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''Wordplay'' is an American game show which ran on NBC from December 29, 1986 to September 4, 1987. It was hosted by Tom Kennedy, with Jamie Farr substituting for Kennedy for one week of shows, and announced by Charlie O'Donnell. The show was produced by Scotti Vinnedge Television in association with Fiedler/Berlin Productions and Rick Ambrose Television. When it premiered on December 29, 1986 ''Wordplay'' was slotted in the 12:30 pm/11:30 am timeslot following ''Super Password''. That slot had been occupied by the soap opera ''Search for Tomorrow'' for over four and a half years on NBC; the serial had aired continuously, first on CBS, since 1951 and was the longest running daytime program in history at the time of its cancellation. ==Main game== Two contestants, one usually a returning champion, competed through three rounds to win money by guessing the definitions of unusual words. The gameboard consisted of a 3-by-3 grid of words, with the middle column shifted one level above the others. The contestant in control chose a word, and three celebrity panelists each gave a possible definition with an accompanying humorous anecdote. Panelists were provided with definitions before the show.〔Disclaimer present in the closing credits of every single ''Wordplay'' episode, beginning with the premiere on December 29, 1986; "Celebrities were furnished definitions in advance".〕 If the contestant chose the correct definition, he/she won money; an incorrect choice gave the opponent a chance to steal the value with a correct guess. Two words were played per round, with each contestant choosing one. The champion (or the contestant on the left, if there was no returning champion) played first in round one, the challenger in round two, and the trailing contestant in round three. Words were worth $25, $50, or $75 in round one; these values doubled in round two, and again in round three. Every word was horizontally and vertically connected to its immediate neighbors. Guessing a correct definition won not only the money for that word, but also the total of all values to which it was connected. For example, a $75 word connected to an already-defined $50 word would award $125 to the contestant who won it ($75 + $50). If a $150 word connected to either of these two values was guessed in a later round, it would award $275 ($150 + $75 + $50). If both contestants missed a word, a block was placed on the board in that location and all connections to it were broken. One word per game was designated as the day's bonus word. Choosing this word and guessing its definition correctly awarded a bonus prize to the contestant, usually if not always a vacation, which was his/hers to keep regardless of the game's outcome. The contestant with the higher total after three rounds kept his/her winnings and advanced to the bonus round. If the game ended in a tie, a seventh word was played, selected by the champion (or the contestant on the left). Each celebrity gave a brief definition with no accompanying story, and the champion had the option to either play the word or pass it to the challenger. A correct guess won the game, while an incorrect guess gave the victory to the opponent. Peter Tomarken hosted the pilot for ''Wordplay'', with Rod Roddy announcing. It was taped in October 1986, about a month after production of ''Press Your Luck'', which Tomarken hosted and Roddy announced on, ended. ''Wordplay'' has not been seen in reruns since its original NBC run. FremantleMedia owns the tapes of the series, as All American Television, the company founded by Vinnedge and the Scotti Brothers and later known as Pearson Television, is now known as FremantleMedia, and the Buzzr network may be airing it on Sunday nights starting in October 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wordplay (game show)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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