We're looking for a word that begins with B, ends in S, and has 6 or more letters!
"BRASSES!"
That's right! And that's how we play...
And now here's the host of our show...
Chuck Henry!
Information
Host: Chuck Henry
VTR: 1975
Network: ABC
Packager: Carruthers Company
Gameplay
Beat the Odds was a pilot for a revival of the old '60s game show.
Two contestants competed to
make words to random letters. One player calls "stop" to a randomly
"spinning" wheel with two letters and a number between them. When the
wheels stop, there is a letter to the left, which the word 
must
start with. There is a letter to the right, which is what the word must end with
with. In the middle is a number, which is the amount of letters the word must
have, unless it's underlined, 
then
it must be exactly that many letters. The first player to buzz in with a word
gets $100 and control. At any time however, a Whammy
may show up (no, not the furry red creature, a blue lightning bolt),
and take all their money. When a player is in control and has more than $100, it
starts to become more of a risk. The player in control sets the amount of the
word, up to how much they have on their score. It also becomes a risk because
their opponent may have more and setting the value too high could be risky. They
may
"freeze" their score at any time if they're afraid the Whammy will
show up and no money will be in danger up to that value, but they lose control.
A player may freeze up to two times in a game. Also at any time, a player may
"challenge" the word, if it's an illegal word or doesn't fit the
criteria (the source for words was the same as the ABC version of Password,
Dr. Robert Stockwell). A correct challenge loses the
person who answered $100. 
An incorrect challenge loses $100 for the challenger.
If a player
had frozen and lost $100, the freeze was now lost and the money wasn't safe to
the Whammy. The first player to $1000 wins the game, 
and
the first to win 2 games wins the match and goes to the bonus game.
Bonus Game
In the bonus game, the player
had 60 seconds to identify 10 words from definitions read by
Chuck (the clock ticking sound later could be heard on Wheel of Fortune
in the bonus round). The first and last 
letter
were give and every word was 5 letters, and if a player passed they could come
back to that word later. Each word was worth $100, getting all 10 would win
$5000.
My review
Good concept, but a bit repetitive after awhile. Games could last awhile too if the Whammy hit you too often. The game could really drag sometimes. It's funny seeing Chuck Henry host, as 15 long years later, he'd make his hosting debut on Now You See It. He does a pretty good job.