Blockbusters | |
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Created by | Steve Ryan and Mark Goodson[1] |
Directed by | Ira Skutch (1980–82) Marc Breslow (1987)[1] |
Presented by | Bill Cullen Bill Rafferty[1] |
Narrated by | Bob Hilton Rich Jeffries[1] |
Theme music composer | Bob Cobert (1980–82) Music Design Group (1987)[1] |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 372 (1980–82) 85 (1987) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Ira Skutch (1980–82) Robert Sherman (1987)[1] |
Producer(s) | Robert Sherman (1980–1982) Diane H. Janaver (1987) |
Production location(s) | NBC Studios Burbank, California |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions (1980–1982) Mark Goodson Television Productions (1987) |
Distributor | Fremantle |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release | Original series: October 27, 1980–April 23, 1982 Revived series: January 5, 1987–May 1, 1987 |
Chronology | |
Related shows | Blockbusters (United Kingdom) |
Country | Local name | Host(s) | Channel | Aired |
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Australia | Blockbusters | Michael Pope | Seven Network | 1991–1994 |
France | Parcours d'enfer | Pierre Bellemare | TF1 | |
Germany | Supergrips (originally called Grips) | Frank Laufenberg (1988–1990) Ingo Dubinski (1991–1995) | Bavarian TV | 1988–1995 |
Indonesia | Aksara Bermakna | Kepra Anton Gemilar | TVRI Antv | 1989–1996 1997–1999 |
Israel | (פיצוחים (שעשועון (Pitzuhim) | Shosh Atari Avri Gilad Ito Aviram Anat Dolev Mennachem Perry Nahum Ido | Israeli Educational Television | 1985–1994 |
Masarat | 1996 | |||
Italy | Doppio Slalom | Corrado Tedeschi (1985–1990) Paolo Bonolis (1990) | Canale 5 | 1985–1990 |
Netherlands | Blokletters | Fred Oster | AVRO | 1986 |
Paraguay | Blockbuster | Clari Arias and Leti Medina | Telefuturo | 1999 |
Saudi Arabia | حروف Huruf | Ibrahim al-Qasim Majid Cub Ghanem Al Saleh Ghalib Full Salman Al-Otaibi (2017) | Saudi 1 | 1987–1994 1997–1998 2017[2] |
Sweden | 2 mot 1 | Stellan Sundahl | SVT1 | 1998–1999 |
Switzerland | Blockbusters | Sven Epiney | SF | 1997–2000 |
Turkey | Haydi Bastir | Mim Kemal Öke | Show TV | 1992–1993 |
United Kingdom | Blockbusters | Bob Holness (1983–1995) Michael Aspel (1997) Liza Tarbuck (2000–2001) | ITV Sky One BBC Two | 1983–1993 1994–95, 2000–01 1997 |
Champion Blockbusters | Bob Holness | ITV | 1987–1990 | |
All New Blockbusters | Simon Mayo | Challenge | 2012 | |
Blockbusters | Dara Ó Briain | Comedy Central | 2019[3] |