<P> Press Your Luck is an American television daytime game show created by Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack . It premiered on CBS on September 19 , 1983 , and ended on September 26 , 1986 . In the show , contestants collected spins by answering trivia questions and then used the spins on an 18 - space game board to win cash and prizes . The contestant who amassed the highest total in cash and prizes kept his / her winnings for the day and became the champion . Peter Tomarken was the show 's host , and Rod Roddy was the primary announcer . John Harlan and Charlie O'Donnell filled in as substitute announcers for Roddy on different occasions . Press Your Luck was videotaped before a studio audience at CBS Television City , Studios 33 and 43 , in Hollywood , California . The show was a revival of the earlier Carruthers production Second Chance , which was hosted by Jim Peck and aired on ABC during 1977 . </P>
<P> Press Your Luck is an American television daytime game show created by Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack . It premiered on CBS on September 19 , 1983 , and ended on September 26 , 1986 . In the show , contestants collected spins by answering trivia questions and then used the spins on an 18 - space game board to win cash and prizes . The contestant who amassed the highest total in cash and prizes kept his / her winnings for the day and became the champion . Peter Tomarken was the show 's host , and Rod Roddy was the primary announcer . John Harlan and Charlie O'Donnell filled in as substitute announcers for Roddy on different occasions . Press Your Luck was videotaped before a studio audience at CBS Television City , Studios 33 and 43 , in Hollywood , California . The show was a revival of the earlier Carruthers production Second Chance , which was hosted by Jim Peck and aired on ABC during 1977 . </P>
when did the game show press your luck come out
when did the game show press your luck come out
September 19 , 1983
September 19 , 1983