I remember this show... watched it every day on KXTX-39 in Dallas, TX (this was about 15 years before the station became a Telemundo affiliate). This show was paired with the short-lived syndicated version of "$ale Of The Century" on that station.
This was the updated version of the 1971-72 series 'All About Faces', which was hosted by the late Richard Hayes. David Fein created both shows. Instead of using two celebrity couples who wagered the outcome in each round, they utilized two civilian contestants to earn money for their predictions. Seeing both shows, this was not a bad update. Fred was out of his comfort zone hosting.
Here are the differences between All About Faces and Anything for Money: 1. All About Faces was produced in Toronto whilst Anything for Money was produced at the TAV Celebrity Theater in Hollywood. 2. Both shows were produced by onetime B&E staffer David B. Fein. 3. All About Faces was co-produced by Dan Enright whilst Anything for Money was co-produced by Gary Bernstein and the late Larry Hovis. 4. All About Faces was hosted by Richard Hayes whilst Anything for Money was hosted by the late Fred Travalena. 5. All About Faces was distributed by Screen Gems (now Sony Pictures Television) whilst Anything for Money was distributed by Paramount Television.
John W Landry also this was before WJBK’s cable carriage flooded Canada even in Winnipeg in 1986. It was the first Detroit TV station to be on cable in Newfoundland. Many people got to watch it back then because this was from 1985.
Northern California-- apparently aired on KOFY (then KTZO) in San Francisco, KOVR in Sacramento (then ABC, now CBS), and KNTV (then ABC for Monterey, now NBC for San Francisco) over there, my neck of the woods.
WAVE 3 in Louisville carried the show, along with The $100,000 Name That Tune, The New Treasure Hunt and The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime, among others.
I remember seeing this on then-CBS affiliate WJBK-TV2 in Detroit (now a Fox O&O) when it originally aired. KENS-TV5 in San Antonio and WFMY-TV2 in Greensboro, NC are still CBS affiliates to this day.
