Candid Camera
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Genre Comedy reality
Created by Allen Funt
Developed by Allen Funt
Presented by
Allen Funt (1948–92) Arthur Godfrey (1960–61) Durward Kirby (1961–66) Dorothy Collins (1961–63) Bess Myerson (1966–67) John Bartholomew Tucker (1974–75) Phyllis George (1975–76) Joann Pflug (1976–79) Dom DeLuise (1991–92) Eva LaRue (1991–92) Peter Funt (1996–2004; 2014) Suzanne Somers (1997–99) Dina Eastwood (2001–04) Mayim Bialik (2014)
Narrated by
Durward Kirby (1960–66)
Bess Myerson (1966–67)
Theme music composer Frank Grant
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 38
No. of episodes 1,000+
Production
Executive producer(s)
Allen Funt (1948–92)
Bob Banner (1960-67)
Peter Funt (1996-2004; 2014)
Ben Silverman (2014)
Location(s) Various on-location
Camera setup Single camera
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Allen Funt Productions
(1953; 1960–67; 1974-79; 1983; 1987-88; 1991-92) Bob Banner Associates (1960–67)
King World Productions
(1991) Candid Camera, Inc. (1996-2004; 2014)
Electus
(2014)
TV Land Original Production
(2014)
Distributor FremantleMedia Enterprises (1974-2004) Electus International (2014)
Release
Original network
ABC (1948–49)
NBC (1949–51)
Syndication (1951–54) NBC (1954–59)
CBS (1959–67)
ABC (1974) Syndication (1974–79) NBC (1983) CBS (1987–88) Syndication (1991–92) CBS (1996–2001)
PAX (2001–04) TV Land (2014)
Picture format 480i SDTV (1953-2004) 1080i HDTV (2014)
Original release Original version: 1948–54
1960 version: 1960–67
The New Candid Camera: 1974–79 The Candid Camera Show: 1987–88 The All-New Candid Camera: 1991–92
1996 version: 1996–2004 TV Land version: 2014
Chronology
Preceded by
Candid Microphone
External links
Website
www.candidcamera.com