Monday, April 4, 2011

Game Show History, April

APRIL 1
1983: Just Men! ends (NBC)
APRIL 3
1947: Juvenile Jury debuts (NBC)
1956: Family Feud host Ray Combs born
APRIL 4
1988: The $25,000 Pyramid returns for 13 weeks (CBS)
APRIL 5
1971: The second incarnation of Password debuts (ABC)
APRIL 14
1999: Game/talk show announcer Bill Wendell dies
APRIL 15
2002: Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck debuts (GSN)
APRIL 17
2007: Singer, actress and To Tell The Truth panelist Kitty Carlisle dies
APRIL 18
1944: Radio/TV game show announcer Charlie Tuna born (real name Art Ferguson)
APRIL 20
1951: The CBS daytime version of Winner Take All ends
1979: Match Game '7x ends (CBS)
APRIL 21
1975: Blankety Blanks debuts (ABC) hosted by Bill Cullen (No relation to the Australian Match Game spinoff)
APRIL 23
1982: Blockbusters ends its first NBC run
APRIL 24
1978: Card Sharks debuts (NBC)
APRIL 25
1920: Robert Q. Lewis born
1952: Winner Take All ends (NBC)
1995: Original Jeopardy! host Art Fleming dies
APRIL 29
1968: Carnie Wilson (previous host of GSN's Newlywed Game) born

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