Charles Van Doren, the telegenic Ivy League scholar whose winning run as a 1950s game show contestant made him a central figure in an answer-rigging scandal that raised enduring questions about ...

In the isolation booth, Herb Stempel bit his lip to show tension. He dabbed sweat from his brow and sighed into the microphone. And as 50 million viewers hung in suspense, he seemed to agonize over ...

Charles Van Doren, known for his involvement in the 1950s game show rigging scandals, died Tuesday of natural causes, according to his son. He was 93. Van Doren, the son of two then-prominent literary ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Charles Van Doren, the dashing young academic whose meteoric rise and fall as a corrupt game show contestant in the 1950s inspired the movie “Quiz Show” and served as a ...

Charles Van Doren, who as a young, well-spoken and handsome academic became one of TV’s first overnight sensations and just as quickly one of the first to fall from grace, as he became the public face ...