Eye Bet was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 television game show hosted by Jim Perry, which debuted on CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

 in 1971. His announcer, as with most Jim Perry game shows in Canada, was smooth voiced CFTO weatherman Dave Devall

Dave Devall

David "Dave" Devall is a retired Canadian weather reporter for the television station CFTO-TV in Toronto. He served in this capacity for more than 48 years beginning in 1961, and was recognized as having had the "longest career as a weather forecaster" by Guinness World Records and the World...

. The object of Eye Bet was for contestants to view old Hollywood movie clips, then answer questions about each clip, testing their skills of observation.

This game show is more or less similar to that of an ABC game show, The Reel Game

The Reel Game

The Reel Game was a game show that aired on ABC from January 18 to May 3, 1971. The series was hosted by Jack Barry and announced by Jack Clark....

, hosted by Jack Barry around the same time Eye Bet aired in Canada.

According to TV North, by Peter Kenter, a history of Canadian television, production of Eye Bet was cancelled after one season when the costs of licensing the movie clips became prohibitive. Its U.S. counterpart The Reel Game was also discontinued after a short run on ABC.