‘The Name of the Game’ debuts on NBC-TV 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 20 1968)


Video: 'The Name of the Game Theme (Intro & Outro)'

(Friday, September 20, 1968, 8:30-10:00 p.m. EDT)The Name of the Game, a 90-minute weekly television series that rotated among three characters working at Howard Publications, a large magazine publishing company, debuted tonight on NBC.

Based on the 1966 television movie Fame Is the Name of the Game, the series was created Jennings Lang and starred Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, Robert Stack and Susan Saint James.