Game Time: GE College Bowl (1959)

I wrote about this next entry a while ago over at The Land of Whatever, but it also fits here, too.

GE College Bowl began as a radio program, as so many shows did in the early years of television. General Electric managed to not only obtain sponsorship of the series as it transitioned to television, but landed it on CBS for its first five seasons (January 1959-June 1963). Allen Ludden served as host for the first four seasons before moving on to Password. Robert Earle was brought in to succeed Ludden, and left with the show when GE moved it to NBC in the fall of 1963 for the next seven years.

There have been regional tournaments since the series ended, and only on a few occasions have the finals aired on television.

Let's return to 1960, though, for a match between Rutgers and Colgate:



Rating: A.