Scrabble is an American television game show that was based on the Scrabble board game. The show was co-produced by Exposure Unlimited and Reg Grundy Productions. It ran from July 2, 1984 to March 23, 1990, and again from January 18 to June 11, 1993, both runs on NBC. A total of 1,335 episodes were produced from both editions; Chuck Woolery hosted both versions of the series. Jay Stewart was the announcer for the first year and was replaced by Charlie Tuna in the summer of 1985, who announced for the remainder of the original version and the entirety of the 1993 revival.
Fabulous Funnies is a Filmation cartoon series on NBC that ran for one season in 1978; it features animated versions of newspaper comic strips and attempted to teach moral lessons to children.
Wrangler is an American Western television series starring Jason Evers that aired on the NBC television network from August 4 to September 15, 1960.
In Wrangler, Evers played Pitcairn, a wrangler who roamed the Old West, finding adventures along the way. However, Wrangler did not have much of a chance to find adventure because the series lasted only for six episodes. It was a summer replacement series for The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, but did not garner high enough ratings to become a full-fledged series.
Guest stars included Tyler McVey in the episode "Incident at the Bar M".
Three years after Wrangler, Evers landed the lead in the 26-episode ABC drama Channing set on a fictitious college campus.
Three for the Money was a short-lived American game show produced by Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall Productions that aired on NBC for nine weeks from September 29 to November 28, 1975. Sports broadcaster Dick Enberg was the host, with Jack Clark announcing.
Double Up is an American game show that aired very briefly on NBC Saturday mornings from September 5 to October 17, 1992. J. D. Roth hosted as well as being one of its executive producers. A rap DJ named Disco served as announcer.
In their first years on Earth, the cutest, most curious and fascinating wild baby animals on the planet overcome an array of environmental challenges and threats from predators of all kinds. Exploring a diverse world of wild animals in their natural habitats, host Sheinelle Jones reveals the incredible bond that exists within the animal kingdom between parents and their children, and provides an inside look at how these untamed youngsters are born, how they play and how they learn to survive in the wild.
The Who, What, or Where Game was an American television game show that was broadcast weekdays on NBC from December 29, 1969 to January 4, 1974. The host was Art James, and the announcer was Mike Darrow; Ron Greenberg packaged the show, which was recorded in NBC studios 6A and 8H in Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.
Mary Kay and Johnny is an American situation comedy starring real-life married couple Mary Kay Stearns and Johnny Stearns. It was the first sitcom broadcast on a network television in the United States. Mary Kay and Johnny initially aired live on the DuMont Television Network before moving to CBS and then NBC.
Winters is a light police drama pilot for NBC revolving around female detective Christie Winters, played by Famke Janssen, and her colleagues in Los Angeles. The pilot was created and written by House alums David Shore and Peter Blake.
The Big Surprise is a television quiz show broadcast in the United States by NBC from October 8, 1955 to June 9, 1956 and from September 18, 1956 to April 2, 1957. It was hastily created by NBC in response to the overwhelming ratings success of The $64,000 Question, which had premiered on CBS in Summer 1955 and almost instantly became a smash hit. The Big Surprise offered a grand prize of $100,000.
The series was originally hosted by game-show entrepreneur Jack Barry through March 3, 1956, after which he was replaced by journalist Mike Wallace for the rest of the run.
The Runaway Barge is the pilot for an unsold TV series. Bo Hopkins, Tim Matheson and Jim Davis star as three owners of a Mississippi river tugboat who find themselves neck deep in a kidnapping and hijacking plot.
Shoot for the Stars is a game show created and produced by Bob Stewart, and aired on the NBC television network. The show aired from January 3 to September 30, 1977, and was produced in New York City. During most of its run, it had originally videotaped at NBC's headquarters in Rockefeller Center, but some weeks of episodes were recorded at Studio 50 at CBS, also known as the Ed Sullivan Theater.
Shoot for The Stars was the last NBC game show to originate from New York City. Geoff Edwards hosted the show, with Bob Clayton as announcer. Frequent celebrity players included Debralee Scott, Nipsey Russell, Anita Gillette, Tony Randall, and Bill Cullen.
Who's Still Standing? was the American adaptation of the Israeli game show Lauf al Hamiliyon, which offers contestants the opportunity to win up to US$1 million while competing in head-to-head trivia battles. Ben Bailey, host of the game show Cash Cab, hosted the show which originally ran on NBC from December 19, 2011 to January 30, 2012.
On May 13, 2012, it was announced that the show will not be renewed for a second season due to high production costs, despite having acceptable ratings.
In Wine Country is a lifestyle television show originating from NBC's owned-and-operated station in San Jose, California, KNTV, which serves the San Francisco Bay Area, and also airs throughout the country on the network's "Nonstop" digital subchannels and as part of the overnight schedule early Sunday mornings over the main NBC television network.
In Wine Country debuted as "Wine Country Living" in January of 2002 after KNTV became an NBC affiliate. It changed its title to the current "In Wine Country" in September of 2004.
The program is hosted by Mary Babbitt and mainly deals with topics pertaining to wine and life in California's Napa Valley, along with other American wine-producing regions.
Americana is a weekly game show which ran on NBC from December 8, 1947 to July 4, 1949. The series was originally hosted by literary critic John Mason Brown and produced by Martin Stone Productions with NBC Television. Each week's show was sponsored by Encyclopedia Americana. The 30-minute show aired Mondays at 8:10pm ET in the 1947-48 television season, and Mondays at 8:30pm ET in the 1948-49 season.
A team of investigators who solve the highest-profile crimes by sending heroes into the past in the body of the victim. They assume the victim's identity and must race against time to prevent the crime before it happens.
The Huntley-Brinkley Report was the NBC television network's flagship evening news program from October 29, 1956, until July 31, 1970. It was anchored by Chet Huntley in New York City, and David Brinkley in Washington, D.C. It succeeded the Camel News Caravan, anchored by John Cameron Swayze. The program ran for 15 minutes at its inception but expanded to 30 minutes on September 9, 1963, exactly a week after CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite did so. It was developed and produced initially by Reuven Frank. Frank left the program in 1962 to produce documentaries but returned to the program the following year when it expanded to 30 minutes. He was succeeded as executive producer in 1965 by Robert "Shad" Northshield and in 1969 by Wallace Westfeldt.