Second Chance (game show)
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| Created by |
Bill Carruthers Jan McCormack |
| Directed by | Chris Darley |
| Presented by | Jim Peck |
| Narrated by |
Jay Stewart Jack Clark Joe Seiter (pilot/substitute) |
| Theme music composer | Score Productions |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 95 (3 an unknown # of episodes survive) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Bill Carruthers |
| Producer(s) | Joel Stein |
| Location(s) |
ABC Television Center Hollywood, California |
| Running time | approx. 22-26 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Carruthers Company |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | NTSC |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | March 7 – July 15, 1977 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by |
Press Your Luck (1983-1986) Whammy! (2002-2003) |
Second Chance is an American game show that ran from March 7, 1977 to July 15, 1977 on ABC. Jim Peck hosted, with Jay Stewart and Jack Clark serving as announcers. The show was a production of the Carruthers Company in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Second Chance shared many similarities with the 1980s game show Press Your Luck, which premiered in 1983 and was produced by the Carruthers Company for CBS.
Three contestants competed on each program.
Like its successor series six years later, Second Chance saw players answer trivia questions in order to earn turns on a large game board with various cash amounts and prizes. Two rounds of play, consisting of one question round and one round at the board, were played.
Each question round consisted of three questions. After hearing the question, the contestants wrote their answers on pieces of cardboard (similar to Match Game) and placed the answers in a slot in front of them. None of the contestants could see what the others had answered.
Once the contestants answered, Peck would read a list of three possible answers. If at least one of the contestants gave a different answer than the others, he would inform the contestants that at least one of them was either right or wrong. He then gave the contestants a choice of whether to stick with their answers or take a second chance at answering the question. If the second chance was taken, the player that took it had to choose from one of the three answers given by Peck.
Correct answers earned points which were converted to "spins" in the second half of the round. If a contestant wrote down the correct answer without needing to change it, he/she earned three points. If the contestant came up with the correct answer on a second chance, one point was awarded.
Each contestant used their spins to accumulate money and prizes on an 18-space game board. To do this, the contestants used a buzzer in front of them to stop a flashing randomizer light which moved in a pattern around the board at a high rate of speed, and whatever the randomizer landed on when the contestant stopped it was given to him/her.
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