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TV: Game Shows

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  • Jeopardy! (1984)

    1. Jeopardy!

    1984– 9332 epsTV-GTV Series
    8.3 (8.7K)
    A returning champion and two challengers test their buzzer skills and their knowledge in a wide range of academic and popular categories.
    CreatorMerv GriffinStarsAlex TrebekJohnny GilbertJimmy McGuire
  • Hugh Downs in Concentration (1958)

    2. Concentration

    1958–1973206 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.8 (140)
    Two contestants revealed pieces of a rebus-like puzzle by matching 15 pairs of cash amounts and prizes, then tried to solve it before the other.
    StarsHugh DownsBob ClaytonPaola Diva
  • The $10,000 Pyramid (1973)

    3. The $10,000 Pyramid

    1973–19913431 epsTV-PGTV Series
    6.8 (513)
    Two contestants, each with a celebrity partner, must guess words from their partners' clues; then the roles are reversed. Winners face the pyramid.
    StarsDick ClarkBob ClaytonJack Clark
  • Password (1961)

    4. Password

    1961–20242856 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.4 (544)
    Two celebrity-contestant teams compete to guess words by giving one-word clues in this all-time classic game show.
    StarsAllen LuddenJack ClarkJohn Harlan
  • The Movie Game (1969)

    5. The Movie Game

    1969–197233 epsTV Series
    6.4 (33)
    Syndicated daily American game show hosted the first six months by Sonny Fox, then by Larry Blyden.
    StarsVincent PriceStefanie PowersPat Henry
  • The Reel Game (1971)

    6. The Reel Game

    19712 epsTV Series
    Three contestants were given $250. Jack Barry would give the contestants a category for the round, and contestants would announce how much they would wager. Barry would reveal a question related to the topic, and after the contestants wrote their answer, a film clip where the answer was revealed was shown. After the clip, Jack would offer toss-up questions about the category that were worth $25 apiece. For the final question, contestants would risk all or part of their winnings, and Jack would reveal three items related to the final clip. The one who had the most money at the end of the show won the game.
    CreatorJack BarryStarsPhyllis DillerJack Barry
  • 7. He Said, She Said

    1969–1970220 epsTV-PGTV Series
    5.7 (38)
    He Said, She Said was the original name of the original format of what would become the popular 70's game show, Tattletales. Joe Garagiola hosted this iteration. The primary difference between formats was the number of couples and who they played for; He Said, She Said, had 4 couples, whereas Tattletales had 3, and where the He Said, She Said couples were each only playing for 'one lucky couple in the studio audience,' Tattletales - with the red, green and 'banana' sections of the studio audience - had a couple for them - in their entirety.
    StarsJoe GaragiolaShirley JonesJerry Stiller
  • To Tell the Truth (1956)

    8. To Tell the Truth

    1956–19682028 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.7 (550)
    Classic game show in which a person of some notoriety and two impostors try to match wits with a panel of four celebrities. The object of the game is to try to fool the celebrities into voting for the two impostors.
    StarsBud CollyerJohnny OlsonKitty Carlisle
  • Bennett Cerf, John Daly, Arlene Francis, and Dorothy Kilgallen in What's My Line? (1950)

    9. What's My Line?

    1950–1967877 epsTV Series
    8.5 (1.9K)
    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
    StarsJohn DalyArlene FrancisBennett Cerf
  • Groucho Marx in You Bet Your Life (1950)

    10. You Bet Your Life

    1950–1961215 epsTV Series
    8.5 (812)
    Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of competitive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.
    StarsGroucho MarxGeorge FennemanMelinda Marx
  • The Newlywed Game (1966)

    11. The Newlywed Game

    1966–197414 epsTV-PGTV Series
    6.4 (624)
    Married couples compete to see how much they really know about each other.
    CreatorsE. Roger MuirNick NicholsonStarsBob EubanksScott BeachJohnny Jacobs
  • Art Fleming in Jeopardy! (1964)

    12. Jeopardy!

    1964–197544 epsTV Series
    7.6 (696)
    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.
    CreatorMerv GriffinStarsArt FlemingDon PardoMel Brooks
  • I've Got a Secret (1952)

    13. I've Got a Secret

    1952–19671224 epsTV-GTV Series
    7.9 (589)
    A group of panelists try to guess a guest's secret.
    CreatorsAllan ShermanHoward MerrillStarsJohn CannonHenry MorganBill Cullen
  • Arlene Francis and Soupy Sales in What's My Line? (1968)

    14. What's My Line?

    1968–19751449 epsTV Series
    7.0 (202)
    Five-day-a-week syndicated update of the longtime CBS game show, wherein celebrity panelists guess occupations of the contestants.
    StarsJohnny OlsonWally BrunerLarry Blyden
  • "Dating Game, The" Paul Lynde C. 1967

    15. The Dating Game

    1965–1986182 epsTV-PGTV Series
    5.7 (461)
    Three out-of-view contestants of the opposite sex are asked prepared questions, snappy answers for which will lead to the selection of one, with the prize being a chaperoned date.
    StarsJim LangeJohnny JacobsAnna Marlowe
  • Joyce Bulifant, Richard Dawson, Patti Deutsch, Fannie Flagg, Elaine Joyce, Dick Martin, Johnny Olson, Gene Rayburn, Charles Nelson Reilly, Nipsey Russell, Brett Somers, Marcia Wallace, and Betty White in Match Game (1973)

    16. Match Game

    1973–19901438 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.3 (2.7K)
    Host Gene Rayburn's five-day-a-week syndicated successor to the popular CBS game show, where two contestants could compete to match fill-in-the-blank phrases with answers provided by a panel of six celebrities.
    StarsGene RayburnJohnny OlsonBrett Somers
  • Paul Lynde in The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1965)

    17. The Hollywood Squares (Daytime)

    1965–19801912 epsTV-PGTV Series
    6.8 (1.1K)
    Contestants guess the correctness of celebrities' answers in order to win spaces in a tic-tac-toe game.
    CreatorsMerrill HeatterBob QuigleyStarsPeter MarshallKenny WilliamsCliff Arquette
  • Street Smarts (2000)

    18. Street Smarts

    2000–200519 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.1 (150)
    In this test of general knowledge and human nature, contestants try to predict who answered trivia questions a certain way based on three separate man-on-the-street interviews.
    StarsFrank NicoteroMichael GambinoSteve Turner
  • Tattletales (1974)

    19. Tattletales

    1974–1977602 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.1 (534)
    Celebrities & their spouses, playing for sections of the studio audience, try to match answers to questions about their personal lives.
    CreatorIra SkutchStarsBert ConvyGene WoodJack Clark
  • The $25,000 Pyramid (1974)

    20. The $25,000 Pyramid

    1974–1991725 epsTV Series
    7.1 (118)
    Syndicated versions of the long-running ABC/CBS daytime show.
    StarsDick ClarkBill CullenBob Clayton
  • Richard Dawson, Fannie Flagg, Johnny Olson, Gene Rayburn, Charles Nelson Reilly, Brett Somers, and Betty White in Match Game PM (1975)

    21. Match Game PM

    1975–1981230 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.9 (590)
    A group of celebrities would be given a sentence with a missing word, which they would then have to fill in. The contestants would then give their own answer, and scored points according to how many celebrities gave the same answer.
    StarsGene RayburnJohnny OlsonBrett Somers
  • Monty Hall in Let's Make a Deal (1963)

    22. Let's Make a Deal

    1963–2003201 epsTV-GTV Series
    6.9 (523)
    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.
    StarsMonty HallCarol MerrillJay Stewart
  • To Tell the Truth (1969)

    23. To Tell the Truth

    1969–1978242 epsTV Series
    7.4 (288)
    Five-day-a-week syndicated revival of one of Goodson-Todman's most durable and longest-lived formats: A celebrity panel determines which of three contestants is the actual person associated with a given story.
    StarsGarry MooreBill CullenKitty Carlisle
  • Three on a Match (1971)

    24. Three on a Match

    1971–1974730 epsTV Series
    7.0 (22)
    Contestants competed to correctly answer questions and accumulate money. That money is used to buy boxes and the contestants attempt to match three identical items.
    StarsBill CullenDon PardoWayne Howell
  • 25. It Pays to Be Ignorant

    1973– TV Series
    8.2 (16)
    Based on the popular 1940's radio show, this Hollywood Squares-like show took three, sometime four regular celebrities and asked them regular questions with comical answers. Example: Host-"What is a reigning beauty?" Contestant-"A girl who's all wet."
    StarsJoe FlynnBilly BaxterCharles Nelson Reilly

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