Game shows

$1.98 Beauty Show was an American syndicated television show which was a parody of beauty contests. Rip Taylor hosts as 6 female contestants (and once, a male dressed in drag) competed for the title of "$1.98 Beauty Queen". ...more on Wikipedia about "$1.98 Beauty Show"

$ale of the Century was a television game show format that has screened in several countries in various incarnations since 1969. ...more on Wikipedia about "$ale of the Century"

All About Faces was a gameshow incorporating the "hidden camera" format, started with Candid Camera, and most recently featured on Punk'd. Three contestants would be shown a clip of an unsuspecting person placed in an embarassing situation, recorded by a hidden camera, and as the film was frozen on a closeup of the person's face, the contestants had to wager on how the person would react. For example, a person in a cab is told by the driver that he is nearsighted and color blind; the contestants would guess whether the passenger would exit the cab. ...more on Wikipedia about "All About Faces"

All Star Blitz was an American game show that aired on ABC from April 8, 1985 to December 20, 1985. The USA Network showed Blitz in reruns in 1986. ...more on Wikipedia about "All Star Blitz"

alt.tv.game-shows was a Usenet newsgroup dedicated to the discussion of game shows. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alt.tv.game-shows"

American Gladiators was a TV show which ran between 1989 and 1997. It was basically a physical game show, in which the contestants (two male and two female) matched themselves against the program's stable of athletes in a variety of feats of strength and agility. The champions at the end of each season won a prize package including a new car, a trip, and money (usually over $100,000 total). The contests were often quite extravagant and elaborate, with challenges featuring things such as highwires, steel cages, swinging ropes, and other obstacle course fare. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Gladiators"

Arena is a former G4 (formerly G4techTV) TV show hosted by Lee Reherman and Kevin Pereira. It is devoted entirely to teams competing against one another via multiplayer video games. Repeat episodes continue to air on G4. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arena (TV series)"

Battlestars was a 1980s U.S. game show that aired on NBC. The show aired from October 26, 1981, to April 23, 1982. A second version, called The New Battlestars, aired for 13 weeks in 1983. Alex Trebek hosted both versions. Rod Roddy announced for Battlestars, while Charlie Tuna served as The New Battlestars announcer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Battlestars (game show)"

Beat the Geeks is a comedy game show which aired on Comedy Central in the United States from 2001 to 2002 ( reruns of the program also played on The Comedy Network in Canada). On the show, contestants face off in trivia matches against "geeks" who are well-versed in music, movies, and television, as well as a fourth geek whose area of expertise varies from things such as Comic Books to Star Wars. The object is to outsmart the geek at their own subject, a task made much easier, considering that the geeks are given questions of considerably greater difficulty. ...more on Wikipedia about "Beat the Geeks"

Black Friday is a term used by game show purists as the day three popular NBC game shows were cancelled on June 20, 1980 in order to make room for a new 90-minute daytime talk show hosted by David Letterman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Black Friday (game shows)"

Blockbusters was a television game show in which contestants answered trivia questions to complete a path across a game board of hexagons. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blockbusters (game show)"

Body Language was a television game show which aired from June 4, 1984, until January 3, 1986, on CBS. Tom Kennedy hosted this Mark Goodson production. Johnny Olson announced until his death in 1985; Gene Wood and Bob Hilton shared the announcing duties afterward. ...more on Wikipedia about "Body Language (game show)"

Bowling for Dollars was a 1970s-era TV game show on which ordinary people could try their hand at the sport of bowling. Contestants won cash and sometimes prizes based on how well they bowled. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bowling for Dollars"

Break the Bank is a title that has been used for three entirely separate American game shows throughout television history. ...more on Wikipedia about "Break the Bank"

Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak was a short-lived ABC game aired from January 6, 1986 to April 4, 1986. It was produced by Reg Grundy Productions. Its host was popular UK personality Bruce Forsyth, and there were two announcers; one was Gene Wood, and the other was Marc Summers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak"

Buena Fortuna (Good Fortune) was a popular but short-lived Argentine television game show hosted by Julían Weich. ...more on Wikipedia about "Buena Fortuna"

Bullseye, billed as the game in which daring determined the fate of the players, was the title of an American game show that aired in syndication from September 29, 1980 to September 24, 1982. Jim Lange was the host, and the show was produced by Jack Barry and Dan Enright. Jay Stewart was the announcer for the first season, and Charlie O'Donnell announced for the second and final season. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bullseye (American game show)"

Bumper Stumpers was a Canadian game show in which two teams of two solve a series of vanity typed license plate puzzles known as Bumper Stumpers. It aired in the states on the USA Network from June 29, 1987 - December 28, 1990, and reran on GSN during the summer of 2000. It was produced by Global Television & Barry & Enright Productions. It was the second show created by former Tic Tac Dough host Wink Martindale (the first was Headline Chasers), and was hosted by Canadian TV personalty Al Dubois. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bumper Stumpers"

Catch Phrase was a syndicated U.S. game show which ran from September 1985-January 1986. It was the last game show hosted by the late Art James. In spite of its short life in America, it did however spawn the long-running UK version hosted by Roy Walker, Nick Weir & Mark Curry. ...more on Wikipedia about "Catch Phrase (US game show)"

CBS Television Quiz was the first television game show ever to be broadcast regularly. It premiered on July 2, 1941. It ran until Spring 1942. Other game shows before this were "test episodes" for experimental purposes. One of these was Truth or Consequences in the same year, while a show called Spelling Bee was broadcast on the BBC in 1938. ...more on Wikipedia about "CBS Television Quiz"

Chain Reaction was an American game show seen on the NBC network in 1980, and the USA cable network in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Bill Cullen, Blake Emmons and Geoff Edwards hosted this word game created by Bob Stewart. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chain Reaction (game show)"

Date My Mom is a television dating show airing on MTV and produced by Kallissa Productions. An 18-24 year-old straight or gay male or lesbian female goes on 3 separate dates with 3 moms who try to convince them to pick their child to date. The dater only meets the mothers and makes his or her decision solely on their impression of the mother and her descriptions of her child. ...more on Wikipedia about "Date My Mom"

Dating game shows are television game shows, some say reality game shows, that incorporate a dating system in the form of a game with clear rules. Human matchmaking is involved only in selecting the game's contestants - usually for amusement value as opposed to any concern for their happiness or compatibility. The audience sees only the game - an important feature of all dating game shows is that the contestants have little or no previous knowledge of each other, and are exposed to each other only through the game, which may include viewing a photograph or at least knowing the basic criteria for participation (typically participants are not already married). ...more on Wikipedia about "Dating game show"

Deal or No Deal is a television game show format owned by Netherlands-based production company Endemol, known for creating such shows as Big Brother. The format first aired in Australia in 2003 but has since spread internationally, now airing in 38 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Mexico, Canada, Israel, Tunisia, Romania, Poland and India. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deal or No Deal"

Debt was an American game show hosted by Wink Martindale which aired on Lifetime from 1996 to 1998. ...more on Wikipedia about "Debt (game show)"

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