Match Game

The Match Game was an American television game show where contestants tried to match a panel of six celebrities in answering fill-in-the-blank questions.

Broadcast history

The Match Game premiered December 31, 1962, continuing until September 20, 1969 on NBC for 1,760 episodes. Although the fill-in-the-blanks premise was the same, the rules of this version were significantly different from those of later versions, and the subject matter was much more staid and tame.

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December 31 - 1962 - September 20 - 1969 - NBC

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CBS revived the show on July 2, 1973, as Match Game '73 (the number changed to match the current year). After CBS canceled the show on April 20, 1979 after six years and 1,445 shows, the show found new life in daily syndication that very fall, where it ran until September 1982 as Match Game (without the year designation). A weekly syndicated version, Match Game PM, also ran from September 1975 to September 1981. Reruns of these versions currently air on GSN.

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CBS - July 2 - 1973 - April 20 - 1979 - Syndication - September - 1982 - 1975 - 1981 - Rerun - GSN

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The show had a handful of contestants who would later become famous themselves, including Kirstie Alley, Super Bowl-winning coach Brian Billick, talk-show host Jenny Jones and actress Brianne Leary, who actually returned to the show to sit on the celebrity panel two years after being a contestant.

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Kirstie Alley - Super Bowl - Brian Billick - Jenny Jones - Brianne Leary

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Beginning October 31, 1983, two game shows were combined on NBC's The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour, a daytime series that ran until July 27, 1984. Two unsuccessful revivals were attempted in the 1990s: from July 16, 1990, to July 12, 1991, on ABC, and during the 1998-99 season in syndication.

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October 31 - 1983 - Hollywood Squares - July 27 - 1984 - 1990s - July 16 - 1990 - July 12 - 1991 - ABC - 1998 - 99

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CBS revived another show in Septemeber 1975, as Match Game PM (the logo changed to match the new set). After CBS canceled the show on November, 1981 after seven years and over 200 shows, the show found new life in daily syndication that very fall, where it ran until November 1981 as Match Game PM. A weekly syndicated version,Reruns of these versions currently air on GSN.

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CBS - Septemeber - 1975 - Match Game PM - November - 1981 - Syndication - Rerun - GSN

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