Family Feud Challenge (1992 pilot)

This is chronicling the failed 1992 pilot of The (New) Family Feud Challenge.

First Half
In the first half of the show, both families were staked with $2,000. Each team member was asked a question by Combs. The #1 answer was worth $1,000, while the #2 answer was worth $500 and the #3 answer was worth $250 for a possible grand prize of $7,000. Then, regular Feud is played (Single-Double-Triple) until somebody wins $300, followed by the Fast Money round in order to play for their "Bullseye" bankroll.

Second Half
The second half starts with a regular Feud game against a returning champion. However, instead of a bank built for one family, the bank is instead multiplied by $10 a point, then $20 a point in the next round and finally $30 a point in the last round and which ever family wins the round, that money would be added into their Fast Money bank. In addition, the "steal answer adds to the bank" rule is used here.

Another round of "Bullseye" is then played, where this time the "Bullseye" answer is worth only $3,000 for a potential amount of $15,000. Only the #1 answer is allowed here. Which ever family has the higher bank at the end of this round wins the game and goes on to play Fast Money for their "Bullseye" bankroll.

Fast Money
The winning family went on to play Fast Money for their "Bullseye" bankroll. The winning family chose which one of the two players will play the round. The first family member stood at center stage while the second family member went off stage to a soundproof area. The first player has 15 seconds to answer five Family Feud questions. He/She has to give the most popular answer to each question. When he/she was done, the answers were reveled on a different board followed by the number of people who gave them. After all the answers were revealed and scored, the second player came out and took his/her turn. Only this time, the second player had 20 seconds to answer the same five questions but with one exception: he/she cannot repeat any of the answers that were previously given by the first player or a double buzzer will sound, at which point Combs says "Try Again". The contestant must give a different answer (the second player will also be charged for similar answers or an answer which fits into the same category as the first player's answer). When the second player was done, then his/her answers were revealed and scored. If either one or both players reached 200 point or more in total, the family wins their "Bullseye" bankroll. But if unsuccessful, the family wins only just $5 a point for each point made in the round.

NOTE: In the pilot, only one family member did manage to win 200 points (more specifically 202) and win the bullseye bankroll all by himself.

Trivia
The cue when the "Bullseye" set comes down in this pilot was also used from the short-lived 1990-91 version of Match Game for when the "Star Wheel" came down on set.

Some International Versions of Feud (i.e. Portugal ['92 version] and Chile) have used the Bullseye format from this pilot.

Since the Del Campo's have won For the second player, Combs' joke question's in Fast Money was used.

In the Buzzr broadcast, the contestant tryout phone numbers for San Diego and Los Angeles respectively (as of which you can see at the bottom of this page right here) are blurred out which indicates that they are not "active" anymore. In addition, not even New Yorkers could try out. Although you hear Gene Wood saying the lines "Some contestants will receive...", there were no fee plugs during the end credits of the pilot as you only see Combs and the families clapping and dancing.

The pilot itself aired on Buzzr as part of their "Lost and Found" week on September 8, 2015.