Goodson-Todman Productions

Goodson-Todman Productions was a long-running & long-serving television production company formed by Mark Goodson & his longtime partner Bill Todman. Together they produced & created some of the long-running & greatest game show formats ever in television history. They did manage to find time to produce other types of TV shows even though none of them was as successful: shows such as The Web, The Richard Boone Show and the Chuck Connors classic Branded. When Bill died in 1979, Mark ran his company solo; he even renamed his company to simply "Mark Goodson Productions". The company slowly disbanded after Mark Goodson died in 1992. In 2007, just after Bob Barker's final show with The Price is Right, the company demised and was sold to FremantleMedia.

Some of the producers who worked on some of the Goodson-Todman shows went on to form their successful (and not-so-successful) game show companies. They were:
 * Bob Stewart
 * Robert "Bobby" Sherman
 * Jay Wolpert
 * Steve Ryan
 * Merv Griffin
 * Jonathan Goodson (Mark's Son)

Not all Goodson-Todman shows were created by Mark & Bill; some were created by the following producers working for Goodson-Todman:

At one time, then-blackballed producer Jack Barry worked for Goodson-Todman Productions and the company helped him create The Joker's Wild. Barry & Goodson-Todman broke contact with each other after Barry relaunched his TV career.

Two of Mark Goodson's children, Jonathan & Marjorie (née Cagle), worked on the company's shows in front of and behind the cameras.

Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions (1946–1982)

 * Beat the Clock (1949, 1950–1961, 1969–1974, 1979–1980)
 * The Better Sex (1977–1978)
 * Blockbusters (1980–1982, 1987)
 * Call My Bluff (1965)
 * Card Sharks (1978–1981, 1986–1989)
 * Choose Up Sides (1956)
 * Concentration (1973–1978, 1987–1991)
 * Double Dare (1976–1977)
 * Family Feud (1976–1985, 1988–1993, 1988–1995)
 * Get the Message (1964)
 * He Said She Said (1969–1970)
 * It's News to Me (1951–1953, 1954)
 * I've Got a Secret (1952–1967, 1972–1973, 1976)
 * Judge for Yourself (1953–1954)
 * Make the Connection (1955)
 * Match Game (1962–1969, 1973–1979, 1975–1982, 1990–1991)
 * Mindreaders (1979–1980)
 * Missing Links (1963–1964)
 * The Name's the Same (1951–1954, 1954–1955)
 * Now You See It (1974–1975, 1989)
 * Number Please (1961)
 * Password (1961–1967, 1971–1975)
 * Password Plus (1979–1982)
 * Play Your Hunch (1958–1963)
 * The Price is Right (1956–1965, 1972–2007)
 * Say When!! (1961–1965)
 * Showoffs (1975)
 * Snap Judgment (1967–1969)
 * Spin to Win (1946 radio)
 * Split Personality (1959–1960)
 * Stop the Music (1948)
 * TattleTales (1974–1978, 1982–1984)
 * To Tell the Truth (1956–1968, 1969–1978, 1980–1981, 1990–1991)
 * Two for the Money (1952–1956, 1957)
 * What's Going On? (1954)
 * What's My Line? (1950–1967, 1968–1975, 1975)
 * Winner Take All (1946–1952, 1948–1950, 1951, 1952)

Mark Goodson Television Productions (1982–2007)

 * Child's Play (1982–1983)
 * Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour (1983–1984)
 * Body Language (1984–1986)
 * Trivia Trap (1984–1985)
 * Super Password (1984-1989)
 * Illinois Instant Riches (1994-1998)
 * Flamingo Fortune (1995)

Mark Goodson/Bill Todman Productions
Beat the Clock 1969

Mark Goodson Television Productions
The Price is Right

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