Home Shopping Game

The Home Shopping Game
Genre	Game Show
Created by	Roy Speer Lowell Paxson
Presented by	Bob Goen
Starring	Debbie Bartlett (assistant)
Narrated by	Bob Circosta
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ken Yates Robert O. Kaplan
Location(s)	KHSC-TV, Ontario, California
Running time	24 minutes (without commercials)
Release
Original network	Syndicated
Original release	June 15 – September 11, 1987

The Home Shopping Game is an American television game show that aired in syndication during the summer of 1987 and blended the popularity of home shopping (such as HSN) with word-identification challenges. It was syndicated nationally, but failed to attract enough viewers to remain on the air beyond its initial 13-week summer run.

Bob Goen was the host; Bob Circosta, who was the first ever host on the Home Shopping Network, served as announcer/co-host, and Debbie Bartlett was the female model and assistant. Taped at the studios of HSN affiliate KHSC in Ontario, California, the show was produced in association with MCA Television.

Two players competed; at the beginning of each round, a piece of merchandise was shown (which was also offered to viewers watching at home via an 800 number) and three scrambled words that pertained to that item, each containing anywhere from 6 to 8 letters. They were then asked a series of questions in a related category (for example, if the item offered was a man's watch, the category would be "Famous Men").

Each correct answer was worth $100 and revealed one letter in each word; if the answer was incorrect, no money was awarded, and the opponent was given the letters and the chance to make a guess. Correctly solving the first word paid an additional $100, the second was worth $200, and the last was worth $300. In addition, whichever player guessed more words in that round won the offered merchandise (If time ran short in a round, the questions were suspended and the remaining letters in each word were revealed one at a time, with either player buzzing in when they were able to identify it).

Round 2 was played exactly the same, and while gameplay remained the same for Rounds 3 and 4, the values were doubled to $200 for each correct answer and $200/$400/$600 for correctly guessing each respective word.

The player with the most money after four rounds won the game and went on to play the bonus round. Both players kept their money and prizes.

The bonus round was played in two parts; for the first part, the champion was shown one more item, followed by the initial letters of a five or six-word phrase pertaining to it; for example, if the item was a home blood pressure monitor, the phrase might read:

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