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- Match Game returned to NBC in 1983 as part of a 60-minute hybrid series with Hollywood Squares, then saw a daytime run on ABC in 1990 and another for syndication in 1998; each of these series lasted one season.
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Match Game returned to NBC in 1983 as part of a 60-minute hybrid series with Hollywood Squares, then saw a daytime run on ABC in 1990 and another for syndication in 1998; each of these series lasted one season. It returned to ABC in a weekly prime time edition on June 26, 2016, running as an off-season replacement series, all using the 1970s ...
- IT BEGAN IN A CONFERENCE ROOM. During a corporate “creative” meeting in the early 1960s, Goodson-Todman staffer Frank Wayne had an idea. “Try this,” he said to his co-workers at the conference table, “write down something about an elephant—and try to write the same thing that you think the others will.”
- ITS EARLY TECHNOLOGY LEFT SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED. The Match Game debuted in December 1962, with Gene Rayburn as the host and Bert Kaempfert’s catchy “A Swingin’ Safari” as the theme song.
- A MAD WRITER’S “SAUCE” QUESTION MADE THE GAME SAUCIER. Dick DeBartolo was a Match Game question writer, and a freelance writer for MAD Magazine. The Match Game had been on the air for 10 months when Goodson approached DeBartolo to give him a “heads up” that ratings were sagging and NBC was hinting that the show would be canceled after its one-year contract was up.
- THE SHOW HAD SOME A-LIST CELEBRITY FANS. When the show became a hit, everyone’s contracts were renewed and soon a variety of A-list celebrities were clamoring to play.
Feb 1, 2019 · The long-lost ‘80s game show ‘Match Game-Hollywood Squares’ will air on the Buzzr network later this February.
- Josef Adalian
- West Coast Editor
July 27, 1984. ( 1984-07-27) The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour is an American television panel game show that combined two panel games of the 1960s and 1970s – Match Game and Hollywood Squares – into an hour-long format. The series ran from October 31, 1983, to July 27, 1984 on NBC. [2]
Its Alec Baldwin-hosted revival is still alive and kicking on ABC, but Match Game was a very different show when it first premiered on NBC 58 years ago today, on December 31, 1962.
99+ Photos. Comedy Game-Show. Contestants attempt to match the answers of celebrities in the iconic game of fill in the missing blank. Stars. Alec Baldwin. Steve French. Caroline Rhea. See production info at IMDbPro.
The Match Game originally ran on NBC from 1962 to 1969. It was revived in 1973 and quickly became the number-one rated daytime show for the next five years. It was revived again as part of The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour on NBC from 1983 to 1984. All three versions were hosted by Gene Rayburn.
