To Tell the Truth
Classic game show in which a person of some notoriety and two impostors try to match wits with a panel of four celebrities. The object of the game is to try to fool the celebrities into voting for the two impostors. Each wrong vote would be worth $250 ($100 in the daytime version).
- 1956-1968
- 13 seasons
- CBS
- Family, Game Show
- TV-G
Classic game show in which a person of some notoriety and two impostors try to match wits with a panel of four celebrities. The object of the game is to try to fool the celebrities into voting for the two impostors. Each wrong vote would be worth $250 ($100 in the daytime version).
Season 1 Episode Guide
38 Episodes 1956 - 1957
Episode 0
Nothing But the Truth
Sat, Sep 5, 2026
Episode 1
Polly Bergen, Mike Wallace, Hildy Parks, Dick Van Dyke
Tue, Dec 18, 1956
Episode 2
Polly Bergen, Mike Wallace, Hildy Parks, Dick Van Dyke
Tue, Dec 25, 1956
Episode 3
Polly Bergen, John Cameron Swayze, Hildy Parks, Dick Van Dyke
Tue, Jan 1, 1957
Episode 4
Polly Bergen, Hume Cronyn, Hildy Parks, Dick Van Dyke
Tue, Jan 8, 1957 30 mins
Episode 5
Polly Bergen, John Cameron Swayze, Hildy Parks, Dick Van Dyke
Tue, Jan 15, 1957
Episode 6
Polly Bergen, Bob Considine, Hildy Parks, Dick Van Dyke
Tue, Jan 22, 1957
The panelists must deduce the identity of the real spy expert Ladislas Farago and circus clown Paul Jung.
Episode 7
Polly Bergen, John Cameron Swayze, Hildy Parks, Hy Gardner
Tue, Jan 29, 1957
Episode 8
Polly Bergen, Glenn Ford, Betty Furness, Hy Gardner
Tue, Feb 5, 1957
Episode 9
Polly Bergen, John Cameron Swayze, Betty Furness, Hy Gardner
Tue, Feb 12, 1957
Episode 10
Polly Bergen, Abe Burrows, Betty Furness, Hy Gardner
Tue, Feb 19, 1957
Episode 11
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Ilka Chase, Hy Gardner
Tue, Feb 26, 1957
Episode 12
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, Mar 5, 1957
Episode 13
Polly Bergen, Carl Reiner, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, Sally Rand (contestant)
Tue, Mar 12, 1957
Episode 14
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, Mar 19, 1957
Episode 15
Polly Bergen, John Cameron Swayze, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, Shirlee Fonda (contestant)
Tue, Mar 26, 1957
Episode 16
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, Apr 2, 1957
Episode 17
Celebrity contestants: Joey Adams, Henny Youngman, Phil Foster
Tue, Apr 9, 1957
Episode 18
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, Chester Conklin & George Mikan (contestants)
Tue, Apr 16, 1957
Panelist try to root out the real George Mikan, an attorney known as "Mr. Basketball" for his record-setting run, original Keystone Cops member Chester Conklin, and Sheila Ledbetter, producer of England's version of the "$64,000 Question."
Episode 19
Mary Healy, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, Apr 23, 1957
Episode 20
Mary Healy, Martin Gabel, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, Apr 30, 1957 30 mins
Episode 21
Mary Healy, Jackie Cooper, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, May 7, 1957 30 mins
Episode 22
Mary Healy, Jackie Cooper, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, May 14, 1957 30 mins
Episode 23
Polly Bergen, Jackie Cooper, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, May 21, 1957
Episode 24
Polly Bergen, Walter Slezak, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, Casey Tibbs (contestant)
Tue, May 28, 1957
Episode 25
Polly Bergen, Jack Paar, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, Jun 4, 1957
Episode 26
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, Adrian Foley (contestant)
Tue, Jun 11, 1957
Episode 27
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, Jun 18, 1957
Episode 28
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, Jun 25, 1957
Episode 29
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, (Eamonn Andrews, Baby LeRoy & Pappy Boyington - contestants)
Tue, Jul 2, 1957
Episode 30
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, Jul 9, 1957
Episode 31
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, ("Wrong Way" Corrigan, the Dancing Gordons - contestants)
Tue, Jul 16, 1957
Episode 32
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, (Mohana - contestant)
Tue, Jul 23, 1957
Episode 33
Ralph Bellamy (substitute host), Polly Bergen, Eamonn Andrews, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, (Mary Ellen Moylan - contestant)
Tue, Jul 30, 1957
Episode 34
Ralph Bellamy (substitute host), Polly Bergen, Jack Paar, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, (John William Anderson - contestant)
Tue, Aug 6, 1957
Episode 35
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, Aug 13, 1957
Episode 36
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner
Tue, Aug 20, 1957
Episode 37
Polly Bergen, Ralph Bellamy, Kitty Carlisle, Hy Gardner, (Chester Lauck - contestant)
Tue, Aug 27, 1957