| Keep It in the Family | |
|---|---|
| Format | Game Show |
| Created by | Leonard Stern Roger Price |
| Presented by | Bill Nimmo |
| Narrated by | Johnny Olson |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Leonard Stern |
| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | October 12, 1957 – February 8, 1958 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Family Feud |
Keep It in the Family is an American television game show hosted by Bill Nimmo (Keefe Brasselle hosted the pilot) and announced by Johnny Olson which ran on ABC from October 12, 1957 to February 8, 1958.
The series was created by Leonard Stern (who also created Get Smart) and Roger Price (who created "Droodles" and "Mad Libs"). The show was produced by Frank Cooper Productions, and was replaced by Dick Clark's Beechnut Show, which ran until 1960.
A sort of forerunner of Family Feud, the game involved two five-member families who were asked five-part questions, with the youngest members generally getting the easier questions and the older members, the harder ones. Teams started with 200 points and could bid up to 100 points, with the higher bid receiving the question. The difficulty of the question increased with the amount of the bid. If a team missed any part of the question, the amount of their bet was deducted from their score; if their score fell below 100 points, they automatically lost. Otherwise, the game continued until one team scored 350 points; the winners then faced a new family.
In addition, when a family answered all five parts of the question correctly, they received a bonus prize.
The series is believed to have been destroyed as per network practices of the era. Only the Premiere is known to exist.