brad rutter won the most money on a game show.
brad rutter won the most money on a game show.
who won the most money on a game show?
brad rutter
in the united states, a game show is a type of radio, television, or internet program in which contestants, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering trivia questions and/or solving puzzles, usually for money and/or prizes. game shows are usually distinguishable from reality television competition shows, in which the competition consumes an entire season of episodes; in a game show, prizes can typically be won in a single match (in some cases, particularly in the ones that offer record-setting prizes, contestants can play multiple matches and accumulate a larger total). beginning with the first five-figure and six-figure game show jackpots in the mid-1950s, a succession of contestants on various quiz shows of the era each set records. terry nadler of "the $64,000 challenge", the highest-scoring contestant of the 1950s era, was not surpassed until 1980, when thom mckee won $312,700 on "tic-tac-dough." between 1999 and 2001, during a brief boom in high-stakes game shows, the record was broken six times. both the 1955–1958 and 1999–2001 eras of rapidly set and broken records were driven primarily by one-upmanship between the networks each trying to secure bragging rights and ratings by inflating their prize offerings, rather than the merits of the contestants themselves. , brad rutter is the highest-earning american game show contestant of all time, having accumulated a total of $4,888,436. he succeeded ken jennings as the highest-earning contestant (a record he had held since 2004) by virtue of his victory on may 16, 2014 in the "jeopardy!" battle of the decades tournament. american daytime television has historically had smaller prize budgets for game shows that air in that daypart.
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