Fred Allen

Familiar radio voice Ben Grauer leads the viewer on a behind the scenes tour of the National Broadcasting Company studios, both in Rockefeller Center and Hollywood.

In the original format, three professional acts (by singers, musicians, dancers, comedians, etc.) performed and were rated 1-2-3 by two sets of judges. One set of judges was composed of three celebrities, while the other set of three were members of the studio audience. If an audience-judge's ratings exactly matched that of one of the celeb-judges, he/she won a jackpot that started at $1,000 and increased by $1,000 per week until won. If more than one audience-judge gave the same rankings as th