Double Dare: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Double Dare is an American television game show, produced by Mark Goodson—Bill Todman Productions, that ran from 1976 to 1977 on CBS. Alex Trebek was the host, with Johnny Olson and later Gene Wood announcing. Two contestants, each in separate isolation booths, attempted to correctly identify a person, place or thing based on one-sentence clues that were given to them, one at a time, on an electronic gameboard. The correct response was shown to the home audience before the first clue was given. The clues would typically begin with an obscure bit of trivia concerning the subject, with each subsequent clue offering more information and making it easier for the contestants to identify the subject. Each subject had ten total clues associated with it.

Series details

• Title: Double Dare
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1976-12-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 1977-04-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 22454
• IMDb ID: tt0179566

Cast and credited roles

• Alex Trebek — Host
• Johnny Olson — Announcer (December 1976-February 1977)
• Gene Wood — Announcer (1977)

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1976-12-13; final listed air date 1977-04-29.

Source and licence

Adapted from Double Dare on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.