Tomarken is best known for hosting the game show Press Your Luck from 1983 to 1986; he hosted a few other game shows, including Hit Man and Wipeout, during the 1980s. He appeared in several infomercials during the 1990s.
Tomarken hosted a documentary for Game Show Network, Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal (which focused on controversial PYL winner Michael Larson), in 2003.