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American game show

Top Card is a game show that aired on TNN and produced by Reid Land Productions, replacing TNN's original game show Fandango. The show aired from April 3, 1989 to March 26, 1993 and was based on the card game Blackjack. Jim Caldwell was the original host of Top Card, with Blake Pickett serving as his hostess. The two remained until the beginning of the series' third season in 1991 and were replaced by Dan Miller and Paige Brown. The announcer for the show's entire run was Don Dashiell, with Brad Staggs substituting for several weeks in the third season. Top Card was replaced the Monday following its cancellation by 10 Seconds, a music based game show which was also hosted by Dan Miller.

Three contestants, one usually a returning champion, competed in a question and answer game. Originally, the questions were varied as to their subjects, but by the third season they were strictly music based. The goal was to build a blackjack hand with a value as close to 21 as possible without going over ("busting").

The number of subjects was reduced to eight and the Wild Card category was replaced by a Top Card question, which could only be played if it was the only remaining category. All questions were about music, with the majority of them country music based. Also, the cards Ace through 10 were shuffled and placed behind each category but only appeared once. No duplicate cards were found on the board.

The champion played the bonus round, called "Top Card Plus", for a chance to win a grand prize.

In the second through fourth seasons, the champion was shown several cars and picked one to play for. The object was to reach 21 in four turns or less. This time, in order to claim a card, the champion had to correctly answer a question from one of the eight main game categories. Correctly answering a question won a prize that was revealed after the category selection and the champion was given a choice of either keeping the card behind that category or trading it for the top card as before. Answering a question incorrectly gave the contestant nothing. Once again, the champion won the car and whatever prizes he/she had won by reaching 21. If the champion could not reach 21 in four turns, the round ended. If the player did not bust or find the joker, he/she kept whatever prizes won and returned on the next show.

If the joker was revealed on the first pick, the champion could still win something. The champion chose another prize/category and play continued, with the player still having the choice to either take the selected card or the top card. After that, each card in the deck was revealed one at a time until the contestant was in a position to bust, at which point they could decide to either stop and take $10 a point or continue. If the player reached 21, the player won that selected prize.