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Chain Reaction was a game show airing on NBC daytime. It was the first of three different Chain Reaction shows.

This edition pitted two teams, each of a contestant and two celebrities. A board with eight readouts is shown and a word is placed in the first and last spots. The first team selects a letter to be placed in the first spot of below the first word or above the last. The word to be guessed as an association with the displayed word. Correctly guessing the word scores points based on the number of letters in the word. Teams keep selecting as long as they get correct words. Incorrect guesses or passes means the opposing team selects. Words with plus signs doubles the point values.

The first team to 50 points wins the game. The contestant now tries to for $10,000 by guessing ten words or phrases in sixty seconds. The celebrity partners are shown each answer and must formulate their questions one word at a time in turn. This bonus game would be reused as the main game in Bob Stewart's 1983 game show Go!

Chain Reaction was replayed on CBN cable in 1981 and on USA in 1984. It returned in 1985 on USA cable in a Canadian-produced show hosted by Goeff Edwards (who filled in for Bill Cullen on the original show for two weeks as Cullen went to do sub-host work on Password Plus). A third version premiered in 2006 on GSN, hosted by Dylan Lane.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Person	Role	Duration
Main Cast
Bill Cullen	Host	1
Geoff Edwards	Substiture host	1
Johnny Gilbert	Announcer	1

[edit] Seasons

[edit] In-Depth

[edit] DVD Releases

[edit] External Sites