[1] Ed Stasheff wrote for the program[2] and was its master of ceremonies, and John Southwell[1] and Phil Booth[2] were the directors.
A review of the show's first episode in the trade publication Billboard provided a positive outlook: " if its first showing is any criterion, [it] is a program headed for a long, successful and honorable life on television".
[1] The reviewer felt, however, that the program would be improved if viewers were allowed to register their decisions in cases via telephone.
[1] A subsequent review in Billboard, after the program had been on almost seven months, described it as "still a sock show, with real mental action and plenty of suspense".
[2] Methods to record live television did not exist during the run of the series.