Blackout is an American game show that was broadcast on CBS as part of its daytime schedule from January 4 to April 1, 1988.

Contestants attempt to solve word puzzles consisting of a sentence or short paragraph with four blank spaces.

Players guess each missing word based on hearing clues recorded by their partner, but with the playback being muted or "blacked out" at certain places by their opponent.

The celebrity was shown one of the four missing words and had 20 seconds to describe it, while the contestant donned a pair of headphones and his/her seat was moved forward to prevent him/her from seeing or hearing anything.

The celebrity of that team had control of a plunger known as a "blackout button," which he/she could press to silence ("black out") portions of the recording as it was played back.

If the score was tied after two puzzles, a sudden-death tiebreaker was played using one final word, with the contestants again in control of giving clues and blacking out.

Champion contestants remained on the show until they had either played the Clue Screen round five times or were defeated in the main game.

Blackout was cancelled following its initial sixty-five episode order, which ended on April 1, 1988, and the network began working on a revival of Family Feud which would launch later in the year.

Blackout's temporary replacement was its predecessor, as The $25,000 Pyramid was brought back for a final run of sixty-five episodes while Family Feud was waiting to debut; Pyramid aired its final episode on CBS on July 1, 1988 and was replaced by Family Feud the following Monday.

A brief clip of the pilot episode, which was hosted by Robb Weller, was seen in the background during the opening sequence of the ABC miniseries The Stand in 1994.