Episode guide
The $64,000 Question
2 desk landmarks · not a full season guide · 1955–1958 · CBS
Desk landmarks. Open broadcast databases lack a full episode list for this title. TV Flash lists curated desk landmarks (public cultural milestones) — not a complete guide.
Landmarks
Desk landmarks
2 landmarks
- S01E01 Series premiere
Isolation booths, Revlon money, and knowledge as spectacle. America holds its breath for the big question — and networks scramble to clone the format.
Desk — Desk landmark: the quiz boom that made experts into celebrities and sponsors into co-stars.
- S01E02 Quiz-show era peak
At peak fever the show is a national pastime — until the broader quiz scandals turn isolation booths into symbols of rigged trust.
Desk — Desk landmark: big-money quiz TV invents appointment suspense, then teaches America how formats can lie.