[1] Comedian and voice actor Joe Alaskey was also featured on the show,[2] serving as its announcer and also playing an on-camera role as Summers' next door neighbor.
After Alaskey left the series toward the end of its run, his character was retired and Jim McKrell took over his announcer role (albeit off camera).
The randomizer could also display "Couch Up", which meant that if the trailing team answered the question correctly they would immediately tie the score.
At the end of the six questions, the team in the lead won the game, $1,000, and a chance for $5,000 more in the Channel Roulette bonus round.
If there was a tie at the end of the Couch Up Round, one final question was played and whoever answered it correctly won the game for his/her team.
There were twelve "channels", laid out in a 4-by-3 grid and numbered 2-13 as on a standard VHF setup, and eleven of them featured pictures.
During one week, game show celebrities Bob Eubanks, Jim Lange, Janice Pennington, Wink Martindale, Peter Marshall, Johnny Gilbert, and Gary Owens appeared.
Other celebs included Cubby O'Brien from The Mickey Mouse Club, Jay North from Dennis the Menace, Larry Mathews from The Dick Van Dyke Show, Isabel Sanford from The Jeffersons, Dick Sargent from Bewitched, Alaina Reed Hall from 227, Dorothy Lyman from Mama's Family, Khrystyne Haje from "Head of the Class", Steve Allen, and Rebeca Arthur from Perfect Strangers.
The premiere episode had Dennis Franz as a guest asking questions about Hill Street Blues.