1976-05-06, ABC, 30 min.
April 12, 1976 - July 23, 1976 (76 first run episodes)
September 18, 1976 - February 26, 1977 (19 first run episodes)
(Re-runs beginning in February 29, 1977 to September 11, 1977)
Break the Bank had two separate runs on American television. The first was as a daily series that aired from April 12 to July 23, 1976, on ABC, airing at 2:30 p.m. Eastern/1:30 Central. Although the series was popular, the network canceled it in order to expand the soap operas One Life to Live and General Hospital, both of which followed it on the daytime schedule, from 30 minutes to 45 minutes. The show quickly returned as a weekly syndicated game from September 18, 1976, to September 11, 1977.
The ABC daytime series had 76 episodes, including the 3/23 and 5/20 pilots. The syndicated series had 24 episodes with 5 of them being rerun. The last episode for the entire series was on February 26, 1977, with reruns airing until September 11th of that year. In 1994, GSN added Break the Bank to their lineup. This continued until 1997, and since then, no episodes from the series have been broadcast on television again. Currently, 17 episodes from the original Tom Kennedy series and 3 episodes from the syndicated Jack Barry series have been uploaded and steam on YouTube.
NOTE: complete with commercials.
1976-07-02, SYN, 30 min.
December 31, 1962-September 20, 1969 (NBC); July 2, 1973-April 20, 1979 (CBS); 1975-1981 (SYNDICATED). Host: Gene Rayburn.
1976-07-07, WNBC, 27 min.
June 16, 1976-July 7, 1976; January 26, 1977-March 9, 1977. The Jacksons hosted a half-hour variety series which first appeared during the summer of 1976 and resurfaced briefly early in 1977. Eight of the nine Jackson children appeared on the show- brothers Michael, Marlon, Jackie, Tito and Randy, and sisters Maureen, La Toya and Janet.
1977-02-08, WNBC, 52 min.
"Police Woman" on the firing line . . . Angie Dickinson is roasted by host Dean Martin, her series costar Earl Holliman, James Stewart, Juliet Prowse, Rex Reed, Cathy Rigby, Ruth Buzzi, Cindy Williams, Orson Welles, Eve Arden, LaWanda Page, Joey Bishop, Jimmie Walker, Jackie Mason, Scatman Crothers, Red Buttons and Foster Brooks.
1977-02-08, WNBC, min.
"Police Woman" on the firing line . . . Angie Dickinson is roasted by host Dean Martin, her series costar Earl Holliman, James Stewart, Juliet Prowse, Rex Reed, Cathy Rigby, Ruth Buzzi, Cindy Williams, Orson Welles, Eve Arden, LaWanda Page, Joey Bishop, Jimmie Walker, Jackie Mason, Scatman Crothers, Red Buttons and Foster Brooks.
Duplicate of #2122.
1977-02-08, NBC, 52 min.
"Police Woman" on the firing line . . . Angie Dickinson is roasted by host Dean Martin, her series costar Earl Holliman, James Stewart, Juliet Prowse, Rex Reed, Cathy Rigby, Ruth Buzzi, Cindy Williams, Orson Welles, Eve Arden, LaWanda Page, Joey Bishop, Jimmie Walker, Jackie Mason, Scatman Crothers, Red Buttons and Foster Brooks.
Dupe Of # 2122.
1977-05-02, NBC, 52 min.
Peter Marshall is roasted by host Dean Martin and a panel of celebrities including Red Buttons, Foster Brooks, Rip Taylor, Orson Welles, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Vincent Price, Karen Valentine, Paul Lynde, Jimmie Walker, Jack Carter, Jackie Gayle, Rose Marie, Joey Bishop and Wayland and Madame.
Dupe Of # 2128.
1977-05-02, WNBC, 52 min.
Peter Marshall is roasted by host Dean Martin and a panel of celebrities including Red Buttons, Foster Brooks, Rip Taylor, Orson Welles, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Vincent Price, Karen Valentine, Paul Lynde, Jimmie Walker, Jack Carter, Jackie Gayle, Rose Marie, Joey Bishop and Wayland and Madame.
1978-03-17, WNBC, 52 min.
Jack Klugman is roasted. Scheduled to join host Dean Martin on the dais are Milton Berle, Connie Stevens, Howard Cosell, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Joey Bishop, Ruth Buzzi, Don Rickles, Tony Randall, Abbe Lane and Dick Martin.
1978-03-17, WNBC, 52 min.
Jack Klugman is roasted. Scheduled to join host Dean Martin on the dais are Milton Berle, Connie Stevens, Howard Cosell, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Joey Bishop, Ruth Buzzi, Don Rickles, Tony Randall, Abbe Lane and Dick Martin.
Duplicate of #2131.
1978-03-24, WNEW, 81 min.
October 1, 1962-March 29, 1963 (NBC); 1965-1969 (Syndicated); August 18, 1969-February 11, 1972 (CBS); 1972-1986 (Syndicated).
1978-03-26, WFRV, 50 min.
Celebrities pay tribute to the man who put television on the map, Milton Berle.
On hand are Bob Hope, Johnny Carson, Kirk Douglas, Frank Sinatra, Flip Wilson,
Lucille Ball, Don Rickles, Marlo Thomas, Angie Dickinson, Joey Bishop, Gregory Peck, George Carlin, Carl Reiner, Gene Kelly, Gabe Kaplan, Donnie Osmond and Marie Osmond.
1979-01-19, WNBC, 52 min.
From gridiron glory to "Celebrity Roast"-Joe Namath is on the receiving end of good-natured barbs from Orson Welles, Milton Berle, Jimmie Walker, Joey Bishop, Mel Tillis, Tom Bosley, Norm Crosby, Lee Meriwether, Rich Little, Angie Dickinson, David Doyle, Ruth Buzzi, Lorne Greene, Dick Butkus, George Blanda and Bernie Kopell.
1979-01-19, WNBC, min.
From gridiron glory to "Celebrity Roast"-Joe Namath is on the receiving end of good-natured barbs from Orson Welles, Milton Berle, Jimmie Walker, Joey Bishop, Mel Tillis, Tom Bosley, Norm Crosby, Lee Meriwether, Rich Little, Angie Dickinson, David Doyle, Ruth Buzzi, Lorne Greene, Dick Butkus, George Blanda and Bernie Kopell.
Duplicate of #2136.