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Quiz Show Scandals Changed U.S TV

Sixty years ago, a string of scandals emerged around "fixed" TV quiz shows. When the popular program Dotto was suddenly pulled from the air in 1958, answers were difficult to come by.

The scandals changed the business of television in the U.S.

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John McDonough

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