16 years after it had first signed off, Juvenile Jury was revived for a single season in syndication, again hosted by Jack Barry, who'd ended his exile from television by this point.
The format was the same. 5 children attempting to solve "problems" submitted by viewers, plus celebrity guests. Game Show Network acquired rerun rights in 1997 for their short-lived Kids Zone block.
Jury would return two more times, both with Nipsey Russell as host. The first was produced for BET, but footage of that series is hard to find. There was also The New Juvenile Jury, produced for syndication in the late 80's, which lasted two seasons.
I'm wondering if Ken Johnson, who was a writer on the 1970 series, is the same one who became a successful producer at Universal later in the 70's (Bionic Woman, Incredible Hulk).
Anyway, from that era, here's an episode with talk show host Virginia Graham (Girl Talk):
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