What Might've Been: Trump Card (1990)

 No, you're not going to see a certain overexposed demagogue in this next video, even though the show bears his name.

Some genius sold Telepictures & Warner Bros. on the idea of a game show set in Atlantic City, and taped at Trump Castle. Should it surprise anyone at all that Trump Card bombed out after 1 season?

Former football player and later NBC sportscaster Jimmy Cefalo landed his only national gig as a game show host. In fact, I think this was his exit from the national stage. By 1990, getting a 1st run syndicated game show wasn't as easy as you think. Attempted revivals of Tic Tac Dough & Joker's Wild went nowhere, as did a revival of Quiz Kids. Dick Clark's The Challengers, along with Trump Card, lasted the full season before saying good-bye.

Let's take a look at a sample episode:

No rating. Just a public service.