Before Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, before he became a beloved talk show host, Regis Philbin was given his first game show gig by ABC in 1975, a few years after he'd been Joey Bishop's sidekick.
The Neighbors ran for almost a full calendar year (1975-6), ending in April of '76. Online commentators have said this was a knockoff of Chuck Barris' Newlywed Game, which ended its ABC run a year prior to The Neighbors.
The concept leads to such speculation. Two contestants have to deduce what their neighbors said about them for cash & prizes. The set did look like they were aping Newlywed on a smaller scale.
Here's a sample episode.
A quiz show built around neighborhood gossip hasn't been done since. This was a good reason why.
Rating: C.
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