Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak
| Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Directed by | James Marcione |
| Presented by | Bruce Forsyth |
| Judges | Burt Wheeler |
| Narrated by |
Gene Wood Marc Summers |
| Composer(s) |
Ray Ellis Marc Ellis |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 65 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Robert Noah |
| Producer(s) | Pam Meerson Roger Speakman (Development Producer) Caryn Lucas (Development Producer) |
| Location(s) |
The Prospect Studios Hollywood, California |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Reg Grundy Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | January 6 – April 4, 1986 |
Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak is an American television game show that aired on ABC from January 6 to April 4, 1986. British television personality Bruce Forsyth hosted the series, the only time he hosted a series outside of his native United Kingdom. Gene Wood was the original announcer, with the last two weeks of shows announced by Marc Summers.
The show originated as a pilot in 1983 hosted by Gene Rayburn called Party Line. The show was picked up with a few minor changes, mainly Forsyth replacing Rayburn as host and the show title changed.
Reg Grundy Productions produced Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak, which was the first daytime series the Grundy company produced for a network other than NBC. It was also only Grundy's fourth series he attempted in America, after Scrabble, Time Machine, and daytime and syndicated editions of Sale of the Century. To that point, the daytime Sale and Scrabble had been hits while Time Machine and the syndicated Sale were relatively short lived.
Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak was also the last American production for the Grundy Organisation to premiere until 1993.
Two gender-specific teams of five contestants, one of which was a returning champion, each competed in a game of word association. The challengers, or winners of a coin toss in the case of two new teams, played first. In round one, the captain of the team in control chose one of two words presented by the host. The other four team members wore headphones to ensure they could not hear the word. Once a word was chosen, the team was given 40 seconds to communicate the word down the line. The team captain described the word to the second team member, who, after guessing the word, then did the same for the third team member. The process continued down the line until the team completed the transition down the line, time ran out, the team gave an illegal clue, repeated a key word, gestured or said the word (or a form of the word). The opposing team played the other word in the round.
In the second round, the next players in line became the captains and the team trailing after round one chose the first word. In rounds one and two, each successful transition was worth $100, for a maximum of $400 per round. The third and final round started with the trailing team, and each correct transition was worth $200, for a possible $800. The maximum grand total for a game was $1,600.
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