Either contestant can also elect to "freeze" their position if they are unsure of the next card. The opposing contestant then has a chance to play from his or her base card, without the opportunity to exchange first. If the next card is the same rank as the previous, or if the contestant makes an incorrect guess, that contestant loses control and whatever cards they have played are discarded and replaced. The contestant then guesses whether the next card in the row is higher or lower, and continues to do so as long as he or she guesses correctly. The contestant who wins the question is shown the first card in their row of seven (five from 1978 to 1989 and ten in the first season of the 2019 revival) and can either keep it or replace it with the next card off the top of their individual deck, which he or she is then required to play. The actual number is then revealed, and if the opponent is correct, they play their cards first otherwise, the contestant to whom the question was posed plays first. Their opponent is then asked whether he or she thinks the actual number is higher or lower than the previous contestant's response. Contestants are asked to predict how many of those 100 people responded in a specific manner. (For example, "We asked 100 teachers, 'Has a student ever given you an apple?' How many said they have?"). Similarly to another Goodson-Todman game show, Family Feud, survey questions are posed to groups of 100 people, all of whom are typically in a common demographic group. The 2019 revival instead has both contestants cut their decks onstage and show the resulting bottom card the contestant with the higher card goes first. In all versions from 1978 to 1989, the returning champion usually was selected to go first if there were two new contestants, a backstage coin toss determines the player who sits in the champion's position.
The goal is to complete a row of cards by correctly predicting whether the next is higher or lower in value, similarly to Acey Deucey.Ĭontestants alternate responding to questions to gain control of the cards. Each contestant's row of cards had a bracket atop it with their name on it, which was used to mark their "base cards". The champion (or champion-designate if there were two new contestants) played the red cards on top while the challenger played the blue cards on the bottom. Two contestants are assigned separate oversized decks of 52 playing cards, which the contestants themselves cut before each game (offscreen prior to 2019), and are dealt the first several cards for their row.
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Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. The reason given is: Rules for the 2019 version of the show need to be explained in detail. Reruns of the show aired on Game Show Network from the channel's start in 1994 until 2018. Each production has featured various assistants to handle the playing cards. A revival hosted by Joel McHale aired on ABC from June 2019 to July 2021. Another syndicated production aired in 2001 with Pat Bullard as host and Gary Kroeger as announcer. Gene Wood was the announcer in both the 1970s and 1980s.
The show returned and ran from 1986 to 1989 on CBS with Bob Eubanks as host, accompanied by a syndication production with Bill Rafferty. The show originally ran on NBC from 1978 to 1981 with Jim Perry hosting.
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The concept has been made into a series four separate times since its debut in 1978, and also appeared as part of CBS's Gameshow Marathon. The title Card Sharks is a play on the term " card sharp", a person skilled at card games. The game features two contestants who attempt to predict the outcome of survey questions to gain control of a row of oversized playing cards, then determine whether the next card drawn is higher or lower. It was created by Chester Feldman for Mark Goodson- Bill Todman Productions.
Card Sharks is an American television game show.
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