Friday, September 10, 2010

Game show history, Sept. 5-11

SEPTEMBER 5:
1975: Jeopardy! (Syndicated) ends

SEPTEMBER 6:
1918: Announcer Jay Stewart born
1968: To Tell The Truth (CBS daytime) ends

SEPTEMBER 7:
1950: Truth Or Consequences debuts (CBS)
1987: Win, Lose or Draw debuts with hosts Vicki Lawrence (NBC) and Bert Convy (Syn)
1990: Win, Lose or Draw (Syn) ends

SEPTEMBER 8:
1969: To Tell The Truth debuts (1969 Syn)
1975: Match Game PM debuts (Syn)
1978: Concentration (Syn) ends
1980: To Tell The Truth debuts (1980 Syn)
1986: Card Sharks debuts (Syn) with host Bill Rafferty
1989: The Dating Game (1986 Syn) ends
1995: Family Feud (Syn) w/Dawson ends

SEPTEMBER 9:
1965: Password (1st CBS primetime) ends
1974: Jeopardy! (Syn) debuts
1985: The Nighttime Price Is Right (1985-86) debuts
1996: The Dating Game (1996 Syn) debuts

SEPTEMBER 10:
1972: The Nighttime Price Is Right (1972-80) debuts
1973: Concentration debuts (Syn)
1973: The New Dating Game debuts (Syn)
1979: Match Game debuts (Syn)
1982: Match Game (Syn) ends
1984: Jeopardy! (Current Syn) debuts with host Alex Trebek
1990: The Joker’s Wild (1990 Syn) debuts
1990: Tic-Tac-Dough (1990 Syn) debuts
1993: Family Feud Challenge (Combs CBS) ends

SEPTEMBER 11:
1981: To Tell The Truth (1980 Syn) ends
1981: The Hollywood Squares (nighttime Syn) ends
1989: Robb Weller becomes new host of Win, Lose or Draw (Syn)
2006: John O’Hurley hosts first Family Feud episode

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