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1961 · TV SERIES

Password

First aired
1961
Seasons
4 seasons
Reality
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

*Password* is an American television game show created by Bob Stewart for Goodson-Todman Productions. It was hosted by Allen Ludden, who was previously well known as the host of *The G.E. College Bowl*. The show originally aired for 1,555 daytime episodes each weekday from October 2, 1961, to September 15, 1967, on CBS, along with weekly prime time airings from January 2, 1962, to September 9, 1965, and from December 25, 1966, to May 22, 1967. An additional 1,099 daytime episodes aired from April 5, 1971, to June 27, 1975, on ABC. The show's announcers were Jack Clark and Lee Vines on CBS and John Harlan on ABC. Two revivals later aired on NBC from 1979 to 1982 and from 1984 to 1989, followed by a prime time version on CBS from 2008 to 2009. In 2013, *TV Guide* ranked it number 8 in its list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.

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