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Winning Lines is an American game show that aired from January 8, 2000, to February 18, 2000, the day after its official cancellation. Adapted from the British format of the same name created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight , it was considered as CBS 's answer to the success of ABC 's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire .
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was the short-lived big money quizzer based on the British series which came to pass due to the success of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (which itself also came from Britain and was also co-produced by Celador). This is part of The National Lottery series.
Main Game Wonderwall (Bonus Round)
In the Wonderwall round, the winning contestant had three minutes to answer a series of questions and win more money. They would sit in a chair that, when prompted, would turn them around to face The Wonderwall, which itself was a set of three projection television sets displaying 49 answers to 49 questions numbered 1-49. Before the round began, the contestant had 15 seconds to study the board, the answers, and their numbers. On each question, the contestant had 15 seconds to answer, and he/she had to answer the question by giving the number of the answer and the answer itself before moving on to another question. Each time the winning player answered a question correctly and properly, he/she won some money; but each time the contestant answered wrong or failed to answer in 15 seconds, he/she gained a strike. Getting three strikes or having the three minutes expire, lost the round and won nothing but still kept the $2,500 won from the game. If the winning contestant was unsure of an answer or couldn't find it, he/she could pass on a question, but he/she could only pass twice. Also on two questions, the winning player could press a "Pit Stop" button he/she held in his/her hand and take a 15 second "Pit Stop". Upon taking a "Pit Stop", the main clock stopped and the contestant had the time to look over the board, but couldn't give an answer during that time, even if they had it to that point. Now the one most important thing to remember was this: if the winning contestant got two strikes or if there's 15 seconds left on the clock (which ever came first), a big button with a glowing red light and a pulsating heartbeat sound was activated; this was the "Bail Out" button. At that point on, the contestant could press the button to "Bail Out" at anytime, stop the game, and keep all the money earned up to that point. But as mentioned before, the player had to "Bail Out" before time ran out or he/she got that third strike in order to keep the money or he/she would lose it all but the $2,500 won from the main game. All the information was available on an Apple iMac screen below the Wonderwall's middle screen, to help track the contestant's progress. At home while all this was going on, the answers on the Wonderwall scrolled left and right back & forth; upon a correct or wrong answer, the board zipped to the spot with the correct answer. On a Pit Stop, the answers leftover scrolled to the left.
Home Viewer Contest
During the show, home viewers could win $50,000 in cash with the use of their home or cell phone numbers by playing a home viewer game. In the first round, the last digit of each surviving contestant's number became the lucky number on the home viewer winning line. Plus, the last digit of the last correct answer given at the Wonderwall became the seventh & final number of the home viewer winning line. The home viewer's telephone number could be in any order at all, and if the viewer's home or cell phone number matched all seven numbers in any way, he/she won $50,000 in cash. The home viewers entered, simply by calling the 800 number on the screen.
Catherine Rahm – She was the show's first & biggest winner from the first show having won $500,000. She knew the final correct answer that could've won her $1,000,000, but time was running out, so she bailed out instead despite having one pit stop left.
Mike McKay – He was the second biggest winner with the third top prize which was $400,000. He came very close to losing everything because the time was ready to run out when he pressed the Bail Out button after answering his 18th and final question and winning all that money.
The following list of Countries that have previously aired their version of Winning Lines include:
France
India
Portugal
Turkey
United Kingdom (country that originated the program)
Eleven episodes were taped, but the show was canceled after ten shows.
Starting with the second episode before the first round, Clark would only talk to a handful of people since he couldn't really talk to everybody without not playing the game.
Originally Geraldo Rivera was offered the hosting gig, but turned it down due to a last minute contract dispute.
This was Dick Clark's next to last game show (though he continued to be on his New Year's special) before he died of a heart attack at 82.
Based on the British show of the same name by David Briggs, Steve Knight, and Mike Whitehill.
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Winning Lines: With Dick Clark, Michael McKay, V.I. King. Game show where in the first round 49 contestants (numbered 1 to 49) are whittled down to six in the first round, where Dick Clark asks them mathematical word problems, such as, "What is the number of Brady kids added to the number of Backstreet Boys?".
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Overview. Winning Lines was a short-lived American game show that aired from January 8, 2000 to February 18, 2000. Based on the British version of the same name, it was considered as the CBS's answer to the success of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. It was hosted by Dick Clark, directed by James Yukich and produced by Stone Stanley ...
1999 -2000. CBS. Game Show. TVG. Watchlist. A game in which 49 contestants answer pop-culture questions in an attempt to win $1 million. Along the way, the players are reduced to six, then to two...
