''Time Will Tell'' is an early American

game show A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or Let's Play, demonstrative and are typically directed b ...

that aired on the

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Fridays at 10:30 pm ET from August 27 to October 15, 1954. The host was

Ernie Kovacs Ernest Edward Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was a Hungarian-American comedian, actor, and writer. Kovacs's visually experimental and often spontaneous comedic style influenced numerous television comedy programs for years afte ...

.McNeil, Alex (1980). ''Total Television'' (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. . Don Russell was the announcer, and Eddie Hatrak provided music. Game play involved three contestants answering questions in 90-second rounds, timed with a large

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. The

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, produced and distributed by the network, aired on most DuMont affiliates on Fridays at 10:30 pm Eastern Time, replacing ''

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'' which was also hosted by Kovacs in the same time slot. After ''Time Will Tell'' ended, DuMont replaced the series with local (non-network) programming.

Episode status

DuMont, like NBC and CBS during the 1950s, probably kept at least one or two "example" episodes of each of its main game shows, though DuMont's exact policy is not known. However, DuMont's archive was destroyed after the network ceased broadcasting in 1956. Although a small number of DuMont game show episodes are known to exist in various archives, none are known to exist of either ''Time will Tell'' nor ''Gamble on Love''.

References

Bibliography

*David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia:

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, 2004) *Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows'', Third edition (New York:

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, 1964) * David Schwartz, Steve Ryan and Fred Wostbrock (1995) ''The Encyclopedia of American Game Shows'', Second edition (New York: Facts on File Inc., 1995)

External links

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DuMont historical website
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