Every Second Counts (US game show)

Every Second Counts was a television game show that aired in the United States for one season from September 17, 1984 - September 1985.

Production companies

The show was produced by Charles Colarusso Productions, in association with Group W Productions.

Personnel

The show was hosted by Bill Rafferty. The hostess was Debbie Bartlett, and the announcer was Johnny Gilbert.

Gameplay

Three married couples competed in a game of answering questions & earning time.

Main game

The game was played in two rounds, one spouse from each couple would play in the first round, while the other spouses would play in the second round. Each round has three categories with nine dual-choice questions. On each category, host Rafferty asked each couple a question. A correct answer would earn seconds, while a wrong answer eliminated the couple from the remainder of the category. The category continued until all nine questions were asked or if all three couples missed a question & were locked out.

coring

*Round 1 - 2 seconds
*Round 2 - 4 seconds

The couple with the greatest amount of time at the end of the game are the winners and goes on to the bonus round.

Bonus round

In the bonus round, the winning couple used their winning time to answer a certain number of questions on four levels to win prizes. On each level, two categories were given, and the team picked one. All questions in this round had three possible choices. Each right answer brought one step closer to completing that level.

Levels

Each level required a different number of questions answered correctly to complete:
*Level 1 - 4 questions
*Level 2 - 5 questions
*Level 3 - 6 questions
*Level 4 - 7 questions

Each completed level won a prize, and completing all four levels before time expired won a brand new car. But if they run out of time, they receive $100/correct answer.

Notes

*This was Bill Rafferty's first game show, later hosting "Card Sharks" and a revival of "Blockbusters".
*Although it wasn't a big success in America, one year after the show's cancellation, a more popular English version followed with Paul Daniels as host.

ee also

*Every Second Counts (UK version)

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/rebich_josh/everysecondcounts.html Rules for Every Second Counts]
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