John Charles Daly
Daly's first foray into television was as a panelist on the game show "Celebrity Time". This led to a job in 1950 as the host and moderator on a new panel show produced by Goodson–Todman, "What's My Line?" The show lasted 17 years with Daly hosting all but four episodes of the weekly series.
Bill Cullen
Cullen's first television game show was the TV version of "Winner Take All", which premiered on CBS in 1952. In 1953, Cullen had "The Bill Cullen Show", a weekly morning variety program on CBS. He hosted "Bank on the Stars" in 1954. From 1954 to 1955, he hosted NBC's "Place the Face", a program in which celebrities identified people from their past; he simultaneously hosted CBS's "Name That Tune". From 1956 to 1966, he hosted the initial daytime and primetime versions of "The Price Is Right", another Goodson-Todman production. He was also a panelist on "I've Got a Secret" from 1952 to 1967, and "To Tell the Truth" from 1969 to 1978, where he also guest hosted on occasion. After relocating to Southern California, Cullen guest hosted "Password Plus" for four weeks in April 1980 while original host Allen Ludden was being treated for stomach cancer.