Thursday, December 23, 2010

Game Show History, December 21-31

DECEMBER 22
1917: Gene Rayburn (Match Game host) born

DECEMBER 25
1966: Password debuts (2nd CBS prime time run)

DECEMBER 26
1921: Steve Allen (original Tonight Show host, game show panelist) born
1997: Blankety Blank (2nd BBC1 run) debuts

DECEMBER 27
1991: Chain Reaction (USA Network) ends

DECEMBER 28
1907: Cliff Arquette (AKA Charley Weaver, The Hollywood Squares) born
1999: Blankety Blank (2nd BBC1 run) ends

DECEMBER 31
1956: Bob Barker hosts his first national TV show, Truth Or Consequences
1962: The Match Game debuts (NBC)
1987: The (New) $25,000 Pyramid (CBS) ends
1993: Classic Concentration (NBC) ends

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