Time Will Tell (game show)

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| runtime = 30 minutes

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| company = Adams-Davis Productions

| presenter = Ernie Kovacs

| narrated = Robert Russell

| country = United States

| network = DuMont

| first_aired = {{Start date|1954|08|27}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1954|10|15}}

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Time Will Tell is an early American game show that aired on the DuMont Television Network Fridays at 10:30 pm ET from August 27 to October 15, 1954. The host was Ernie Kovacs.McNeil, Alex (1980). Total Television (4th ed.). New York: Penguin Books. {{ISBN|0-14-024916-8}}. Don Russell was the announcer, and Eddie Hatrak provided music.{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=1087|edition=2nd}}

Game play involved three contestants answering questions in 90-second rounds, timed with a large hourglass.Schwartz, et al. p. 203

The sustaining program,{{cite news |title=DuMont Tightens Belt, Drops Two Sustainers |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1954/1954-10-11-BC.pdf#page=76 |access-date=April 30, 2021 |work=Broadcasting |date=October 11, 1954 |page=76}} produced and distributed by the network, aired on most DuMont affiliates on Fridays at 10:30 pm Eastern Time, replacing Gamble on Love which was also hosted by Kovacs in the same time slot. After Time Will Tell ended, DuMont replaced the series with local (non-network) programming.