Go (game show)

Go
shot of set that opened every episode of Go
Genre	Game show
Created by	Bob Stewart
Directed by	Bruce Burmester
Presented by	Kevin O'Connell
Narrated by	Johnny Gilbert
Theme music composer	Bob Cobert
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	79
Production
Executive producer(s)	Bob Stewart
Producer(s)	Sande Stewart
Location(s)	NBC Studios Burbank, California
Running time	approx. 24 minutes
Production company(s)	Bob Stewart-Sande Stewart Productions
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	October 3, 1983 – January 20, 1984

Go is an American television game show created by Bob Stewart and aired on NBC from October 3, 1983 to January 20, 1984. The show featured two teams, each composed of four contestants and a celebrity. The teams had to construct questions one word at a time to convey a word or phrase to their teammates. The concept of Go was based on a bonus round used on Chain Reaction, another game show created by Stewart.

Los Angeles and Buffalo meteorologist Kevin O'Connell was the show's host, and Johnny Gilbert was the announcer, with Jack Clark substituting for him during November 1983.

Go aired at 12:00 Noon Eastern on NBC, long a problem time slot for the three major broadcast networks at the time, as their local affiliates would often preempt network programming to air newscasts or syndicated fare. NBC had tried placing two other game shows, Just Men! and The New Battlestars, there in 1983 alone and both disappeared after just thirteen weeks of episodes. Go did not fare much better than either of those two series, managing sixteen weeks of episodes before it was cancelled.

Two teams, consisting of one celebrity captain and four civilian contestants, competed.

The team that plays first selects a packet of words and phrases, with a choice of two. Four of the team's members are the clue givers, while the fifth player guessing the words and serving this role during the entire game. The four clue givers sat in a line in such a manner that they formed three clue giving pairs. Each pair was given a subject to describe and constructed a question one word at a time to serve as a clue. Once the pair felt that the guesser had enough information they rang a bell prompting him/her to guess. If the guesser did so, he/she moved down the line to the next pair. If he/she did not or if an illegal clue was given or pass used, he/she had to stay there. Once the guesser reached the end of the line, he/she reversed direction and came back to the start.