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Tic-Tac-Dough

American television game show

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Tic-Tac-Dough is an American television game show based on the paper-and-pencil game of tic-tac-toe. Contestants answer trivia questions to put up their respective symbol, X or O, on a tic-tac-toe board. Four versions were produced: the initial 1956–1959 run on NBC, a 1978–1986 run initially on CBS and then in first-run syndication, a syndicated run in 1990, and a 2025 revival on Game Show Network. The show was produced by Barry & Enright Productions. However, the rights to the format are controlled by NBCUniversal.

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The public source identifies “Tic-Tac-Dough” as american television game show. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tic-Tac-Dough, American and television.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1956, 1959, 1978, 1986—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Tic-Tac-Dough, American and television providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1956, 1959, 1978 and 1986.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tic-Tac-Dough” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.