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.

Audience Polling Group January 4-8: 10 Men who Placed Personal Ads in a Newspaper
Featured car: Dodge Shadow ($8,901)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
498	1/4/1988	Ernie	LaRue	First show of 1988, with no mention on air. Match between Ernie vs. LaRue continues. Ernie defeats LaRue, plays the Money Cards again, and wins $##,###. 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, 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, and busts on the Money Cards for the first time in quite a while, and does not win the car either despite possessing two jokers (total: $200) Julie faces new challenger Katy. Match between Julie and Katy continues on the next program.

Audience Polling Group January 11-15: 10 Female Deputies from the San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department
Featured car: Jeep Wrangler ($x,xxx)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
503	1/11/1988	Julie	Katy	Match between Julie vs. Katy continues. Educated guess answer reveal now has a border outline. Font is still Helvetica. Katy defeats Julie, wins $2,400 on the Money Cards, and does not win the car. 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 defeats Katy and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
506	1/14/1988	Mo	Joe	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 engaged men. Joe defeats Mo. Joe meet his brand-new opponent Tamara. Match between Joe and Tamara continues on the next program.
507	1/15/1988	Joe	Tamara	Joe defeats Tamara. Joe meet his new opponent Jillian. Jillian defeats Joe and will play the Money Cards on the next program.

Audience Polling Group January 18-22: 10 Engaged Men
Featured car: Subaru DL ($9,126)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
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. New challenger Scotty is from Glasgow, Scotland. Scotty defeats Jillian at the end of the show and will play the Money Cards at the top of the next show.
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. Scotty meets new challenger Lisa. Lisa defeats Scotty. 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. In the same first segment, a new match with Lisa vs. Fran begins. Fran defeats Lisa, busts on the Money Cards and loses the car. 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 midway through the first round. Fran defeats Tim, wins $12,150 on the Money Cards but does not win the car. 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 and 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 likely back at the mic by this point.

Audience Polling Group January 25-29: 10 Women Who Divorced Their Husbands and Later Re-married Them
Featured car: Volkswagen Cabriolet ($16,500)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
521	1/25/1988	Jeff	Linda	Linda defeats Jeff and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
522	1/26/1988	Linda	Lance	Lance defeats Linda and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
523	1/27/1988	Lance	Veronica	Veronica defeats Lance and will play the Money Cards on the next program.
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 the Money Cards. Veronica's new challenger is Tom. Veronica defeats Tom and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
525	1/29/1988	Veronica	Nikki	Nikki defeats Veronica, who leaves with $23,050. Nikki wins $16,400 in the Money Cards, but no car. (Total: $16,600) Butch is Nikki's new challenger. Match between Nikki and Butch continues on the next program.

February

Audience Polling Group February 1-5: 10 Los Angeles County Firefighters
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
526	2/1/1988	Nikki	Butch	Match between Nikki and Butch continues. Nikki defeats Butch and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
527	2/2/1988	Nikki	Ethel	Nikki defeats Ethel and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
528	2/3/1988	Nikki	Karen	Karen defeats Nikki and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
529	2/4/1988	Karen	Jeff	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 Las Vegas showgirls. Jeff defeats Karen and meets new challenger Evie. Evie defeats Jeff and 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 meets new challenger Deverick. Match between Evie and Deverick continues on the next program.

Audience Polling Group February 8-12: 10 Las Vegas Showgirls
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
531	2/8/1988	Evie	Deverick	Deverick defeats Evie and meets new challenge Dinah. Dinah defeats Deverick and will play the Money Cards on the next program.
532	2/9/1988	Dinah	Rick	Show starts with Dinah playing the Money Cards winning $23,200 but no car. New match begins with new challenger Rick. Rick defeats Dinah, who leaves with $24,000 (it is assumed that Dinah won no more than $600 on a previous playing of the Money Cards). 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.
533	2/10/1988	Rick	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: $##,###). Karen takes on her new opponent Leah in a new match, which continues on the next program.
535	2/12/1988	Karen	Leah	Karen defeats Leah, and wins $8,800 on the Money Cards, but no car (total: $##,###). 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.

Audience Polling Group February 15-19: 10 Child Beauty Pageant Winners
Featured car: Isuzu Trooper ($12,618)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
536	2/15/1988	Kerry	Peter	Kerry wins $15,900 on the Money Cards, but no car. New match with opponent Peter begins. Kerry remains champion but sadly busts in the Money Cards, she also loses the car. Kerry will meet a new challenger on the next program.
537	2/16/1988	Kerry	Van	Kerry defeats Van and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
538	2/17/1988	Kerry	Ho	Ho defeats Kerry and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
539	2/18/1988	Ho	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 will meet a new challenger on the next program.
540	2/19/1988	Ho	Lorie	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. This may be the earliest occurrence of a match involving two male contestants. David defeats Ho, becoming the new champion and will play the Money Cards at the beginning of the next show.

Audience Polling Group February 22-26: 10 Women Married to Men At Least 10 Years Younger Than Themselves
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
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. David meets new challenger Christina. Christina defeats David and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
542	2/23/1988	Christina	Theo	Christina defeats Theo and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
543	2/24/1988	Christina	Marv	Marv defeats Christina and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
544	2/25/1988	Marv	Karen	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 teenage boys going steady. Karen defeats Marv and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
545	2/26/1988	Karen	Tom	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.

Audience Polling Group February 29-March 4: 10 Teenage Boys Going Steady
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
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

Audience Polling Group February 29-March 4: 10 Teenage Boys Going Steady
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
547	3/1/1988	Debbie	Jim	No Money Cards and car game this episode due to a lengthy match. As time runs out, Debbie remains the champion and will play the Money Cards on the next program.
548	3/2/1988	Debbie	Steve	Show kicks off with Debbie playing the Money Cards, where she wins $14,800, but she does not win the car (total: $15,000) 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, wins $2,400 on the Money Cards but doesn't win a car (total: $17,600) 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: $##,###). 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.

Audience Polling Group March 7-11: 10 Flight Attendants
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
551	3/7/1988	Beth	Gladys	Debbie does not win the car on her final attempt and retires 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

Audience Polling Group March 14-18: 10 Men Married Less Than One Year
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
556	3/14/1988
557	3/15/1988
558	3/16/1988
559	3/17/1988			Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 self-made millionaires.
560	3/18/1988

Audience Polling Group March 21-25: 10 Self-Made Millionaires
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
561	3/21/1988
562	3/22/1988	Teri	Charles	Charles defeats Teri and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
563	3/23/1988	Charles	Isabel	Isabel defeats Charles and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
564	3/24/1988	Isabel	Carolyn	Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 men married at least 50 years. Carolyn defeats Isabel and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
565	3/25/1988	Carolyn	Clutch	Carolyn defeats Clutch and will meet a new challenger on the Monday following Young People's Week.

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.

Audience Polling Group March 28-April 1: 10 Men Married At Least 50 Years
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
566	3/28/1988	Valerie	Sean	Sean defeats Valerie and will play the Money Cards at the start of the next program.
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	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

Audience Polling Group March 28-April 1: 10 Men Married At Least 50 Years
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
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)

Audience Polling Group April 4-8: 10 Female Wrestlers from G.L.O.W. (Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling)
Featured car: Isuzu Trooper ($12,618)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
571	4/4/1988	Carolyn	Michael	Mt. Fiji lifts Bob over her head and may be the only person seen barefoot on the set. Michael defeats Carolyn and meets 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. 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. Michael faces new challenger Pat. Match between Michael and Pat continues on the next program.
573	4/6/1988	Michael	Pat	Pat defeats Michael, 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

Audience Polling Group April 11-15: 10 Female Nudists (Fully-clothed on the show)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
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			Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 clowns.
580	4/15/1988	Deb	Don	Deb defeats Don who leaves with $3,000. Deb wins $15,200 on the Money Cards and the car (Total: $##,###) Deb faces new challenger Scott in a new match that will continue on the next program.

Audience Polling Group April 18-22: 10 Clowns
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
581	4/18/1988	Deb	Scott	Match between Deb and Scott resumes. Scott defeats Deb, 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. 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. At the end of the show, the match is tied. 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 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	Lidia defeats Scott, 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.

Audience Polling Group April 25-29: TBA
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
586	4/25/1988			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

Audience Polling Group May 2-6: 10 17-Year-Old Girls from Beverly Hills
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
591	5/2/1988
592	5/3/1988
593	5/4/1988
594	5/5/1988			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

Audience Polling Group May 9-13: 10 Male Playgirl Centerfolds
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
596	5/9/1988
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

Audience Polling Group May 16-20: 10 Men Married to Mail-Order Brides
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
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

Audience Polling Group May 23-27: TBA
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
606	5/23/1988
607	5/24/1988
608	5/25/1988
609	5/26/1988			Bob plugs next week's audience polling group.
610	5/27/1988

Audience Polling Group May 30-June 3: TBA
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
611	5/30/1988
612	5/31/1988

June

Audience Polling Group May 30-June 3: TBA
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
613	6/1/1988
614	6/2/1988			Bob plugs next week's audience polling group consisting of 10 bodyguards of celebrities.
615	6/3/1988	Jeri	Jimmy	Jeri defeats Jimmy and will meet a new challenger on the next program.

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.

Audience Polling Group June 6-10: 10 Bodyguards of Celebrities
Featured car: Jeep Commanche ($x,xxx)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
616	6/6/1988	Jeri	Jodi	An educated guess question involves the audience polling group. Jeri defeats Jodi. At the end of the 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 the car game to start off the show but doesn't win the car; she retires 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. 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. 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. Kitty meets new challenger Tim. Kitty defeats Tim and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
620	6/10/1988	Kitty	Pattie	Kitty defeats Pattie and will meet a new challenger on the next program.

Audience Polling Group June 13-17: 10 Russian Immigrants
Featured car: Buick Skyhawk ($9,415)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
621	6/13/1988	Kitty	Gloria	Gloria defeats Kitty and will meet a new challenger on the next program.
622	6/14/1988	Gloria	Tony	Gloria defeats Tony and will meet a new challenger on the next program; her current total is $6,200.
623	6/15/1988	Gloria	Sharon	Sharon defeats Gloria after Gloria loses on a duplicate King in the sudden death tiebreaker. Gloria leaves with $6,200, and Sharon plays the Money Cards, where she wins $15,200. Sharon then takes her only Joker to the car game, and does not win the car (total $15,900)
624	6/16/1988
625	6/17/1988	Sharon	Gary	Match between Sharon and Gary continues. 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.

Audience Polling Group June 20 to 24, 1988: Cheerleaders from the Los Angeles Raiderettes
Featured car: Ford Festiva ($7,923)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
626	6/20/1988
627	6/21/1988	Sharon	Steve
628	6/22/1988	Steve	Joe	A rare occurrence of two male players competing against each other.
629	6/23/1988	Steve	Rhonda
630	6/24/1988	Rhonda	Donna

Audience Polling Group June 27 to July 1, 1988: Former Tax Auditors from the I.R.S.
Featured car: Buick Skyhawk ($9,415)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
631	6/27/1988
632	6/28/1988
633	6/29/1988
634	6/30/1988

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