CBS Television Quiz

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show_name = CBS Television Quiz


caption = The first TV Gameshow Ever
genre = Gameshow
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picture_format = Black-and-white
audio_format = Monaural
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creator = Gil Fates
developer = Gil Fates
producer = Gil Fates
Worthington Miner
executive_producer = Gil Fates
presenter = Gil Fates
Frances Buss
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country = USA
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language = English
network = CBS
first_aired = July 2, 1941
last_aired = July 1, 1942
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imdb_id = 0259132
tv_com_id = 21077

"CBS Television Quiz" was the first television game show ever to be broadcast regularly. It premiered on July 2, 1941. It ran until spring 1942. Other game shows before this were "test episodes" for experimental purposes. One of these was "Truth or Consequences" in the same year, while a show called "Spelling Bee" was broadcast on the BBC in 1938. It is also believed to be one of the first network television programs in the US.

"CBS Television Quiz", produced by CBS Television and broadcast in black and white, was hosted by Gil Fates, who would later produce and/or direct many Goodson-Todman game shows on the network, with the assistance of Frances Buss.