Truth or Consequences: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Truth or Consequences is an American television show originally hosted on NBC radio by Ralph Edwards (1940–1957) and later on television by Edwards (1950–1954), Jack Bailey (1954–1955), Bob Barker (1956–1975), Bob Hilton (1977–1978) and Larry Anderson (1987–1988). The television show ran on CBS, NBC and also in syndication. The premise of the show was to mix the original quiz element of game shows with wacky stunts.

The daily syndicated show was produced by Ralph Edwards Productions (later Ralph Edwards/Stu Billett Productions), in association with and distributed by Metromedia Producers Corporation (1966–1978) and Lorimar-Telepictures (1987–1988) Current rights are owned by Ralph Edwards Productions and FremantleMedia.

Series details

• Title: Truth or Consequences
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1950-09-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 1950-09-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 7026

Cast and credited roles

• Jack Bailey — Host
• Bob Barker — Host
• Ralph Edwards — Host
• Frank Barton — Announcer
• Jerry Lawrence — Announcer
• Ken Carpenter — Announcer

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1950-09-07; final listed air date 1950-09-07.

Source and licence

Adapted from Truth or Consequences 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.