1. PREMIERED 1980

    Chain Reaction

    NBC, from 1980

1980

CHAIN REACTION

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    American game show
  2. PREMIERED
    January 14, 198046 years ago
  3. NETWORKS
    NBC, USA Network, Game Show Network
  4. COUNTRY
    United States
  5. LANGUAGE
    English
  6. GENRE
    Game show
  7. CREATED BY
    Bob Stewart
  8. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 47 on January 14, 2027, in 72 days
  9. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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