Gamble on Love
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Gamble on Love is an American
game show
which ran on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network
from July 16 to August 20, 1954. The series, originally hosted by Denise Darcel
, had three couples competing for a prize.
The series aired Friday nights at 10:30 PM Eastern on most DuMont affiliates. Darcel was replaced on August 6 by comedian Ernie Kovacs
, who also hosted the retitled version, Time Will Tell
, which started August 27.
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Game show
A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...
which ran on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
from July 16 to August 20, 1954. The series, originally hosted by Denise Darcel
Denise Darcel
Denise Darcel is a retired French actress who made a few films in Hollywood.Born as Denise Billecard in Paris, she was college educated. According to one of her friends who she met in Paris during WWII, she was a passenger in an L-5 Stinson light observation aircraft on VJ Day to see the...
, had three couples competing for a prize.
The series aired Friday nights at 10:30 PM Eastern on most DuMont affiliates. Darcel was replaced on August 6 by comedian Ernie Kovacs
Ernie Kovacs
Ernie Kovacs was a Hungarian American comedian and actor.Kovacs' uninhibited, often ad-libbed, and visually experimental comedic style came to influence numerous television comedy programs for years after his death in an automobile accident...
, who also hosted the retitled version, Time Will Tell
Time Will Tell (TV series)
Time Will Tell is an early American game show which aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from August 27 to October 15, 1954. The show's host, Ernie Kovacs, would go on to host other shows on both DuMont and NBC....
, which started August 27.