestant could win a car. The game followed the Money Cards, and featured a row of seven playing cards, aligned in a horizontal row. Correctly choosing the card marked "CAR" won the car for a contestant. Contestants got one pick (from winning the game), but could win additional picks by finding a "Joker" during the Money Cards. In 1988, a new car game debuted, in which the contestant had to correctly guess how many of the audience's "special group" of members responded to a question (out of 10 members). Guessing the correct number on the nose won the car, with special cash bonuses for being a certain number off, high-or-low.
[hide] - This is the only episode of "Card Sharks" from the Jim Perry era (apart from one of the pilot episodes) where a contestant successfully won the top possible prize of $28,800 in the Money…
[show]This is the only episode of "Card Sharks" from the Jim Perry era (apart from one of the pilot episodes) where a contestant successfully won the top possible prize of $28,800 in the Money Cards round.
[hide] - The intro of the Jim Perry version (1978-81) actually featured clips from the pilot. If you pay close attention to the wide shot of the set, you may notice a slightly different layout and…
[show]The intro of the Jim Perry version (1978-81) actually featured clips from the pilot. If you pay close attention to the wide shot of the set, you may notice a slightly different layout and design for the "Money Cards" bonus round board.
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