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| Make the Connection | |
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| Created by | Mark Goodson Bill Todman |
| Presented by | Jim McKay Gene Rayburn |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | July 7 – September 29, 1955 |
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Make the Connection is an American game show, sponsored by Borden, that ran on Thursday nights from July 7 to September 29, 1955, on NBC.[1] Originally hosted by Jim McKay, he was replaced after the first four episodes by Gene Rayburn, who debuted as a game show host on August 4, 1955.[1]
The series was a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production, and as such it had many things in common with the other panel shows developed by the company. Like I've Got a Secret, there were four celebrity panelists who were each given a timed period in which to ask questions. Each panelist that was stumped earned the contestants money.
Betty White made one of her earliest game show appearances as a panelist on the series (her first on national television was a few weeks earlier on "What's My Line?"). The regular panelists were White, Gene Klavan, Gloria DeHaven, and Eddie Bracken.
- ^ a b Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows. Facts On File, Inc. p. 120. ISBN 9780821630945.