Play the Game

Play the Game was one of the earliest game shows to be broadcast in America.

Broadcast
DuMont September 24, 1946-December 17, 1946 ABC August 20, 1948-November 6, 1948

Hosts
Dr. Harvey Zorbaugh Irene Wicker & Joe O'Brien

Gameplay
One of the first continuing game shows n television, this charade game was produced by ABC in 1946 but was broadcast on the two-station Dumont network (New York, Washington D.C.). Hosted by Dr. Harvey Zorbaugh, a professor of Educational Sociology at New York University, the show featured guest stars pantomiming well-known names and phrases for home viewers to guess. Viewers called the studio with their answers and if correct, they won money.

Trivia
The show was also seen in the New York area in 1941.