What is “Name That Tune”?
A: Name That Tune is an American television music game show.
It was originally created and produced by whom?
A: Orchestra conductor Harry Salter and his wife Roberta Semple Salter.
What does the series feature?
A: Contestants competing to correctly identify songs being played by an
on-stage orchestra or band.
When did Name That Tune premiere?
A: On the NBC Radio Network in 1952.
it aired on NBC until 1954 and made the move to
television in 1953 on what?
A: The same network.
When did CBS pick up the television series?
A: In the summer of 1953 and carried it through 1959.
A short-lived revival for syndication followed in 1970
with whom as host?
A: Richard Hayes.
A second revival in 1974 was what?
A: Much more successful.
Airing weekly, the 1974 syndicated offering used a new
show format and, beginning in 1976, offered what?
A: A top prize of $100,000 to a lucky champion.
Tom Kennedy hosted this series, which ran until 1981
and began airing twice weekly during what?
A: Its final season.
During the course of Kennedy’s series, how many
attempts were made at reviving the series for network television, both on
its original home at NBC?
A: Two.
Dennis James hosted the first of these series, which
ran daily for how long in daytime in 1974?
A: Five months and came to an end shortly after the new year in 1975.
In 1977, a second daily daytime series with Kennedy
hosting was conceived, but this too was short-lived and was cancelled after
how long?
A: Six months.
Name That Tune returned in 1984 to syndication, again using the $100,000 prize in its branding.
Hosted by Jim Lange, this revival was the first
syndicated edition of Name That Tune not to air on a weekly basis from the
start; instead, the show aired as what?
A: A daily series with some changes to the format, including the tournament
structure.
It did not find the success that its predecessor had in
syndication and came to an end after how long?
A: One season in 1985.
In November 2020, Prestige Entertainment, Eureka
Productions, and Fox announced what?
A: A new primetime version of Name That Tune hosted by
actress Jane Krakowski.
Who was the bandleader?
A: Randy Jackson of American Idol fame.
When did it premiere?
A: On January 6, 2021.
Where was it filmed?
A: In Australia with American contestants.
A second season of the revival premiered when?
A: On March 29, 2022, which was filmed in Ireland with
celebrity
contestants.
Name That Tune had its conceptual origins in what
earlier radio and television series?
A: Stop the Music.
Stop the Music was created by whom?
A: Mark Goodson, orchestra conductor Harry Salter, and advertising
executive Howard Connell.
Stop the Music relied on studio audience members and
random telephone calls to potential viewers/listeners to do what?
A: To identify melodies played by an orchestra.
Name That Tune changed this idea to a head-to-head
what?
A: Competition between two onstage contestants.