Match Game - Versions outside the USA

Match Game was an American television game show where contestants tried to match a panel of six celebrities in answering fill-in-the-blank questions. 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 ...

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• Match Game - Broadcast history
• Match Game - The Revivals
• Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists
• Match Game - Main game
• Match Game - Super Match
• Match Game - Audience Match
• Match Game - Head-to-Head Match
• Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions
• Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969
• Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-84
• Match Game - Match Game 1990-91
• Match Game - Match Game 1998-99
• Match Game - Pilots
• Match Game - Versions outside the USA
• Match Game - Match Game the Slot Machine

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In the United Kingdom, it was known as Blankety Blank and was presented by Terry Wogan, Les Dawson and Lily Savage. In Australia, it is known as Blankety Blanks, and has been presented by Graham Kennedy, Daryl Somers and Shane Bourne. (This show is not to be confused with an American show by the same name, appearing on ABC and hosted by Bill Cullen.) The original '60s Match Game also had an Australian spinoff, known as ...

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Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-84, Match Game - Match Game 1990-91, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the Slot Machine

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In the United Kingdom, it was known as Blankety Blank and was presented by Terry Wogan, Les Dawson and Lily Savage. In Australia, it is known as Blankety Blanks, and has been presented by Graham Kennedy, Daryl Somers and Shane Bourne. (This show is not to be confused with an American show by the same name, appearing on ABC and hosted by Bill Cullen.) The original '60s Match Game also had an Australian spinoff, known as ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - Programming History, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-1984, Match Game - Match Game 1990-1991, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the slot machine

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Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969. This is the original series upon which the show described above was based. For most of its life it was aired live from New York, New York on NBC during the late afternoons and was a solid if unspectacular hit for the network at the time. The gameplay of this The Match Game bore little resemblance to its more famous descendant. Here, 2 teams of 3 each comprised of 2 contestants and 1 Star Team Captain played against each other. The teams scored points bas ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - Programming History, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-1984, Match Game - Match Game 1990-1991, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the slot machine

Read more here: » Match Game: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions

Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969. This is the original series upon which the show described above was based. For most of its life it was aired live from New York on NBC during the late afternoons and was a solid if unspectacular hit for the network at the time. The gameplay of this The Match Game bore little resemblance to its more famous descendant. Here, two teams of three, each comprised of two contestants and one celebrity captain, played against each other. The teams scored points b ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-84, Match Game - Match Game 1990-91, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the Slot Machine

Read more here: » Match Game: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions

The winner of the game went on to play the Super Match, which consisted of the Audience Match and the Head-to-Head Match segments, for additional money. On the CBS version, the winner of the game won $100. Match Game - Audience Match. A fill-in-the-blank phrase was given and it was up to the contestant to choose the most common response based on a studio audience survey. After consulting with 3 celebrities on the panel for help the contestant had to choose an answer. The answers were revealed after that; t ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - Programming History, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-1984, Match Game - Match Game 1990-1991, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the slot machine

Read more here: » Match Game: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Super Match

Gene Rayburn hosted all versions of the show through 1984. Ross Shafer hosted the 1990 version, and Michael Burger hosted the 1998 version. Charles Nelson Reilly and Brett Somers were regular celebrity panelists through most of the 1973-82 version's run; Richard Dawson was also a regular from 1973 through 1978. Game show hosts such as Bob Barker, Bert Convy, Tom Kennedy, Bill Cullen, Peter Marshall and Allen Ludden made occasional appearances as panelists. Other frequent panelists from this era included Bart Braverman, Joyce Bulifant, ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-84, Match Game - Match Game 1990-91, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the Slot Machine

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The unaired pilot for "the 1973 edition of Match Game" circulates among video tape collectors. The celebrities in that episode were Bert Convy, Arlene Francis, Jack Klugman, Jo Ann Pflug, Richard Dawson and Betty White, all of whom appeared in the series at one time or another. There were only a few minor differences between the pilot and the series; parts of the set (notably the contestant podiums) had a slightly different look, and the Super Match wa ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - Programming History, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-1984, Match Game - Match Game 1990-1991, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the slot machine

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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). After CBS canceled the show on April 20, 1979 as Match Game '79 after 7 seasons and 1445 shows, the show found new life ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-84, Match Game - Match Game 1990-91, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the Slot Machine

Read more here: » Match Game: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Broadcast history

Two contestants competed to see who could match more of the answers of the six celebrities. Much of the show's humor sprung from questions that were heavy on double-entendres. One of the principal question-writers, Dick DeBartolo was also a writer for Mad. During the early 1970s, DeBartolo cast The Match Game panelists in his own 8mm film comedies. A rare public showing of those films was hel ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - Programming History, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-1984, Match Game - Match Game 1990-1991, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the slot machine

Read more here: » Match Game: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Main game

Gene Rayburn hosted all versions of the show through 1984. Ross Shafer hosted the 1990 version, and Michael Burger hosted the 1998 version. Charles Nelson Reilly and Brett Somers were regular celebrity panelists through most of the 1973-82 version's run; Richard Dawson was also a regular from 1973 through 1978. Game show hosts such as Bob Barker, Bert Convy, Tom Kennedy, Bill Cullen, Peter Marshall and Allen Ludden made occasional appearances as panelists. Other frequent panelists from this era included Bart Braverman, Joyce Bulifant, ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - Programming History, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-1984, Match Game - Match Game 1990-1991, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the slot machine

Read more here: » Match Game: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists

The winner of the game went on to play the Super Match, which consisted of the Audience Match and the Head-to-Head Match segments, for additional money. On the CBS version, the winner of the game won $100. Match Game - Audience Match. A fill-in-the-blank phrase was given and it was up to the contestant to choose the most common response based on a studio audience survey. After consulting with 3 celebrities on the panel for help the contestant had to choose an answer. The answers were revealed after that; t ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-84, Match Game - Match Game 1990-91, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the Slot Machine

Read more here: » Match Game: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Super Match

Two contestants competed to see who could match more of the answers of the six celebrities. Much of the show's humor sprung from questions that were heavy on double-entendres. One of the principal question-writers, Dick DeBartolo was also a writer for Mad. During the early 1970s, DeBartolo cast The Match Game panelists in his own 8mm film comedies. A rare public showing of those films was hel ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-84, Match Game - Match Game 1990-91, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the Slot Machine

Read more here: » Match Game: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Main game

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 ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - Programming History, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-1984, Match Game - Match Game 1990-1991, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the slot machine

Read more here: » Match Game: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Broadcast history

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Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - Programming History, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-1984, Match Game - Match Game 1990-1991, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the slot machine

Read more here: » Match Game: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Programming History

The unaired pilot for "the 1973 edition of Match Game" circulates among video tape collectors. The celebrities in that episode were Bert Convy, Arlene Francis, Jack Klugman, Jo Ann Pflug, Richard Dawson and Betty White, all of whom appeared in the series at one time or another. There were only a few minor differences between the pilot and the series; parts of the set had a slightly different look, and the Super Match wa ...

See also:

Match Game, Match Game - Broadcast history, Match Game - The Revivals, Match Game - Hosts and celebrity panelists, Match Game - Main game, Match Game - Super Match, Match Game - Audience Match, Match Game - Head-to-Head Match, Match Game - Rule Changes in Other Versions, Match Game - The Match Game 1962-1969, Match Game - The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-84, Match Game - Match Game 1990-91, Match Game - Match Game 1998-99, Match Game - Pilots, Match Game - Versions outside the USA, Match Game - Match Game the Slot Machine

Read more here: » Match Game: Encyclopedia II - Match Game - Pilots