Who Do You Trust?

Who Do You Trust?
Johnny Carson and Jane Baldasare in a show stunt, 1961
Created by	Don Fedderson
Presented by	Johnny Carson (1957–1962) Woody Woodbury (1962–1963)
Narrated by	Bill Nimmo (1957–1958, 1962–1963) Ed McMahon (1958–1962)
Country of origin	United States
Production
Producer(s)	Art Stark
Running time	25 minutes (prime-time) 22–24 minutes (daytime)
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 30, 1957 – December 27, 1963

Do You Trust Your Wife?
Edgar Bergen and Mortimer Snerd with a contestant couple, 1956
Created by	Don Fedderson
Presented by	Edgar Bergen
Narrated by	Ed Reimers Bob LeMond
Country of origin	United States
Production
Producer(s)	David Lowe
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	January 3, 1956 – March 26, 1957

25 minutes (prime-time)

Who Do You Trust? is an American game show which aired from September 30, 1957, to November 15, 1957, at 4:30 pm, Eastern on ABC, and from November 18, 1957, to December 27, 1963 at 3:30 pm, Eastern - which helped garner a significant number of young viewers coming home from school.

The series was initially emceed by Johnny Carson and announced by Bill Nimmo. A year into the run, Nimmo was replaced by Ed McMahon, and from that point until 1992 the two would spend the majority of their careers together. Carson and McMahon departed in 1962 when Carson was hired to take over from Jack Paar on NBC's Tonight (renamed The Tonight Show under Carson), where they would both spend the next thirty years together. Woody Woodbury took over the hosting position while Nimmo returned to announce. The show was produced at the Little Theater on 44th Street in New York (today known as the Helen Hayes Theater).

Three couples competed on each show, nearly always a man and a woman chosen for their unique backgrounds; the announcer would introduce couples one at a time, and Carson spent more time interviewing the contestants than quizzing them.

In the quiz portion, Carson would tell the male contestant the category of the upcoming question; the man would then have to decide whether to answer the question himself or "trust" the woman to do so.

Three questions were played per couple, worth $25, $50, and $75; if two or all three couples tied in the cash winnings, they were asked a question involving a numerical answer; the couple coming closest to the correct answer moved on to the bonus game.

From 1957 until the quiz-show scandals in 1959, the bonus round pitted the day's winners against the winners from the previous day. One partner from each team, usually the man, was placed in an isolation booth and asked a question with several answers. The one who got the most correct answers won $500 and the right to return the following day.

After the scandals, in which Who Do You Trust? was not involved, the bonus round involved the winning couple attempting to unscramble a name or phrase in fifteen seconds.