Card Sharks/Episode Guide/CBS/January to June 1988

January[]

No episode aired on January 1 due to coverage of the Cotton Bowl Parade.

Charlie O'Donnell is at the mic for the first three weeks of 1988. He will have served five weeks of episodes filling in for Gene Wood. It could be implied that Gene may have been in a hospital during these tapings.

The educated guess reveals are seen without a pastel green border and are still in a bold Helvetica font. This would only be for one more week, and further proves that these next three weeks of episodes were taped before the two Christmas-themed Young People's Weeks.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group January 4-8: 10 Men who Placed Personal Ads in a Newspaper
Featured car: Dodge Shadow ($8,901)
498	1/4/1988	Ernie	LaRue	First show of 1988, with no mention on air. Match between Ernie vs. LaRue continues, starting at the second question of the tiebreaker round. Ernie defeats LaRue in the sudden death tiebreaker, plays the Money Cards again, and wins $9,600. He does not win the car. (Total: $16,100) Gloria is now Ernie's new challenger. Match continues on Tuesday. Gloria Tinsley of Fayetteville GA's first show. She won $14k on Wheel of Fortune on March 17, 1986, a jukebox on The Price is Right on January 30, 1995 and wrote a book entitled Life's a Game Show in 1996 chronicling her family's game show experiences including Card Sharks.
499	1/5/1988	Ernie	Gloria	At the start of the show, Gloria leads the match 1-0. Heading into the first commercial break, Gloria defeats Ernie, who leaves with $16,100. Gloria wins $5,000 on her first trip to the Money Cards, but loses the car thanks to an extreme number setup. In a new match, Gloria's new challenger is Deborah. Gloria defeats Deborah at the end of the show, and will start Wednesday's show at the Money Cards.
500	1/6/1988	Gloria	Bob	Taped on November 23, 1987. Show starts with Gloria playing her second Money Cards, where she wins $9,600 with a lot of deuces revealed, plus a car (total: $24,101) Gloria's new challenger is Bob Dillon. Bob Eubanks never made a reference to singer Bob Dylan. Gloria defeats Bob, wins another $1,800 on the Money Cards, but does not win another new car (total: $26,101)
501	1/7/1988	Gloria	Michael	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 female deputies from the San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department. Show starts with a brand new match with Gloria vs. new challenger Michael. Michael defeats Gloria, who leaves with $26,201 and a car. Michael wins $3,800 on the Money Cards, and wins a new car which he had a hard time trying to fit into! (total: $13,001)
502	1/8/1988	Michael	Julie	Michael starts a new match with new opponent, Julie, at the start of the show. Julie defeats Michael, who leaves with $13,101 and a car. Julie busts with a 3 on the Money Cards, the first bust in quite a while, and does not win the car either despite possessing two jokers (total: $200) Julie faces new challenger Katy. Julie wins a $100 exact guess bonus on an audience poll question. Match between Julie and Katy continues on the next program.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group January 11-15: 10 Female Deputies from the San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department
Featured car: Jeep Wrangler ($x,xxx)
503	1/11/1988	Julie	Katy	Match between Julie vs. Katy continues, starting at the beginning of Game 2. Educated guess answer reveal now has a border outline. Font is still Helvetica. Katy defeats Julie, who leaves with $400. Katy wins $2,400 on the Money Cards, and does not win the car. (total: $2,600) Bob mentions his grandchild, Tyler Ann, being born the night before this episode aired. This might not have been true, since this episode was most likely taped by December 1987, and it is very common that a baby is not born on their due date.
504	1/12/1988	Katy	Tim	New match between Katy vs. Tim starts off the show. As of this episode, educated guess answers appear in a Clarendon-style font. Katy defeats Tim, wins $2,700 on the Money Cards, takes two Jokers to the car game and loses the car anyway. (total: $5,500)
505	1/13/1988	Katy	Mo	Show starts at the beginning of a new match between Katy vs. Mo. Mo wins a $100 exact guess bonus on an audience poll question. Mo defeats Katy, who leaves with $5,600. Mo wins $3,500 on the Money Cards, but does not win the car. (total: $3,800) Mo will meet a new challenger on the next program.
506	1/14/1988	Mo	Joe	Show starts at the beginning of a new match between Mo vs. Joe. Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 engaged men. Joe defeats Mo, who leaves with $3,900. Joe wins $6,100 on the Money Cards, but gets a double 2 at the Big Bet. He does not win the car. (total: $6,300) Joe meets his brand-new opponent Tamara. Match between Joe and Tamara continues on the next program.
507	1/15/1988	Joe	Tamara	Show starts at the third question of Game 1. Joe defeats Tamara and wins $2,000 on the Money Cards, but does not win the car. (total: $8,500) Joe meets his new opponent Jillian. Jillian defeats Joe in a quick match that only lasted two questions. Joe won both of the questions, but lost control to Jillian both times, and she would run the cards in both games. Joe leaves with $8,500, and Jillian will play the Money Cards on the next program.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group January 18-22: 10 Engaged Men
Featured car: Subaru DL ($9,126)
508	1/18/1988	Jillian	Scotty	Jillian wins $4,400 on the Money Cards at the start of the show, but does not win the car. (total: $4,600) New challenger Scotty is from Glasgow, Scotland. Scotty wins a $100 exact guess bonus on an audience poll question. Scotty defeats Jillian at the end of the show and will play the Money Cards at the top of the next show. Jillian leaves with $4,700.
509	1/19/1988	Scotty	Lisa	Supposedly aired on GSN in early 2007 during a Saturday night mini-marathon. Show starts with Scotty playing the Money Cards. He wins $3,700, but doesn't win the car. (total: $4,000) Scotty meets new challenger Lisa. Lisa defeats Scotty, who leaves with $4,100. In the Money Cards, Lisa goes double all the way until the Big Bet row, and ends up winning $24,000. The same feat occurred to a female contestant in January 1986. The card Lisa chose not to change was an ace, and had she chosen the ace, she could have won the maximum $32,000. Unfortunately, she'll play for the car on the next show..
510	1/20/1988	Lisa	Fran	Lisa plays for the car at the start of the show, and loses. (total: $24,200) In the same first segment, a new match with Lisa vs. Fran begins. Fran defeats Lisa, who leaves with $24,300. Fran busts on the Money Cards, losing all $3,250 on a 3, and loses the car. (total: $200) Fran's new challenger is Tim. Match between Fran and Tim continues on the next program.
511	1/21/1988	Fran	Tim	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 women who divorced their husbands and later remarried them. The episode begins at the third question of Game 1. Fran defeats Tim, wins $12,150 on the Money Cards but does not win the car. (total: $12,550) Fran meets new challenger Jeff. Fran foolishly chooses "zero" as her answer to the question "how many engaged men would marry their fiancée if they discovered they didn't want children?" Jeff defeats Fran, who leaves with $12,550. Jeff will play the Money Cards on the next program.
512	1/22/1988	Jeff	Geri	Show starts with Jeff playing the Money Cards, where he wins $600 thanks to rotten luck, and he does not win the car. (total: $800) Jeff's new challenger is Geri. Jeff defeats Geri, wins another $5,200 on the Money Cards, and after the commercial break, Jeff wins a car! (total: $15,326) Jeff's new challenger is now Linda. Two questions are asked before the show ended.

NOTE: It was likely after the January 25, 1988 episode is taped that the two Young People's Weeks aired from December 21 to 31, 1987 were taped. The episode numbering should be back on track as of January 25, 1988.

Gene Wood is back at the mic by this point.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group January 25-29: 10 Women Who Divorced Their Husbands and Later Re-married Them
Featured car: Volkswagen Cabriolet ($16,500)
521	1/25/1988	Jeff	Linda	Show starts at the third question of Game 1. Linda defeats Jeff, who leaves with $15,426 plus a car. Linda wins $10,400 on the Money Cards, but doesn't win the car. (total: $10,600) Linda will meet a new challenger on the next program.
522	1/26/1988	Linda	Lance	Show starts at the beginning of a new match between Linda and Lance. Lance defeats Linda, who leaves with $10,700. Lance wins that exact same amount on the Money Cards, but does not win the car. (total: $10,900) Lance defeats Linda and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
523	1/27/1988	Lance	Veronica	Show starts at the beginning of a new match between Lance and Veronica. Veronica defeats Lance, who leaves with $11,000. Veronica wins $950 on the Money Cards. She will play for the car on the next program. (total: $1,150)
524	1/28/1988	Veronica	Tom	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 Los Angeles County firefighters. Show starts with Veronica playing for the car, and she wins it. (Total: $17,650) Veronica's new challenger is Tom. Veronica wins a $500 exact guess bonus on a 100 people question. Veronica defeats Tom and wins another $4,600 on the Money Cards, but doesn't win the car this time. (Total: $22,950) Veronica's new challenger is Nikki.
525	1/29/1988	Veronica	Nikki	Show starts at the second question of Game 1. Nikki defeats Veronica, who leaves with $23,050 plus a car. Nikki wins $16,200 in the Money Cards, but no car. (Total: $16,400) Butch is Nikki's new challenger. Match between Nikki and Butch continues on the next program.

February[]

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group February 1-5: 10 Los Angeles County Firefighters
526	2/1/1988	Nikki	Butch	Match between Nikki and Butch continues, starting at the beginning of Game 2. Nikki defeats Butch and wins $3,100 in the Money Cards, but gets a double 2 at the Big Bet. She does not win the car. (Total: $19,700) Ethel is Nikki's new challenger. Match between Nikki and Ethel continues on the next program.
527	2/2/1988	Nikki	Ethel	Match between Nikki and Ethel continues, starting at the beginning of Game 2. Nikki defeats Ethel and wins another $9,600 on the Money Cards, but no car. (Total: $29,500) Karen is Nikki's new challenger. Match between Nikki and Karen continues on the next program.
528	2/3/1988	Nikki	Karen	Match between Nikki and Karen continues, starting at the second question of Game 2. Karen defeats Nikki, who leaves with $29,500. Despite busting on the first level, Karen still wins $5,400 on the Money Cards, and then after the commercial break, she wins the car. (Total: $17,376) Jeff is Karen's new challenger. Match between Karen and Jeff continues on the next program.
529	2/4/1988	Karen	Jeff	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 Las Vegas showgirls. Match between Karen and Jeff continues, starting at the third question of Game 2. Jeff defeats Karen, who leaves with $17,376 plus a car. Jeff wins $1,800 on the Money Cards, but does not win the car. (total: $2,000) Jeff meets new challenger Evie. Jeff wins a $100 exact guess bonus on an audience poll question. Evie defeats Jeff, who leaves with $2,200. She will play the Money Cards on the next program.
530	2/5/1988	Evie	Deverick	Show starts with Evie playing the Money Cards and the car game. Evie wins $4,050 on the Money Cards, but does not win the car. (total: $4,250) Evie meets new challenger Deverick. Match between Evie and Deverick continues on the next program.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group February 8-12: 10 Las Vegas Showgirls
531	2/8/1988	Evie	Deverick	Show starts at the beginning of the tiebreaker round between Evie and Deverick. Evie starts off the tiebreaker by winning a $100 exact guess bonus on an audience poll question. Evie defeats Deverick and wins only $300 on the Money Cards. She lost $4,000 after deciding to go lower than a 5, and then lost another $2,000 on the Big Bet. She also loses the car. (Total: $4,850) Evie meets new challenger Dinah. Dinah wins a $500 bonus for an exact guess. Dinah defeats Evie, who leaves with $4,850. She will play the Money Cards on the next program.
532	2/9/1988	Dinah	Rick	Show starts with Dinah playing the Money Cards and winning $23,200 but no car. (Total: $23,900) New match begins with Dinah meeting new challenger Rick. Rick defeats Dinah, who leaves with $24,000. Rick wins a paltry $100 on his first trip to the Money Cards, wins no car and will meet a challenger on the next program. (Total: $300)
533	2/10/1988	Rick	Karen	Show starts at the beginning of a new match between Rick and Karen. Karen defeats Rick, who leaves Studio 33 with $300. Karen wins $8,400 on the Money Cards, but no car (total: $8,600) Karen takes on Sara as her new challenger. Match between Karen and Sara continues on the next program.
534	2/11/1988	Karen	Sara	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 child beauty pageant winners. Karen wins a $100 exact guess bonus for an audience poll question. Karen defeats Sara and wins $2,450 on the Money Cards, but loses the car. (Total: $11,350). Karen takes on her new opponent Leah in a new match, which continues on the next program.
535	2/12/1988	Karen	Leah	Show starts at the sudden death question in Game 1. Karen defeats Leah, and wins $8,400 on the Money Cards, but no car. (Total: $19,950) New match between Karen and Kerry gets underway. Kerry defeats Karen, who leaves with $19,950, and will play the Money Cards at the start of Monday's show.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group February 15-19: 10 Child Beauty Pageant Winners
Featured car: Isuzu Trooper ($12,618)
536	2/15/1988	Kerry	Peter	Show starts with Kerry playing the Money Cards and winning $15,900, but no car. (total: $16,100) New match with opponent Peter begins. Kerry remains champion but sadly busts in the Money Cards, she also loses the car. (total: $16,300) Kerry will meet a new challenger on the next program.
537	2/16/1988	Kerry	Van	Starts at the beginning of a new match between Kerry and Van. Kerry defeats Van and wins $7,450 on the Money Cards, but no car. (total: $23,950) Kerry meets new challenger Ho.
538	2/17/1988	Kerry	Ho	Starts at the second question of Game 1. Ho defeats Kerry, who leaves with $24,050. Ho wins $14,800 on the Money Cards, but does not win the car. (Total: $15,000) Ho will meet a new challenger on the next program.
539	2/18/1988	Ho	Lane	Starts at the beginning of a new match between Ho and Lane. Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 women married to men at least 10 years younger than themselves. Ho defeats Lane. and wins $4,800 on the Money Cards, but no car. (total: $20,000) Ho meets new challenger Lorie.
540	2/19/1988	Ho	Lorie	Starts at the second question of Game 1. Ho defeats Lorie, wins an even $10,000 on the Money Cards, loses the car game and his grand total at this point is $30,200. Ho's new challenger is David, which is the first match with two male contestants since episode #394. David defeats Ho, becoming the new champion. Ho leaves with $30,200, and David will play the Money Cards at the beginning of the next show.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group February 22-26: 10 Women Married to Men At Least 10 Years Younger Than Themselves
541	2/22/1988	David	Christina	This episode, along with the next three episodes, aired in September 2008 during the "Play it Back: 80s" marathon. Show starts off with David playing the Money Cards, in which he wins $2,400. David also wins the car. (Total: $12,015) David meets new challenger Christina. Christina defeats David, who leaves with $12,015 plus a car. Christina wins $3,350 on the Money Cards, but doesn't win the car. (Total: $3,550) Christina later appeared on the 2019 revival of Card Sharks, hosted by Joel McHale.
542	2/23/1988	Christina	Theo	Show starts at the beginning of a new match between Christina and Theo. Theo was previously a contestant on Press Your Luck in 1985, and he also appeared on the Press Your Luck revival in 2020. Christina defeats Theo. She has a tough time on the Money Cards and busts, but with two Jokers, she wins the car. (Total: $13,165) Christina's new challenger is Marv.
543	2/24/1988	Christina	Marv	Show starts at the beginning of Game 2. Marv defeats Christina, who leaves with $13,165 plus a car. Marv wins $6,000 on the Money Cards, and wins the car, making it three days in a row that a car has been won. (Total: $15,615) Marv's new challenger is Karen.
544	2/25/1988	Marv	Karen	Show starts at the second question of Game 2. Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 teenage boys going steady. Karen defeats Marv, who leaves with $15,715 plus a car. Karen wins $3,200 on the Money Cards, but does not win the car. (Total: $3,400) Karen's new challenger is Tom.
545	2/26/1988	Karen	Tom	Show starts at the second question of Game 2. Tom defeats Karen and meets new challenger Florence. Florence defeats Tom and will meet a new challenger on the next program.

Charlie O'Donnell fills in for Gene Wood from February 29 to March 11.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group February 29-March 4: 10 Teenage Boys Going Steady
546	2/29/1988	Florence	Debbie	New sudden death tiebreaker game debuts. Debbie defeats Florence and will meet a new challenger on the next program.

March[]

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group February 29-March 4: 10 Teenage Boys Going Steady
547	3/1/1988	Debbie	Jim	No Money Cards and car game this episode due to a lengthy match.
548	3/2/1988	Debbie	Jim	Show kicks off with the sudden death tiebreaker between Debbie and Jim. Debbie defeats Jim and wins $14,800 on the Money Cards, but she does not win the car (total: $19,200) During a new match against opponent Steve, Debbie wins a $500 exact guess bonus. Match between Debbie and Steve continues on the next program.
549	3/3/1988	Debbie	Steve	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 flight attendants. Debbie defeats Steve and wins $2,400 on the Money Cards, but doesn't win a car (total: $22,300) New challenger Kriss is Debbie's new opponent. Kriss wins a $100 exact guess bonus on an audience poll question. Debbie defeats Kriss as time runs out and will play the Money Cards on the next program.
550	3/4/1988	Debbie	Gary	Debbie wins $6,000 on the Money Cards and wins a car (total: $36,909). New match with Debbie facing Gary begins. Debbie defeats Gary and becomes a five-time champion. Debbie wins another $4,600 on her final Money Cards and will play for the car one last time on Monday.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group March 7-11: 10 Flight Attendants
551	3/7/1988	Beth	Gladys	Debbie does not win the car on her final attempt and retires undefeated with $41,709. New match with two new challengers - Beth and Gladys - begins. Beth defeats Gladys (who won $100), wins $7,000 on the Money Cards and wins a car (total: $16,715); she will meet a new challenger on the next program.
552	3/8/1988	Beth	Jim	New match between Beth and opponent Jim begins. Beth defeats Jim, wins $1,100 on the Money Cards but doesn't win a car (total: $18,015); she will meet a new challenger on the next program.
553	3/9/1988	Beth	Jim	Jim is a different contestant than on yesterday's show. Beth defeats Jim and will meet a challenger on the next program.
554	3/10/1988	Beth	Toni	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 men married less than one year. Beth defeats Toni and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
555	3/11/1988	Beth	Gwendolyn

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group March 14-18: 10 Men Married Less Than One Year
556	3/14/1988
557	3/15/1988
558	3/16/1988	Mary
559	3/17/1988	Mary	Frank	Show starts at the beginning of Game 2. Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 self-made millionaires. Frank defeats Mary, who leaves with $18,501 plus a car. Frank wins $1,900 on the Money Cards after losing half in the Big Bet. He does not win the car. (Total: $2,100) Teri is Frank's new challenger.
560	3/18/1988	Frank	Teri	Show starts at the third question of Game 2. Teri defeats Frank, who leaves with $2,200. Teri wins $3,100 on the Money Cards, but doesn't win the car. (Total: $3,300) Audu is Teri's new challenger.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group March 21-25: 10 Self-Made Millionaires
561	3/21/1988	Teri	Audu	Show starts in the middle of Game 2. Teri defeats Audu. Teri wins $4,700 on the Money Cards, but doesn't win the car. (Total: $8,200) Charles is Teri's new challenger.
562	3/22/1988	Teri	Charles	Show starts in the middle of Game 2. Charles defeats Teri, who leaves with $8,400. Charles only wins $300 on the Money Cards, and doesn't win the car.(Total: $500) Isabel is Charles' new challenger.
563	3/23/1988	Charles	Isabel	Show starts at the beginning of Game 2. Isabel defeats Charles, who leaves with $600. Isabel wins $2,100 on the Money Cards, and wins a car. (Total: $14,091) Carolyn is Isabel's new challenger.
564	3/24/1988	Isabel	Carolyn	Show starts at the beginning of Game 2. Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 men married at least 50 years. Carolyn defeats Isabel, who leaves with $14,091 and a car. Carolyn wins $4,750 on the Money Cards, but doesn't win the car. (Total: $4,950) Clutch is Carolyn's new challenger.
565	3/25/1988	Carolyn	Clutch	Show starts at Game 1's Sudden Death question. Carolyn defeats Clutch. Carolyn wins $5,400 on the Money Cards, but doesn't win the car. (Total: $10,550) Michael is Carolyn's new challenger. Their match would continue on the Monday following Young People's Week XII.

Young People's Week XII runs from March 28 to April 1.

NOTE: Although Nicholas Mooneyhan does not show any information on his episode guide (which was virtually inactive since around July 2002) regarding the latter episodes of the upcoming Young People's Week, YouTube user thewhammy83 did upload the latter three episodes from that week in 2011, which allowed an opportunity to fill in the information that Mr. Mooneyhan was unable to fill in his episode guide.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group March 28-April 1: 10 Men Married At Least 50 Years
566	3/28/1988	Valeria	Sean	Match between Valeria and Sean continues from where it left off in December 1987, starting at the second question of Game 1. Sean defeats Valeria and will play the Money Cards at the start of the next program due to a long match.
567	3/29/1988	Ryan	Mandy	Show starts off with Sean playing the Money Cards where he wins $1,900 and the trip to Hawaii (total: $5,600) New match between Ryan and Mandy begins After a survey question about babies, Bob announces to the world that Lacey is pregnant. The answer to an educated guess question about kittens being born in a cat's lifetime shocks everyone in the studio. Match between Ryan and Mandy continues on the next program.
568	3/30/1988	Ryan	Mandy	Show starts at the sudden death tiebreaker. Mandy defeats Ryan and wins $1,025 on the Money Cards but doesn't win the trip (total: $1,225) New match starts with new players Tammy and Ian which continues on the next program. A survey question asked how many of 100 people on Hollywood Boulevard knew the person in the photo was Bob Eubanks.
569	3/31/1988	Tammy	Ian	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 female wrestlers from G.L.O.W. (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.) Show starts off with the sudden death tiebreaker game where Tammy defeats Ian. Tammy wins $4,200 on the Money Cards, brings three Jokers to the bonus game but doesn't win the trip (total: $4,400) Two new players, Katie and David, start a new match. Match is tied up as time runs out and the tiebreaker game will start on the next program.

April[]

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group March 28-April 1: 10 Men Married At Least 50 Years
570	4/1/1988	Katie	David	Show starts off with Katie and David playing the sudden death tiebreaker game where David defeats Katie. On the Money Cards, David wins $2,300 thanks to a push with double aces but loses the trip (total: $2,500) New young contestants Clayton and Lori start a new match which will continue into the next Young People's Week later in the year. An Easter-themed Educated Guess question involving a giant chocolate bunny is asked (the following Sunday, April 3, was Easter Sunday)

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group April 4-8: 10 Female Wrestlers from G.L.O.W. (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling)
Featured car: Isuzu Trooper ($12,618)
571	4/4/1988	Carolyn	Michael	Show starts at the beginning of Game 2. Mt. Fiji lifts Bob over her head and may be the only person seen barefoot on the set. Michael defeats Carolyn, who leaves with $10,550. Michael wins $6,300 on the Money Cards, but does not win the car. (Total: $6,500) Michael faces new challenger Ginnie. Match between Michael and Ginnie continues on the next program.
572	4/5/1988	Michael	Ginnie	Match between Michael and Ginnie continues, starting at the second question of Game 2. Ginnie wins a $100 exact guess bonus during an audience polling question. Michael defeats Ginnie, wins $5,100 on the Money Cards and wins the $12,000+ Isuzu Trooper. (total: $24,418) Michael faces new challenger Pat. Match between Michael and Pat continues on the next program.
573	4/6/1988	Michael	Pat	Match between Michael and Pat continues, starting at the beginning of Game 2. Pat defeats Michael, who leaves with $24,418 and a car. Pat wins $6,450 on the Money Cards and wins the Isuzu Trooper. Pat meets new challenger Preston. Match between Pat and Preston continues on the next program.
574	4/7/1988	Pat	Preston	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 female nudists. Preston defeats Pat and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
575	4/8/1988	Preston

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group April 11-15: 10 Female Nudists (Fully-clothed on the show)
576	4/11/1988	Preston	Robin	Robin wins a $500 exact guess bonus. Robin defeats Preston and wins $2,000 on the Money Cards but doesn't win the car (total: $2,700). Robin will meet a new challenger on the next program.
577	4/12/1988	Robin	Kim	Robin wins a $100 exact guess bonus during an audience polling question. Robin defeats Kim and wins $1,450 on the Money Cards but doesn't win the car (total: $4,350). Robin will meet a new challenger on the next program.
578	4/13/1988
579	4/14/1988	Don		Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 clowns.
580	4/15/1988	Don	Deb	Deb defeats Don who leaves with $3,000. Deb wins $15,200 on the Money Cards and the car (Total: $23,009) Deb faces new challenger Scott in a new match that will continue on the next program.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group April 18-22: 10 Clowns
581	4/18/1988	Deb	Scott	Match between Deb and Scott resumes, starting at the second question of Game 1. Scott defeats Deb, who leaves with $23,009 and a car. Scott wins $12,000 on his first Money Cards but doesn't win the car. (total: $12,200) Scott faces Niki in a new match which will continue on the next program.
582	4/19/1988	Scott	Niki	Match between Scott and Niki resumes, starting at the second question of Game 1. Scott defeats Niki, wins $7,050 on his second Money Cards, takes two Jokers to the car game and wins the car (total: $28,351) Scott faces new challenger June. Scott runs the cards and wins the first round of the new match. Match between Scott and June continues on the next program.
583	4/20/1988	Scott	June	Match between Scott and June resumes at the beginning of Round 2. Scott defeats June after a very short match, wins another $13,000 on his third Money Cards and wins another car. (total: $50,452) Scott faces new challenger Teri. Teri wins a $100 exact guess bonus on an audience poll question. At the end of the show, the match is tied. Sudden death tiebreaker between Scott and Teri will begin on the next program.
584	4/21/1988	Scott	Teri	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group. Show starts off with sudden death tiebreaker between Scott and Teri. Scott defeats Teri, wins $1,800 on his fourth trip to the Money Cards and wins yet another car (total: $61,353). Scott becomes the biggest winner of the entire CBS series, the second player to win three cars and the only player to surpass $60,000 in winnings. Scott meets new challenger Lidia. Lidia wins a $500 bonus on an educated guess question about Elizabeth Taylor's weight. At the end of the show, Lidia leads the match one game to none. Match between Scott and Lidia continues on the next program.
585	4/22/1988	Scott	Lidia	Match between Scott and Lidia resumes, starting at the second question of Game 2. Lidia defeats Scott, who leaves with $61,353 and three cars. Lidia wins $1,400 on the Money Cards but doesn't win the car. (Total: $2,100) Lidia meets Ed as her new challenger. Match between Lidia and Ed continues on the next program.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group April 25-29: TBA
586	4/25/1988	Lidia	Ed	Match between Lidia and Ed continues.
587	4/26/1988
588	4/27/1988
589	4/28/1988			Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 17-year-old girls from Beverly Hills.
590	4/29/1988

May[]

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group May 2-6: 10 17-Year-Old Girls from Beverly Hills
591	5/2/1988
592	5/3/1988
593	5/4/1988
594	5/5/1988	Curtis		Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 male Playgirl centerfolds. Curtis will meet a new challenger on the next program.
595	5/6/1988	Curtis	Lawonda	Starts at the third question of Game 1. Curtis defeats Lawonda and wins $8,000 on the Money Cards. He does not win the car. (Total: $11,200) Curtis meets new challenger Mary.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group May 9-13: *10 Male Playgirl* Centerfolds**
596	5/9/1988	Curtis	Mary	Starts at the third question of Game 1.
597	5/10/1988
598	5/11/1988
599	5/12/1988			Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 men married to mail-order brides
600	5/13/1988

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Notes
Audience Polling Group May 16-20: 10 Men Married to Mail-Order Brides
601	5/16/1988
602	5/17/1988
603	5/18/1988
604	5/19/1988	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group.
605	5/20/1988

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group May 23-27: 10 Moms who have 10 or more children
606	5/23/1988	Eli
607	5/24/1988	Eli	Kevin	Starts at the beginning of a new match between Eli and Kevin, a rare match between two male contestants. Eli wins a $100 exact guess bonus on an audience poll question. Kevin defeats Eli, who leaves with $4,250. Kevin wins $2,800 on the Money Cards. He will play for the car to start the next show. (total: $3,000)
608	5/25/1988	Kevin		Show starts with Kevin playing the car game.
609	5/26/1988	Gigi		Bob plugs next week's audience polling group. Gigi has $7,850 at this point and will play for the car to start off the next show.
610	5/27/1988	Gigi	Douchan	Show starts with Gigi playing for the car. She doesn't win it. Gigi meets new challenger Douchan. Douchan wins a $500 exact guess bonus on a 100 people question. Gigi defeats Douchan in the sudden death tiebreaker. The Money Cards was not played in this episode due to the long match, so Gigi will play the Money Cards to start off the next show.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group May 30-June 3: 10 Marriage Counselors
611	5/30/1988	Gigi	Michael	Starts at Gigi at Money Cards. She wins $1,000, but no car. Total after this: $9,050. Gigi meets new challenger Michael. Gigi defeats Michael and will play the Money Cards to start off the next show.
612	5/31/1988	Gigi	Jeri	Starts at Gigi at Money Cards again. She wins $2,200, but no car. Total after this: $11,450. Gigi meets new challenger Jeri. Gigi wins two exact guess bonuses; a $100 bonus on an audience poll question, and then a $500 bonus on a 100 people question. Jeri defeats Gigi in the sudden death tiebreaker after Gigi fails on a Queen. Gigi leaves with $12,150. Jeri wins $4,800 on the Money Cards, but doesn't win the car. Total after this: $5,000

June[]

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group May 30-June 3: 10 Marriage Counselors
613	6/1/1988	Jeri	Jimmy	Starts at a new match between Jeri & Jimmy. Jeri wins a $500 exact guess bonus on a 100 people question. Jeri defeats Jimmy and wins $11,000 at the Money Cards, but no car. Total after this: $16,700.
614	6/2/1988	Jeri	Jono	Starts at a new match between Jeri & Jono (Jonathan). Jeri defeats Jono and wins $1,200 at the Money Cards, but no car. Total after this: $18,100. Jeri meets new challenger Darci. Jeri wins a $100 exact guess bonus on an audience poll question. Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 bodyguards of celebrities.
615	6/3/1988	Jeri	Darci	Starts at 3rd question in Round 1 between Jeri & Darci. Jeri defeats Darci and wins $8,100 at the Money Cards after successfully going against the odds on a 7 at the Big Bet, but no car. Total after this: $26,500.

NOTE: During the following week, Ray Combs would make a series of appearances to plug the new revival of Family Feud which he would be hosting and would premiere on CBS a month later. The obvious reason for the plugs was to allow enough time to get families on the show as the daytime series was about to start taping by this point in the run.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group June 6-10: 10 Bodyguards of Celebrities
Featured car: Jeep Commanche ($x,xxx)
616	6/6/1988	Jeri	Jodi	Starts at a new match between Jeri & Jodi. An educated guess question involves the audience polling group. Jeri wins a $500 exact guess bonus on a 100 people question. Jeri defeats Jodi and wins $4,875 on the Money Cards. At the end of her final Money Cards, Jeri has won $32,075. No car game played in this episode so Jeri will play it at the start of the next show.
617	6/7/1988	Jan	Bernie	Jeri plays her final car game to start off the show but doesn't win the car; she retires undefeated with $32,075. Suzanna gives the contestant plug after the first commercial break but Combs interrupts her and plugs Family Feud by saying "Why would anybody want to be on Card Sharks when you can be on Family Feud?" Two new challengers, Jan and Bernie, start a new match. Bernie is back from a previous episode due to a technical error. Jan defeats Bernie and wins just $700 on the Money Cards (total: $900) Jan will play for the car on the next episode.
618	6/8/1988	Jan	Kitty	Jan plays for the car at the start of the show but doesn't win it. (total: $900) After Combs plugs the revival of Family Feud following the first commercial break, a new match starts with challenger Kitty. Kitty defeats Jan who leaves with just $900. The Money Cards was not played in this episode due to the long match, so Kitty will play the Money Cards on the next program.
619	6/9/1988	Kitty	Tim	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 Russian immigrants. Show starts with Kitty playing the Money Cards. She wins $7,300, but no car. (Total: $7,500) Kitty meets new challenger Tim. Kitty defeats Tim and wins another $9,400 on the Money Cards, but again doesn't win the car. (Total: $17,100) Kitty will meet a new challenger to start off the next program.
620	6/10/1988	Kitty	Pattie	Starts at the beginning of a new match between Kitty and Pattie. Kitty wins a $100 exact guess bonus on an audience poll question. Kitty defeats Pattie and wins another $7,900 on the Money Cards, and this time she wins the car. (Total: $34,129) Kitty meets new challenger Gloria.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group June 13-17: 10 Russian Immigrants
Featured car: Buick Skyhawk ($9,415)
621	6/13/1988	Kitty	Gloria	Starts at the third question of Round 1. Gloria defeats Kitty, who leaves with $34,129 plus a car. Gloria wins $3,200 on the Money Cards despite busting on the first level. She doesn't win the car. (Total: $3,400) Gloria meets new challenger Tony.
622	6/14/1988	Gloria	Tony	Starts at the second question of Round 1. Gloria defeats Tony. In the Money Cards, she busts on the first level again (both times with a 4), but still wins $2,500. Again, she doesn't win the car. (Total: $6,100)
623	6/15/1988	Gloria	Sharon	Starts at a new match between Gloria & Sharon. Sharon wins a $500 bonus for an exact guess. Sharon defeats Gloria after Gloria loses on a duplicate King in the sudden death tiebreaker. Gloria leaves with $6,200. Sharon plays the Money Cards and wins $15,200; she then takes her only Joker to the car game but doesn't win the car (Total: $15,900).
624	6/16/1988	Sharon	David	Starts at a new match between Sharon & David. Sharon defeats David and wins another $4,000 in the Money Cards, but doesn't win the car. (Total: $20,100) Sharon now faces new challenger Gary in a new match.
625	6/17/1988	Sharon	Gary	Match between Sharon and Gary continues, starting at the beginning of Game 2. Sharon defeats Gary and plays the Money Cards yet again. Sharon bets $10,000 on a four on the Big Bet row, and ends up winning $24,800! Talk about lucky - she also wins the car! (Total: $54,515!) Sharon now faces new challenger Steve in a new match.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group June 20 to 24, 1988: Cheerleaders from the Los Angeles Raiderettes
Featured car: Ford Festiva ($7,923)
626	6/20/1988	Sharon	Steve	Match between Sharon and Steve continues, starting at the third question of Game 1. Steve defeats Sharon, who leaves with $54,515 plus a car. Steve wins $1,200 in the Money Cards, but no car. (Total: $1,400). Steve now faces new challenger Marsha in a new match. Steve defeats Marsha in a very quick match lasting two questions, in which he runs the cards both times and doesn't let Marsha play her cards in either game. Steve will play the Money Cards on the next program.
627	6/21/1988	Steve	Luana	Starts with Steve playing the Money Cards, in which he wins $2,000, but doesn't win the car. (Total: $3,600) Steve now faces new challenger Luana in a new match. Steve defeats Luana, and wins $22,800 in the Money Cards thanks to a successful $10,000 bet on a King. (Total: $26,600) Steve will play for the car on the next program.
628	6/22/1988	Steve	Joe	Starts with Steve playing for the car. He doesn't win it. Steve now faces new challenger Joe in a new match. A rare occurrence of two male players competing against each other. Steve wins a $100 exact guess bonus on an audience poll question. Steve defeats Joe in the sudden death tiebreaker after Joe fails on a 3. No Money Cards is played in the episode due to the lengthy match, so Steve will play the Money Cards to start the next program.
629	6/23/1988	Steve	Rhonda	Starts with Steve playing the Money Cards, in which Steve wins $2,400. After that, Steve finally wins the car. (Total: $37,223) Steve now faces new challenger Rhonda in a new match. Rhonda defeats Steve, who leaves with $37,323 plus a car. Rhonda only wins $400 in the Money Cards after some bad luck. However, she also wins the car, making it the second car win of this episode. (Total: $8,523)
630	6/24/1988	Rhonda	Donna	Starts at a new match between Rhonda & Donna. Rhonda defeats Donna. Her bad luck continues in the Money Cards, as she only wins another $600. This time, she doesn't win the car. (Total: $9,323) Rhonda now faces new challenger Bobby in a new match.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
Audience Polling Group June 27 to July 1, 1988: Former Tax Auditors from the I.R.S.
Featured car: Buick Skyhawk ($9,415)
636	6/27/1988	Rhonda	Bobby	Match between Rhonda & Bobby continues, starting at the third question of Game 1. Bobby defeats Rhonda, who leaves with $9,323 plus a car. Bobby wins $4,200 in the Money Cards, but does not win the car. (Total: $4,400) Bobby now faces new challenger Lynn in a new match.
637	6/28/1988	Bobby	Lynn	Match between Bobby & Lynn continues, starting at the beginning of Game 2. Bobby defeats Lynn and wins $3,275 in the Money Cards, despite losing half at the Big Bet. With 2 Jokers, he wins the car. (Total: $17,290) Bobby now faces new challenger Jenni in a new match.
638	6/29/1988	Bobby	Jenni	Match between Bobby & Jenni continues, starting at the beginning of Game 2. Bobby defeats Jenni and wins $1,100 in the Money Cards, and he wins his second car. (Total: $28,005) Bobby now faces new challenger Monica in a new match.
639	6/30/1988	Bobby	Monica	Match between Bobby & Monica continues, starting at the second question of Game 2. Monica defeats Bobby, who leaves with $28,005 plus two cars. Monica wins $7,000 in the Money Cards despite three Kings in a row on the second level, but does not win the car. (Total: $7,200) Monica now faces new challenger Michael in a new match.

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