The $64,000 Question
Series premiere
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1955-06-07
Curated landmark Open databases lack a full episode list for this title. This entry is a public cultural milestone from the TV Flash desk — not a complete season guide.
Synopsis
Isolation booths, Revlon money, and knowledge as spectacle. America holds its breath for the big question — and networks scramble to clone the format.
Desk landmark
Desk landmark: the quiz boom that made experts into celebrities and sponsors into co-stars.
In the series
This episode is part of The $64,000 Question (1955–1958) on CBS.
Isolation booths, big money, and the quiz boom that made America hold its breath — then file subpoenas.
Key cast
- Hal March as Host