| Headline Chasers | |
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| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Wink Martindale |
| Directed by | Kevin McCarthy[1] |
| Presented by | Wink Martindale[2] |
| Narrated by | Johnny Gilbert |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 185 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Wink Martindale Merv Griffin[1] |
| Producers | John Tobyansen David M. Greenfield |
| Production locations | TAV Celebrity Theater Hollywood, California |
| Running time | approx. 22 minutes |
| Production companies | Merv Griffin Enterprises Wink Martindale Enterprises |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndicated |
| Release | September 9, 1985 – May 23, 1986 |
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Headline Chasers is an American game show that ran daily in syndication from September 9, 1985, to May 23, 1986, with reruns airing until September 5. The series was hosted by Wink Martindale, who also created the series and was its executive producer,[2] with Johnny Gilbert serving as announcer. It was produced by Wink Martindale Enterprises and Merv Griffin Enterprises with King World Productions, Griffin's partner for his other syndicated game show offerings, as distributor. Headline Chasers was recorded at TAV Celebrity Theater in Hollywood, the same studio which housed The Merv Griffin Show (which, at the time Headline Chasers premiered, was still in production).
This show pitted two couples against each other solving Hangman-style word puzzles designed to look like newspaper headlines, as well as answering questions about the subjects of these puzzles, in an attempt to win money.
- ^ a b Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1999). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (3 ed.). Facts on File, Inc. p. 91. ISBN 0-8160-3846-5.
- ^ a b "Lifetime Online on the Tube: Wink Martindale Chat Transcript". Archived from the original on 1997-06-05. Retrieved 2020-01-11.