Claim: Home Run Derby was previously a daily televised event in the 1970s which ran for 24 episodes with the winner receiving $5,000.
Evidence: Home Run Derby is a 1960 television show that was held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles pitting the top sluggers of Major League Baseball against each other in nine-inning home run contests. 
The winner received a check for $2,000 and was invited back for the next week's episode against a new opponent (a rarity in that era for syndicated games); the runner-up received a check for $1,000.