1976 Creator/{{NBC}} GameShow hosted by Tom Kennedy and with Josh Harlan as announcer that tried to be a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/The64000Question''. Pairs of contestants sharing a certain specialist subject competed to see who could answer more of a four-part question in their respective category (one contestant answered first, while the other was placed in an isolation booth). The winner progressed up a money ladder ranging from $200 to $50,000, and could walk away with his winnings or risk it to come back the next day.

It took eight victories to win the $50,000 grand prize, assuming the pool of opponents didn't run out first. Despite the show's brief run, five people managed to win the $50,000: Stanley Green, Wayne Bryant (both in American Musical Theater), Jonathan Colgate (American History), Richard [=McNelly=] (The Bible), and Louis Segal (Shakespeare).

''Slam'' debuted on October 4, the same day as Allen Ludden's new show ''Stumpers!'' (which was pretty much Lin Bolen doing ''[[Series/{{Password}} Password Plus]]'' before [[Creator/MarkGoodson Goodson-Todman]] did). Both shows were canned on December 31; Slam was replaced by a new daytime version of ''Series/NameThatTune'' also hosted by Kennedy.

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!!This series provides examples of:
* TheCameo: Allen Ludden appeared during the premiere to promote ''Stumpers!'', which had debuted just prior to ''Slam''. Likewise, Kennedy had appeared on the ''Stumpers!'' debut to plug ''Slam''.
* GrandFinale: The last episode had all players keeping what they had previously won, regardless of outcome. At the end of the show, [[EndOfSeriesAwareness Tom noted that it was the end]] and wished viewers a happy 1977, before saying "We'll see you Monday on ''Series/NameThatTune''."
* {{Pilot}}: Two were taped on July 21, 1976.
* PunBasedTitle: 50 Grand, Grand Slam?
* {{Retraux}}: ''Slam'' featured elements inspired by the big money game shows of the 1950's, such as frequent use of isolation booths (''Series/TwentyOne'', ''Series/The64000Question''), multi-part questions sharing the same category throughout a player's run (''The $64,000 Question''), and having to come back the next day to keep playing (also ''Question'', except that one was weekly).
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: A pair of golfers in the premiere played a skills competition instead of trivia: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A871Q1v6_Ew chip five golf balls into a target 25 feet away.]] The better score won.
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