Name That Tune
When Fox’sName That Tunereboot premiere on Wednesday it will be the former in a long telephone line of revivals for this show . The show primitively started out on NBC tuner in 1952 and was originally host by Red Benson , before move to television receiver a year later . The TV version was host by well - known game show host Bill Cullen and later George DeWitt , who take over for Bill in 1955 . While the show started on NBC , it later moved to CBS where it ran for several more long time .
The show was later reinvented as a daytime game show , host by Dennis James . Unfortunately , this edition only lasted about five month . However , it was soon reinvented again as a syndicated edition host by Tom Kennedy , where the top prize was $ 25,000 ( which , in today ’s buck , would be deserving about $ 107,000).It was this versionthat would prove to be the most pop . ( There was a second syndicate version done in the mid-80s , also hosted by Tom Kennedy . ) The prize was later increased to $ 100,000 and the show title changed to the$100,000 Name That Tune .
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While the format of the show was tweak over the years , many things remained unvarying : two contestants — ordinarily one male and one female who were chosen from the studio hearing — were choose to recreate a serial of three round of melodic games .
One of those game was called “ Money Roulette . “Contestants spun a line roulette wheelto limit how much money they would play for . The amounts available on the cycle were $ 20 , $ 50 , $ 100 , $ 200 , $ 500 , or $ 1000 , although not in that order . There were actually two spots useable for a $ 100 loot . The grounds for this is that each protester had a $ 100 spot of their own and would have that money disregardless if the wheel landed on their spot . and the amount of money on which they land . In later seasons , the dollar amounts were increased to $ 100 , $ 200 , 300 , 400 , two $ 500 spots , and the top prize remained $ 1,000 .
Another game was called “ Build - A - Tune ” , where the orchestra would fiddle a line with minimal instrumentation , and step by step add more tool , until the fully - direct interpretation was being play . Here as well , contestants who guessed a song correctly would get one point in time . Some of the songs featured in these biz included “ On the Street Where You Live ” , “ Knock on Wood , " “ Sleigh Ride ” , and “ Monday , Monday ” . The last of these three round was know as the “ Bid - A - Note ” round . It ’s also the round from which the show gets its name . The first contestant would have to protrude at a maximum of seven notes , and state “ I can name that melodic line in [ x number of ] notes . " Since contestants alternating in underbidding each other , the other dissenter would either name a fewer number of notes or challenge their opponent to “ name that tune ” .
The contestant with the most points at the end of this rhythm would move on to the “ Golden Medley ” bonus round , where they had to identify a certain act of melodic phrase in 30 sec . The current reboot on Fox , while being host by Jane Krakowski ( Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,30 Rock ) , also stars Randy Jackson ( American Idol)as the bandleader who will be the one act the notes for the contestants . While its unclear which game will be returning , you’re able to look on the Bid - A - tone round to provide some old - fashioned , family - well-disposed fun .
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Name That Tuneairs Midweek at 9 atomic number 61 Eastern Standard Time on Fox .
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