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Quizzer, quizzee: emcee Bill Goodwin conqrotulates Penny to a Million contestant. Penny To A Million PROGRAM OF THE WEEK Penny to a Million is the kind of show that must be particularly gall¬ ing to writers who have been trying to sell their show ideas to the net¬ works—the same networks that keep making public statements about how badly they want “new ideas.” The thing that’s new about ABC’s Penny to a Million is that they give away pennies instead of dollars. And the pennies wind up being dollars anyway. Aside from this so-what? “switch,” the show is a quiz show, plain and simple. Two panels of contestants each run an elimination contest based on ques¬ tions like “Who sailed down the Hud¬ son River in the Half Moon?” (A question, incidentally, which was miss¬ ed.) The winners from each panel then compete, spelling-bee-wise, for the number of pennies totaled on the board, the total having doubled every time a correct answer was given. Or something like that. Anyway, the total goes up to a nice, round million pen¬ nies—or $10,000, if you prefer to fig¬ ure it that way. The “take” is divided between the winners 50-50, if both miss the last question; 75-25, if one gets it right. Way out of his element is Bill Good¬ win, one of TV’s more likable em¬ cees—and, in this instance, one of the more embarrassed. The show also features one of those old-time radio announcers who can’t give you the time of day without screaming. As does any quiz show, Penny to a Million has one valuable asset. It gives the viewer a chance to prove he’s smarter than the contestants. Who did sail down the Hudson in the Half Moon, anyway? Heck, anybody knows that was . . . Balboa? — D.JK 18