Truth or Consequences
NBC / CBS
NBC / CBS · 1940–1956
Broadcasts
50
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
- Network
- NBC / CBS
- Years active
- 1940–1956
- Surviving broadcasts
- 50
- Genre
- variety
Truth or Consequences began on NBC in 1940 under Ralph Edwards, who asked questions almost impossible to answer so contestants would have to perform a stunt instead. The show later gave its name to a city in New Mexico. These recordings stream from the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
13 dated broadcasts across 87 years on the air, with 85 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 2025, in original transmission order.
- 1. Sign Off · 26 Aug 2025
- 2. Dead Air · 2 Sep 2025
- 3. The Long Silence · 9 Sep 2025
- 01
Dead Air
4 Aug 2026 · 1h 0m
- 02
Sign Off
28 Jul 2026 · 23 min
- 03
The Case of the Missing Hour
21 Jul 2026 · 38 min
- 04
Night Broadcast
14 Jul 2026 · 53 min
- 05
The Last Train Out
7 Jul 2026 · 16 min
- 06
Signal at Midnight
30 Jun 2026 · 31 min
- 07
A Room Above the Street
23 Jun 2026 · 46 min
- 08
The Long Silence
16 Jun 2026 · 1h 1m
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