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A game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems usually for money and/or prizes. On some shows contestants compete against other players or another team while...
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Weakest Link
The Weakest Link is a British television quiz show broadcast on BBC One. It was devised by doctor and situation comedy writer Fintan Coyle and the comedian Cathy Dunning, and developed for television by the BBC Entertainment Department. It has since...
Air date of first episode:
- Aug 14, 2000
Original episode running time:
- 45 min (27 hs )
The Price Is Right
The Price Is Right is an American game show centered on the pricing of merchandise and grocery products to win cash and prizes. The current version of the show premiered on September 4, 1972 on CBS and was hosted by Bob Barker until his retirement...
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- Sep 10, 1972
Air date of final episode:
- Sep 5, 1986
Number of episodes:
- 470
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television quiz show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering 15 (some versions, 12) consecutive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by the...
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- Sep 4, 1998
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin, and hosted by Pat Sajak and Vanna White. Three contestants (occasionally three pairs of contestants) compete against each other to solve a word puzzle for cash and prizes....
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- Sep 19, 1983
Original episode running time:
- 22 min (13 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of episodes:
- 5,000
College Bowl
College Bowl was a format of college-level quizbowl run and operated by College Bowl Company, Incorporated. It had a format similar to the current NAQT format. College Bowl first aired on US radio stations in 1953, and aired on US television from...
Air date of first episode:
- 1962
Air date of final episode:
- Jun 14, 1970
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Match Game
Match Game (also called The Match Game, Match Game '7"X", and Match Game PM) is an American television game show featuring contestants attempting to match celebrities' answers to fill-in-the-blank questions. It was hosted for most of its time on air...
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- Dec 31, 1962
Air date of final episode:
- Jul 23, 1999
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Press Your Luck
Press Your Luck is an American television daytime game show that ran weekdays on CBS from September 19, 1983 to September 26, 1986, where contestants collected "spins" by answering trivia questions and then used the spins on an 18-space game board...
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- Sep 19, 1983
Air date of final episode:
- Sep 26, 1986
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
The Gong Show
The Gong Show is a parody of television variety shows. It broadcast on NBC's daytime schedule from June 14, 1976 through July 21, 1978, and in first-run syndication from 1976-1980 and 1988-1989. The NBC version and the 1977-1980 syndicated seasons...
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- 1976
Air date of final episode:
- 1989
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Front Page Challenge
Front Page Challenge was a long-running Canadian current events-cum-history program disguised as a game show. Created by comedy writer/performer John Aylesworth (of the comedy team of Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth) and produced and aired by CBC...
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- Jun 24, 1957
Air date of final episode:
- Feb 1, 1995
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Knightmare
Knightmare was an innovative and popular UK television programme for children, produced by Broadsword Productions for Anglia Television and was broadcast on ITV from 7 September 1987 to 11 November 1994. The show is most noted for its advanced use...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 7, 1987
Air date of final episode:
- Nov 11, 1994
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 112
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You (often abbreviated to HIGNFY) is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been running since 1990. The show has...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 28, 1990
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 298
Family Feud
Family Feud is an American television game show that pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey-type question posed to 100 people. The format, which originated in the United States, airs in...
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Air date of first episode:
- Jul 12, 1976
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Countdown
Countdown is a British game show made by ITV Studios and broadcast on Channel 4. Since mid-January 2009 it has been presented by Jeff Stelling, assisted by Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme aired on...
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- Nov 2, 1982
Original episode running time:
- 36 min (22 hs ) ,
- more…
Jeopardy!
Jeopardy! is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning quiz show franchise. The show has a unique answer-and-question format in which contestants are presented with clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question form.
The show has a...
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Air date of first episode:
- Mar 30, 1964
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs ) ,
- more…
The Mole
The Mole is a reality television game show which was originally created in 1999 by Woestijnvis and broadcast on VRT in Flanders, Belgium, and won the Golden Rose of Montreux in 2000. It was conceived by Michiel Devlieger, Bart de Pauw, Tom Lenaerts...
Air date of first episode:
- 1999
Air date of final episode:
- 2004
Fifteen to One
Fifteen to One was a popular general knowledge quiz show broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. It ran from 4 January 1988 to 19 December 2003, and had a reputation for being the toughest quiz on TV. Throughout the show's run it was presented...
Air date of first episode:
- Jan 4, 1988
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 19, 2003
Number of episodes:
- 2,265
Family Fortunes
Family Fortunes (since 2006 known as 'All Star Family Fortunes') is a British game show, based on the American game show Family Feud. The programme ran on ITV from 1980 until 2002 before being revived by the same channel in 2006. It is currently...
Air date of first episode:
- Jan 6, 1980
University Challenge
University Challenge is a British quiz programme that has aired since 1962. The format is based on the American show College Bowl, which ran on NBC radio from 1953 to 1957, and on NBC TV from 1959 to 1970. University Challenge aired for 913 episodes...
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 21, 1962
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
The Krypton Factor
The Krypton Factor is a British game show. The show originally ran from 1977 to 1995, and was produced by Granada Television, hosted by Gordon Burns and usually broadcast on the ITV network on Mondays at 7pm. Contestants from across the United...
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Air date of first episode:
- Sep 7, 1977
Air date of final episode:
- Nov 20, 1995
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 276
American Idol
American Idol (titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar in the first season) is a reality competition to find new solo musical talent, created by Simon Fuller. It debuted on June 11, 2002 on the Fox network, and has since become one of the...
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Air date of first episode:
- Jun 11, 2002
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 8
Number of episodes:
- 272
What's Going On?
What's Going On? was a short-lived television game show that aired for five weeks beginning on November 28, 1954. The show aired on ABC and was a Mark Goodson-Bill Todman production. It was sponsored by Revlon and shot in New York City.
Lee Bowman...
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- Nov 28, 1954
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 26, 1954
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 5
The Wizard of Odds
The Wizard of Odds was an American game show hosted by Alex Trebek which aired on NBC from July 16, 1973 to June 28, 1974. It was a game in which people from the studio audience vied in a number of rounds, primarily games revolving around...
Air date of first episode:
- Jul 16, 1973
Air date of final episode:
- Jun 28, 1974
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Scrapheap Challenge
Scrapheap Challenge is an engineering game show produced by RDF Media and broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. In the show, teams of contestants have 10 hours in which to build a working machine that can do a specific task, using materials available in...
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Air date of first episode:
- Apr 12, 1998
Original episode running time:
- 52 min (31 hs ) ,
- more…
The Generation Game
The Generation Game was a British game show produced by the BBC in which four teams of two (people from the same family, but different generations, hence the title of the show) compete to win prizes.
The show was based on the Dutch TV show Een van...
Air date of first episode:
- Oct 2, 1971
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 13, 2007
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 413
Mastermind
Mastermind is a British quiz show, well-known for its challenging questions, intimidating setting and air of seriousness.
Devised by Bill Wright, the basic format of Mastermind has never changed — four contestants face two rounds, one on a...
Air date of first episode:
- Sep 11, 1972
Air date of final episode:
- 1997
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Canadian Idol
Canadian Idol is a Canadian reality television competition show airing on CTV. The show is based on the popular Fox show American Idol, which in turn is based on the British show Pop Idol. The show is a competition to find the most talented young...
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Air date of first episode:
- Jun 1, 2003
Air date of final episode:
- 2008
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 6
Give Us A Clue
Give Us a Clue is a televised game show version of charades that was first broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1992. It was first hosted by Michael Aspel from 1979 to 1983 then Michael Parkinson from 1984 to 1992, with two teams: one captained by Lionel...
Air date of first episode:
- Jan 2, 1979
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 19, 1997
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
The 64,000 Dollar Question
The $64,000 Question was an United States television game show broadcast from 1955 to 1958, which became embroiled in the scandals involving TV quiz shows of the day. The $64,000 Challenge (1956-58) was its popular spin-off show.
The $64,000...
Air date of first episode:
- Jun 7, 1955
Air date of final episode:
- Nov 2, 1958
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Call My Bluff
Call My Bluff was a long-running British game show between two teams of three celebrity contestants. The point of the game is for the teams to take it in turn to provide three definitions of an obscure word, only one of which is correct. The other...
Air date of first episode:
- 1965
Air date of final episode:
- 1988
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Let's Make a Deal
Let's Make a Deal is a television game show which originated in the United States and has since been produced in many countries throughout the world. The show is based around deals offered to members of the audience by the host. The contestants...
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Air date of first episode:
- Dec 30, 1963
Air date of final episode:
- 2003
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Trivia Trap
Trivia Trap is an American game show created by Mark Goodson Television Productions. It originally ran from October 8, 1984 to April 5, 1985 on ABC. The game featured two teams of three players each who competed against each other to answer trivia...
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Air date of first episode:
- Oct 8, 1984
Air date of final episode:
- Apr 5, 1985
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 128
Robot Wars
Robot Wars was a USA based robot competition from 1994-1997. Its considerably modified British equivalent was broadcast on BBC Two from 1998 until 2002, with its final series broadcast on Five in 2003. There were additional series filmed for...
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Air date of first episode:
- Jan 16, 1998
Air date of final episode:
- Apr 24, 2004
Original episode running time:
- 45 min (27 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of episodes:
- 151
Card Sharks
Card Sharks is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions (later Mark Goodson Productions, now part of FremantleMedia). Although various changes were made to the game's format throughout its run, the core format...
Air date of first episode:
- Apr 24, 1978
Air date of final episode:
- Mar 31, 1989
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 1,709
Australian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on 27 July 2003. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the reality program Pop Idol created by British entertainment executive Simon...
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Air date of first episode:
- Jul 27, 2003
Original episode running time:
- 120 min (72 hs )
Blankety Blank
Blankety Blank is a British comedy game show based on the 1977-1978 Australian game show Blankety Blanks (which was in turn based on the American game show Match Game).
The British version ran from 18 January 1979 to 12 March 1990 with 187 episodes...
Air date of first episode:
- Jan 18, 1979
Air date of final episode:
- 2002
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 259
Blockbusters
Blockbusters was a television game show in which contestants answered trivia questions to complete a path across or down a game board of hexagons.
Although Blockbusters originated as an American series, it had a more successful run in the UK, where...
Air date of first episode:
- Aug 29, 1983
Air date of final episode:
- Mar 23, 2001
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..? (German for "Wanna Bet..?") is a German language game and entertainment TV show. It is the most successful television show in Europe.
The shows are broadcast live six to seven times a year from different cities in Germany, Austria,...
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Air date of first episode:
- Feb 14, 1981
The Newlywed Game
The Newlywed Game is an American television game show that pits newly-married couples against each other in a series of revealing question rounds to determine how well the spouses know (or don't know) each other. The program, originally created by...
Air date of first episode:
- 1966
Air date of final episode:
- 1999
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Big Break
Big Break is a British game show based around the game of snooker, mixed with traditional game show elements. It was broadcast on BBC1 between 30 April 1991 and 9 October 2002. It influenced a later game show for the network called Full Swing, but...
Air date of first episode:
- Apr 30, 1991
Air date of final episode:
- Oct 9, 2002
Original episode running time:
- 40 min (24 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of episodes:
- 239
Greed
Greed is a television game show where a team of contestants answered a series of multiple-choice trivia questions for a potential prize of up to $2 Million ($4 Million during the five Super Greed episodes). On the US version, the largest prizes were...
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Air date of first episode:
- Nov 4, 1999
Air date of final episode:
- Jul 14, 2000
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 1
Number of episodes:
- 44
Win Ben Stein's Money
Win Ben Stein's Money is an American television game show that ran from July 28, 1997 to January 31, 2003 on the Comedy Central cable network with unaired episodes and reruns airing until May 8, 2003. It featured three contestants who competed in a...
Air date of first episode:
- Jul 28, 1997
Air date of final episode:
- May 8, 2003
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 715
World Idol
World Idol (Germany: SuperStar Weltweit, Middle East: SuperStar El Alaam) was the title of a one-off international version of the television show Pop Idol, featuring winners of the various national Idol shows around the world competing against each...
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Air date of first episode:
- 2003
Air date of final episode:
- Jan 1, 2004
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Battle of the Network Stars
Battle of the Network Stars is the name of nineteen U.S. television specials featuring competitions among teams of popular television performers representing the three major broadcast networks at that time: ABC, CBS, and NBC.
The first Battle was...
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Air date of first episode:
- Nov 13, 1976
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 1988
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 19
Double Dare
Double Dare is a children's game show, originally hosted by Marc Summers, that aired on Nickelodeon. The show combines trivia questions with often messy "physical challenges". It is often credited with putting the then-fledgling network on the map,...
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Air date of first episode:
- Oct 6, 1986
Air date of final episode:
- Feb 1993
Original episode running time:
- 23 min (14 hs ) ,
- more…
Number of episodes:
- 65
Name That Tune
Name That Tune was a television game show that put two contestants against each other to test their knowledge of songs. Premiering in the United States on NBC Radio in 1952, the show was created and produced by Harry Salter and his wife Roberta....
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Air date of first episode:
- 1953
Air date of final episode:
- 1985
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Remote Control
Remote Control is a TV game show that ran on MTV for five seasons from 1987 until 1990. It was MTV's first original non-musical program. New episodes were made for first-run syndication in 1989. Three contestants answered trivia questions on movies,...
Air date of first episode:
- Dec 7, 1987
Air date of final episode:
- Dec 13, 1991
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 5
Idols
Idols is a television show on the South African television networks M-Net and Kyknet, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in South Africa. It was presented by Candy Litchfield, Matthew...
Air date of first episode:
- 2002
Idol
Idol is a television show on the Polish television network Polsat, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Poland. It is hosted by Maciej Rock.
In the show, people first audition but...
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Air date of first episode:
- 2002
Air date of final episode:
- 2005
Idol
Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne is a television show on the Norwegian television channel TV 2, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show describes itself as a "Search For A SuperStar". The contestants are first narrowed down to 100...
Air date of first episode:
- 2003
Air date of final episode:
- 2007
Narodniy Artist
Narodniy Artist (Народный Артист, "People's Artist") is a television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Russia. The show is produced by RTR in association with FBI Music &...
Air date of first episode:
- 2003
SuperStar
Super Star (سوبر ستار) is an Arabic television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol created by Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment & developed by Fremantle Media. The show unites the Arab community by democratically choosing the next singing...
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Air date of first episode:
- 2003
To Tell the Truth
To Tell the Truth is an American television game show created by Bob Stewart and produced by Goodson-Todman Productions that has aired intermittently in various forms since 1956 on both networks and in syndication. Along with The Price Is Right, it...
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Air date of first episode:
- 1956
Air date of final episode:
- 2001
Takeshi's Castle
Takeshi's Castle (風雲！たけし城, Fūun! Takeshi-jō, literally Turbulence! Takeshi Castle) was a Japanese game show that aired from 1986 to 1989 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured the Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as...
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Air date of first episode:
- Nov 9, 2002
Air date of final episode:
- Jan 1, 2004
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 81
Nick Arcade
Nick Arcade is an American children's game show created by James Bethea and Karim Miteff and hosted by Phil Moore, with Andrea Lively announcing, that aired on the Nickelodeon from 1992 to 1993 (in the first season, the shows were taped in 1991 and...
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Air date of first episode:
- 1992
Air date of final episode:
- 1993
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 2
Number of episodes:
- 84
Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers is a children's game show that debuted on the Nickelodeon network in America on November 2, 1987 with Wesley Eure as host and aired until September 11, 1988. The next day (September 12), the show began airing in first-run syndication...
Air date of first episode:
- Nov 2, 1987
Air date of final episode:
- 1989
Original episode running time:
- 22 min (13 hs )
What's My Line?
What's My Line? is a weekly panel game show, which originally ran in the United States from 1950 to 1967 with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. The game tasked celebrity panelists with questioning contestants in order to...
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Air date of first episode:
- Feb 2, 1950
Air date of final episode:
- 1975
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of seasons:
- 25
GamesMaster
GamesMaster was a British television show, screened on Channel 4 from 7 January 1992 to 3 February 1998, and was the first-ever UK television show dedicated to computer and video games.
GamesMaster began when Jane Hewland, formerly of LWT, who had...
Air date of first episode:
- Jan 7, 1992
Air date of final episode:
- Feb 3, 1998
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 126
Nashville Star
Nashville Star is an American reality television program. It was transmitted during mid-2008 on NBC, following five seasons on USA Network. It premiered on March 8, 2003, and its five seasons on USA made it the longest-running competition series on...
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Air date of first episode:
- Mar 8, 2003
Air date of final episode:
- Aug 4, 2008
Number of episodes:
- 50
CBS Television Quiz
CBS Television Quiz was the first television game show ever to be broadcast regularly. It premiered on July 2, 1941 and ran until May 25, 1942.
CBS Television Quiz was produced by CBS Television and broadcast in black and white. The host was Gil...
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Air date of first episode:
- Jul 2, 1941
Air date of final episode:
- Jul 1, 1942
Original episode running time:
- 30 min (18 hs ) ,
- more…
Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire
Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire, often shortened to Super Millionaire, is a television game show spin-off to the American version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. This series, as with the original primetime series, is hosted by Regis Philbin....
Air date of first episode:
- Feb 22, 2004
Air date of final episode:
- May 26, 2004
Original episode running time:
- 60 min (36 hs )
Number of episodes:
- 12
