Card Sharks/Episode Guide/CBS/July to December 1986

July

NOTE: No episode aired on July 4, 1986 due to coverage of the Statue of Liberty's 100th anniversary. All daytime game shows - with the exception of Press Your Luck - were pre-empted that day.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
127	7/1/1986	Michelle	Jan	Talk about rotten luck - Michelle busts on the Money Cards for her second time!
128	7/2/1986	Michelle	Csaba	Bad things seem to come in threes - Michelle busts for a THIRD TIME in the Money Cards!
129	7/3/1986	Michelle	Kate	New challenger Kate returns due to a technical problem. Michelle remains champion, wins $8,600 on the Money Cards, and retires undefeated with $17,100. New match with two new players, Vickie and Lorenzo, begins and will continue on 7/14/1986.

Young People's Week I runs from July 7 to 11, 1986.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
130	7/7/1986	Tom	Kari	Tom wins a $500 exact guess bonus. Cari defeats Tom and wins $3,500 (total: $3,700)
131	7/8/1986	Cliffy	Amy	Amy defeats Cliffy Amy wins $3,300 on the Money Cards (total: $3,500)
132	7/9/1986	David	Jennie	Jennie defeats David. Jennie unfortunately busts on the Money Cards (total: $200)
133	7/10/1986	Nicole	Adam	Adam defeats Nicole. Adam wins $18,800 on the Money Cards (total: $19,000)
134	7/11/1986	Tome-Jo	Heather	Tome-Jo defeats Heather. Tome-Jo wins $1,500 on the Money Cards (total: $1,700)

Adults return on July 14th.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
135	7/14/1986	Vickie	Lorenzo	First show with audience polling questions Lorenzo defeats Vickie, and wins $4,000 on the Money Cards Lorenzo takes on new challenger Karen. Lorenzo wins a $500 exact guess bonus (total: $4,700)
136	7/15/1986	Lorenzo	Karen	First $100 exact guess bonus in audience poll question won by Karen. Lorenzo defeats Karen, and wins a paltry $400 on the Money Cards (total: $5,300)
137	7/16/1986	Lorenzo	Sue Ellen	Lorenzo defeats Sue Ellen. Lorenzo wins $9,600 on the Money Cards, a significant improvement from his last playing.
138	7/17/1986	Lorenzo	Hildegard	Lorenzo vs. Hildegard match is underway at the start of the show. Hildegard defeats Lorenzo, who leaves with $15,200 (Bob mistakenly said he had won $15,500) Hildegard wins $2,600 on her only Money Cards. Her next challenger Karin would later be a contestant on Classic Concentration. Karin passed away from cancer in 2013.
139	7/18/1986	Hildegard	Karin	Karin defeats Hildegard, who leaves with $2,900. Karin busts right away at the Money Cards

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
140	7/21/1986	Karin	Art	Karin defeats Art. Karin apparently got the Michelle curse, for she busts yet again. Losing horns heard in the Money Cards sound somewhat like the version heard on The Price is Right
141	7/22/1986	Karin	Wayne	Karin defeats Wayne. The curse is now broken, for Karin finally wins $13,200 at the Money Cards.
142	7/23/1986	Karin	Kevin	Karin picked up a $500 bonus for hitting the answer on the nose. Kevin defeats Karin, who leaves with $14,600. Kevin plays the Money Cards and busts (Total: $200)
143	7/24/1986	Kevin	Sonya	Sonya defeats Kevin, who leaves with a paltry $200. Sonya wins $10,800 on her first trip to the Money Cards.
144	7/25/1986	Sonya	Jack	Sonya defeats Jack. Sonya wins $12,400 on the Money Cards.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
145	7/28/1986	Sonya	Gail	Stage floor TPIR asterisks replaced with symbol suits. Sonya defeats Gail. Sonya gets better and better at the Money Cards - she wins $21,400.
146	7/29/1986	Sonya	Bernie	Sonya defeats Bernie, and wins just $1,400 on her fourth trip to the Money Cards. Sonya vs. Julie match gets underway. Julie defeats Sonya, who leaves with $47,000. Julie wins $2,000 on the Money Cards.
147	7/30/1986	Julie	Andy	Andy defeats Julie, who leaves with $2,200. Andy wins $3,500 on the Money Cards.
148	7/31/1986	Andy	Cheri	Andy defeats Cheri. Andy wins $4,000 on his second trip to the Money Cards.

August

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
149	8/1/1986	Andy	Cheryl	Andy defeats Cheryl. Andy wins $4,125 on the Money Cards.
150	8/4/1986	Andy	Sally	Sally defeats Andy, who leaves with $12,325. Sally wins $13,200 on the Money Cards (total: $13,400)
151	8/5/1986	Sally	Susan	Sally wins a $500 exact guess bonus on a regular survey question, and later a $100 exact guess bonus on an audience poll question. Sally defeats Susan, and wins $3,000 on the Money Cards. Jack, who was a contestant on the July 24 show returns because of a technical problem, and eventually defeats Sally, who leaves with $17,300 Jack wins $3,450 on the Money Cards in the episode's final segment.
152	8/6/1986	Jack	Donna	Jack defeats Donna, and wins $8,000 on the Money Cards. During a new match with challenger Misty, Jack wins a $100 exact guess bonus in an audience poll question.
153	8/7/1986	Jack	Misty	Misty wins a $500 exact guess bonus on a 100 people survey question. Jack defeats Misty, and wins $2,400 on the Money Cards. During a new match against Carla, Carla wins a $100 exact guess bonus during an audience poll question. Five exact guess bonuses were won in three shows as of this episode.
154	8/8/1986	Jack	Carla	Carla defeats Jack, who leaves with $14,950. Carla wins $3,700 on the Money Cards.

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
155	8/11/1986	Carla	Tedd	Tedd defeats Carla Tedd wins a dismal $300 on the Money Cards (total: $500)
156	8/12/1986	Tedd	Kim	Tedd defeats Kim. Tedd wins an additional $2,200 on the Money Cards (total: $2,900) Tedd's next challenger Sandi was once a contestant on Bob's previous show Trivia Trap. By that time, she got married.
157	8/13/1986	Tedd	Sandi	Sandi defeats Tedd, who leaves Studio 33 with $3,000. Sandi wins $7,000 on the Money Cards (total: $7,200) New challenger Bill wins a $500 exact guess bonus, and eventually defeats Sandi, who leaves with $7,300. Bill would start Thursday's show with the Money Cards
158	8/14/1986	Bill	Alexia	To kick off the show, Bill wins $1,200 on the Money Cards. Bill defeats Alexia, and wins $3,250 on his second trip to the Money Cards (total: $#,###)
159	8/15/1986	Bill	Courtney	Bill defeats Courtney. Bill wins only $350 on his third trip to the Money Cards

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
160	8/18/1986	Bill	Jill	Second time in the show's run where both players' names rhyme. Bill wins $16,400 in the Money Cards (total $22,500) Bill then takes on Jan in his final match which will continue tommorow.
161	8/19/1986	Bill	Jan	Bill wins $6,900 in the Money Cards and retires undefeated with $29,600. Total winnings surpass $1 million at this point in the run. New match between Tola and Bernie (the latter returning due to a techincal error) begins, and continues in the next episode.
162	8/20/1986	Tola	Bernie	Bernie returns due to a technical error. Tola is the new champion, and wins $3,450 on the Money Cards (total $3,650) As the taping winds up, Steve defeats Tola, who leaves with $3,600.
163	8/21/1986	Steve	Pat	Show starts with Steve playing the Money Cards, where he wins $7,400. Later, Steve defeats Pat, and wins another $2,200 on the Money Cards (total $10,000) New challenger, Stefoni, was a contestant on Body Language in 1984.
164	8/22/1986	Steve	Stefoni	Stefoni defeats Steve, who leaves with $10,100. Stefoni then wins $10,700 on the Money Cards (total $10,900) Stefoni takes on new challenger Juan in a match that will continue on 9/1/1986.

Young People's Week II starts on August 25, 1986 and continues until August 29, 1986.

Audience Polling Group August 25 to 29, 1986: Grade School Teachers
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
165	8/25/1986	Shawn	Ashley	This was the first week with a special theme Audience poll. Ashley wins $7,200 on the Money Cards (total $7,400 awarded in certificates of deposit) During the last segment, future Baywatch actress Kelly Packard appears as a young contestant!
166	8/26/1986	Kelly	Asa	During the first question of the show, Asa makes a controversial remark (hence why the audio was garbled) Kelly wins $3,000 on the Money Cards (total $3,200)
167	8/27/1986	Summer	Donovan	Summer wins $1,900 on the Money Cards (total $2,100)
168	8/28/1986	Heather	Jason	Heather wins $2,000 on the Money Cards (total $2,200)
169	8/29/1986	Courtney	Destri	Courtney wins $9,900 on the Money Cards (total $10,100)

September

Adults return on September 1, 1986.

Audience Polling Group September 1 to 5, 1986: L.A. Firefighters
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
170	9/1/1986	Stefoni	Juan	Match between Stefoni and Juan resumes from the 8/22/86 episode. Juan defeats Stefoni and wins $12,150 on the Money Cards (total: $12,350).
171	9/2/1986	Juan	Gayla	Gayla defeats Juan. The lowest non-$0 win on the Money Cards at this point in the series Gayla wins $100! Bob: You could win a hundred dollars right here... and you have! Gayla vs. Jeff match underway. Jeff defeats Gayla before time runs out.
172	9/3/1986	Jeff	Marian	Episode begins with Jeff playing the Money Cards, where he wins $12,000. (total: $12,200) Later, Marian defeats Jeff, and wins $1,750 on the Money Cards. (total: $1,950)
173	9/4/1986	Marian	Heather
174	9/5/1986	Heather	Jay

Audience Polling Group September 8 to 12, 1986: Flight Attendants
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
175	9/8/1986	Heather	David
176	9/9/1986	Heather	Garry
177	9/10/1986	Don	Leslie
178	9/11/1986	Leslie	Scott
179	9/12/1986	Scott	Dorothy

Audience Polling Group September 15 to 19, 1986: Los Angeles D.A.R.E. Police Officers
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
180	9/15/1986	Dorothy	Joe
181	9/16/1986	Joe	Norma
182	9/17/1986	Norma	Tom
183	9/18/1986	Tom	Florence
184	9/19/1986	Tom	Dana

Audience Polling Group September 22 to 26, 1986: Different group of people each day.
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
185	9/22/1986	Tom	Jody	The window for the contestant during the Money Cards is now a diamond, replacing the circle.
186	9/23/1986	Tom	Patty	Patty defeats Tom, who leaves with $17,100 Patty wins $2,300 at the Money Cards (total: $2,500) Patty then meets a new challenger, whose real name is, strangely enough, London England.
187	9/24/1986	Patty	London
188	9/25/1986	London	Karen
189	9/26/1986	Richelle	Craig

Audience Polling Group September 29 to October 3, 1986: Secretaries
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
190	9/29/1986	Craig	Jeanne	The buzzer for incorrect incorrect guesses is now in the key of A Flat Major; it was originally in A Major. The NBC version was in B Flat Major.
191	9/30/1986	Jeanne	Maria	On the East Coast, the first five minutes were interrupted by a CBS Special Report on the Soviet-US Summit in Iceland. In such area, it began near the end of Game 1; the West Coast got the full episode.

October

Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
192	10/1/1986	Maria	Steve
193	10/2/1986	Steve	Cammy
194	10/3/1986	Steve	Jennifer

Audience Polling Group October 6 to 10, 1986: Bodybuilders
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
195	10/6/1986	Jennifer	Clint	Jennifer wins $11,200 on the Money Cards at the start of the show. Jennifer defeats Clint and wins $300 more on her second trip to the Money Cards.
196	10/7/1986	Jennifer	Nolan	Jennifer wins a $500 exact guess bonus. Nolan defeats Jennifer, who leaves with $13,800. Nolan wins $4,000 on the Money Cards (total: $4,200) New match with Nolan vs. Tammie underway. Tammie wins a $100 audience poll bonus.
197	10/8/1986	Nolan	Tammie	Nolan defeats Tammie, who leaves with $###. Nolan wins $4,000 for the second time in a row on the Money Cards (total: $8,400) Mary Margaret defeats Nolan at the end of the show, and will play the Money Cards first thing on Thursday's show.
198	10/9/1986	Mary Margaret	Mario	Mary Margaret starts the show winning $6,100 on the Money Cards (total: $6,300) New match with Mario gets underway. Mario wins a $100 audience poll bonus. Mary Margaret defeats Mario, and wins $8,400 on the Money Cards.
199	10/10/1986	Mary Margaret	Torrie	Mary Margaret wins a $100 audience poll bonus. Torrie defeats Mary Margaret, who leaves with $15,100. Torrie wins $2,200 on the Money Cards. New challenger Ron is Torrie's new opponent now.

Audience Polling Group October 13 to 17, 1986: House Husbands
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
200	10/13/1986	Torrie	Ron	Ron wins both a $100 audience poll bonus and a $500 regular survey bonus. Starting this episode, the audience polling members wear yellow nametags with names in black font.
201	10/14/1986	Ron	Joanne	This episode through #209 were last shown on GSN in early 2007.
202	10/15/1986	Joanne	Mary
203	10/16/1986	Mary	Deian	New challenger Bruce is in a wheelchair.
204	10/17/1986	Bruce	Sherri

Audience Polling Group October 20 to 24, 1986: Couples Married At Least 50 Years
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
205	10/20/1986	Bruce	Patti
206	10/21/1986	Bruce	Cheryl
207	10/22/1986	Bruce	Mary
208	10/23/1986	Mary	Lisa
209	10/24/1986	Lisa	Lori

Also, Bob Hilton returns to the mic, filling in for Gene Wood from October 27 to 31, 1986.

Audience Polling Group October 27 to 31, 1986: Married Men
Bonus prize: Renault Alliance ($7,674)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
210	10/27/1986	Lori	Jeff	First show with car game and educated guess questions. First show with models wearing different outfits. Instead of the uniforms with very short skirts, the models are wearing midi skirts, a 1950s style skirt that came back into style in the 1980s. Still images of Money Cards winners before commercials are no longer used by this point. Lori wins $14,200 on the Money Cards to start off the week. Lori is the first contestant to play the car game, but does not win. New challenger Jeff eventually defeats Lori, who leaves with $26,050. Before time runs out, Jeff wins $7,300 on the Money Cards, and will play for a car on Tuesday's show.
211	10/28/1986	Jeff	Betty	Money Cards and car game not played back-to-back in this episode.
212	10/29/1986	Jeff	Amy	Jeff becomes the first winner of a car in the series! No marquee with "CAR" in flashing colors is seen yet.
213	10/30/1986	Amy	Jim	During the final segment, as Lacey does an audience poll plug, she accidentally calls the host Bill (in reference to Bill Rafferty from the syndicated version), and puts Lacey and the audience into fits of laughter. GSN aired this segment in its entirety.
214	10/31/1986	Jim	Terri	No Halloween references in this episode.

November

Gene Wood returns on November 3, 1986.

Audience Polling Group November 3 to 7, 1986: Single Women
Bonus prize: Chevrolet Sprint ($#,###)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
215	11/3/1986	Jim	Cynthia
216	11/4/1986	Cindi	BOB EUBANKS	Yes, Bob Eubanks is the contestant's name! The host's reaction is priceless! Cindi wins a $100 Audience Poll exact guess bonus Cindi defeats Bob, remains the champion, and eventually wins $2,000 on the Money Cards, but no car (total $2,300) Cindi meets another opponent with a peculiar name: a guy named Payday.
217	11/5/1986	Cindi	Payday
218	11/6/1986	Payday	Gail	New challenger Nikki starts her run. Nikki wins the first $500 bonus for an exact guess on an Educated Guess question.
219	11/7/1986	Nikki	David	Nikki was crowned champion on 11/6/1986 as time ran out, and ended up winning $4,000 on the Money Cards (total $4,700) Nikki plays the car game after the first commercial break, and loses. Nikki defeats David in a new match, and plays the show's second playing of the Money Cards where she wins $##,###. Then she loses the car game.

Audience Polling Group November 10 to 14, 1986: Married Women
Bonus prize: Pontiac 1000 ($6,348)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
220	11/10/1986	Nikki	Rodney
221	11/11/1986	Nikki	Frances
222	11/12/1986	Mike	Monique
223	11/13/1986	Monique	Tobi
224	11/14/1986	Tobi	Shelley

Audience Polling Group November 17 to 21, 1986: Married Men
Bonus prize: Pontiac Sunbird ($#,###)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
225	11/17/1986	Shelley	Fred
226	11/18/1986	Shelley	Syrena
227	11/19/1986	Syrena	Laurel
228	11/20/1986	Laurel	Todd	Laurel starts the show playing the car game, but does not win the car. New match with challenger Todd begins. Todd becomes the new champion; Laurel leaves with $6,650. Todd plays the Money Cards, wins $5,000 and an $8,563 car (total $13,763) Rachel is now Todd's new challenger.
229	11/21/1986	Todd	Rachel	Match between Todd and Rachel in progress at the start of the show. Todd defeats Rachel, and retains his championship title. Todd wins $5,600 on the Money Cards, but does not win the car (total $19,563) New challenger, Diane, is Todd's opponent in a new match.

Only three shows this week since it is Thanksgiving Week.

NOTE: The production numbers of 230, 236 and 237 respectively for November 24 to 26, 1986 are correct. Young People's Week III, with production numbers 231 to 235, was taped between the November 24 and 25, 1986 shows.

Audience Polling Group November 24: Married Men (from last week) November 25 & 26, 1986: Bachelors
Bonus prize: November 24, 1986: TBA ($#,###); November 25 & 25, 1986: TBA ($#,###)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
230	11/24/1986	Todd	Diane
236	11/25/1986	Todd	Jefflyn
237	11/26/1986	Jefflyn	Andy

December

Young People's Week III runs from December 1 to 5, 1986.

NOTE: The bonus game after the Money Cards is played for a trip to Hawaii. Contestants get two free Jokers for winning the match.

Audience Polling Group December 1 to 5, 1986: Fathers of Teenage Sons aged 13 to 15
Bonus prize: Trip for 4 to Hawaii ($3,496)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
231	12/1/1986	Alina	Hector	Hector defeats Alina. Hector wins $1,500 on the Money Cards, and winshe the trip to Hawaii (Total: $5,916) New players Melissa and Trevor start a new match. Match is tied up as time runs out.
232	12/2/1986	Melissa	Trevor	Show starts with first question in tiebreaker game. Trevor defeats Melissa in a sudden death question in the tiebreaker game. Trevor wins only $950 on the Money Cards, and takes three jokers to the bonus game and wins the trip (Total: $4,636) David and Erin are the new players in the next match. David defeats Erin at the end of the show.
233	12/3/1986	David	Erin
234	12/4/1986	Michael	Coral
235	12/5/1986	Dorie	Adam

Total money given away during Young People's Week III: $25,673

Adults return on December 8, 1986.

Audience Polling Group December 8 to 11, 1986: Bachelors; December 12, 1986: Single Women
Bonus prize: December 8 to 11, 1986: TBA ($#,###); December 12, 1986: TBA ($#,###)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
238	12/8/1986	Jefflyn	Leslie	Show starts off in Game #2, Leslie leads the match one game to none. Leslie defeats Jefflyn who leaves with $##,###. Leslie bets all of her money lower than a jack on the Big Bet row and wins $4,800 on the Money Cards. After the commercials, Leslie plays for the car, but loses (Total: $5,000) New match begins and Leslie meets her new opponent, Vince. Match continues into Tuesday.
239	12/9/1986	Leslie	Vince	Match between Leslie and Vince continues, Leslie leads one game to none. Leslie defeats Vince, and wins $8,000 on the Money Cards, but fails to win the car (Total: $13 200) Andy is Leslie's new opponent in the next match. Match is tied up at the end of the show.
240	12/10/1986	Leslie	Andy	Show starts off at the beginning of the Tiebreaker game.
241	12/11/1986	Leslie	Randy
242	12/12/1986	Randy	Martha	As of today, educated guess questions now use answers greater than 99. Martha defeats Randy in a tiebreaker, who leaves with $5,400. On the Money Cards, Martha bets $1,000 higher than a 9 and wins. Martha wins $6,200 on the Money Cards. No car game played in this episode.

Audience Polling Group December 15 to 18, 1986: Single Women; December 19, 1986: Married Women
Bonus prize: December 15 to 18, 1986: TBA ($#,###); December 19, 1986: Toyota Tercel ($6,148}
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
243	12/15/1986	Martha	Sandy	Martha starts off the show by playing the car game and wins the car (total: $12,548) New match between Martha and new opponent Sandy (a male) gets underway. The first time an educated guess question has an answer greater than 99. Martha defeats Sandy, and wins $3,100 on the Money Cards, but does not win another car (total: $15,848)
244	12/16/1986	Martha	Jim	Martha faces her new opponent, Jim, who returns due to a technical problem (he won $14,900 in his first appearances). Martha defeats Jim, who does not win any more money on his return visit. Martha wins $8,100 on the Money Cards, but no car on her third trip to the car game (total: $24,148)
245	12/17/1986	Martha	Claudette	Martha defeats Claudette. Martha wins $11,000 on the Money Cards - her biggest Money Cards win during her run. She does not win another car.
246	12/18/1986	Martha	Nomi	Martha freezes on a queen during gameplay. Martha defeats Nomi, ends up winning $2,250 on the Money Cards takes two jokers to the car game and wins the car, and retires undefeated with $43,946. A new match with two brand new players, Marcia and Bard, begins, and Bard wins the match which lasted only two questions!
247	12/19/1986	Bard	Diane	Christmas decorations are prevalent until December 25. As of today, educated guesses are displayed in chyron text, typed on your screen. The infamous losing horns from The Price is Right are now heard during losses in the car game. Show starts off with Bard playing the Money Cards and winning $14,000 (total $14,200), but fails to win the car. On Bard's playing of the Money Cards, he changes a four on the Big Bet row (likely in hopes of getting a Joker) and gets a two (Good thing he did, because had he kept the four, he would have lost a lot of money or busted, since the result was a three) New challenger Diane defeats Bard - the second match in a row that lasted only two questions - and Bard leaves with $14,200. Diane plays the Money Cards and wins $5,300, plus also wins a $100 audience poll exact guess bonus, but no car (total $5,600) After the car game, Benjamin is Diane's new opponent. Using software, I noticed that most of the gameplay in this episode was devoted to Money Cards and car game combined, and only one question involving 100 individuals was asked in this episode.

Audience Polling Group December 22-25: 10 Married Women; December 26: 10 16-Year-Old Boys
Bonus prize: December 22-25: Toyota Tercel ($6,148}; December 26: TBA ($#,###)
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
248	12/22/1986	Diane	Benjamin	Benjamin defeats Diane, who leaves with $5,700. Benjamin goes to the Money Cards and wins $2,600, then wins a car! (total $8,948)
249	12/23/1986	Benjamin	Dina	Dina defeats Benjamin, who exits with $8,948. It's Dina's turn to play the Money Cards, and she wins $5,400, but no car (total $5,600) Dina starts new match with challenger Therese. Dina later wins a $500 exact guess bonus.
250	12/24/1986	Dina	Therese	Therese defeats Dina, who leaves with $6,100. Therese plays the Money Cards where she wins $3,525 but does not win the car. Therese also wins a $100 exact guess bonus on an Audience Poll question (total $3,825) Therese will meet a new challenger on the next program.
251	12/25/1986	Therese	Philippe	MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Philippe defeats Therese, who exits Studio 33 with $3,825. Although Philippe wins a $100 exact guess bonus during an Audience Poll question, holidays are not happy for Philippe - he wins just $300 in the Money Cards, but reveals a Joker on the Big Bet row. No car for Philippe either. (total $600). New challenger Angela takes the stage, and eventually defeats Philippe who leaves with $600.
252	12/26/1986	Angela	Michele	Christmas decorations are taken down by this episode. Show starts off with Angela playing the Money Cards and wins $2,500, but fails to win the car (total $2,700) Angela defeats Michele, and remains the champion, and plays the Money Cards where she wins another $3,900, but still no car (total $6,800)

Young People's Week IV runs from December 29, 1986 to January 2, 1987.

NOTE: Production numbers 263 to 266 for December 29 to January 2, 1987 are correct. Young People's Week IV was taped between the January 16, 1987 and the January 19, 1987 episodes. CBS did not air all the taped episodes in production order, though GSN does.

Only four shows were taped for Young People's Week IV, as there was no show on January 1, 1987.

Audience Polling Group December 29, 1986 to January 2, 1987: Co-Eds from Cal State Fullerton
Featured bonus prize: Trip for 4 to Hawaii {$3,496}
Ep. #	CBS Airdate	Red Player (Champ)	Blue Player (Challenger)	Notes
263	12/29/1986	John	Colby	John vs. Colby match starts off the special week. John defeats Colby, wins $1,450 on the Money Cards (which he will keep) plus the trip to Hawaii.
264	12/30/1986	Scott	Amie	Scott vs. Amie match is underway. Scott defeats Amie, and wins $4,500 on his Money Cards, but is not going to Hawaii.
265	12/31/1986	Laura	Corey	Last show of 1986. Corey defeats Laura and wins $4,750 on the Money Cards but no trip to Hawaii (total: $4,950) Just before the closing credits, Bob wishes his viewers a safe and prosperous new year, and "please drive carefully". Laura and Corey blow noisemakers to close out 1986.

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