Sale of the Century

Show Summary

Aired: 1983 - 1989
Show Type: Live Action
Country of Origin: US

This popular game show hosted by Jim Perry (late of Card Sharks) pitts three contestants against each other in a question & answer match in which each correct answer is worth $5, but $5 is taken off the player's score if he/she gave an incorrect answer (all players were given $20 to start). Along the way they can buy prizes at a low cost or sometimes a chance to win money. Also they can answer a who am I typed question for the right to spin a game board in which money cards (which gets added to the player's score) appear at the start, and they can stop by hitting their button. The game ends with a 60 second speedround in which the leader at the end of it wins a chance to buy a prize with his/her winning score or put his/her score in the bank and return the next show. Later on they win a chance to pick numbers off a game board & match a prize. And finally they win a chance to win big money by solving four puzzles in 20 seconds. Several foreign versions including the popular Australian version were also produced.

Sale Of The Century originally aired as an Al Howard production on NBC from September 1969 to July 1973. Jack Kelly hosted and was replaced by Joe Garagiola in 1971.

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Posted: 11/27/2005

Best game show ever! Used to be shown as repeats on USA, but now it's nowhere to be found, not even on GSN.

carsonmaxPosted: 12/19/2006

I loved this show too. Darn those guys at GSN.

debdtexasPosted: 01/22/2008

Sale of the Century is now called "Temptation" and it's on "My27" which is also known as "The CW". It's affliated with FOX so you should be able to do a search and find it in your area. If you are in the Dallas area you will find in on Channel 7 at 2:00 & 2:30PM Monday thru Friday.

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