Hollywood Squares

First off, this is coming from someone who isn't familiar with Hollywood Squares and was only fully exposed to it by watching the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour.

So, we remember the original HS hosted by the late Peter Marshall and we've gotten some familiar celebrities like Rose Marie, John Davidson, Buddy Hackett and of course, the center square of that era, Paul Lynde.

Throughout the years, it has been revived a few times, with the aforementioned Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour and The New Hollywood Squares in the 80s with Mr. Davidson and the Tom Bergeron era in the late 90s and early 2000s.

Now, in 2025, we get reintroduced to the tic-tac-toe game with celebrities in a whole new way.

Watching the first 2 episodes, I concluded that it's OK and nothing too special.

Nate Burleson is a decent host who has decent amounts of energy, and he does keep the game moving.

Drew Barrymore as the center square is fine as well, never really taking the spotlight from the other celebrities and being... well, Drew Barrymore.

As I said before, it's nothing too decent and I do hate that it is overhated because it's not that bad and we've gotten much worse than this, so that's my 2 cents on it.

To conclude, it's a time-passer and nothing more, but I hope that it'll get better as it goes along.