The Gong Show (1988)

Aired 	Aired
Syndication (Daily): 9/12/1988 - 9/15/1989	
Run time 	Run time
30 Minutes 	
Host 	Host
Don Bleu 	
Announcer 	Announcer
Charlie O'Donnell 	
Origination 	Origination
California 	
This is chronicling the 1980s version of The Gong Show.
==Format==
Contestants come on The Gong Show to perform in many ways imaginable. They could sing, dance, do stand-up comedy, make magic, perform a movie scene, you name it, they do it. On each act, if one, two or all three celebrity judges think if the current act is not worthy of continuing any longer, all they had to do was hit the Gong behind them, thus eliminating that act from competition. For each act that did not get gonged, the judges each gave a score to those acts on a scale of 0-10 (10 being the best, zero being the worst) for a maximum total of 30 (which happened on many occasions). The act with the highest score won a Gong Show trophy, and a check with a ridiculously low amount of $701.
==Music==
Joey Carbone and the Gong Show Guys (1988-1989)
== Episode Status ==
See Also: The Gong Show (1988)/Episode Guide
==Stations==
Stations that aired this included:
Baltimore - WNUV
San Francisco - KBHK
Orlando - WESH
Pittsburgh - WPGH
Dallas/Fort Worth - KTVT
St. Louis - KDNL
Sacramento - KRBK
Indianapolis - WMCC
New York - WPIX
Manchester, NH - WMUR
Providence - WNAC
Boston - WLVI
Chicago - WBBM
Milwaukee - WCGV
Twin Cities - KTMA
Quad Cities - KLJB
Cedar Rapids - KOCR
Ottumwa, IA - KOIA
Des Moines - KDSM
Los Angeles - KCBS
Charlotte - WCCB
Greensboro - WGGT
Jackson, MS - WDBD
Atlanta - WSB
Hartford - WTIC
Cincinnati - WLWT
Dayton - WRGT
Philadelphia - WCAU
Phoenix - KPHO
Tuscon - KTTU
Montgomery, AL - WCOV
Houston - KHTV
Albuquerque - KOB
Portland, OR - KPDX
Shreveport - KMSS
Louisville - WBNA
Nashville - WTVF
Springfield, MO - KOZL
Washington D.C. - WRC
Seattle - KVOS
Syracuse - WSYT
Honolulu - KITV
Harrisburg - WPMT
Tri Cities, TN/VA - WKPT
Anchorage, AK - KTUU
Salt Lake City - KOOG
Miami - WTVJ
Fargo - KVRR
Jamestown, ND - KJRR
Thief River Falls, MN - KBRR
Wilmington, NC - WJKA
Anderson/Greenville, SC/Asheville - WAXA (now WMYA)
Toledo - WUPW
Tulsa - KOKI
New Orleans - WCCL
Oklahoma City - KOKH
Memphis - WPTY
==See Also==
The Gong Show
The All-Star Gong Show Special
The Gong Show Movie
Extreme Gong
The Gong Show (2000 Pilot)
The E! True Hollywood Story: The Gong Show
The Gong Show with Dave Attell
The Gong Show (2017)
==Links==
The Gong Show @ Tim's TV Showcase
The Gong Show & tvparty.com
Josh's Gong Show Rules Page
Category:The Gong Show (1988)