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The syndicated version of Card Sharks was hosted by Bill Rafferty from September 1986 until May 1987 (though several weeks of previously unaired episodes without the prize cards and car game were aired in June 1987). Rich Fields, who would become the announcer for The Price is Right in 2004, was considered for hosting this syndicated series, but the producers decided to give the job to Rafferty instead. The syndicated series was created in the wake of the success of the daytime version on CBS, which was hosted by Bob Eubanks. Rafferty would also host a remake of the game show Blockbusters simultaneously when this version of Card Sharks was in its final months on the air. Card Sharks was created by Chester Feldman, who also created the popular game show Family Feud.

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  • The syndicated version of Card Sharks was hosted by Bill Rafferty from September 1986 until May 1987 (though several weeks of previously unaired episodes without the prize cards and car game were aired in June 1987). Rich Fields, who would become the announcer for The Price is Right in 2004, was considered for hosting this syndicated series, but the producers decided to give the job to Rafferty instead. The syndicated series was created in the wake of the success of the daytime version on CBS, which was hosted by Bob Eubanks. Rafferty would also host a remake of the game show Blockbusters simultaneously when this version of Card Sharks was in its final months on the air. Card Sharks was created by Chester Feldman, who also created the popular game show Family Feud.
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  • The syndicated version of Card Sharks was hosted by Bill Rafferty from September 1986 until May 1987 (though several weeks of previously unaired episodes without the prize cards and car game were aired in June 1987). Rich Fields, who would become the announcer for The Price is Right in 2004, was considered for hosting this syndicated series, but the producers decided to give the job to Rafferty instead. The syndicated series was created in the wake of the success of the daytime version on CBS, which was hosted by Bob Eubanks. Rafferty would also host a remake of the game show Blockbusters simultaneously when this version of Card Sharks was in its final months on the air. Card Sharks was created by Chester Feldman, who also created the popular game show Family Feud. Like Family Feud, Card Sharks involved the use of survey questions. A contestant was asked to predict how many people in a group of 100 people who share a specific role or occupation (i.e. bachelors, married women, firefighters, etc.), and the opponent must predict if the answer is higher or lower. Whoever gets the question right wins control of the cards. When adults are playing, questions involve adult-oriented topics (though not explicit), such as sex, marriage, work, family, politics, to name a few. During the Young People's Weeks throughout the series, questions are modified to more family-friendly questions. The player who wins control of the cards has earned the right to change or play the card. Once the card is changed, the player is required to predict if the next card is higher or lower. If that player makes a mistake, the opponent gets a free play of the cards, but is required to play the base card (he or she cannot change it). If a player gets a card that doesn't appeal (usually between a five and a ten), the player would normally freeze and protect his or her position. If the contestant goes through all five cards (three in the tiebreaker) in the round, he or she wins the round and $100. If both players finish round two winning one round apiece, a tiebreaker game is played. The tiebreaker game had three cards dealt instead of five, and a maximum of three questions. This later changed to two questions, and towards the end of the run, to one question where the player who wins is shown both base cards before deciding what to do.
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