First Color Shows "PASSWORD"

[Big Dave]

I think the camera would have been a GE. This version of Password did to to CBS Television City for occasional visits (mainly the nighttime version). The daytime version went to Television City when they were getting the New York studio ready for color. Otherwise the CBS Password originated in NY.

I do believe NBC was all color by this time and CBS and ABC were color for primetime. CBS daytime, with the exception of Password, was still in black and white. CBS was not all color until the fall of 1967.

When Password was cancelled in 1967, the color episodes were syndicated. All sponsor tags and the CBS color ident were removed. Unfortunately, this was done with the original masters. The DVD set shows this. I did not watch the whole clip, so another intact copy may be around.

The ABC Password was the first version to air from California in its entirety.