Way Out Games

Way out Games
Genre	Gameshow
Directed by	Richard S. Kline
Presented by	Sonny Fox Mark Maxwell-Smith
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
Production company(s)	Barry & Enright Productions MGM Television
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	11 September 1976 – 2 April 1977

Way Out Games was a weekly athletic competition game show where a total of 51 teams representing the United States and Puerto Rico competed in a series of athletic events, with emphasis based on humor and the unexpected.

Way Out Games aired on CBS from September 11, 1976 to September 4, 1977 and was hosted by Sonny Fox. The show was produced by Barry & Enright Productions in association with MGM Television, and originated at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.

Gameplay

Every week, three different teams would compete in various athletic events and would earn points for winning an event. The team with the most points at the end of that day's show would come back on a later show to compete against other winning teams. Prizes and trophies would also be given to the winners.

There would be 17 weeks of regular competition, 6 weeks of Quarterfinals (with one Quarterfinal having only two teams), 2 weeks of Semi-Finals, and a Championship Final, with one match each week.

In the Championship finals, shown in April 1977, Oregon defeated Indiana.

Broadcast history

Way Out Games aired Saturdays at 12:30 P.M. Eastern from September 1976 to January 1977. It then moved a half-hour later to 1:00 P.M. Eastern from February to April 1977. Then it aired at 7:00 A.M. Sundays from April to September 1977.

Some CBS affiliates even dropped Way Out Games midway through its run in favor of syndicated series (like Soul Train) and sports, such being commonplace among Saturday morning series after 12 Noon and on Sunday mornings.

Children's programming on CBS in the 1970s

First-run animated series	Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–71) The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969–71) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–72) Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1971–74) Groovie Goolies (1970–71) Josie and the Pussycats (1970–71) Harlem Globetrotters (1970–71) Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971–74) The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971–72) Archie's TV Funnies (1971–73) The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972–74) The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972) The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–74) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–84) My Favorite Martians (1973–75) Bailey's Comets (1973–75) Jeannie (1973–75) Speed Buggy (1973–75) Partridge Family 2200 A.D. (1974–75) Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974–76) The U.S. of Archie (1974–76) Clue Club (1976–77) Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle (1976–77) The New Adventures of Batman (1977–78) What's New Mr. Magoo? (1977) The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour (1977–78) The Robonic Stooges (1977–78) The All New Popeye Hour (1978–83) Tarzan and the Super 7 (1978–80) The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle (1979–81)

First-run live-action series	Captain Kangaroo (1955–84) In the News (1971–86) You Are There (1971–72) CBS Children's Film Festival (1971–78; 1982–84) Shazam! (1974–77) The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine (1974–75) The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show (1974–75) The Secrets of Isis (1975–77) Far Out Space Nuts (1975–76) The Ghost Busters (1975) Ark II (1976) Way Out Games (1976–77) The Skatebirds (1977–78) Space Academy (1977–79) Wacko (1977) 30 Minutes (1978–82) Jason of Star Command (1978–81)

Rebroadcasts	The Jetsons The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour (1968–71; 1975–78; 1978–85) The Monkees (1969–72) Wacky Races (1968–70) The New Adventures of Superman Jonny Quest Sylvester and Tweety (1976–77)

Schedules	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

Related	Animation in the United States in the television era

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