Top 51 greatest television game show franchises

The Mystery Word Search game consisted of 5 contestants (4 Challengers & 1 Champion) are playing for points. In the Premilinary Round, Contestants will find a answer (from a 14x4=56 gridded game board) in one(1) of the four(4) lines and the fourteen(14) columns (positions) from a question that the host been asked. A correct line, position & a word will win 1 point; A wrong line & word that can led a team to find a correct line & word. Changing team members are assessived and then the team scores the most points wins and go to the Semi-Finals. The Semi-Final Round consists of 2 contestants of the disbanded winning team go to line by line in every position to position letter one (1) at a time before shown the last letter as one(1) of two(2) contestants will see & say the word answer to a question correctly wins 1 point and continues up to 4 points became the winner receives a prize package worth around $1500 and becomes the challenger to the Champion in the Finals. In The Championship Finals, Now the points are locating between the 4 word lines & the 14 letter positions. The lines are worth from 1 to 4 points & the columns are worth from 1 to 14 points (i.e.:"Waste"-2+3=5). The teams will find a word was located in the game board and that look different than the Premilinary Round and the contestant scores the most points wins becomes the New Champion or otherwise still being the champion. In Late 1974 The Teams of the Premilinaries write down the favorite word will become the bonus answer as it shown immediately wins 10 points to their score & also for the Championship Finals either his or her score the same thing. In Early 1975 and towards to the end of the period 2 Contestants playing for 5 points to win the game and an $1500 Prize Package and faces the champion in the Finals. At The Finals One(1) contestant scores 50 points and the game will continue and that make the point values are doubled (Lines: 2-8 pts. & Positions: 2-28 pts.) and the team reached 100 points wins the game and go to the "Solo Round!" The "Solo Round" has 10 words in the grid and the team has 1 minute to find all 10 words. Each word they found is worth $100 and 10 words they all found wins $5000, $1000 will added for tomorrow's show when they don't find all 10 words. Later in the program's period, Contestants are now following the pattern than 2 teams & 1 player. Contestants/Teams must compete before defeated.

A reality show platform which offers talented singers the chance to make their dreams of stardom a reality.

Teams compete matching answers to questions. Points awarded for matches. Winners play Studio Audience Match with survey questions. Phone Match feature added in 1967 letting home viewers compete with studio audience for prizes.

A quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers and must phrase their responses in the form of questions.

A game show where contestents answer trivia questions and then have to gamble their winnings on a randomly flashing game board.

Features two contestants, each with a team of celebrity guests, competing in pop culture party games for a chance to win $25,000.

One in a long-running series of game shows, where two-member teams of children compete to answer questions and complete stunts.

The original version of an American icon, "The Price is Right" rewarded contestants with valuable prizes for their ability to price items.

Two families compete by trying to outguess the opponents about survey results.

Audience contestants picked at random, dressed in ridiculous costumes, try to win cash or prizes by choosing curtain number 1, 2 or 3. Hilarious situations occur, from winning a rotten prize to jackpot.

Contestants compete in a hybrid general knowledge quiz-game of chance, where incorrect answers could literally cause them to drop out of the game.

Two contestants were placed in separate isolation booths. Each player in turn would be given a category and asked how many points, from 1 to 11, they wanted to risk. Points increased with the question's difficulty. A correct answer earned the stated number of points, whereas a wrong answer would result in the points being deducted from the player's score. The first player to get 21 points won, unless the other player matched the score and forced a tie. Players could also end the game early if they felt they had enough points to win.

Amateur talent contest judged by three celebrities.

Contestants rely on their own perceptions and judgment in order to match up a group of strangers with a list of unique characteristics about each person such as their shoe size, weight or career.

Two contestants attempt to correctly guess words based on definitions given by children ages five to nine.

A fast-paced game show where contestants must compete against 'The Chasers,' the show's eccentric and pompous know-it-all characters, in a variety of questions in order to win money by answering more of them correctly than the Chasers.

Two contestants, each with a celebrity partner, must guess words from their partners' clues; then the roles are reversed. Winners face the pyramid.

Hosted by Jim Perry, were contestants are asked questions about how 100 people answered a poll question then played a card game where they tried to guess whether the next card drawn from a deck in a sequence would be higher or lower.

Contestants race around a supermarket, collecting as high a dollar value in groceries as they can in their shopping cart within a specified time limit.

Contestants guess the correctness of celebrities' answers in order to win spaces in a tic-tac-toe game.

In this quiz/game show, contestants had to answer relatively simple questions on general knowledge categories. Correct answers earned the contestants a few dollars. The show's gimmick was that the contestants could then exchange some of their money for expensive prizes which would be offered at extreme discounts. The contestant who finished the show with the most cash could then return to compete in the next show.

The classic quiz show hosted by Win Elliot. In this game, the contestants are faced with a tic-tac-toe board with a different category in each square. To put their mark (X or O) in the square they want, they must first answer a question in the category listed there. For each question they answer correctly, they win a cash prize. The first contestant to put their mark in three squares in a row gets to keep the cash and move on to a bonus round for even bigger prizes.

Dating game show where three potential matches reveal embarrassing secrets from small to large suitcases. The contestant eliminates one after the medium cases, then picks between the remaining two's biggest secrets to find their match.

Chain Reaction was hosted by Bill Cullen in 1980, but went off the air that same year. In 1986, it was revived as "The New Chain Reaction" in 1986 with host Geoff Edwards. It ran until 1991. Two teams of two players (two celebrities and two contestants) competed. Each team was composed of a giver and a guesser. The giver could give the letter in the next word of the chain to either his/her partner or opponent. A correct guess won the appropriate number of points for the round and retained control, while an incorrect guess passes control to the opponents. If you give a letter to your opponent and he/she doesn't get the word, you get to go again. In the first round, the first four words were worth 10 points each, while the last word was worth 20 points. In the second round, words were worth 20-30 points, and the third round 30-50 points. Also in later rounds, a cash word was in the chain worth $500 to the team who guessed it. The first team to reach 300 points won the game and advanced to the bonus round.