Trump Card
| Trump Card | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Terry Mardell |
| Developed by | Terry Mardell Jenny Leah Peter R. Berlin Rob Fiedler |
| Directed by | Bill Carruthers |
| Presented by |
Jimmy Cefalo Debi Massey |
| Narrated by | Chuck Riley |
| Theme music composer | Robert A. Israel for Score Productions |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 250 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Terry Martell Peter R. Berlin Rob Fiedler |
| Producer(s) | Peter R. Berlin |
| Location(s) | Golden Nugget, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Editor(s) | Bruce Motyer |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Createl Ltd. Fiedler/Berlin Productions Telepictures Productions |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Picture format | NTSC |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| First shown in |
 United States
|
| Original release | September 10, 1990 – September 6, 1991 |
Trump Card is an American syndicated game show that aired from September 10, 1990 to September 6, 1991 and was hosted by Jimmy Cefalo. Debi Massey served as hostess and Chuck Riley was the announcer. The show was produced by Telepictures Productions, Createl, Ltd., and Fiedler-Berlin Productions, with Warner Bros. Television distributing.
The show was filmed at the Trump Castle (now known as "Golden Nugget Atlantic City") casino hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It was based on the British game show Bob's Full House, which consisted of contestants trying to answer questions to fill up a 15-square bingo board.
Launching the same day as The Quiz Kids Challenge and revivals of The Joker's Wild and Tic-Tac-Dough, Trump Card joined those series and The Challengers (which premiered a week before) as one of five new syndicated game shows for the 1990–91 television season. All five were cancelled after one season but Trump Card made it through a full season before ending; after the season concluded, reruns aired until September 6, 1991.
Three contestants competed to fill a 15-square bingo-style card with the word "Trump" on top of it. Contestant one had numbers 1 through 15, contestant two had numbers 16 through 30, and contestant three had numbers 31 through 45. The numbers also corresponded to an audience game, as described below.
In the first round, the object was to fill in the four corners of the card. The round was played with four categories, each containing four questions. If a contestant buzzed in first with the correct answer, one of the corners was filled in. However, a wrong answer locked them out of the next question (denoted by blanking all of the unfilled numbers on the contestant's card).
The first person to fill in the four corners won $750, his or hers to keep regardless of the game's outcome.
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