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{{Short description|American radio and television game show}}
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{{Infobox television
| image       = Truth or Consequences.jpg 
| caption     = Title card for the 1987–1988 version
| runtime     = 30 minutes (per episode)
| creator     = [[Ralph Edwards]]
| presenter   = Ralph Edwards<br />[[Jack Bailey (actor)|Jack Bailey]]<br />[[Bob Barker]]<br />[[Stephen Dunne (actor)|Steve Dunne]]<br />[[Bob Hilton]]<br />[[Larry Anderson (actor)|Larry Anderson]]
| country     = United States
| network     = [[CBS]] (1950–1954)<br />[[NBC]] (1954–1965)<br />[[Television syndication|Syndicated]] (1966–1975, 1977–1978, 1987–1988)
| first_aired = {{start date|1940|3|23}}
| last_aired  = {{end date|1988|2|26}}
| num_episodes = 39 (CBS Primetime; 1950–1951)<br />124 (NBC Primetime; 1954–1956)<br />2,254 (NBC Daytime; 1956–1965)<br />26 (NBC Primetime; 1957–1958)<br />1,755 (Syndication; 1966–1975)<br />32 (Syndication; 1977–1978)<ref name="Memorandum">Inter-Office Memorandum from Pat Gleason on existing episodes of ''Truth or Consequences''. Date: June 25, 1987.</ref><br />195 (Syndication; 1987–1988)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/87-OCR/BC-1987-09-21-OCR-Page-0071.pdf|title=First-run syndication scorecard|date=September 21, 1987|magazine=Broadcasting|page=71}}</ref>
}}
'''''Truth or Consequences''''' is an American [[game show]] originally hosted on [[NBC]] radio by [[Ralph Edwards]] (1940–57) and later on television by Edwards (1950–54), [[Jack Bailey (actor)|Jack Bailey]] (1954–56), [[Bob Barker]] (1956–75), [[Stephen Dunne (actor)|Steve Dunne]] (1957–58), [[Bob Hilton]] (1977–78) and [[Larry Anderson (actor)|Larry Anderson]] (1987–88).<ref name=Daytime>{{cite book |last1=Hyatt |first1=Wesley |title=The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television |date=1997 |publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications |isbn=978-0823083152 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat|url-access=registration |access-date=22 March 2020|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat/page/444 444]}}</ref> The television show ran on [[CBS]], [[NBC]] and also in [[television syndication|syndication]]. The premise of the show was to mix the original quiz element of game shows with wacky stunts.

The daily syndicated show was produced by Ralph Edwards Productions (later Ralph Edwards/Stu Billett Productions), in association with and distributed by [[Metromedia|Metromedia Producers Corporation]] (1966–78) and [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] (1987–88). Current rights are owned by Ralph Edwards Productions.