Supermarket Sweep

For the Australian version, see Supermarket Sweep Australia. For the UK version, see Supermarket Sweep (British game show). For other versions, see International versions of Supermarket Sweep.
Supermarket Sweep
GenreGame show
Created byAl Howard
Directed by
  • Lloyd Gross (1965–67)
  • Peter Molnár (1965–67)
  • Chris Darley (1990–95, 2000–03)
  • J. Rupert Thompson (2020–22)
Presented by
Announcer
Theme music composer
Opening theme
  • "Supermarket Sweep Theme" (1965–67, 1990–95, 2000–03)
  • "Push It" by Salt-N-Pepa (2020–22)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons
  • 6 (Lifetime)
  • 3 (PAX)
  • 2 (ABC Primetime)
No. of episodes
  • 1,111 (Lifetime/PAX)
  • 23 (ABC Primetime)
Production
Executive producers
  • Leonard Stern (1965–67)
  • Al Howard (1990–95, 2000–03)
  • Leslie Jones (2020–22)
  • Hunter Seidman (2020–21)
  • Jennifer Mullin (2020–21)
  • Alycia Rossiter (2020–21)
  • Wes Kauble (2020–21)
  • Vincent Rubino (2021–22)[1]
  • Lenny Marcus (2021–22)[1]
Producers
  • Jerome Schnur (1965–67)
  • Joel Stein (1990–95)
  • Mark Maxwell-Smith (2000)
  • Jim Rossi (2001–03)
  • Rosemarie DiSalvo (2020–21)
  • Todd Lepre (2021–22)[1]
Production locations
Running time
  • 22–26 minutes (1965–2003)
  • 42–46 minutes (2020–22)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseDecember 20, 1965 (1965-12-20) –
January 30, 2022 (2022-01-30)
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Supermarket Sweep is an American television game show. Teams of contestants answer trivia questions before competing in a timed race to gather grocery items from the aisles of a supermarket. The original show was broadcast on ABC from December 20, 1965 to July 14, 1967.[2] Later seasons aired on Lifetime from February 5, 1990 to June 16, 1995 (with reruns until August 14, 1998, and on PAX from April 5, 1999 to March 31, 2000), and later on PAX from April 3, 2000 to May 23, 2003, with reruns airing until March 26, 2004. Another version of the show aired from October 18, 2020 to January 30, 2022, also on ABC.[3]

The 1960s Supermarket Sweep was broadcast from Food Fair supermarkets, mostly around New York City. For the Lifetime version, a mock supermarket was created at Hollywood Center Studios. It was modeled after a Hughes Family Market (which was later merged into the Ralphs chain in 1998). The PAX version was taped at Santa Clarita Studios in Santa Clarita, California. Beginning on November 20, 2000, the show moved to NBC Studios, with that series' set modeled after a Unified Western Market. The 2020 version was filmed at the Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport.[4]

The host for the 1960s version was Bill Malone. The announcers were Wally King from 1965 to 1966 and Richard Hayes from 1966 to 1967. The host for the Lifetime and PAX versions was David Ruprecht. The announcer was Johnny Gilbert from 1990 to 1995 and again from April to June 2000, with Randy West taking over for Gilbert in July 2000 and continuing for the rest of the series. The 2020 version was hosted by Leslie Jones and announced by Tahir Moore.

  1. ^ a b c "You Should've Grabbed a Lot More Triscuits!". Supermarket Sweep (2020). Season 2. Episode 1. September 26, 2021. ABC.
  2. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. pp. 418–419. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ^ Jacobs, Meredith (27 August 2020). "ABC Fall 2020 Schedule: 'Supermarket Sweep' & More Unscripted Premiere Dates". TV Insider. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  4. ^ "First Supermarket Sweep footage showcases fun-filled grocery store race for $100k". Entertainment Weekly. August 31, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.