American Experience
Season 4 Episode 9 - The Quiz Show Scandal
6.6 ?
1988
Documentary
When CBS premiered The $64,000 Question in 1955, the show was more than a hit; it was a national phenomenon. More quiz shows followed. What the audience was to learn, much later, was that many of these shows were fixed. Slowly, painfully, the deceit unravelled. A look at the formative years of television and the scandal's impact on the TV business and a naive America.
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LBJ (1)
55 min
2
LBJ (2)
55 min
3
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
55 min
4
Scandalous Mayor
55 min
5
The Johnstown Flood
55 min
6
Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance
55 min
7
G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover
55 min
8
Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo
55 min
9
The Quiz Show Scandal
55 min
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