Thursday, June 2, 2011

Game Show History, June 1-15

JUNE 1
1984: Tattletales (CBS) ends 2nd run
2008: Million Dollar Password debuts (CBS)

JUNE 2
1972: Wayne Brady (Let’s Make A Deal, Don’t Forget the Lyrics) born
1996: Former Family Feud host Ray Combs dies
2004: Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on Jeopardy!

JUNE 3
1929: Game show host/producer Chuck Barris (The Gong Show) born
1997: Dennis James (former nighttime Price Is Right host) dies

JUNE 4
2004: Hollywood Squares (1998-2004) ends (reruns until Sept. 10)

JUNE 5
1943: Jim Peck (Three's A Crowd, Second Chance) born
1987: Card Sharks (Syn) ends

JUNE 7
1955: The $64,000 Question debuts (CBS)

JUNE 8
1990: Win, Lose or Draw (Syn) airs last original episode (reruns until September)

JUNE 9
1981: Original Password host Allen Ludden dies
2007: Chain Reaction (GSN) ends (reruns continue to air)

JUNE 10
1957: Michael Burger (Match Game [1998] host) born
2010: Late Night Liars debuts (GSN)

JUNE 11
1993: Scrabble (2nd NBC run) ends

JUNE 13
1926: The Hollywood Squares' longtime center square Paul Lynde born
1975: The Joker’s Wild (CBS) ends

JUNE 14
1985: Family Feud (ABC daytime) ends
2009: Million Dollar Password (CBS) ends

JUNE 15
2007: Bob Barker’s final The Price Is Right episode airs

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