Armchair Detective
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- United States
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The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Contestants solve a crime based on clues presented in the show. The series uses a question and answer format to find the winner.
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What happens
Armchair Detective is an American television game show that was broadcast on CBS from July 6, 1949, through September 28, 1949. It was the first CBS TV program to originate on the West Coast and be shown in the East and Midwest via kinescope recordings, and it was nominated for the Most Popular Television Program Emmy Award in 1949. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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