Three on a Match was an American television game show created by Bob Stewart that ran on NBC from August 2, 1971 to June 28, 1974 on its daytime schedule. The host was Bill Cullen. Don Pardo served as announcer on most episodes of the show, with Bob Clayton and NBC staffers Wayne Howell and Roger Tuttle substituting at times.
The series was produced at NBC's Rockefeller Center in New York City. The program's title is wordplay on the superstition ...
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Three on a Match was an American television game show created by Bob Stewart that ran on NBC from August 2, 1971 to June 28, 1974 on its daytime schedule. The host was Bill Cullen. Don Pardo served as announcer on most episodes of the show, with Bob Clayton and NBC staffers Wayne Howell and Roger Tuttle substituting at times.
The series was produced at NBC's Rockefeller Center in New York City. The program's title is wordplay on the superstition of the same name.
In the game, three contestants competed to determine who could answer the most true-or-false questions in one of three categories. After Cullen announced the categories, each contestant bid a number between one and four based on how many questions he or she could answer on that turn.
The highest bidder got the first shot at the categories, but if two players tied, they canceled each other out. The third contestant, regardless of their bid, won the bid and chose a category. If all three tied, they bid again and kept bidding...
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