Tic-Tac-Dough
| Tic-Tac-Dough | |
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| Created by |
Jack Barry Dan Enright |
| Directed by | Edward King, Hudson Fausett, Garry Simpson, Richard Auerback (1956–59) Richard S. Kline (1978–86) Michael Dimich (1990) |
| Presented by |
Jack Barry (1956–58) Gene Rayburn (1956–57, Fridays only) Jay Jackson (1957–58, primetime) Win Elliot (1958, primetime) Bill Wendell (1958–59) Wink Martindale (1978–85) Jim Caldwell (1985–86) Patrick Wayne (1990) |
| Narrated by |
Bill Wendell (1956–58) Bill McCord (1958–59) Jay Stewart (1978–81) Charlie O'Donnell (1981–86) Larry Van Nuys (1990) |
| Theme music composer | Paul Taubman (1956–69) Hal Hidey (1978–86) Henry Mancini (1990) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 45 (CBS Daytime; 1978) 1,560 (1978–86 Syndicated run) 65 (1990 Syndicated run) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Howard Felsher (1956–59) Ron Greenberg (1978–86) Allen Koss (1978–86) Chris Sohl (1978–86, 1990) |
| Location(s) |
NBC Studios New York, New York (1956–59) CBS Television City Hollywood, California (1978–80) KCOP/Chris Craft Studios Hollywood, California (1981–84; 1985–86) The Production Group Studios Hollywood, California (1984–85) Hollywood Center Studios Hollywood, California (1990) |
| Running time | approx. 22–26 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Barry, Enright, & Friendly Productions (1956–59) Barry & Enright Productions (1978–86, 1990) |
| Distributor | Colbert Television Sales (1978–86) ITC Entertainment (1990) |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC (1956–59) CBS (1978) Syndicated (1978–86, 1990–91) |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | July 30, 1956–October 23, 1959 July 3, 1978 – September 1, 1978 September 18, 1978 – May 23, 1986 September 10, 1990 – December 7, 1990 |
Tic-Tac-Dough is an American television game show based on the paper-and-pencil game of tic-tac-toe. Contestants answer questions in various categories to put up their respective symbol, X or O, on the board. Three versions were produced: the initial 1956–59 run on NBC, a 1978–86 run initially on CBS and then in syndication, and a syndicated run in 1990. The show was produced by Barry & Enright Productions.
Jack Barry, the co-producer, was the original host of the 1950s version, followed by Gene Rayburn and then Bill Wendell, with Jay Jackson and Win Elliot hosting prime time adaptations as well. Wink Martindale hosted the network and syndicated version beginning in 1978, but left the program to host and co-produce Headline Chasers and was replaced by Jim Caldwell who hosted during the 1985–86 season. Patrick Wayne hosted the 1990 version.
The goal of the game was to complete a line of three X or O markers on a standard tic-tac-toe board (with the reigning champion always mounting X's). Each of the nine spaces on the gameboard featured a category. Contestants alternated choosing a category and answering a general interest or trivia question in that category. If they were correct, they earned an X or O in that square; otherwise, it remained unclaimed. The center square, being of the most strategic importance, involved a two-part question, with the contestant given ten seconds to think of the two answers needed to win the square. After each question, the categories shuffled into different positions (in the 1950s series and early in the 1978 revival, the categories shuffled only after both contestants had taken a turn). In the 1990 series, the categories shuffled prior to the start of each contestant's turn and the shuffle was stopped when the contestant in control hit his/her lock-in button. If at any point in a game it became impossible for either contestant to win with a line (a so-called "cat game"), the match was declared a draw and a new game started. The process continued until the deadlock was broken, however long it took to do so. This meant that a match could take multiple episodes to complete, which happened quite often. Tic-Tac-Dough used a rollover format to enable this to take place smoothly. This meant that a match could start at any point in an episode, continue until time was called, and then resume play on the next episode where the game began with the same categories in play.
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