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GAME SHOW NETWORK ADDS OLYMPIC GOLD TO ITS
BLACK AND WHITE PROGRAMMING BLOCK
GAME SHOW NETWORK ADDS OLYMPIC GOLD TO ITS
BLACK AND WHITE PROGRAMMING BLOCK
Just in Time for ‘The Games', Classic Episodes of To Tell The Truth, What's My Line and I've Got a Secret Air Featuring Gold Medal Winners on Game Show Network.
(CULVER CITY, CA – January 18, 2002) On Wednesday, February 6 and Thursday, February 7, 2002, Game Show Network warms up to the Olympic Winter Games by featuring historic game show moments of Gold medal winners during its classic Black and White Programming Block. Airing daily from 4:00 a.m. through 6:00 a.m. ET/ 1:00 a.m. through 3:00 a.m. PT, Game Show Network's Black and White Programming features classic episodes of game show favorites such as To Tell The Truth, What's My Line and I've Got a Secret. Following is a listing of Olympian appearances on Game Show Network for the two days preceding the opening
ceremonies on Friday, February 8:
February 6, 2002 - Wednesday
To Tell The Truth (4:00 a.m. ET/ 1:00 a.m. PT)
In an episode that first aired on April 25, 1966, a then unknown Peggy Fleming, who earlier that year won the World's Figure Skating Championship is a guest. Two years later, at the 1968 Winter Games, Fleming won the Olympic Gold Medal in figure skating.
I've Got A Secret (4:40 a.m. ET/ 1:40 a.m. PT)
Olympic Gold Medallists Jesse Owens, Dick Button, Johnny Hayes, Eddie Egan, and Dick Landon appear as guests in the second game of the October 13, 1954 episode.
To Tell The Truth (5:20 a.m. ET/ 2:20 a.m. PT)
The first guest is Jack McCarden, goalie for the Olympic U.S. Hockey team that won the 1960 Gold Medal.This episode first aired on March 3, 1960.
February 7, 2002 - Thursday
To Tell The Truth (4:00 a.m. ET/ 1:00 a.m. PT)
Track star Wilma Rudolph is the first guest on this December 5, 1960 episode. The accomplished runner overcame polio to become the first American woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals.
What's My Line (4:40 a.m. ET/ 1:40 a.m. PT)
Designated as an ‘Olympic Show', the August 14, 1960 episode of What's My Line showcases Olympic track team coach Laurence N. Snyder and Olympic Gold Medallist Jesse Owens as the ‘Mystery Guest'.
To Tell The Truth (5:20 a.m. ET/ 2:20 a.m. PT)
Hays Jenkins, a Harvard Law student who won the Gold Medal for figure skating in 1956, is the first guest in this episode that debuted on February 25, 1958.
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Steve Webster
Game Show Network
310-244-8868
teve_webster@spe.sony.com
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