Password Plus and Super Password

Password Plus and Super Password
GenreGame show
Created byBob Stewart
Developed byRobert Sherman
Directed byGeorge Choderker[1]
Presented byAllen Ludden
Bill Cullen
Tom Kennedy
AnnouncerGene Wood
Theme music composerScore Productions[1]
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes801 (1 unaired)
Production
Executive producerHoward Felsher[1]
ProducerRobert Sherman[1]
Production locationsNBC Studios
Burbank, California
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyMark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJanuary 8, 1979 (1979-01-08) –
March 26, 1982 (1982-03-26)
Related
Password (1961–1967, 1971–1975)
Super Password (1984–1989)
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Password Plus and Super Password
GenreGame show
Created byBob Stewart
Directed byGeorge Choderker[2]
Presented byBert Convy
AnnouncerRich Jeffries
Gene Wood[2]
Theme music composerScore Productions[2]
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes1,151
Production
Executive producersChester Feldman
Robert Sherman
Howard Felsher
ProducersDiane H. Janaver
Joe Neustein[2]
Production locationsNBC Studios
Burbank, California
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyMark Goodson Television Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 24, 1984 (1984-09-24) –
March 24, 1989 (1989-03-24)
Related
Password Plus (1979–1982)
Million Dollar Password (2008–2009)
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Password Plus and Super Password are American TV game shows that aired separately between 1979 and 1989. Both shows were revivals of Password, which originally ran from 1961 to 1975 in various incarnations. With only subtle differences between them, both Password Plus and Super Password retained the format of play as their predecessor, with two teams of two people each—a celebrity and a contestant—attempting to guess a mystery word using only one-word clues. A new feature included a series of five passwords as clues to an overarching puzzle for the teams to solve.

Password Plus and Super Password aired on NBC, and were taped on Stage 3 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California. Password Plus was a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production and Super Password was a Mark Goodson Production.

Password Plus aired from January 8, 1979 to March 26, 1982, for 801 episodes. The program also won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show in 1982.[3] Super Password aired for 1,151 episodes from September 24, 1984 to March 24, 1989.

  1. ^ a b c d Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1999). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (3rd ed.). Facts on File, Inc. pp. 165–166. ISBN 978-0816030941.
  2. ^ a b c d Schwartz, Ryan & Wostbrock (1999), p. 213.
  3. ^ "Daytime Emmy Awards (1982) - IMDb". IMDb.