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

Game Show History, May

MAY 1
1924: Art Fleming (original Jeopardy! host) born
1987: Blockbusters (NBC) 2nd run ends

MAY 4
1987: Classic Concentration debuts (NBC)

MAY 6
1974: The $10,000 Pyramid moves to ABC

MAY 17
1956: Actor, comedian and 1 vs. 100 host Bob Saget born
1985: The nighttime syndicated version of the original Family Feud aired its last original episode

MAY 20
1919: Actor/comedian George Gobel (regular The Hollywood Squares panelist) born

MAY 21
2004: Announcer Gene Wood (Family Feud, Card Sharks) dies

MAY 22
1910: Announcer Johnny Olson (The Price Is Right, [The] Match Game) born
1967: To Tell The Truth and Password ended their primetime runs on CBS

MAY 23
1958: Comedian and host Drew Carey (The Price Is Right, The Power of 10) born
1986: The Joker's Wild and Tic-Tac-Dough ended their 1970s-1980s syndicated runs.

MAY 25
1898: Bennett Cerf (regular What's My Line? panelist) born
2007: Actor/director Charles Nelson Reilly (regular Match Game panelist) dies

MAY 26
1995: Family Feud (Syndicated, Dawson) airs its last original episode

MAY 27
1994: Ray Combs hosts his final Family Feud episode

MAY 30
1936: Ruta Lee (High Rollers, Hollywood Squares) born
1986: The Nighttime Price Is Right (1985-86) ends

MAY 31
1991: To Tell The Truth (NBC) ends
2001: Actress Arlene Francis (What's My Line? panelist) dies

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

Game Show History, March 1-31

Sorry that I've been slacking off on this. My recent vacation and my struggle to find a new job have kept me from updating this part of my blog.

MARCH 1
1947: Alan Thicke born

MARCH 2
1979: Jeopardy! (Syn revival) ends

MARCH 8
1991: The 1990-91 syndicated versions of Tic-Tac-Dough and The Joker's Wild end.

MARCH 13
2006: Press Your Luck host Peter Tomarken and his wife were killed when their private plane crashed in Santa Monica Bay, California.

MARCH 16
1941: host Chuck Woolery (Lingo, Love Connection) born

MARCH 19
1933: Actress/singer Phyllis Newman (What's My Line?, To Tell The Truth panelist) born

MARCH 22
1924: Announcer Bill Wendell (To Tell The Truth, Late Night/Late Show with David Letterman) born

MARCH 23
1950: Beat The Clock debuts (CBS)
1973: Concentration ends (NBC)
1990: Scrabble ends (first NBC run)

MARCH 24
1953: Comedian Louie Anderson (Family Feud host [1999-2002]) born
1989: Super Password ends (NBC)
1989: Sale Of The Century ends (second NBC run)

MARCH 25
1988: Lingo ends (Syn)

MARCH 26
1973: The $10,000 Pyramid debuts (CBS)
1982: Password Plus ends (NBC)
1993: Family Feud Challenge (Combs CBS) airs last original episode

MARCH 27
2004: Art James (Say When host, Concentration announcer) dies

MARCH 30
1926: Peter Marshall (The Hollywood Squares host) born
1964: Jeopardy! debuts (NBC)

MARCH 31
1978: Tattletales ends (first CBS run)
1989: Card Sharks ends (CBS)

Game Show History, January 16-31

JANUARY 17
1922: Betty White born
1970: The Dating Game (ABC primetime) ends

JANUARY 18
1982: Tattletales begins 2nd run (CBS)
1993: Scrabble begins 2nd run (NBC)

JANUARY 19
1976: The $20,000 Pyramid debuts (ABC)
1990: Gene Rayburn's final game show, The Movie Masters (AMC) ends

JANUARY 26
1981: The $50,000 Pyramid debuts (Syn)

JANUARY 27
1995: The New Price Is Right (1994-95) ends

JANUARY 31
1915: Garry Moore (I've Got A Secret host) born

Game Show History, January 1-15

JANUARY 2
1962: The first primetime run of Password debuts (CBS)

JANUARY 3
1966: Eye Guess debuts (NBC)
1975: Jeopardy! ends (NBC)
1983: Sale of the Century debuts (2nd NBC run)
1983: Hit Man and Just Men debut (both NBC)

JANUARY 4
1969: Storybook Squares, a Saturday morning version of The Hollywood Squares, debuts (NBC)

JANUARY 5
1987: Blockbusters debuts (2nd NBC run)

JANUARY 6
1986: Card Sharks debuts (CBS) hosted by Bob Eubanks

JANUARY 7
1967: The Newlywed Game debuts (ABC primetime)
1985: Sale of the Century debuts (Syndication)

JANUARY 8
1938: Bob Eubanks (Newlywed Game, Card Sharks) born
1979: Password Plus debuts (NBC)

JANUARY 11
1982: Paul Lynde (longtime center square on The Hollywood Squares) dies
2002: Card Sharks (2001 Syn) ends

JANUARY 12
1968: The Hollywood Squares (NBC nighttime) debuts

JANUARY 13
1931: Charles Nelson Reilly (regular Match Game panelist) born

JANUARY 14
1980: Chain Reaction debuts (NBC)

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

Game Show History, December 11-20

DECEMBER 11
1991: Actor and game show host/panelist Robert Q. Lewis (The Name's The Same, What's My Line?) dies

DECEMBER 12
1923: Bob Barker (Truth Or Consequences, The Price Is Right) born

DECEMBER 13
1982: Vanna White debuts as Wheel of Fortune co-host

DECEMBER 14
2001: Card Sharks (2001 Syn) airs last original episode (reruns ended 1/11/2002)

DECEMBER 18
1956: To Tell The Truth debuts (CBS,) titled Nothing But The Truth for its first week

DECEMBER 19
1945: Elaine Joyce (1986 Dating Game host, game show panelist) born

DECEMBER 20
1965: Supermarket Sweep and The Dating Game debut (both ABC)

Game Show History, December 1-10

DECEMBER 3
1931: Jaye P. Morgan (Gong Show panelist) born

DECEMBER 4
1934: Wink Martindale (Tic-Tac-Dough host) born

DECEMBER 5
1951: The Name’s The Same debuts (ABC)
2003: Whammy! (The New Press Your Luck) (GSN) ends

DECEMBER 6
1924: Wally Cox (Hollywood Squares panelist) born

DECEMBER 7
1942: Peter Tomarken (Press Your Luck host) born

DECEMBER 9
1957: Donny Osmond (Pyramid host) born

DECEMBER 10
1954: Ross Shafer (Match Game [1990-91] host) born
1976: Gambit (CBS) ends

Game Show History, November 21-30

NOVEMBER 25
1925: Jack Clark (The Cross-Wits host, announcer for Password & Wheel of Fortune) born

NOVEMBER 26
1956: The original version of The Price Is Right debuts (NBC) hosted by Bill Cullen

NOVEMBER 27
1981: Las Vegas Gambit (NBC) ends

NOVEMBER 28
1993: host Garry Moore (I've Got A Secret, To Tell The Truth) dies

NOVEMBER 29
1955: Comedian, actor and Deal Or No Deal host Howie Mandel born
1999: Original Tonight Show announcer and Match Game host Gene Rayburn dies

NOVEMBER 30
1960: Announcer Rich Fields (The Price Is Right) born

R.I.P. Charlie O'Donnell (1932-2010.) O'Donnell announced for several game shows including Wheel of Fortune, The Joker's Wild and Tic-Tac-Dough, and was Dick Clark's sidekick on American Bandstand in the late-1950s.

Game Show History, November 11-20

NOVEMBER 13
1922: host Jack Narz (Concentration, Now You See It) born

NOVEMBER 18
1974: Password (ABC) switches to an all-celebrity format as Password All-Stars

NOVEMBER 20
1932: Richard Dawson (Match Game ‘7x regular panelist, Family Feud host) born

Game Show History, November 1-10

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NOVEMBER 1
1942: Marcia Wallace born
1971: The Hollywood Squares (nighttime Syn) debuts
1979: Game show announcer and host Bob Clayton (Concentration, Pyramid) dies

NOVEMBER 3
1947: Radio and game show announcer Shadoe Stevens born

NOVEMBER 8
1965: Journalist and What's My Line? panelist Dorothy Kilgallen was found dead in her home

NOVEMBER 9
1933: Jim Perry (Sale of the Century, Card Sharks) born

Game Show History, October 1-31

Due to my hectic schedule the past few months (including getting a new weekday job!) I had forgotten to make any "Game Show History" posts for the past month. To catch up, here is one covering the month of October.

OCTOBER 2
1890: Comedian, actor and You Bet Your Life host Groucho Marx born
1961: Password debuts (CBS daytime)
1978: Jeopardy! (Syn revival) debuts

OCTOBER 3
1950: Winner Take All (CBS primetime) ends

OCTOBER 5
1917: Original Password host Allen Ludden born

OCTOBER 6
1966: The Dating Game (ABC primetime) debuts

OCTOBER 7
1955: The Name’s The Same (ABC) ends 2nd run

OCTOBER 9
1954: Actor and Family Feud (2006-10) host John O’Hurley born

OCTOBER 12
1985: Game show announcer Johnny Olson (Match Game, The Price Is Right) dies

OCTOBER 13
1945: Susan Stafford (former Wheel of Fortune co-host) born
2006: 1 vs. 100 debuts (NBC)

OCTOBER 15
1929: Host and announcer Art James (Say When; The Who, What or Where Game) born
2007: Drew Carey debuts as The Price Is Right host
2008: Jack Narz (Concentration, Now You See It) dies

OCTOBER 17
1966: The Hollywood Squares debuts (NBC daytime)

OCTOBER 19
1921: Announcer Bern Bennett (Beat The Clock, To Tell The Truth) born

OCTOBER 20
1907: Arlene Francis (What’s My Line? panelist) born
1925: Announcer Gene Wood (Family Feud, Card Sharks) born

OCTOBER 22
1982: Susan Stafford’s final Wheel of Fortune as regular co-host

OCTOBER 23
1959: Tic-Tac-Dough (NBC) ends
1981: Card Sharks (NBC) ends

OCTOBER 24
1980: Allen Ludden’s final Password Plus episode airs

OCTOBER 25
1954: The Name’s The Same begins 2nd run (ABC)

OCTOBER 26
1946: Current Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak born

OCTOBER 27
1920: Actress, singer and What's My Line? panelist Nanette Fabray born
1980: Blockbusters debuts (NBC)
1980: Tom Kennedy’s first Password Plus episode airs
1980: Las Vegas Gambit debuts (NBC)
2003: Announcer Rod Roddy (Press Your Luck, The Price Is Right) dies

OCTOBER 31
1983: The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour debuts (NBC)
2000: Steve Allen (original Tonight Show host, I've Got A Secret) dies

Game Show History, September 26-October 2

SEPTEMBER 26:
1969: Eye Guess (NBC) ends
1969: The Match Game (NBC) ends
1986: Press Your Luck (CBS) ends

SEPTEMBER 28:
1987: Lingo debuts (Syn)

SEPTEMBER 29:
1969: Sale Of The Century debuts (Original NBC run)
1986: Chain Reaction debuts (USA Network)

OCTOBER 2:
1890: Groucho Marx (comedian, You Bet Your Life host) born
1961: Password debuts (CBS daytime)
1978: Jeopardy! (Syn revival) debuts

Game Show History, September 12-25

SEPTEMBER 12:
1994: Richard Dawson returns to host Family Feud (Syn)
1994: The New Price Is Right (1994-95) debuts

SEPTEMBER 13:
1968: The Hollywood Squares (NBC nighttime) ends
1980: The Nighttime Price Is Right (1972-80) ends
1985: Family Feud (Nighttime Syn) ends

SEPTEMBER 14:
1998: Hollywood Squares (1998-2004 Syn) debuts

SEPTEMBER 15:
1967: Password (CBS daytime) ends
1986: The Dating Game (1986 Syn) debuts
1986: Hollywood Squares (1986-89 Syn) debuts
2007: Actress and Match Game panelist Brett Somers dies

SEPTEMBER 17:
1989: Game show announcer Jay Stewart dies
1999: Match Game (1998 Syn) ends
2001: Card Sharks debuts (2001 Syn)

SEPTEMBER 18:
1937: Game show announcer Rod Roddy (Press Your Luck, The Price Is Right) born
1978: Tic-Tac-Dough (Syn) debuts

SEPTEMBER 19:
1977: Family Feud debuts (Nighttime Syn)
1983: Press Your Luck debuts (CBS)
1988: Family Feud debuts (Ray Combs Syn)

SEPTEMBER 20:
1982: The New $25,000 Pyramid debuts (CBS)
1991: Classic Concentration (NBC) airs last original episode (reruns until 12/31/93)
1999: Family Feud debuts with host Louie Anderson (Syn)

SEPTEMBER 21:
1944: Fannie Flagg (Match Game ‘7x, Gong Show panelist) born
1998: Match Game debuts (1998 Syn)

SEPTEMBER 23:
1974: The Hollywood Squares panelist Cliff Arquette (a.k.a. Charley Weaver) dies

SEPTEMBER 24:
1984: Super Password debuts (NBC)

SEPTEMBER 25:
1949: Announcer Burton Richardson (Family Feud) born

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

Game Show History, August 29-September 4

AUGUST 30:
1969: Storybook Squares (NBC) ends. This version of The Hollywood Squares for kids/families would return occasionally during the 1970s for special weeks.

AUGUST 31:
1954: The Name’s The Same (ABC) ends first run

SEPTEMBER 1:
1989: Win, Lose or Draw (NBC) ends

SEPTEMBER 2:
1988: The $100,000 Pyramid (Syn) ends

SEPTEMBER 3:
1910: Kitty Carlisle born
1965: The original The Price Is Right hosted by Bill Cullen (ABC) ends
1990: To Tell The Truth debuts (NBC)

SEPTEMBER 4:
1972: The Price Is Right, Gambit and The Joker’s Wild debuts (all CBS)
1978: The Dating Game (1978 Syn) debuts
1981: The $50,000 Pyramid (Syn) ends

Game Show History August 22-28

AUGUST 24
1917: Host/announcer Dennis James was born (The Name's The Same, PDQ, The Nighttime Price Is Right [1972-77])

AUGUST 25
1931: Game show/talk show host Regis Philbin was born (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Million Dollar Password)
1958: Concentration debuts (NBC)

AUGUST 27
1971: Regular What's My Line? panelist Bennett Cerf died