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Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [March 2017]
references:
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Goodson-Todman Productions (Mark Goodson & Bill Todman)
for
ABC

US Game Show 1971-75
Password (05-Apr-1971 to 15-Nov-1974)
Password All-Stars (18-Nov-1974 to 21-Feb-1975)
Password (24-Feb-1975 to 27-Jun-1975)

Host Allen Ludden

*Note: First Goodson-Todman show to be staged in Los Angeles rather than New York.

####### Password ########
#### Season 1 1971-72 #####
#########################
ABC

1.01 [--] Password [Premiere]
05Apr1971 ABC
Bill Bixby vs Elizabeth Montgomery

1.06 [--] Password
12Apr1971
Robert Reed vs Jo Anne Worley

1.11 [--] Password
19Apr1971
Jo Anne Worley vs Robert Reed

1.16 [--] Password
26Apr1971
Peter Lawford vs Burt Reynolds

1.21 [--] Password
03May1971
Kaye Ballard vs Harvey Korman

1.26 [--] Password
10May1971
Carol Lawrence vs Frank Gifford

1.31 [--] Password
17May1971
Pat Carroll vs Mel Torme

1.36 [--] Password
24May1971
Mary Tyler Moore vs Jack Cassidy

1.41 [--] Password
31May1971
Sally Ann Howes vs Bob Crane

1.46 [--] Password
07Jun1971
Elizabeth Allen vs Arte Johnson

1.51 [--] Password
14Jun1971
Bill Bixby vs Meredith MacRae

1.56 [--] Password
21Jun1971
Adam West vs Sheila MacRae

1.61 [--] Password
28Jun1971
Jo Anne Worley vs Werner Klemperer

1.66 [--] Password
05Jul1971
Angie Dickinson vs Peter Lawford

1.71 [--] Password
12Jul1971
Florence Henderson vs Bill Cullen

1.76 [--] Password
19Jul1971
Anne Meara vs Jack Klugman

1.81 [--] Password
26Jul1971
James Brolin vs Virginia Graham

1.86 [--] Password
02Aug1971
Amanda Blake vs Darren McGavin

1.91 [--] Password
09Aug1971
Greg Morris vs Nancy Kulp

1.96 [--] Password
16Aug1971
Betty White vs John Forsythe

1.101 [--] Password
23Aug1971
Juliet Mills vs Marty Allen

1.106 [--] Password
30Aug1971
Barbara Minkus vs Stuart Margolin

####### Password ########
#### Season 2 1971-72 #####
#########################

2.01 [--] Password
06Sep1971
Mary Tyler Moore vs Jack Cassidy

2.06 [--] Password
13Sep1971
Elizabeth Montgomery vs Chad Everett

2.11 [--] Password
20Sep1971
Carol Burnett vs Henry Fonda

2.16 [--] Password
27Sep1971
Nanette Fabray vs Arte Johnson

2.21 [--] Password
04Oct1971
Julie Adams vs Tony Randall

2.26 [--] Password
11Oct1971
Carl Reiner vs Edie Adams

2.31 [--] Password
18Oct1971
Pat Carroll vs John Forsythe

2.36 [--] Password
25Oct1971
Carol Burnett vs Dick Martin

2.41 [--] Password
01Nov1971
Brenda Vaccaro vs Monty Hall

2.46 [--] Password
08Nov1971
Brenda Vaccaro vs Monty Hall

2.51 [--] Password
15Nov1971
Vera Miles vs Jack Carter

2.56 [--] Password
22Nov1971
Abby Dalton vs Martin Milner

2.61 [--] Password
29Nov1971
Elizabeth Montgomery vs Peter Lawford

2.66 [--] Password
06Dec1971
Jack Klugman vs Brett Somers

2.71 [--] Password
13Dec1971
Bill Bixby vs Anita Gillette

2.76 [--] Password
20Dec1971
Juliet Prowse vs James Brolin

2.81 [--] Password
27Dec1971
Carolyn Jones vs Greg Morris

2.86 [--] Password
03Jan1972
Florence Henderson vs Joseph Campanella

2.91 [--] Password
10Jan1972
Betty White vs Ross Martin

2.96 [--] Password
17Jan1972
Lois Nettleton vs Soupy Sales

2.101 [--] Password
24Jan1972
Jo Ann Worley vs Tige Andrews

2.106 [--] Password
31Jan1972
Abby Dalton vs Rod Serling

2.111 [--] Password
07Feb1972
Carol Burnett vs Elizabeth Montgomery

2.116 [--] Password
14Feb1972
Sheila MacRae vs Martin Milner

2.121 [--] Password
21Feb1972
Bill Bixby vs Ruta Lee

2.126 [--] Password
28Feb1972
Pat Carroll vs Roddy McDowell

2.131 [--] Password
06Mar1972
Pat Carroll vs Tom Kennedy

2.136 [--] Password
13Mar1972
Betty Grable vs Jack Cassidy

2.141 [--] Password
20Mar1972
Elizabeth Montgomery vs Carol Burnett

2.146 [--] Password
27Mar1972
Elizabeth Montgomery vs Carol Burnett

2.151 [--] Password
03Apr1972
Greg Morris vs Peter Lawford

2.156 [--] Password
10Apr1972
Peter Lawford vs Monty Hall

2.161 [--] Password
17Apr1972
Barbara Feldon vs Roddy McDowall

2.166 [--] Password
24Apr1972
Amanda Blake vs James MacArthur

2.171 [--] Password
01May1972
Arte Jonnson and Nancy Kulp

2.176 [--] Password
08May1972
Carol Channing vs Martin Milner

2.181 [--] Password
15May1972
Cloris Leachman vs John Forsythe

2.186 [--] Password
22May1972
Dina Merrill vs Darren McGavin

2.191 [--] Password
29May1972
Abby Dalton vs Chad Everett

2.196 [--] Password
05Jun1972
Lynda Day George vs George Peppard

2.201 [--] Password
12Jun1972
Ross Martin vs Ruta Lee

2.206 [--] Password
19Jun1972
Joel Grey vs Barbara Rush

2.211 [--] Password
26Jun1972
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. vs Nancy Kulp

2.216 [--] Password
03Jul1972
Jo Anne Worley vs Tom Kennedy

2.221 [--] Password
10Jul1972
Carolyn Jones vs Georoe Peppard

2.226 [--] Password
17Jul1972
Elizabeth Montgomery vs Paul Lynde

2.231 [--] Password
24Jul1972
Lucille Ball vs Ross Martin

2.236 [--] Password
31Jul1972
Nanette Fabray vs Martin Milner

2.241 [--] Password
07Aug1972
June Lockhart vs Bill Bixby

2.246 [--] Password
14Aug1972
Polly Bergen vs Greg Morris

2.251 [--] Password
21Aug1972
Pat Carroll vs Jack Cassidy

2.256 [--] Password
28Aug1972
Betty White vs Tony Randall

####### Password ########
#### Season 3 1972-73 #####
#########################

3.01 [--] Password
04Sep1972
Susan Oliver vs Jack Klugman

3.06 [--] Password
11Sep1972
Paul Lynde vs Elizabeth Allen

3.11 [--] Password
18Sep1972
Carol Burnett vs Florence Henderson

3.16 [--] Password
25Sep1972
Martin Milner vs Greg Morris

3.21 [--] Password
02Oct1972
Elizabeth Montgomery vs Richard Long

3.26 [--] Password
09Oct1972
Linda Kaye Henning vs Arte Johnson

3.31 [--] Password
16Oct1972
Sally Struthers vs Gene Rayburn

3.36 [--] Password
23Oct1972
Abby Dalton vs Peter Lawford

3.41 [--] Password
30Oct1972
Anita Gillette vs Tom Kennedy

3.46 [--] Password
06Nov1972
Jo Anne Worley vs John Forsythe

3.51 [--] Password
13Nov1972
Lynda Day George vs Bill Bixby

3.56 [--] Password
20Nov1972
Carol Burnett vs Ross Martin

3.61 [--] Password
27Nov1972
Nanette Fabray vs Johnny Mann

3.66 [--] Password
04Dec1972
Elizabeth Montgomery vs Bert Convy

3.71 [--] Password
11Dec1972
Sally Struthers vs Paul Lynde

3.76 [--] Password
18Dec1972
Florence Henderson vs Robert Fuller

3.81 [--] Password
25Dec1972
Martin Mllner vs Greg Morris

3.86 [--] Password
01Jan1973
Carol Burnett vs Burt Reynolds

3.91 [--] Password
08Jan1973
Tony Randall vs Jack Klugman

3.96 [--] Password
15Jan1973
Betty White vs Rod Serling

3.101 [--] Password
22Jan1973
Florence Henderson vs Robert Fuller

3.116 [--] Password
29Jan1973
Florence Henderson vs Robert Fuller

3.121 [--] Password
05Feb1973
Pat Carroll and Robert Reed

3.126 [--] Password
12Feb1973
George Peppard vs Linda Kaye Henning

3.131 [--] Password
19Feb1973
Carolyn Jones vs Dick Gautier

3.136 [--] Password
26Feb1973
Sally Struthers vs Paul Lynde

3.141 [--] Password
05Mar1973
Nancy Kulp vs Jack Cassidy

3.146 [--] Password
12Mar1973
June Lockhart vs Chad Everett

3.151 [--] Password
19Mar1973
Anita Gillette vs John Forsythe

3.156 [--] Password
26Mar1973
Martin Milner vs Greg Morris

3.161 [--] Password
02Apr1973
Carol Burnett vs Elizabeth Montgomery

3.166 [--] Password
09Apr1973
Betty White vs Rod Serling

3.171 [--] Password
16Apr1973
Susan Oliver vs Dick Gautier

3.176 [--] Password
23Apr1973
Peter Lawford vs Bert Convy

3.181 [--] Password
30Apr1973
Lois Nettleton vs Tom Kennedy

3.186 [--] Password
07May1973
Lucie Arnaz vs Bill Bixby

3.191 [--] Password
14May1973
Pat Carroll vs George Kennedy

3.196 [--] Password
21May1973
Helen Reddy vs Larry Blyden

3.201 [--] Password
28May1973
Linda Kaye Hennlng vs Jack Klugman

3.206 [--] Password
04Jun1973
June Lockhart vs Dick Sargent

3.211 [--] Password
11Jun1973
Elizabeth Montgomery vs Tournament of Champions winner Lew Retrim go against teams of celebrity challengers.
Jim & Henny Backus, Carolyn Jones, James Shigeta, Tom Kennedy, Betty White, Dick Gautier, Wayne Rogers,
George Eckstein & Dave Madden & Jo Anne Meredith.

3.216 [--] Password
18Jun1973
Elizabeth Montgomery vs Tournament of Champions winner Lew Retrim go against teams of celebrity challengers.

3.221 [--] Password
25Jun1973
Elizabeth Montgomery vs Tournament of Champions winner Lew Retrim go against teams of celebrity challengers.

3.226 [--] Password
02Jul1973
Greg Morris vs Martin Milner

3.231 [--] Password
09Jul1973
Ruta Lee vs Bill Cullen

3.236 [--] Password
16Jul1973

*Note: Due to the Watergate scandal, celebrity listings were suspended due to preemptions and delays caused by the coverage.

3.241 [--] Password
23Jul1973

3.246 [--] Password
30Jul1973

3.251 [--] Password
06Aug1973

3.256 [--] Password
13Aug1973

3.261 [--] Password
20Aug1973

3.266 [--] Password
27Aug1973
Joanna Barnes vs Michael Landon

####### Password ########
#### Season 4 1973-74 #####
#########################

4.01 [--] Password
03Sep1973
Angie Dickinson vs Richard Crenna

4.06 [--] Password
10Sep1973
Dick Gautier vs Vicki Lawrence

4.11 [--] Password
17Sep1973
Sandy Duncan vs Peter Lawford

4.16 [--] Password
24Sep1973
Betty White vs James Shigeta

4.21 [--] Password
01Oct1973
Sandy Duncan vs Peter Lawford

4.26 [--] Password
08Oct1973
Susan Oliver vs Alan Alda

4.31 [--] Password
15Oct1973
Martin Milner vs Greg Morris

4.36 [--] Password
22Oct1973
Jack Klugman vs Brett Somers

4.41 [--] Password
29Oct1973
Lynda Day George vs Nipsey Russell

4.46 [--] Password
05Nov1973
Richard Dawson vs Loretta Swit

4.51 [--] Password
12Nov1973
Helen Reddy vs Bill Cullen

4.56 [--] Password
19Nov1973
Elizabeth Montgomery vs Robert Foxworth

4.61 [--] Password
26Nov1973
Betty White vs Greg Morris

4.66 [--] Password
03Dec1973
Linda Kaye Henning vs Michael Evans

4.71 [--] Password
10Dec1973
Florence Henderson vs Dick Gautier

4.76 [--] Password
17Dec1973
Sandy Duncan vs Bill Bixby

4.81 [--] Password
24Dec1973
Kathy Garver vs Kent McCord

4.86 [--] Password
31Dec1973
Pat Carroll vs Peter Lawford

4.91 [--] Password
07Jan1974
Carol Burnett vs Elizabeth Montgomery vs Carl Reiner & Robert Foxworth

4.96 [--] Password
14Jan1974
Martin Milner vs Greg Morris

4.101 [--] Password
21Jan1974
Susan Oliver vs Jack Cassidy

4.106 [--] Password
28Jan1974
Anita Gillette vs Edward Asner

4.111 [--] Password
04Feb1974
Anne Meara vs Tennessee Ernie Ford

4.116 [--] Password
11Feb1974
Juliet Mills vs Jack Cassidy

4.121 [--] Password
18Feb1974
Joanna Barnes vs Nipsey Russell

4.126 [--] Password
25Feb1974
Marcia Wallace vs Robert Reed

4.131 [--] Password
04Mar1974
Lee Meriwether vs George Peppard

4.136 [--] Password
11Mar1974
Betty White vs Joanna Barnes

4.141 [--] Password
18Mar1974
Sandy Duncan vs Tom Kennedy

4.146 [--] Password
25Mar1974
Helen Reddy, Jack Klugman, Florence Henderson, Jack Cassidy, Richard Dawson & Susan Oliver

4.151 [--] Password
01Apr1974
Pat Harrington vs Dick Gautier

4.156 [--] Password
08Apr1974
Linda Kaye Henning vs Edward Asner

4.161 [--] Password
15Apr1974
Martin Milner vs Greg Morris

4.166 [--] Password
22Apr1974
Carol Burnett vs Elizabeth Montgomery

4.171 [--] Password
29Apr1974
Anita Gillette vs Joel Grey

4.176 [--] Password
06May1974
Susan Oliver vs Bill Cullen

4.181 [--] Password
13May1974
Loretta Swit vs Richard Dawson

4.186 [--] Password
20May1974
Ruta Lee vs Carl Reiner

4.191 [--] Password
27May1974
Peter Lawford vs Greg Morris

4.196 [--] Password
03Jun1974
Frank Gifford vs Bill Bixby

4.201 [--] Password
10Jun1974
Abby Dalton vs Tennessee Ernie Ford

4.206 [--] Password
17Jun1974
Sandy Duncan vs Bill Bixby

4.211 [--] Password
24Jun1974
Betty White vs Joanna Barnes

4.216 [--] Password
01Jul1974
Joyce Bulifant vs Richard Dawson

4.221 [--] Password
08Jul1974
Linda Kaye Henning vs Martin Milner

4.226 [--] Password
15Jul1974
Allen Ludden vs Elizabeth Montgomery

4.231 [--] Password
22Jul1974
Allen Ludden vs Elizabeth Montgomery

4.236 [--] Password
29Jul1974
Elizabeth Montgomery vs Robert Foxworth Vs. Dyan Cannon & Carl Reiner

4.241 [--] Password
05Aug1974
Linda Kaye Henning vs Martin Milner

4.246 [--] Password
12Aug1974
Elaine Joyce vs Robert Fuller

4.251 [--] Password
19Aug1974
No celebrities listed due to interruptions of regular programming to keep abreast of events in Washington, DC
surrounding The New President of The United States of America - Gerald Rudolph Ford.

4.256 [--] Password
26Aug1974
Helen Reddy vs Tony Randall

####### Password ########
#### Season 5 1974-75 #####
#########################
Final season

5.01 [--] Password
02Sep1974
Joyce Bulifant vs Joseph Campanella

5.06 [--] Password
09Sep1974
Greg Morris, Edward Asner, Don Galloway, Dick Gautier, Bobby Van & Bert Convy

5.11 [--] Password
16Sep1974
Greg Morris & Martin Milner vs Joanna Barnes & Betty White

5.16 [--] Password
23Sep1974
Monty Hall guest-hosts as Allen and Betty White Ludden take on Richard Dawson, Arlene Francis, Edward Albert,
Kate Jackson, Dick Gautier, Vicki Lawrence, James Hampton, Joyce Bulifant, James Shigeta & Tess White (Betty's Mother.)

5.21 [--] Password
30Sep1974
Bert & Anne Convy, Edward & Nancy Asner, John & Patty Duke Astin, Robert & Sheila Sullivan Culp,
Sam & Ann Melville, Dionne Warwick & Bill Elliot & Orson & Carolyn Bean

5.26 [--] Password
07Oct1974
Joyce Bulifant vs Loretta Swit

5.31 [--] Password
14Oct1974
Carol Burnett vs Vicki Lawrence take on all celebrity comers, including
Rock Hudson, John Schuck, Lyle Waggoner, Nancy Walker, David Groh & Tony Randall.

5.36 [--] Password
21Oct1974
Kate Jackson vs Peter Lawford

5.41 [--] Password
28Oct1974
Bill Bixby vs Elaine Joyce

5.46 [--] Password
04Nov1974
George Peppard vs Linda Kaye Henning

5.51 [--] Password [Final Week until 24Feb1975]
11Nov1974
Kathy Garver vs Michael Evans

 Password All-Stars (18-Nov-1974 to 21-Feb-1975)
 
5.56 [--] Password All-Stars [Password All-Stars begins]
18Nov1974
Carol Burnett, Jack Klugman, Tony Randall, Loretta Swit, Greg Morris, Linda Kaye Henning, Martin Milner & Don Galloway

5.61 [--] Password All-Stars
25Nov1974
Edward Asner, Sandy Duncan, Patty Duke Astin, Bill Bixby, Patti Deutsch & Bert Convy

5.66 [--] Password All-Stars
02Dec1974
Carol Burnett, Nancy Walker, Ross Martin, Linda Day George, Robert Reed & Elaine Joyce

5.71 [--] Password All-Stars
09Dec1974
Sandy Duncan, Mike Evans, Edward Albert, Pat Harrington, Joyce Bulifant & Victoria Principal

5.76 [--] Password All-Stars
16Dec1974
Shelley Winters, Robert Culp, Phyllis Newman, Peter Bonerz, Ruta Lee & Orson Bean

5.81 [--] Password All-Stars
23Dec1974
Wilt Chamberlain, Florence Henderson, Vicki Lawrence, Dick Gautier, Richard Dawson & Marcia Wallace

5.86 [--] Password All-Stars
30Dec1974
Nancy Walker, Peter Bonerz, Don Galloway, James Shigeta, Dick Gautier & Joyce Bulifant

5.91 [--] Password All-Stars
06Jan1975
Bill Bixby, Nipsey Russell, Rue McClanahan, Adrienne Barbeau, Gunilla Hutton & John Gavin

5.96 [--] Password All-Stars
13Jan1975
Tennessee Ernie Ford, Dick Martin, Theresa Merritt, Paul Williams, Lee Meriwether & Carl Reiner

5.101 [--] Password All-Stars
20Jan1975
Edward Asner, Vicki Lawrence, Gene Rayburn, Elaine Joyce, Richard Dawson & Tom Poston

5.106 [--] Password All-Stars
27Jan1975
Monty Hall, Betty White, Avery Schreiber, Anne Meara, Greg Morris & James Hampton

5.111 [--] Password All-Stars
03Feb1975
Jack Albertson, Bill Dana, Barbara McNair, Linda Kaye Henning, Kaye Stevens & Joyce Bulifant

5.116 [--] Password All-Stars
10Feb1975
Sandy Duncan, Leslie Nielsen, Elaine Joyce, Martin Milner, Hal Linden & Richard Dawson

5.121 [--] Password All-Stars [Final Week]
17Feb1975
Sally Struthers, Bill Bixby, Betty White, Richard Dawson, Kaye Stevens & Hal Linden



5.126 [--] Password  [Returns]
24Feb1975
Bill Bixby vs Greg Morris

5.131 [--] Password
03Mar1975
Linda Kaye Henning vs Richard Dawson

5.136 [--] Password
10Mar1975
Vicki Lawrence vs Betty White

5.141 [--] Password
17Mar1975
Nipsey Russell vs Elaine Joyce

5.146 [--] Password
24Mar1975
Betty White guest-hosts as Allen Ludden plays celebrity panelist & 5 Female Stars are
Valerie Harper (3/24), Esther Rolle (3/25), Danielle De Metz (3/26), Adrienne Barbeau (3/27) & Fannie Flagg (3/28)

5.151 [--] Password
31Mar1975
Jack Klugman vs Juliet Mills

5.156 [--] Password
07Apr1975
Jack Albertson vs Joyce Bulifant

5.161 [--] Password
14Apr1975
Gloria DeHaven vs Martin Milner

5.166 [--] Password
21Apr1975
Arlene Francis vs Dick Martin

5.171 [--] Password
28Apr1975
Alan King vs Sally Field

5.176 [--] Password
05May1975
Marcia Wallace vs Ron Masak

5.181 [--] Password
12May1975
Edward Asner vs Anne Meara

5.186 [--] Password
19May1975
Don Galloway vs Ruta Lee

5.191 [--] Password
26May1975
Lucille Ball vs Gary Morton

5.196 [--] Password
02Jun1975
Lynn Redgrave vs Richard Dawson

5.201 [--] Password
09Jun1975
Sally Struthers vs Gary Crosby

5.206 [--] Password
16Jun1975
Carol Burnett vs Jack Cassidy

5.211 [--] Password [Final week of the series]
23Jun1975
Kate Jackson vs Sam Melville

############### Password (1971-75) ###########
################### the end ##################
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