(Place, Thing, etc.) was displayed on the screen and the subject was shown to the giver. Up to six clues would be shown, one every two seconds. Once the giver felt that there was enough information on the screen for his/her partner to guess, he/she would say, "Solve it!" The guesser then turned to face the screen, read all the displayed clues, and could offer one guess. The host announced whether the guess was correct or incorrect, and the guesser turned away from the screen as a new subject was played. The contestant won $10,000 if the team solved five subjects before time ran out, or $250 per correct response otherwise. Champion contestants remained on the show until they had either played the Clue Screen round five times or were defeated in the main game. Set Blackout was taped in Studio 33 at CBS Television City in Hollywood, California. Broadcast history Blackout debuted at 10:00 AM on January 4, 1988 and took the place of The $25,000 Pyramid, which had been cancelled by CBS after five and a half seasons. Blackout never managed to find an audience, however. NBC's Sale of the Century routinely beat it in the ratings, and Blackout did not perform as well as Pyramid had in the slot. CBS, unsatisfied with the performance, decided to move in another direction. Blackout was cancelled following its initial sixty-five episode order, which ended on April 1, 1988, and the network began working on a revival of Family Feud which would launch later in the year. Blackout'''s temporary replacement was its predecessor, as The $25,000 Pyramid was brought back for a final run of sixty-five episodes while Family Feud was waiting to debut; Pyramid aired its final episode on CBS on July 1, 1988 and was replaced by Family Feud the following Monday.Blackout has not been seen on television since its cancellation by CBS. A brief clip of the pilot episode, which was hosted by Robb Weller, was seen in the background during the opening sequence of the ABC miniseries The Stand'' in 1994. International versions References External links American version International versions Article on the Dutch version of the show 1988 American television series debuts 1988 American television series endings 1980s American game shows CBS original programming Television series by Jay Wolpert Enterprises Television series by CBS Studios