Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Trivia / BreakTheBank1945

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Names The Same is no longer a trope


* NamesTheSame: No relation whatsoever to the [[Series/BreakTheBank1976 other]] [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 two]] game shows of this name.

to:

* NamesTheSame: SimilarlyNamedWorks: No relation whatsoever to the [[Series/BreakTheBank1976 other]] [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 two]] game shows of this name.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* FollowTheLeader: The change to ''Break the $250,000 Bank''. When ''The $64,000 Question'' kicked off the big-money quiz show craze, it pretty much had to jack up the stakes to stay relevant.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Long Runners is an index, not a trope. You link to the work on the index page, not the index on the work page.


* LongRunner: Twelve years.
* NamesTheSame: No relation whatsoever to the [[Series/BreakTheBank1976 other]] [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 two]] game shows of this name.

to:

* LongRunner: Twelve years.
* NamesTheSame: No relation whatsoever to the [[Series/BreakTheBank1976 other]] [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 two]] game shows of this name.name.
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* LongRunner: Twelve years.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ChannelHop: Oh, jeez, did it ever.

to:

* ChannelHop: Oh, jeez, did it ever.''ever''.



* NamesTheSame: No relation whatsoever to the other two game shows of this name.

to:

* NamesTheSame: No relation whatsoever to the other two [[Series/BreakTheBank1976 other]] [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 two]] game shows of this name.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ChannelHop: Oh, jeez, did it ever.
** ''Bank'' originally aired on ABC from October 22, 1948 to September 23, 1949. On October 5, the show moved to NBC and ran until January 9, 1952. On January 13, ''Bank'' moved to CBS until February 1, 1953.
** On March 30, ''Bank'' hopped to NBC as a daytime series and re-spawned its nighttime counterpart on June 23; primetime was canned on September 1, with daytime following suit on September 18. On January 31, 1954 ''Bank'' returned home to ABC and stayed for two and a half years, ending on June 20, 1956.
** On October 9, ''Bank'' beefed-up its top prize to $250,000 and moved to NBC. The show eventually folded on January 15, 1957.
** The radio series began on Mutual, ending on April 13, 1946. The show moved to ABC from July 5 of that year until September 23, 1949, then to NBC from October 5, 1949 to 1951. ''Bank'' went back to ABC from 1951-53, then ''again'' to NBC from 1953-55. For the final year (1954-55), the show was simulcast on Mutual.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Only a few episodes are known to exist, two of which circulate among collectors; the circulating episodes have the Bank broken for $1,300 and $3,400.
* NamesTheSame: No relation whatsoever to the other two game shows of this name.

Top