100 Grand

100 Grand was an American game show hosted by Jack Clark, with Bill Wendell announcing. The series ran for three episodes, weekly on Sunday nights from September 15 to 29, 1963 on the highly-touted "New ABC" as the network's attempt to bring back high-stakes game shows after the quiz show scandals of 1958. When 100 Grand made its debut, it had been two years since any large jackpots comparable to the quiz shows had aired on any broadcast network (the last was Jackpot Bowling, which aired on NBC from 1959-1961 and gave away jackpots of $30,000+), and it would be over a decade more before six-figure jackpots returned to television. One contestant, having possessed a knowledge or lead in a specific subject or field, asked questions of a...