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Card Sharks was an American television game show created by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Although various changes were made to the game's format throughout its run, the core format of Card Sharks remained the same. more...

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Two contestants competed against each other, providing their guesses to the answer of various questions (most commonly survey questions) to gain control of a row of cards, and then determine whether the next card in the line was higher or lower in value. (The concept of determining the cards' value is similar to the card game acey-deucey.)

Jim Perry hosted the show's first incarnation, which was aired on the television network NBC from 1978 to 1981. A 1986 revival was aired by CBS until 1989 and hosted by Bob Eubanks; for the 1986-87 season this version overlapped with a syndicated version hosted by Bill Rafferty. The third and most recent version of Card Sharks aired in syndication as well; hosted by Pat Bullard, it lasted from 2001 to 2002.

Broadcast history

Card Sharks debuted on NBC on April 24, 1978 at 10:00 a.m. ET. Jim Perry hosted this version, which ran until October 23, 1981 (864 episodes).

CBS and Mark Goodson Productions revived the show with Bob Eubanks, of The Newlywed Game fame, as it's host. This version revamped on January 6, 1986 at 10:30 a.m. ET, and ran until March 31, 1989 (845 episodes). A weeknight syndicated version began on September 8, 1986, hosted by Bill Rafferty. It lasted one season.

Another revival, with different rules than the previous versions, was hosted by Pat Bullard; this version premiered on September 17, 2001, but was canceled after 13 weeks.

In 2006, the series was among the seven game shows used in the CBS series "Gameshow Marathon." The set was modeled after the Perry version, and its theme music and logo were used, while the use of 'audience poll' questions and the car game after the Money Cards came from the Eubanks and Rafferty versions.

The dealers on Card Sharks were Janice Baker, Lois Areno, Ann Pennington (sister of former The Price Is Right model Janice Pennington) and Markie Post on the NBC version. Lacey Pemberton (who later became a casting coordinator for The Bachelor and Temptation Island) and Suzanna Williams were the dealers on the CBS and syndicated versions. Tami Roman (aka Tami Anderson, castmember of The Real World: Los Angeles) was the dealer on the 2001 syndicated version.

The dealers on the 2006 Gameshow Marathon version, which aired June 15, were Phire Dawson and Rebecca Pribonic.

The music to the 1978 version was composed by Edd Kalehoff for Score Productions; it had originally been used for Double Dare, an earlier Goodson-Todman game which also aired on CBS; Kalehoff also composed a different theme for the 1986 revival of Card Sharks. The 2001 version's theme was composed by the Alan Ett Music Group.

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