Candid Camera

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Candid Camera
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Allen Funt
Developed by	Allen Funt
Presented by	Allen Funt (1948–92) Arthur Godfrey (1960–61) Durward Kirby (1961–66) Dorothy Collins (1961–63) Bess Myerson (1966–1967) John Bartholomew Tucker (1974–1975) Phyllis George (1975–1976) Joann Pflug (1976–1979) Dom DeLuise (1991–1992) Eva LaRue (1991–1992) Peter Funt (1996–2004; 2014) Suzanne Somers (1997–2000) Dina Eastwood (2001–2004) Mayim Bialik (2014)
Narrated by	Durward Kirby (1960–66) Bess Myerson (1966–67)
Theme music composer	Frank Grant
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	38
No. of episodes	1,000+
Production
Executive producers	Allen Funt (1948–92) Bob Banner (1960–67) Peter Funt (1996–2004; 2014) Ben Silverman (2014)
Production location	Various on-location
Camera setup	Single camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Allen Funt Productions (1953; 1960–67; 1974–79; 1983; 1987–88; 1991–1992) Bob Banner Associates (1960–67) Vin Di Bona Productions (1991–1992) King World Productions (1991–1992) Candid Camera, Inc. (1996–2004; 2014) Electus (2014) TV Land Original Production (2014)
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Candid Camera is an American hidden camera and practical joke reality television series. Various versions of the show have appeared on television from 1948 to 2014. The program got its start on radio as The Candid Microphone on June 28, 1947.

After a series of theatrical film shorts, also titled Candid Microphone, Funt's concept came to television on August 10, 1948, and continued into the 1970s. Aside from occasional specials in the 1980s, the show was off air until 1991, when Funt reluctantly authorized a syndicated revival with Dom DeLuise as host and Vin Di Bona producing; it ran for one year. The show made a comeback on CBS in 1996 before moving to PAX TV in 2001. This incarnation of the weekly series ended on May 5, 2004, concurrent with the selling of the PAX network itself. Beginning on August 11, 2014, the show returned^[1] in a new series with hour-long episodes on TV Land, but this incarnation only lasted a single season.

The format has been revived numerous times, appearing on U.S. TV networks and in syndication (first-run) in each succeeding decade, as either a regular show or a series of specials. Funt, who died in 1999, hosted or co-hosted all versions of the show until he became too ill to continue. His son Peter Funt, who had co-hosted the specials with his father since 1987, became the producer and host. A United Kingdom version of the format aired from 1960 to 1976.