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	Quiz show scandals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The American quiz show scandals of the 1950s were the result of the revelation that contestants of several popular television quiz shows were secretly given assistance by the producers to arrange the outcome of a supposed competition.
		American Broadcasting Co., Inc. that quiz shows were not a form of gambling paved the way for their introduction to television.
		In the 1950s, it was common practice for game shows and other shows to be sponsored solely by one company, even to the extent of having the company's name in the title of the show.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quiz_show_scandals (1896 words)

	Game show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Quiz shows usually involves members of the public, but sometimes special shows are aired in which celebrities take part and the prizes are given to charity.
		In a reality show the competition usually lasts several days or even weeks and a competitor's progress through the game is based on some form of popularity contest, usually a kind of disapproval voting by their fellow competitors or members of the public.
		In a show colloquially called Strip Questions, a nude woman stands behind a pane of glass with strips of paper embedded in it; every time she misses a question, one strip of paper is pulled away.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quiz_show (1599 words)

	Quiz and Game Shows
		The scandals mark an important turning point because in the years following, programs formerly known as "quiz shows" were renamed "game shows." This change coincides with a shift in content, away from high culture and factual knowledge common to the big money shows of the 1950s.
		Shows dealing with human knowledge (knowledge of people or of individuals) or that are based primarily on gambling or on physical performances fall in the category of game shows.
		One future area of growth for quiz shows in the era of cable television, then, seems to be the creation of this type of "signature show" that appeals to the relatively narrowly defined target audience of specific cable channels.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/Q/htmlQ/quizandgame/quizandgame.htm (2018 words)

	Michael Stallings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Scandal after scandal emerged as former contestants came forward to testify to the true nature of most of the popular quiz shows.
		His role in the downfall of the mighty quiz shows started when, after a series of setup victories, he was told he had to lose because his appearance and personality were not really up to par with what the public expected on their favorite programs.
		The harshest critics of the way the quiz show producers operated their programs cited the statement in the Communications Act of 1934 that states that all public utilities must operate under the legal test of the "public interest, convenience, and necessity" standard.
	www.indiana.edu /~t311/timeline/1950MDSTALLI.html (1294 words)

	Quiz show scandals: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Quiz show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of a quiz show scandal of the 1950s....
		Herb stempel is a television game show contestant who became famous for his participation in twenty one, where he had a suspiciously long run of wins....
		Quizbowl (or quiz-bowl or quiz bowl) is a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge, commonly played in high school and...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/quiz_show_scandals.htm (1474 words)

	An Examination of Television Quiz Show Scandals of the 1950s
		Even though there were no laws prohibiting the fixing of game shows, both the networks and their sponsors acknowledged the public's scorn and kept the shows off of the air to allow these turbulent waters to settle.
		The quiz show scandals were driven by several major factors, all of which allowed dishonest behavior to be acceptable behind the scenes to both the producers of the shows as well as to the participating and willing contestants.
		Some shows had even gone to the extent of twirling these isolation booths around onstage to show that there were no hidden wires or other evidence of foul play before the start of each match.
	www.honors.umd.edu /HONR269J/projects/venanzi.html (2724 words)

	Quiz Show
		Now being shown fairly frequently on “premium” cable TV channels, Robert Redford’s “Quiz Show” brings to the screen the rise and fall of Charles Van Doren in the quiz show scandals that made nationwide headlines in 1959.
		For many years TV did not air any big money quiz shows, but of course today the scandal of the rigged questions is but a distant memory.
		“Quiz Show,” in spite of some historical inaccuracies, is a riveting tale of an important episode in American public life.
	www.whitealert.com /quiz_show.htm (1124 words)

	Quiz show scandals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The American quiz show scandals of the 1950s were the result of the revelation contestants of several popular television quiz shows were secretly given assistance by the to arrange the outcome of a supposed
		In the 1950s it was common practice for game and other shows to be sponsored solely one company; so much so to even the company's name in the title of show.
		show recorded on September 10 2001 Charles Ingram won the £1 000 000 Following subsequent analysis of the tape it apparent Ingram was being helped to select correct answers by a person coughing.
	www.freeglossary.com /Quiz_show_scandal (528 words)

	Quiz Shows of the Fifties - Twenty One, $64,000 Question. Price is Right and more
		Although there were no laws prohibiting the "fixing" of game shows, both the networks and their sponsors acknowledged the public's distaste and kept game shows off the air for quite some time.
		The guest was lured to the show under a pretext and then Edwards would exclaim, "This is Your Life!" Sometimes the honoree was a famous person and other times a worthy one.
		"Quiz Show" is presented in its entirety in this program--including commercials for Geritol and Sominex.
	www.fiftiesweb.com /quizshow.htm (886 words)

	May 4 Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		To start this afternoon's panel we will show a very brief picture of what the quiz show scandal was all about.
		She read this article; I believe it was a movie review on Quiz Show, [which talked] about some of the issues in there.
		Because my daughter Elisa learned about all the quiz show scandals of the 1950s in her "Introduction to Mass Communication" and "History of Broadcasting" classes, I did not want Mr.
	www.may4archive.org /remarks.shtml (2225 words)

	TV ACRES: Censorship & Scandals - Quiz Show Scandals (Dotto/Twenty One)
		During the show Van Doren would act nervous and breathing heavily as he struggled to answer the question to which he already knew the answer.
		He also told me that the show was merely entertainment and that giving help to quiz contestants was a common practice and merely part of show business.
		The scandal prompted the networks to set up standards and practices divisions to police game shows and in May 1959 the FCC levied a $10,000 fine and a year in jail or both for anyone influencing, prearranging or predetermining the outcome of a TV contests of knowledge, skill or chance.
	www.tvacres.com /censorship_quiz.htm (651 words)

	Quiz Show
		All of these shows had a different format but they did share one thing in common; "secret manipulation by the producers, who made sure that popular contestants were asked questions they would answer correctly and unpopular ones were asked questions they were likely to miss," according to Walter Karp (Karp 78).
		Just when the scandal was all but forgotten in the minds of TV viewers, Robert Redford reintroduced the scandal with his movie Quiz Show.
		We can't afford even a hint of scandal at our network." According to the script, what he means by the "public trust" is that he wants the public to trust his network, not that his network has a special duty to the public.
	course1.winona.edu /pjohnson/h140/quiz_show.htm (1960 words)

	Dark Days of a TV `Quiz Show' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		``Quiz Show,'' now available on home video, probes disturbing territory on the outskirts of the buttoned-down 1950s, focusing on the television quiz show scandals that -- we almost forgot -- rocked a nation into sudden skepticism.
		``Quiz Show'' brings alive again the depressing reality that even before those common milestones of disaffection, the Kennedy and King assassinations and Watergate, a mass cynicism had arisen out of the innocent glow of television's golden age.
		The story focuses on the popular NBC quiz show ``Twenty-One,'' in which contestants were asked questions in a live-TV format that was set up along the lines of the card game 21.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/04/21/DD45996.DTL (319 words)

	Quiz Show (Remastered) (1994)
		Quiz Show was among the five nominees for Best Picture at the 1995 Academy Awards, along with some other truly exceptional pieces of cinematic excellence.
		Rather than a true quiz style test of the competitors' knowledge it is, in the words of the network heavies, entertainment.
		Unfortunately, it may be too late with the show's producers, the network, and the sponsors already beginning to wash their hands of the whole saga.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=4076 (1282 words)

	Twenty One - 1956-58 NBC-TV and Quiz Show
		(the show that contributed to the 1950's quiz show scandals)
		AND who would have believed it, the show, that was guilty of cheating that lead to the 1950's quiz show scandals, did return, and aired in 2000 on NBC-TV, with Maury Povich (born January 17, 1939, Washington, D.C.)as host.
		PBS televised a special called American Experience The Quiz Show Scandal that was a documentary about Twenty One and other TV game shows in the 1950s.
	www.geocities.com /alcus2/21.html (957 words)

	Quiz Show Scandals
		Broadcast live and in prime time, the big money quiz show presented itself as a high pressure test of knowledge under the heat of kleig lights and the scrutiny of fifty-five million participant-observers.
		By the standards of the dumbed-down game shows of a later epoch, the intellectual content of the 1950s quiz shows was downright erudite.
		Matching an incongruous area of expertise to the right personality was a favorite hook, as in the cases of Richard McCutchen, the rugged marine captain who was an expert on French cooking, or Dr. Joyce Brothers, not then an icon of pop psychology, whose encyclopedic knowledge of boxing won her (legitimately) $132,000.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/Q/htmlQ/quizshowsca/quizshowsca.htm (2102 words)

	Ken Auletta :: Articles - The $64,000 Question
		If Kintner and NBC had known that the quiz shows were rigged, they would never have sent just a single junior aide to Washington to monitor the 1959 congressional hearings, according to Rukeyser, who was in fact the aide sent to Washington.
		In the quiz-show scandal, Van Doren was a liar, a self-confessed perjurer.
		Today's "scandals" may be different from the scandal that occurred when Charles Van Doren was slipped the answers on a quiz show.
	www.kenauletta.com /64000question.html (3071 words)

	Queen for a Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Finally, the show had a (tacit) catch: if a contestants wishes were not merchandise related, she did not stand a chance of being selected as a contestant.
		In the early fifties, the sales department convinced several radio and television producers of guest and quiz shows that the contestants might be much happier to choose their own gifts than to receive a years supply of dry-meal dog food or a one-way trip to the Okeefenokee Swamp.
		Shows like 'Queen for a Day,' 'This is Your Life,' and 'Truth or Consequences' were soon giving Spiegel a plug by offering their guests a chance to pick prizes from the catalog." (9) The strategy was a success.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/projects/hanley/queen.html (2760 words)

	Film Synopsis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The "Quiz Show" screenplay was written by Paul Attanasio and filmed on locations in New York City and Washington, D.C. Redford and Michael Nozik are the producers, with Gail Mutrux serving as co-producer.
		To a post-war generation that was mesmerized by the promise of upward mobility and endless riches, quiz shows were an extension of the American dream.
		By 1958, there were three dozen quiz shows on the air, accounting for 50 hours of network program time.
	www.levinson.com /bsc/quizshow/synopsis.htm (723 words)

	Amazon.com: Quiz Show (1994) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Robert Redford's movie is a speedy, absorbing chronicle of a trivial show-business scandal of the fifties: the rigging of big-money quiz shows.
		"Quiz Show" has been described, in turns, as a political thriller, a morality play, a parable on the loss of innocence and a fact-based drama; and it is all that, and more.
		But this is also a fascinating exploration of the scandal's underlying psychology; of that mix of insecurity, greed, ambition, hero-worship, prejudice and self-deception which made the manipulation possible in the first place and allowed it to go undetected for so long.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004RR92?v=glance (1918 words)

	The Good Life \| Confessions of a quiz show criminal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The last step before stardom is to be on the quiz show, where, if all goes well, I will get to sing and dance on national TV and some Hollywood agent will cast me in a touching role opposite Bob Hope.
		I don't know what great lesson we are to learn from the quiz show scandals, or should I say, from the congressional scandals, the savings and loan scandals, the Hollywood scandals, or the day-to-day scandals that permeate our local newspapers.
		Maybe the quiz shows stand out because they embodied a heroic fantasy of intellectual greatness made accessible and comprehensible to average people in their living rooms.
	www.uoregon.edu /~sschuman/goodlife/confessions.shtml (1010 words)

	Quiz Show
		Midway through the current hit motion picture Quiz Show, the actor playing the real-life TV contestant Herbie Stempel tries to explain to his skeptical wife why he is going along with the scheme for him to take a dive so that a new champion can be crowned know-it-all king of television.
		The critic's reviews of Quiz Show were almost all enthusiastic, praising the director, Robert Redford, and the ensemble acting, especially John Turturro as the nerdy Stempel.
		Yet most of the Quiz Show commentary left unexamined what may be contemporary television's most serious cheating of all: the effective theft of childhood from America's children.
	www.annenberg.northwestern.edu /pubs/quiz/quiz.htm (1365 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		With candor and breadth, Quiz Show succeeds in defining the culprits in this supposed moral decline while animating their justification of the most ludicrous deception: Cheating on a game show.
		Many people hail the success of the quiz show as a sign of progress, as fans of the show seen to catch a few moments of intellectual inspiration.
		The shows were a con- trivance to begin with: Truth had no place on tacky game shows.
	www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_114/TECH_V114_S0773_P007.txt (1052 words)

	Grad Student Project A - Quiz Show Scandals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Investigate the details and context of the "quiz show scandals" in the U.S. television industry in the 1950's.
		Then go beyond what happened to explain what effect the scandals had on government's relationship with the broadcast industry and what effect that had on the news divisions of the major networks.
		Finally, see if you can draw any connection between the quiz show scandals and television news documentaries produced in the late 1950's and early 1960's.
	www.udel.edu /communication/COMM418/begleite/LostArk/gradproj1.htm (165 words)

	CAST UNIFORMLY IMPRESSIVE IN ``QUIZ SHOW''
		Now, we hear, through a film that is sheer entertainment from first frame to last, that the catalyst was actually the quiz show scandals of the late 1950s.
		But when the scandal broke, and we learned the show was fixed, there were those who wondered what all the fuss was about.
		It is ironic, though, that ``Quiz Show,'' the movie, is guilty of the same sin that it lays upon ``Twenty-One'' - twisting facts in order to entertain a hungry and demanding public.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941006/10060072.htm (1028 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Quiz Show [1995]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The movie 'Quiz Show' is based upon the true story of 21 and the scandals surrounding a fix in the questions and answers to facilitate ratings.
		Quiz Show is a remarkably good film, presenting in vivid detail an important if disillusioning piece of Americana.
		Quiz Show is simply a fantastic view of not just the show 21, but of the entertainment world.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CYAH (2092 words)

	TIME.com: The People vs. Pulau Tiga -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The rigging of shows like "Twenty-One" led to national disillusionment and the establishment of FCC rules forbidding the fixing of competitions.
		What's more, the FCC rules that the quiz-show scandals produced were meant to restore a compact of trust between the public and broadcasters.
		Viewers today are better aware of the Heisenberg effect than your average sociology professor a generation ago; not only do they believe that the shows are set up and edited for dramatic TV — viewing between the lines is part of the sport of watching.
	www.time.com /time/sampler/article/0,8599,98371,00.html (1114 words)

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