<P> Card Sharks is an American television game show created by Chester Feldman for Mark Goodson - Bill Todman Productions . Based on the card game Acey Deucey , the game has two contestants compete for control of a row of oversized playing cards by answering questions posed by the host and then guessing if the next card is higher or lower in value than the previous one . The concept has been made into a series four separate times since its debut in 1978 , and also appeared as part of CBS 's Gameshow Marathon . The show originally ran on NBC from 1978 to 1981 with Jim Perry hosting ; a revival ran from 1986 to 1989 on CBS with Bob Eubanks as host , accompanied by another version in syndication with Bill Rafferty . Gene Wood was the announcer on these three versions . Another syndicated revival aired from 2001 to 2002 with Pat Bullard as host and Gary Kroeger as announcer . All versions of the show had various female assistants to handle the playing cards . </P>
when did the game show card sharks air
1978 to 1981 1986 to 1989 2001 to 2002