History Series / NowYouSeeIt

* CatchPhrase: "Now you see it...now you don't." (Said by Jack Narz when the board was briefly shown to the players and then turned off, at the start of the Elimination Game and Finals.)

GameShow created by Creator/MarkGoodson-Bill Todman Productions for Creator/{{CBS}}, which replaced ''The $10,000 Series/{{Pyramid}}''. The show was directed by Creator/PaulAlter and aired first from 1974-75 with Jack Narz as host, then returned for a brief stint in 1989 with Los Angeles news anchor Chuck Henry.

** The original series pilot was taped in October 1973, and the only things different about it that ''are'' known is that there were six contestants with three of them on both sides of the staircases when they made their entrance, also the neon lights on the bottom of the contestants desk weren't installed yet. A brief clip was used in promos.

* GameShowWinningsCap: The Narz version followed CBS' then-limit of $25,000, and winning the Solo Game retired a contestant immediately (regardless of whether or not they passed the cap). The Henry version had no winnings limit (contestants could now win multiple jackpots), but had a 5-day limit.

!!Line 4, Position 6--Other Tropes in use:

* BonusRound: The Solo Round-- circle ten words based on clues given by the host on a telestrator, win at least $5,000.

* GameShowWinningsCap: The Narz version followed CBS' then-limit of $25,000, and winning the Solo Round retired a contestant immediately (regardless of whether or not they passed the cap). The Henry version had no winnings limit (contestants could now win multiple jackpots), but had a 5-day limit.

* ProgressiveJackpot: Used for the Solo Round in the Narz and Henry runs. Both started at $5000-- the Narz-era jackpot had $1000 added per day and capped at $25,000 (in accordance with CBS' then-winnings cap), while the Henry-era jackpot increased by $5000 and had a limit of $100,000.

!!GameShowTropes in use:
* Line 1, Position 3 — BonusRound: The Solo Round-- circle ten words based on clues given by the host on a telestrator, win at least $5,000.
* Line 4, Position 3 - GameShowWinningsCap: The Narz version followed CBS' then-limit of $25,000, and winning the Solo Round retired a contestant immediately (regardless of whether or not they passed the cap). The Henry version had no winnings limit (contestants could now win multiple jackpots), but had a 5-day limit.
* Line 3, Position 1 — GoldenSnitch: The scoring system on the Narz version was ''terribly'' broken, as points were awarded depending on where in the grid the first letter of the word was, [[labelnote:example]](if an answer began with the third letter of Line 2, it was worth five points)[[/labelnote]] which could be a real pain if a contestant kept getting only the words on the left side, the top two rows, or both.
* Line 2, Position 3 - HomeGame: A box game was released by Creator/MiltonBradley in 1974, while [=GameTek=] released a computer game in 1989.
* Line 4, Position 1 — LosingHorns: Recycled from ''[[Series/{{Concentration}} Classic Concentration]]'' on the Henry version after a bonus loss.
* Line 2, Position 5 — Personnel:
** TheAnnouncer: Johnny Olson and Gene Wood, Goodson-Todman's most prolific announcers, handled the 1974-75 version; Wood also announced the 1985 pilots. Disc jockey Mark Driscoll took the first couple of weeks of the 1989 revival, with Don Morrow ("The Shell Answer Man", as well as an announcer for the final few months of ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'' and the obscure Creator/DickClark-hosted ''Series/TheChallengers'') taking over for the rest of the run.
** GameShowHost: Jack Narz hosted the original version. Jack Clark hosted a pair of pilots in 1985, and Chuck Henry emceed the 1989 revival.
** StudioAudience
* Line 4, Position 2 - ProgressiveJackpot: Used for the Solo Round in the Narz and Henry runs. Both started at $5000-- the Narz-era jackpot had $1000 added per day and capped at $25,000 (in accordance with CBS' then-winnings cap), while the Henry-era jackpot increased by $5000 and had a limit of $100,000.
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** For the 1985 pilots and 1989 revival: (word grid fills in) "Hidden in this jumble of letters, is (insert question here). Can you find it? (answer is highlighted in grid) Now you see it! That's how we play... Now...You...See...It...NOW YOU SEE IT!"