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Break the Bank

1 episode · 1949 · NBC · Variety & Music

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Contestants from the studio audience answered questions to build up toward the bank, which started at $1,000, and had to get them right before making two mistakes; Joseph Nathan Kane wrote the questions. It began on Mutual on October 20, 1945, moved to ABC for Vitalis and then NBC (1949-1950), with Bert Parks as host from 1946.

Sources: Wikipedia: Break the Bank (1945 game show); RadioGOLDINdex

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1949

Outdoor Harmony October 5, 1949 · NBC · 27 min
Bert Parks hosts the quiz's first NBC broadcast, with Bud Collyer announcing, and the jackpot grows to $4,650.