Card Sharks

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Card Sharks
Created by	Chester Feldman
Based on	Acey Deucey
Directed by	Paul Alter (1978–79, 1986)[1] Marc Breslow (1979–89)[1] R. Brian DiPirro (2001–02)[2] Lenn Goodside (2019–21)
Presented by	Jim Perry Bob Eubanks Bill Rafferty Pat Bullard Joel McHale
Starring	Ann Pennington Janice Baker Lois Aurino Kristin Bjorklund Melinda Hunter Markie Post Lacey Pemberton Suzanna Williams Tami Roman Jerry Wolf Alexis Gaube
Announcer	Gene Wood Gary Kroeger Donna Jay Fulks
Theme music composer	Score Productions (1978–81) Edd Kalehoff (1978–89)[1] Alan Ett, Scott Lieggett, Gregory V. Sherman (2001–02)[2] Tim Mosher & Stoker (2019–21)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	864 (NBC) 826 (CBS)[3] 195 (1986–87 Syn.) 65 (2001–02 Syn.) 21 (ABC)
Production
Executive producers	Chester Feldman (1978–89) Jonathan Goodson (1986–89) Scott St. John (2019–21) Jennifer Mullin (2019–21) Jack Martin (2019) Joel McHale (2019–21)
Producers	Jonathan Goodson (1978–81) Mimi O'Brien (1986–89) Michael Malone (2001–02)[4]
Production locations	NBC Studios Burbank, California (1978–81) CBS Television City Hollywood, California (1986–89, 2019) Tribune Studios Hollywood, California (2001–02) CBS Studio Center Studio City, California (2020–21)
Running time	22–26 minutes (1978–2002) 42–46 minutes (2019–21)
Production companies	Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions (1978–81) Mark Goodson Television Productions (1986–89) Pearson Television (2001–02) Fremantle (2019–21) Start Entertainment (2019–21)
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	April 24, 1978 (1978-04-24) – October 23, 1981 (1981-10-23)
Network	CBS
Release	January 6, 1986 (1986-01-06) – March 31, 1989 (1989-03-31)
Network	Syndication
Release	September 8, 1986 (1986-09-08) – June 5, 1987 (1987-06-05)
Release	September 17, 2001 (2001-09-17) – January 11, 2002 (2002-01-11)
Network	ABC
Release	June 12, 2019 (2019-06-12) – July 7, 2021 (2021-07-07)
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Card Sharks is an American television game show. It was created by Chester Feldman^[5] for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Contestants attempt to predict the outcome of survey questions to gain control of a row of oversized playing cards, then determine whether the next card drawn is higher or lower. The title Card Sharks is a play on the term "card sharp", a person skilled at card games.

The concept has been made into a series four separate times since its debut in 1978, and it also appeared as part of CBS's Gameshow Marathon. The show originally ran on NBC from 1978 to 1981 with Jim Perry hosting. The show returned and ran from 1986 to 1989 on CBS with Bob Eubanks as host, accompanied by a syndication production with Bill Rafferty. Gene Wood was the announcer in both the 1970s and 1980s. Another syndicated production aired in 2001 with Pat Bullard as host and Gary Kroeger as announcer. A revival hosted by Joel McHale aired on ABC from June 2019 to July 2021. Each production has featured various assistants to handle the playing cards.

Reruns of the show aired on Game Show Network from the channel's start in 1994 until 2018. Reruns currently air on Buzzr.