Reach for the Stars (game show)

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Reach for the Stars
Genre	Game show
Created by	Merv Griffin
Directed by	Gilbert Cates
Starring	Bill Mazer
Theme music composer	Horst Jankowski
Opening theme	A Walk in the Black Forest by Herb Alpert
Country of origin	USA
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	65
Broadcast
Original run	January 2, 1967 (disputed) – March 31, 1967 (disputed)
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Reach for the Stars was a television game show which briefly aired on NBC weekday mornings at 10:00 beginning January 2, 1967 and which ran for a total of 65 episodes.

Play was similar to most programs of the period, with contestants vying for the fulfillment of a dream via a series of trivia questions and stunts. A correct answer allowed a contestant to "reach for a star" on a game board; a wrong answer meant the loss of the star.

The show was produced by Merv Griffin Productions at NBC's New York studios and was hosted by longtime broadcaster Bill Mazer.

In a move similar to The Match Game, Reach for the Stars looked to the popular music charts of the day for its theme, which was the Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass version of Horst Jankowski's A Walk in The Black Forest. The song had been released two years before on the Going Places album.