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The theme music commonly played during a Mini Sweep, Big Sweep, and the $5,000 Sweep!
Supermarket Sweep is an American television game show. The format combined an ordinary team-based quiz show with the novel concept of a live, timed race through a supermarket. In the timed race, cameras followed the teams with shopping carts through a large vacated supermarket with several aisles; the value of items thrown into the cart determined the winning team. The original show was broadcast on ABC from December 20, 1965 to July 14, 1967. Revivals aired on Lifetime from February 5, 1990, to June 16, 1995 (with reruns until August 14, 1998, and on PAX from April 5, 1999, to March 31, 2000), and later from April 3, 2000, to May 23, 2003, with reruns airing until March 26, 2004.
Genre: Game show
Created by: Al Howard
Directed by:
Lloyd Gross (1965–67)
Peter Molnár (1965–67)
Chris Darley (1990–95, 2000–03)
Presented by:
Bill Malone (1965–67)
David Ruprecht (1990–95, 2000–03)
Narrated by:
Wally King (1965–66)
Richard Hayes (1966–67)
Johnny Gilbert (1990–95, 2000)
Randy West (2000–03)
Theme music composer:
Christopher Rhyne
Country of origin: United States
No. of seasons:
2 (ABC)
5 (Lifetime)
3 (PAX)
No. of episodes: 1,111
Production
Executive producer(s):
Leonard Stern (1965–67)
Al Howard (1990–95; 2000–03)
Producer(s):
Jerome Schnur (1965–67)
Joel Stein (1990–95)
Mark Maxwell-Smith (2000–01)
Jim Rossi (2001–03)
Location(s):
Food Fair (1965–67)
Hollywood Center Studios
Hollywood, California (1990–95)
Santa Clarita Studios
Santa Clarita, California (2000-2001)
NBC Studios
Burbank, California (2001–03)
Running time: 22–26 minutes
Production company(s):
Talent Associates (1965–67)
Al Howard Productions (1990–95, 2000–03)
Release
Original network:
ABC (1965–67)
Lifetime (1990–95)
PAX (2000–03)
Original release:
December 20, 1965–July 14, 1967
February 5, 1990–June 16, 1995
April 3, 2000 – May 23, 2003
Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.
The theme music commonly played during a Mini Sweep, Big Sweep, and the $5,000 Sweep!
Supermarket Sweep is an American television game show. The format combined an ordinary team-based quiz show with the novel concept of a live, timed race through a supermarket. In the timed race, cameras followed the teams with shopping carts through a large vacated supermarket with several aisles; the value of items thrown into the cart determined the winning team. The original show was broadcast on ABC from December 20, 1965 to July 14, 1967. Revivals aired on Lifetime from February 5, 1990, to June 16, 1995 (with reruns until August 14, 1998, and on PAX from April 5, 1999, to March 31, 2000), and later from April 3, 2000, to May 23, 2003, with reruns airing until March 26, 2004.
Genre: Game show
Created by: Al Howard
Directed by:
Lloyd Gross (1965–67)
Peter Molnár (1965–67)
Chris Darley (1990–95, 2000–03)
Presented by:
Bill Malone (1965–67)
David Ruprecht (1990–95, 2000–03)
Narrated by:
Wally King (1965–66)
Richard Hayes (1966–67)
Johnny Gilbert (1990–95, 2000)
Randy West (2000–03)
Theme music composer:
Christopher Rhyne
Country of origin: United States
No. of seasons:
2 (ABC)
5 (Lifetime)
3 (PAX)
No. of episodes: 1,111
Production
Executive producer(s):
Leonard Stern (1965–67)
Al Howard (1990–95; 2000–03)
Producer(s):
Jerome Schnur (1965–67)
Joel Stein (1990–95)
Mark Maxwell-Smith (2000–01)
Jim Rossi (2001–03)
Location(s):
Food Fair (1965–67)
Hollywood Center Studios
Hollywood, California (1990–95)
Santa Clarita Studios
Santa Clarita, California (2000-2001)
NBC Studios
Burbank, California (2001–03)
Running time: 22–26 minutes
Production company(s):
Talent Associates (1965–67)
Al Howard Productions (1990–95, 2000–03)
Release
Original network:
ABC (1965–67)
Lifetime (1990–95)
PAX (2000–03)
Original release:
December 20, 1965–July 14, 1967
February 5, 1990–June 16, 1995
April 3, 2000 – May 23, 2003
Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.
