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Match Game - Broadcast history

Match Game - Broadcast history: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Broadcast history

The Match Game premiered December 31, 1962 continuing until September 26, 1969 on NBC for 1760 episodes. Although the fill-in-the-blanks premise was the same, the rules of this version were significantly different from those of later versions, and the subject matter was much more staid and tame. CBS revived the show on July 2, 1973 as Match Game '73 (the number changed to match the current year). As the series went on, the questioning became more of the "naughty" variety most people remember the show for. CBS canceled th ...

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Match Game: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Broadcast history

Match Game - Broadcast history

The Match Game premiered December 31, 1962 continuing until September 26, 1969 on NBC for 1760 episodes. Although the fill-in-the-blanks premise was the same, the rules of this version were significantly different from those of later versions, and the subject matter was much more staid and tame.

CBS revived the show on July 2, 1973 as Match Game '73 (the number changed to match the current year). As the series went on, the questioning became more of the "naughty" variety most people remember the show for. CBS canceled the show on April 20, 1979 (when it was called Match Game '79); it would be replaced by a Tom Kennedy-hosted game show called "Whew!" After 7 seasons and 1445 shows on CBS, the show found new life in daily syndication that very fall where it ran until September 10, 1982 as Match Game (without the year designation). A weekly syndicated version, Match Game PM, also ran from September 8, 1975 to September 13, 1981. Reruns of the CBS and Rayburn-syndicated versions currently air on the Game Show Network (GSN).