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The Big Showdown (1974)

The Big Showdown poster
Genre
game show
Country
United States
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1970s American game show where contestants compete for prizes. It was hosted by Jim Peck and aired on ABC for a few months in the mid-1970s.

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What happens

The Big Showdown is an American game show that aired on the ABC television network from December 23, 1974 to July 4, 1975. Jim Peck (in his national television debut) hosted the program and Dan Daniel (then a disc jockey on New York City's WHN) served as announcer. The series was recorded at ABC's New York studio TV15 on West 58 Street, and packaged by Don Lipp’s Daphne Productions and Ron Greenberg, with assistance by MCA Television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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