Sports Challenge (1971)

Genre

game show

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 23 episodes

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series is a game show where athletes compete against each other in trivia and physical challenges. Host Dick Enberg guides the competition. The show aired from 1971 to 1979.

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What happens

Sports Challenge is a sports-centered game show that aired in weekly syndication from 1971 to 1979, with a separate version that aired briefly on CBS weekends from May 20 to September 9, 1973. Dick Enberg was host. Johnny Gilbert, Art James, and John Harlan announced. The show was taped at the KTLA/Golden West studios in Los Angeles (known today as Sunset Bronson Studios), with the exception of some shows taped at Metromedia Square. The show's theme throughout its run was an instrumental version of The Beatles' "Get Back" by Pat Williams, from his Verve Records album Heavy Vibrations; a different theme was briefly used for the 1977–1978 season, but the original theme replaced it for the show's final season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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