Password Plus and Super Password
| Password Plus | |
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| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Bob Stewart |
| Developed by | Robert Sherman |
| Directed by | George Choderker |
| Presented by |
Allen Ludden (1979–1980) Bill Cullen (1980) Tom Kennedy (1980–1982) |
| Narrated by | Gene Wood |
| Theme music composer | Score Productions |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 801 (including 1 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Howard Felsher |
| Producer(s) | Robert Sherman |
| Camera setup | Six cameras, later five |
| Running time | approx. 24 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | NTSC |
| Original release | January 8, 1979 – March 26, 1982 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Password (1961–1967, 1971–1975) |
| Followed by |
Super Password (1984–1989) Million Dollar Password (2008–2009) |
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| Super Password | |
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| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | Bob Stewart |
| Directed by | George Choderker |
| Presented by | Bert Convy |
| Narrated by |
Rich Jeffries (1984) Gene Wood (1984–1989) |
| Theme music composer | Score Productions |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 1,151 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Chester Feldman Robert Sherman Howard Felsher |
| Producer(s) | Diane H. Janaver Joe Neustein |
| Location(s) |
NBC Studios Burbank, California |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | approx. 24 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | NTSC |
| Original release | September 24, 1984 – March 24, 1989 |
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| Preceded by |
Password (1961–1967, 1971–1975) Password Plus (1979–1982) |
| Followed by | Million Dollar Password (2008–2009) |
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Password Plus and Super Password are American TV game shows that aired separately between 1979 and 1989. Both were revivals of the game show Password, which originally ran from 1961 to 1975 in various incarnations. While elements of the original game show format Password were modified for these two programs, both Password Plus and Super Password had the same general format with only subtle differences between the two. As with their predecessors, the shows featured two teams, each consisting of a celebrity and a contestant, attempting to guess a mystery word using only one-word clues.
Password Plus and Super Password aired on NBC, and were taped on Stage 3 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California. Password Plus was a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production and Super Password was a Mark Goodson Production.
Password Plus aired from January 8, 1979, to March 26, 1982, for 801 episodes (one of which was left unaired until airing on GSN as a rerun in the mid-1990s). The program also won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show in 1982. Super Password aired 1,151 episodes from September 24, 1984, to March 24, 1989.
Password Plus was hosted by Allen Ludden from January 1979 to April 1980, when he had to take a leave of absence from the show due to health problems. Bill Cullen substituted for Ludden during his first absence. Ludden returned in May, but he left the program in late October due to further health problems; he did not appear on television again before his 1981 death. Because Cullen had recently begun hosting Blockbusters, also a Goodson-Todman production airing on NBC, Tom Kennedy took over hosting and remained host until Password Plus ended.Bert Convy was selected as the host for Super Password's entire run.
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