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Hollywood's Talking (1973)

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United States

How it feels

This is a 1970s American game show where contestants answer trivia questions. It was hosted by Geoff Edwards and ran on CBS for a few months in 1973.

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What happens

Hollywood's Talking is an American game show based on the 1960s quizzer, Everybody's Talking, and produced by Jack Barry. It ran on CBS for three months in 1973, debuting on March 26 (alongside The $10,000 Pyramid and The Young and the Restless) and ending on June 22 to make room for a new version of Match Game. It was hosted by Geoff Edwards, with Johnny Jacobs announcing. The series was the first national game show hosted by Edwards. The program aired at 3:30 p.m./2:30 Central time, opposite ABC's One Life to Live (then still a 30-minute show) and NBC's Return to Peyton Place. Edwards once said that while hosting this series, he had a tenuous working relationship with Jack Barry. Edwards recalled Barry saying, "You know, you have a really annoying voice. Can you do something about that?" Edwards responded with, "Jack, I have a contract for 13 weeks. At the end of 13 weeks, don't renew it and don't come into my dressing room again." It was not until 1980 that Edwards would host another Barry & Enright game, Play the Percentages. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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