History Trivia / ToTellTheTruth

** During the second season of the O'Hurley run, Fremantle Media assumed ownership of Pearson Television and Tribune Entertainment acquired distribution rights. The two companies decided that of the three shows they currently had in syndication, only ''Series/FamilyFeud'' was viable enough in the long run. ''To Tell the Truth'' and ''Series/CardSharks'' were both axed in 2002.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: CBS cancelled the original prime time run without warning in 1967—along with a nighttime version of ''Series/{{Password}}'', ''Series/IveGotASecret'' and ''Series/WhatsMyLine''—when the network decided that prime time game shows had become a thing of the past. The daytime version survived another season before getting cancelled too.

* NoBudget: The Anthony Anderson-hosted revival is the only version ''not'' to award money to impostors for incorrect panel votes.

* MissingEpisode: A small percent of episodes were sponsored by Marlboro, Winston, and Salem — and as such are banned from GSN replay. However, like the Winston-sponsored ''Series/IveGotASecret'' episodes, they were allowed to run during GSN's ''Black and White Overnite'' programming block from 2001-06.

* NamesTheSame:
** In one CBS episode a fulltime fireman/part time hair dresser named Wyatt Earp appeared, although he said he was not related to the famous lawmen. [[spoiler: His imposters were named Frank and Jessie James]].
** Robin Ward, male host of the 1980-81 syndicated run, shares a name with Robin Ward, the stage name of female singer Jackie Ward under which she recorded the 1963 hit "Wonderful Summer".
** One "Before You Go" segment from the Anthony Anderson version had the panel trying to figure out which of two imposters shared his birth name with that of Literature/HarryPotter.

--->'''Moore''': Does anybody in the audience want an empty armadillo?

* ''To Tell the Truth'' is one of two game shows to air in every decade since the 1950s, the other being ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''.

* DescendedCreator: Creator/MarkGoodson himself subbed as host once in 1967, as Bud Collyer was ill that time and again for two episodes of the 1990-91 version -- Alex Trebek had to leave in a hurry because his wife went into labor during a taping. Goodson mistakenly claimed in the first 1990-91 episode that it was his first time hosting the show -- he probably forgot about that time in 1967.

* Originally, the series was broadcast live, like virtually every other 1950's game show. Originally seen live on Tuesday nights at 9:00 p.m. EST, it moved to Thursday nights on October 1, 1959, and eventually to Monday nights on September 26, 1960. By August 1960, the show taped a new episode on Thursday night (Wednesday night later on) at 7:30 p.m. for air on Monday. For the 1962-1968 Daytime series, three different dates were spent taping a weeks' worth of episodes at 11:00 a.m. EST, because the technology to tape five shows in a single day hadn't been realized yet: Two shows on Tuesday, another two shows on Thursday, and one more show on Friday.

* NetworkToTheRescue: ABC originally didn't have much faith in the most recent version hosted by Anthony Anderson. Only ''six'' episodes were taped while more were ordered for ''[[Series/FamilyFeud Celebrity Family Feud]]'' and revivals of ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' and ''Series/MatchGame''. The episodes then [[DevelopmentHell sat around for almost a year]] until it was announced that they will air Tuesday nights during the summer, likely to burn them out. Remarkably, it was successful enough to have ABC renew it for a second season.

* NamesTheSame: In one CBS episode a fulltime fireman/part time hair dresser named Wyatt Earp appeared, although he said he was not related to the famous lawmen. [[spoiler: His imposters were named Frank and Jessie James]].

* Originally, the series was broadcast live, like virtually every other 1950's game show. Originally seen live on Tuesday nights at 9:00 p.m. EST, it moved to Thursday nights on October 1, 1959, and eventually to Monday nights on September 26, 1960. By 1961, the show taped a new episode on Thursday night (Wednesday night later on) at 7:30 p.m. for air on Monday. For the 1962-1968 Daytime series, three different dates were spent taping a weeks' worth of episodes at 11:00 a.m. EST, because the technology to tape five shows in a single day hadn't been realized yet: Two shows on Tuesday, another two shows on Thursday, and one more show on Friday.

* DescendedCreator: Creator/MarkGoodson himself subbed as host once in 1967, as Bud Collyer was ill that time and again for two episodes of the 1990-91 version -- Alex Trebek had to leave in a hurry because his wife was going into labor. Goodson mistakenly claimed in the first 1990-91 episode that it was his first time hosting the show -- he probably forgot about that time in 1967.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: CBS cancelled the original prime time run without warning in 1967, along with a nighttime version of ''Series/{{Password}}'', ''Series/IveGotASecret'' and ''Series/WhatsMyLine'', when the network decided that prime time game shows had become a thing of the past. The daytime version survived another season before getting cancelled too.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: CBS cancelled the original prime time run without warning in 1967, along with ''Series/IveGotASecret'' and ''Series/WhatsMyLine'', when the network decided that prime time game shows had become a thing of the past. The daytime version survived another season before getting cancelled too.

-->'''Collyer''': Panel will you read again with me for this final affidavit of the evening. "I, Richard V. Heermance, was born in NYC. I have one sister and one brother. Like my brother I attended Williams college in Williamstown Mass., but unlike my brother, I did NOT follow in our father's footsteps and study law. Like my brother I am married and have a family. I have two children and my brother has three. My brother, incidentally, is better known to all of you as — Bud Collyer. Signed, Richard V. Heermance".

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: CBS cancelled the original prime time run without warning in 1967, along with ''Series/IveGotASecret'' and ''Series/WhatsMyLine'', when the network decided that prime time game shows had become a thing of the past.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: CBS cancelled the original prime time run without warning in 1967, along with 'Series/IveGotASecret'' and ''Series/WhatsMyLine'', when the network decided that prime time game shows had become a thing of the past.

* Originally, the series was broadcast live, like virtually every other 1950's game show. Originally seen live on Tuesday nights, it moved to Thursday nights on October 1, 1959, and eventually to Monday nights on September 26, 1960. By 1961, the show taped a new episode on Thursday night[[note]]Later Wednesday night[[/note]] for air on Monday. For the 1962-1968 Daytime series, three different dates were spent taping a weeks' worth of episodes at 11:00 a.m. EST, because the technology to tape five shows in a single day hadn't been realized yet: Two shows on Tuesday, another two shows on Thursday, and one more show on Friday.

* Originally, the series was broadcast live, like virtually every other 1950's game show. Originally seen live on Tuesday nights, it moved to Thursday nights on October 1, 1959, and eventually to Monday nights on September 26, 1960. By 1961, the show taped a new episode on Thursday night[[note]]Later Wednesday night[[/note]] for air on Monday. For the 1962-1968 Daytime series, three different dates were spent taping a weeks' worth of episodes, because the technology to tape five shows in a single day hadn't been realized yet: Two shows on Tuesday, another two shows on Thursday, and one more show on Friday at 11:00 a.m. EST.