quiz show
The Quiz Show featured in the movie is 50s quiz show 21 in which the winner is the one who reaches 21 points first. Herbie Stempel the reigning champion on the show when the movie begins, but as the story unfolds, it is revealed that the Quiz Show bosses keep the favored contestants on the show because it keeps ratings up, and they do this by giving them the answers to the questions. ... Soon after Van Doren is on the show and is very successful on it because he is also fed the answers. An attorney with the federal government named Dick Goodwin begins to investigate the suspicious TV show and puts N.