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((Short description|American television game show))
((Use dmy dates|date=November 2019))
((more citations needed|date=November 2015))
((Infobox television
| image        = Play Your Hunch (title card).jpg
| caption      = Play Your Hunch title logo.
| runtime      = 30 Minutes
| creator      = Mark Goodson and Bill Todman
| producer     = [[Ira Skutch]]
| director     = Mike Gargiulo
| presenter    = [[Merv Griffin]]<br />[[Gene Rayburn]]<br />[[Robert Q. Lewis]]
| narrated     = [[Johnny Olson]]<br />[[Wayne Howell]] (substitute)<br />[[Roger Tuttle]] (substitute)
| country      = United States
| network      = CBS (1958–1959)<br />ABC (1959)<br />NBC (1959–1963)
| first_aired  = ((start date|1958|6|30|df=y))
| last_aired   = ((end date|1963|9|27|df=y))
| num_episodes = 1370
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'''''Play Your Hunch''''' was an American game show first hosted by [[Merv Griffin]] from 1958 to 1962 and then hosted by [[Gene Rayburn]] and finally by [[Robert Q. Lewis]] until 1963.<ref name=Daytime>((cite book |last1=Hyatt |first1=Wesley |title=The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television |date=1997 |publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications |isbn=978-0823083152 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat/page/346/mode/2up|accessdate=22 March 2020|page=346))</ref> The announcers for the show were, respectively, [[Johnny Olson]], [[Wayne Howell]] and [[Roger Tuttle]]. In 2001, ''Play Your Hunch'' was ranked #43 on [[TV Guide]]'s "50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time".((Citation needed |date=February 2024)) 

''Play Your Hunch'' was a [[Mark Goodson]]-[[Bill Todman]] production.<ref name="vrev" /> It has been considered to be something of a "spin-off" of another successful Goodson-Todman game, ''[[To Tell the Truth]]''.((Citation needed |date=February 2024)) 

It featured one of [[Robert Redford]]'s first professional acting roles, with [[Ted Koppel]] also making an early career appearance.<ref name="GriffinBender2007">((cite book|first1=Merv|last1=Griffin|first2=David|last2=Bender|title=Merv: Making the Good Life Last|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hf-upKBQGrQC&pg=PA67|date=30 October 2007|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-7434-5696-8|pages=67–))</ref>

==Broadcast history==
The show first aired on CBS from 1958 to 1959. ABC began carrying it on January 5, 1959,<ref name=vrev>((cite magazine |date=January 14, 1959 |page=3 |title=Play Your Hunch |magazine=Variety |url=https://archive.org/details/variety213-1959-01/page/n328/mode/1up?view=theater |accessdate=February 17, 2024))</ref> and then NBC aired it for the rest of its run, concluding in 1963. During the NBC run, two different prime time versions aired - one in 1960, and one in 1962.((Citation needed |date=February 2024))

==Hosts and announcers==
The series was originally hosted by Merv Griffin. He left on September 28, 1962, to begin his [[The Merv Griffin Show|talk show]]. [[Gene Rayburn]] briefly took over from October 15 to November 16, 1962, before being reassigned to ''The [[Match Game]]''. Robert Q. Lewis then took over for the rest of the run.<ref name="Baber2007">((cite book|first=David|last=Baber|title=Television Game Show Hosts: Biographies of 32 Stars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VbrwCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA236|date=15 October 2007|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0480-0|pages=236–))</ref>

Announcer Johnny Olson substituted for Griffin on December 29, 1961 and March 6, 1962. This was Olson's first regular announcing job with longtime employer Mark Goodson.((Citation needed |date=February 2024))

==Game play==
((Unreferenced section|date=February 2024)) 
[[File:Merv Griffin Liz Gardner Play your Hunch 1960.JPG|thumb|180px|Merv Griffin and Liz Gardner in 1960.]]
Two couples (or occasionally pairs with other relationships) competed. The game revolved around "problems" which involved a choice between three visible possibilities (often three people) which were always labeled X, Y, and Z. Some questions would have an element of observation; for example, one couple was asked which of three labeled musicians amongst the show's band was not playing his instrument and was merely pretending. Other problems depended mainly on luck in guessing correctly.

The teams were alternatively presented with problems and had the choice to play or pass after the choices were unveiled but before the problem was described. The couple who played the problem discussed the answer amongst themselves until a chime rang and the couple had to answer. If the couple was wrong, the opponents had the choice between the remaining two answers. If either couple got the right answer, they earned a point, with three points winning the game. In addition, each team earned $50 a point ($100 a point on NBC's primetime edition). At least once every show, the couples would also have to solve a "come-closer" problem, which involved coming up with a numerical answer to a problem by writing their answer on a slate (example: how many coffee beans in a displayed container); the teams would then reveal their slates, and the team who guessed closer to the actual answer would score a point.

Couples remained on the show as champions until they were defeated, with the first question of each game going to the challengers.

On the CBS version, the winning couple played an endgame known as "The Last Straw" for a car. The couple would be shown 7 straws, without knowing which 5 were long and which 2 were short. If the couple picked all 5 long straws, they won a car. If they picked a short straw, they earned $100 for each long straw they picked up to that point. A later bonus round would be played for a prize, like a trip, an appliance, a car, etc. Either the show's assistant Liz Gardner, or announcer Johnny Olson himself would hide behind one of three "doors" onstage; the couple would simply have to guess which "door" either of them was hiding behind. No bonus games were played on the NBC run.

==Foreign versions==
A British version of the show was produced by the [[BBC]] in the early 1960s, hosted at one stage by [[Alan Freeman]].
An [[Australia]]n version aired on [[QTQ]] Channel 9 in Brisbane from 1968 to 1973 hosted by [[Don Secombe]]. A different Australian version aired 1962–1964 on TCN-9 in Sydney, hosted by George Foster.((Citation needed |date=February 2024))

==Episode status==
Some episodes exist. [[Game Show Network|GSN]] aired a handful of episodes with Griffin as host. One [[public domain]] episode of the Griffin version is available on classic game show [[DVD]] collections. The year is unknown.((Citation needed |date=February 2024))

==Critical response==
A review in the trade publication ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called Griffin "an affable emcee" and complimented his maintaining continuity despite the number of commercials. Overall the review summarized the show as "typical daytime audience participation fare that some housewives find entertaining."<ref name=vrev/>

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051303/ American version on IMDb]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490742/ British version on IMDb]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4018286/ Sydney Australia version on IMDb]

==References==
((reflist))

[[Category:CBS original programming]]
[[Category:American Broadcasting Company original programming]]
[[Category:NBC original programming]]
[[Category:Television series by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions]]
[[Category:1950s American game shows]]
[[Category:1960s American game shows]]
[[Category:BBC television game shows]]
[[Category:1960s British game shows]]
[[Category:1958 American television series debuts]]
[[Category:1963 American television series endings]]
[[Category:1962 Australian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1964 Australian television series endings]]
[[Category:1960s Australian game shows]]
[[Category:1970s Australian game shows]]
[[Category:Black-and-white Australian television shows]]
[[Category:American English-language television shows]]

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