Twenty-One ‘Quiz Show’ Scandal [1955-59]

Entertainment: TV Game Shows

Came after revelations that the game show Twenty-One was choreographed and that some contestants were given the answers to the questions in advance to the game - resulting in a Senate investigation * Missing: Geritol

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