Penny to a Million

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Penny to a Million
Format	Game show
Starring	Bill Goodwin, host
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	approximately 20
Production
Running time	30 minutes with commercials
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	May 4, 1955 – October 5, 1955

Penny to a Million was an American television game show (at the time more commonly called a "quiz show") that aired on ABC for five months in 1955, from May 4 to October 5 of that year. The program aired on Wednesday nights in primetime.

Hosted by Bill Goodwin (replacing Bud Collyer, who did the original pilot), the unique feature of this quiz show was that a correct answer to the first question in the playoff round was worth one cent (penny), but that a correct answer to each question that followed doubled in value, so that a contestant could win as much as $10,000, or a million pennies. Contestants were drawn from the studio audience.