Cancellation
Three years after it exploded into a nation's consciousness, Question and Challenge were dead. Having faded in popularity as it was, in the wake of the hugely popular Twenty-One championship of Charles Van Doren, Question and Challenge were yanked off the air within three months of the quiz show scandal's eruption. Challenge went first on September 14, 1958 with Question – once the emperor of Tuesday-night television – taking its Sunday-night timeslot after a three-month hiatus until it was killed on November 9.
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