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Match Game PM 1975—81, weekly syndication On September 8, 1975 the first syndicated version, a weekly nighttime series dubbed Match Game PM premiered. The 2016 revival currently utilizes Bichel's original 1973 theme and think cues. The 1,439th and final CBS episode aired on April 20, 1979 — however, the show did not air on April 5, causing the Friday episode from that week to air on April 9.

Match Game PM ran until the end of the 1980—81 TV season. The front game was originally played the same way as the daytime Match Game with two rounds of questions, but in the second season, a third round of questioning was added to fill time in the half-hour. October 2014 The 1973—82 versions were produced by veteran Goodson-Todman producer , who also wrote some questions and acted as the on-stage judge.

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This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. March 2016 Match Game is an American television that premiered on in 1962 and was revived several times over the course of the next few decades. The game featured contestants trying to come up with answers to fill-in-the-blank questions, with the object being to match answers given by celebrity panelists. Match Game Created by Directed by Jim Elson, , Rodger Wolf, Mike Gargiulo 1962—69 1973—91 Randall Neece 1998—99 2016 2017 Presented by 1962—82 1990—91 1998—99 2016— Narrated by 1962—82 1990—91 1998—99 2016— Theme music composer 1962—67 1967— Country of origin United States No. John 2016— Production location s New York, New York 1962—69 Hollywood, California 1973—82, 1998—99 Hollywood, California 1990—91 ABC Studio TV-24 New York, New York 2016— Running time 22—26 minutes 1962—1999 42—46 minutes 2016- Production company s - Productions 1962—82 Sojourn Productions, Inc. The show returned with a significantly changed format in 1973 on also in daytime and became a major success, with an expanded panel, larger cash payouts, and emphasis on humor. The CBS series, referred to on air as Match Game 73 to start and updated every new year, ran until 1979 on CBS, at which point it moved to without the year attached to the title, as Match Game and ran for three more seasons, ending in 1982. Concurrently with the weekday run, from 1975 to 1981, a once-a-week version, Match Game PM, was also offered in syndication for airing just before hours. Match Game returned to NBC in 1983 as part of a with , then saw a daytime run on in 1990 and another for syndication in 1998; each of these series lasted one season. It returned to ABC in a weekly prime time edition on June 26, 2016, running as an off-season replacement series. All of these revivals used the 1970s format as their basis, with varying modifications. The series was a production of , along with its successor companies, and has been franchised around the world, often under the name. In 2013, ranked the 1973—79 CBS version of Match Game as No. It has twice, in and , been nominated for a but has never won. The show was taped in Studio 8H at in New York City, NBC's largest New York studio, which since 1975 has housed , among other shows. A team scored 25 points if two teammates matched answers or 50 points if all three contestants matched. In 1963, NBC cancelled the series with six weeks left to be recorded. The Match Game consistently won its time slot from 1963 to 1966 and again from April 1967 to July 1968, with its ratings allowing it to finish third among all network daytime games for the 1963—64 and 1967—68 seasons by the latter season, NBC was the dominant network in the game show genre; ABC was still an also-ran and CBS had mostly dropped out of the genre. NBC also occasionally used special episodes of the series as a gap-filling program in if one of its movies had an irregular time slot. Although the series still did well in the ratings despite the popularity of ABC's horror-themed soap opera , it was cancelled in 1969 along with other games in a major daytime programming overhaul, being replaced by which, although a spin-off of the popular prime time series , ended in just three months, on December 26. The Match Game continued through September 26, 1969, on for 1,760 episodes, airing at 4:00pm Eastern 3:00pm Central , running 25 minutes due to a five-minute newscast. Since Olson split time between New York and Miami to announce , one of the network's New York staff announcers such as or filled in for Olson when he could not attend a broadcast. Very few episodes of the 1960s The Match Game survive see below. This section needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. September 2015 In the early 1970s, vice president began overhauling the network's programming as part of what has colloquially become known as the. As part of this overhaul, the network reintroduced game shows beginning in 1972. One of the first new offerings was , a radically overhauled version of the 1950s game show. The success of The New Price Is Right prompted Silverman to commission more game shows. In the summer of 1973, and took a similar approach in adapting The Match Game by reworking the show, moving it to , adding more celebrities and increasing the amount of prize money that could be won it was this show, along with and of the same time, that reintroduced five-figure payouts for the first time since the of the late 1950s. The new version had Rayburn returning as host and Olson returning as announcer. The game play for this version had two solo contestants attempting to match the answers given by a six-celebrity panel. Due to CBS News coverage of the hearings, the network delayed the premiere one week from its slated date of June 25 to July 2. The first week's panelists were Dawson, , , , , and. At first, many of the questions fit into the more bland and innocuous mold of the earlier seasons of the original series. In addition, many of the frequent panelists on the early episodes were not regulars later in the series but had appeared on the 1960s version, including Klugman, , and , the last of whom was later chosen as host of the show's 1990 revival before being diagnosed with a brain tumor which eventually took his life. Soon, the tone of Rayburn's questions changed notably, leaving behind the staid topics that The Match Game had first disposed of in 1963 for more risqué humor. Celebrity panelists Klugman's wife at the time and began as guest panelists on the program, with Somers brought in at the request of Klugman, who felt she would make a nice fit on the program. The chemistry between Somers and Reilly prompted Goodson-Todman and CBS to hire them as regular panelists; Somers remained on the show until 1982, while Reilly continued appearing through the 1983—84 and 1990—91 revivals, with a brief break in 1974—75 when , , and substituted for him. Reilly was late for the taping of two episodes; Goodson filled in for him for the first few minutes of one, and announcer did the same on the other. Celebrity panelists appeared in week-long blocks, due to the show's production schedule. A number of celebrities, including , , , , , , , , , and were semi-regular panelists, usually appearing several times a year. Celebrity panelists also included personalities from other Goodson-Todman produced game shows, such as 's , and , and 's. The panelists were all seated in a strict order; the male guest panelist of the week, Somers, and Reilly sat in the top row from the viewer's left to right, and the female guest panelist of the week, Dawson later a semi-regular panelist , and a semi-regular female panelist occupied the bottom row. Format This section needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. September 2017 Two contestants competed on each episode. On the CBS version, the champion was seated in the upstage red circle seat and the challenger opponent was seated in the downstage green triangle seat. On the syndicated versions, which had no returning champions, positions were determined by a backstage coin toss. The object was to match the answers of the six celebrity panelists to fill-in-the-blank statements. The main game was played in two rounds three on Match Game PM after the first season. Rayburn read the statement and the six celebrities wrote their answers on index cards. After they finished, the contestant verbally gave an answer. Rayburn then asked each celebrity, one at a time beginning in the upper left hand corner of the panel, to respond with their answers. While early questions were similar to the NBC version e. Comedy writer , who had participated in the 1960s Match Game, contributed broader and saucier questions. Frequently, the statements were written with bawdy, answers in mind. The audience usually groaned or booed when a contestant or celebrity gave a bad or inappropriate answer, whereas they cheered and applauded in approval of a good answer. Sometimes, they howled at a risque answer. At other times, their reaction was deliberately inappropriate, such as howling at a good answer or applauding a risque answer, to perverse effect. After one contestant played, the second contestant played the other question. A handful of potential answers were prohibited, the most notable being any synonym for. Other questions hinted at more obvious answers based on the context of the question. When the waitress told him they were out of coffee, he ordered a blank. In the second round, the contestants attempted to match the celebrities whom they had not matched in the first round. On the CBS version, the challenger always began the second round unless that contestant had matched all six stars; in this situation, the champion selected from the two questions available. This meant that a champion who had only answered one question could be ahead of a challenger who had played both questions, rendering the final question moot. On the syndicated versions, the leader after a round played first in the next round. In case of a tie score, the contestant who had not selected his or her question in the previous round made the selection in the tie-breaker round. The first round questions usually had a number of plausible answers, while the second round questions were generally easier and were usually puns that were meant to lead to an obvious answer, in order to allow a trailing contestant to catch up. Again, the only celebrities who played were those who did not match that contestant in previous rounds. In Match Game PM, the questions with the most obvious answers were typically used in the third round. If the contestants had the same score at the end of the game, the scores were reset and the contestants played one tiebreaker question each, again attempting to match all six celebrities. On Match Game PM, or on the syndicated daytime show if time was running short, a time-saving variant of the tie-breaker was used that reversed the game play. The contestants wrote their answers first on a card in secret, then the celebrities were canvassed to give their answers verbally. Originally, this included regulars Somers, Reilly and Dawson only, but when Dawson left the show, the canvass was expanded to include all six panelists in the usual order. The first celebrity response to match a contestant's answer gave that contestant the victory. If there was still no match, which was rare, the round was replayed with a new question. On the CBS version, the tie-breaker went on until there was a clear winner. If it came to the sudden-death tie-breaker, only the final question the one that ultimately broke the tie was kept and aired. On the daily 1979—82 syndicated version, two contestants competed against each other in two games, with two new contestants replacing them afterward. The show was timed so that two new contestants appeared each Monday; this was necessary as the tapes of the show were shipped between stations, and weeks could not be aired in any discernible order. The game was played with regular panelist Brett Somers first. A word or phrase with a blank would be asked of Somers, and she would write it down on her card. Rayburn would continue picking on audience members until someone matched the answer. If there was more time left, the same game would be played with Charles Nelson Reilly responding to and writing down an answer for another audience member to guess. Rayburn sometimes seemed frustrated by this part of the show and with the answers given by some of the audience members; at the end of one episode, he was shown collapsed in one of the audience seats, seemingly exhausted. Episodes of Match Game PM were self-contained, with two new contestants appearing each week. Super Match The contestant who matched the most celebrities at the end of the game won the game and went on to play the Super Match, which consisted of the audience match and the head-to-head match segments, for additional money. Audience Match A two-to-four-word phrase was given, with part of the phrase blank, and the contestant attempted to fill-in the most common response based on a prior studio audience survey. The contestant consulted three celebrities for suggestions, and chose his or her favorite of those answers or one of his or her own. The top three answers were then revealed in ascending order. If a contestant failed to match any of the three answers, the bonus round ended. The idea for which Dawson began hosting in 1976 was derived from the audience match. Head-to-Head Match , a regular panelist from 1973 to 1978, was known for his frequent participation in the head-to-head match. Originally, the contestant chose the celebrity; later, the celebrity who played this match was determined by the star wheel. In the very start of the 1970s series, Rayburn read the question before the celebrity was chosen, but this was changed after the first two shows. The panelist chosen most often by contestants to play the head-to-head match was Richard Dawson, who usually matched with the contestants that chose him. Dawson, in fact, was such a popular choice for the second half of the Super Match that the producers instituted a rule during 1975 which forbade contestants from choosing the same panelist for consecutive head-to-head matches in an effort to give the other celebrities a chance to play. After six weeks, the rule was discarded. Star Wheel In 1978, the producers made a second attempt to ensure that each celebrity would receive a chance to play the head-to-head match. Instead of simply choosing a celebrity, the contestant spun a wheel that was divided into six sections, each marked with a different celebrity's name. If the wheel did not make at least one complete revolution, the contestant was required to spin again. The introduction of the star wheel also brought about a change in the bonus payout structure. Each section included several gold stars, which doubled the stakes if the wheel stopped on one of them. When the star wheel was first introduced, each section contained five stars in a continuous white border, and the prize was doubled if the wheel stopped with its pointer anywhere in that area. Beginning with the premiere of the 1979 syndicated version, the wheel was re-designed so that each section had three stars in separate, evenly spaced squares; the pointer now had to be on a square in order to double the money. Ironically, the wheel stopped on Dawson the first time it was used, inspiring several panelists including Dawson to stand up from their places and leave the set momentarily out of disbelief. And it's right back to Richard! The wheel itself was stationary, and the contestant spun the pointer on a concentric ring to determine which celebrity he or she had to match. The prize was doubled if the pointer stopped on either of two circles within each section. They were featured on a weekly basis during the CBS version and on almost every daily syndicated episode. Staffing and ratings This section does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged and. October 2014 The 1973—82 versions were produced by veteran Goodson-Todman producer , who also wrote some questions and acted as the on-stage judge. Marc Breslow directed, while Robert Sherman was associate producer and head writer. When CBS revamped Match Game in 1973 with more of a focus on risqué humor, ratings more than doubled in comparison with the NBC incarnation. Within eleven weeks, Match Game '73 was the most watched program on daytime television. By summer 1974, it grew into an absolute phenomenon with high school students and housewives, scoring remarkable ratings among the 12—34 age demographic. The best ratings this version of Match Game saw were in the 1975—76 season when it drew a 12. Up to and including the 1977—78 changeover, a new sign was built each year. Coinciding with a redesign of the set, a new sign was built with interchangeable digits that could be swapped as the years changed. In 1976, the show's success, and celebrity panelist Richard Dawson's popularity, prompted Goodson-Todman to develop a new show for , titled , with Dawson hosting. This show became a major hit in its own right, eventually surpassing the parent program. Family Feud was said to be based on Dawson's expertise in the audience match segment of Match Game. Meanwhile, Match Game kept its high standing in the ratings despite a short-lived move ahead one half-hour from August to December 1975. In November 1977, however, CBS made a fatal mistake regarding the show's time slot. Noting a ratings boon resulted when The Price Is Right and Match Game were paired in afternoons, a major hole in the schedule had developed in the morning slot that The Price Is Right had left behind. In an attempt to resolve the crisis, CBS moved Match Game to 11:00 a. However, because much of Match Game 's audience was composed of students who were in school at that time of day, ratings began to sag and eventually free fall; many of these students did not return. As a result, Family Feud quickly supplanted Match Game as television's highest-rated game show. CBS attempted to correct the problem on December 12, 1977, with a scheduling shuffle among Match, Price, and. In a move that turned out to do even more damage, the network moved Match Game to its 1960s time slot of 4:00 pm, a time slot which by this point many local stations were preempting in favor of local or syndicated programming. As a result, Match Game was unable to get the audience it once did in the 1960s at 4:00. Dawson, dissatisfied with the change and more focused on his role as host of Family Feud, left the panel on Match Game a few weeks afterwards. On July 19, a new Match Game set was built by CBS, changed from the original bright orange to a new set with blue and white colors, as well as revamping the logo. The newly designed Match Game sign meant that a whole new sign no longer had to be built each year as had been done previously. An attachment designating the year was simply taken off the end of the revamped Match Game '78 sign and replaced with a new one numbered '79 on New Year's Eve of 1978, which actually aired January 2, 1979, becoming Match Game '79. An alternate attachment was used for Match Game PM. At 4:00 pm, the show trailed Family Feud, The Price Is Right, and NBC's , and it fell out of the top three game shows in 1979 for the first time in the CBS run as opposed to a solid and twice top-3 hit in the 1960s. The 1,439th and final CBS episode aired on April 20, 1979 — however, the show did not air on April 5, causing the Friday episode from that week to air on April 9. The last nine aired episodes were culled together from three separate taping sessions, leaving six unaired. Match Game PM 1975—81, weekly syndication On September 8, 1975 the first syndicated version, a weekly nighttime series dubbed Match Game PM premiered. The series, sold to many ABC affiliates including the network's owned and operated stations such as in New York , was produced by Goodson-Todman and distributed by Jim Victory Television, G-T's syndication partner for. Match Game PM was the first version of the game with self-contained episodes. The front game was originally played the same way as the daytime Match Game with two rounds of questions, but in the second season, a third round of questioning was added to fill time in the half-hour. The maximum score a contestant could achieve remained six points, with matched celebrities not playing subsequent questions. Beginning with the second season, tiebreakers were conducted differently from the daytime version. Originally, only Somers, Reilly and Dawson played in the tiebreaker, but after Dawson's departure in 1978, all six celebrities played. Match Game PM ran until the end of the 1980—81 TV season. For its last two seasons, the show's affiliate count went down significantly due in large part to a daily syndicated version that debuted in September 1979, although some markets, like New York, kept both shows on the air. WCBS-TV ran the daily syndicated version as WABC-TV continued to air episodes of Match Game PM into its final season. The show aired 230 episodes over six seasons, and remains the longest-running version to air in syndication. After the cancellation of Match Game 79, there was still enough interest in the series for Goodson-Todman and Jim Victory Television to consider a continuation of the daily series in syndication as the weekly Match Game PM was still airing and had not stopped production. The consideration eventually came to fruition as a daily syndicated Match Game, without a year attached and often referred to on air as The Match Game, debuted on September 10, 1979. The rules and gameplay were the same as before, including the star wheel bonus, but the format was altered slightly. Each contestant on this version of Match Game played a two-game match against another contestant, and the Super Match was played after each game. As on Match Game PM, a contestant did not win any money for winning the game. There were also no returning champions on the daily syndicated series, as two new contestants began each match. The star wheel reduced the golden star sections to three, making it more difficult to double the winnings in the head-to-head match. For the first two seasons , , , and were among the male semi-regulars who filled Dawson's old spot on the panel. The fee plugs which had aired in the middle of the show on the CBS version were featured during the closing credits. The ticket plugs were now shown on every episode. Each ticket plug had two people's faces merged into one image by putting a man's face on a woman's head, putting a mustache on a woman's face, or putting a pair of red lips on a man's face or simply putting two halves of the faces together. The 1990 ABC version used a similar sequence to introduce the stars. After CBS canceled Match Game 79, the network moved the long-running soap opera into the vacant time slot. Although the syndicated Match Game was not a direct cause of the ratings problems Love of Life faced — the 4:00 pm time slot, the last network daytime slot, had been a problem for CBS, NBC, and ABC for years and Love of Life had seen a precipitous drop in ratings since the April 1979 move to the late afternoon — many stations ran the syndicated series against the veteran soap opera and, in the case of some CBS affiliates and owned-and-operated stations, preempted Love of Life in favor of the new Match Game. Love of Life aired its final episode on February 1, 1980, twenty-one weeks after the debut of the new Match Game. The daytime syndicated show produced 525 episodes, running until September 10, 1982 — exactly three years after its debut. Match Game 's 1973—82 run was taped in Studio 33 at in Los Angeles, except for one week of shows in 1974 in which it was shot in Studio 41. The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour 1983—84, NBC Main article: In 1983, producer teamed up with who had recently acquired the rights to and to create The. Rayburn, after a year as a morning show host in New York, agreed to return as host. However, few of the regular Squares cast appeared on this version. The primary announcer was , with Johnny Olson, , and substituting. These rules were roughly the same as those of Match Game PM with both contestants given three chances apiece to match each panelist once. The lone noticeable difference was in the tie-breaker. Played similarly to the Super Match, four answers to a statement were secretly shown to the contestants e. They each chose one by number. Then, as was the case in Match Game PM, the host polled the celebrities for verbal responses, and the first panelist to give an answer selected by one of the contestants won the game for that contestant. The winner of the Match Game segment played the returning champion in the segment with the eventual winner of Squares playing the Super Match. Champions remained on the program for up to five days unless defeated. The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour ran from October 31, 1983 to July 27, 1984. Several music cues from the program were used as background music during prize descriptions on The Price Is Right. A week's worth of pilot episodes were commissioned with as host, who was also hosting 3rd Degree for his own production company at the time. The network agreed to pick up the revival for a summer 1990 premiere. Just before the new series was to begin, producers were forced to find a new host when Convy was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor in April 1990. Although original host Gene Rayburn expressed interest in returning, the producers brought in , the former host of Fox's and the USA Network dating series , to take Convy's place. For this edition of Match Game, two contestants competed, with one usually a returning champion. Instead of attempting to match as many of the six panelists as possible over the course of two rounds, the two contestants won money by making matches, with the high scorer becoming champion at the end of the game. After both contestants played a question of their own, each separately played a speed round of Super Match-style questions called match-up with a celebrity partner of his or her choice. The contestant was presented with a question with two possible answers and secretly selected one, after which the panelist was told the choices and then tried to match the contestant's choice by giving a verbal response. The leading player chose from the remaining five panelists for his or her match-up round. The contestant ahead at the end of the second match-up round won the game and kept any money earned. If the game ended in a tie, one last fill-in-the-blank phrase was shown to both contestants along with three choices. The champion chose an answer first and the challenger chose one of the remaining two answers. After the choices were made, the last celebrity who played the second match-up round was told which answers the contestants selected and was then asked to choose one of them. The Super Match was played similar to the 1978—82 version of the round, beginning with the audience match. The star wheel was modified slightly for this Match Game series, as the contestant did not spin the actual wheel and there were no stars under the celebrities' names. Instead the wheel was fixed in place and the contestant spun a green arrow attached to its rim in order to determine the celebrity. Each celebrity had two red dots placed under his or her name, and the stake was doubled if the wheel landed on one of them. Otherwise, play was the same as before: the contestant and panelist had to match exactly in order to win the Super Match. Although NBC had no network-imposed limit, MGHS was a combination of two shows and not a single like the CBS and ABC series were. Because many ABC stations in major Eastern Time markets carried local news at 12:00 noon, the show was mostly seen in smaller markets and on independent stations in some larger markets without network clearances which had affected the previous occupier of the time slot, soap opera , and was canceled after one season. The show's 250th and final episode aired on July 12, 1991. Ross Shafer announced that the show would be moving back to CBS for the 1991—92 season on the finale, but this never materialized. The following Monday, was temporarily expanded to 90 minutes to fill the show's time slot ABC returned the noon time slot to its affiliates in 1992. Match Game was ABC's last daytime game show. Unsourced material may be challenged and. While that version which did not air had a much greater departure from the game's original format, the producers significantly retooled the format to create a somewhat more faithful remake of the program, which was picked up in syndication and began in fall 1998. The only celebrity guests who had appeared on previous versions of the show were who appeared on two weeks of the 1970s version and regularly on the 1990—91 version and who had appeared on the final week in 1991. The regular panelists on this version were Carter, Lawrence, and , and semi-regulars were , , , and. Production returned to Studio 33 at CBS Television City on this version. This incarnation of Match Game was played with rules similar to that of the 1973—82 versions. However, the show featured a panel of only five celebrities instead of the usual six. Questions in this version were not labeled A or B; instead, titles with puns were a clue as to the content. As on the 1990—91 version, all five panelists played each round regardless of whether they matched a contestant on the first question. Correct matches in the first round were worth one point while those in the second were awarded two. This version lasted one season, running from September 21, 1998 to May 1999, with repeats airing until September 17, 1999. The contestants were and with , , , , , and as the panel. White retained her normal sixth-seat position and was the only one from the original series to appear for this segment of Gameshow Marathon. Lake used the same signature long-thin ECM-51 telescoping microphone Rayburn used during the CBS version, and the set was rebuilt to be almost an exact match of that used from 1973 to 1978. Najimy won the game, scoring five matches to Bass's three. Match Game Canada A Canadian revival of Match Game debuted on March 5, 2010, as , a Québécois version on , with as host and produced by Zone 3, in association with FremantleMedia North America. A coinciding English-language version debuted on October 15, 2012 and was hosted by , with and as permanent panelists. On April 4, 2013, it was announced that due to high ratings, the show returned for a 60-episode second season, which premiered on September 2. Gameplay is similar to the 1990 U. The third round is called match-up! Unlike any previous version, the audience match portion of the Super Match is not played for a payoff, but simply to determine the value of the head-to-head match. It also marks the series' return to New York, having taped there during the 1960s. On August 4, 2016, ABC renewed Match Game for a second season. Additionally, some of the celebrities who appeared as panelists in the 2012 English-Canadian version who have also appeared in this version include: and. Gameplay is similar to the 1973—79 version, featuring two full games, each with two new contestants. Each game is self-contained, with two questions per contestant; the winner advances to the Super Match. If the score is tied after two rounds, a tiebreaker round with all stars is played; if the tie persists a sudden-death tiebreaker is played. On many episodes, answers that are deemed inappropriate for broadcast are edited out with comical effects, including a sound effect dubbed over the audible answer in place of the usual. In addition, the answer card and celebrity's mouth may be blurred or pixelated. The show was picked up to fill ABC's winter programming schedule on January 4, 2017, airing on Wednesdays at 10:00 p. On April 2, 2017, it began to be used as a on Sunday evenings at 9:00 p. On August 6, 2017, ABC announced that Match Game was renewed for a third season. Season 3 premiered on Wednesday, January 3, 2018. Only 11 episodes of the 1962—69 series are known to survive — the pilot and ten recordings, all of which are archived at the. Nine of these are black-and-white kinescopes and one is a color episode from 1969 and on videotape. The pilot has since fallen into the. Episodes from 1973—82 currently air on both and. The series never materialized. The panel for this show included , , , , and. This was done twice, after which the audience matchwas played. Many elements of this pilot, such as a change from a six celebrities to five, were kept in for a second pilot shot a year later with Michael Burger as host. The game was an incorporation of 21st-century elements into the classic game as well as an added feature that people from along the streets would be able to participate for matching with contestants and celebrities in the style of. Fox abruptly canceled the series before the show made it to air; at least one pilot, with announcing and with , and as panelists, was taped. On June 21, 2008, hosted a pilot episode with panelists , , , , , and. The show used a reproduction of the 1973—78 version of the Match Game set. Gameplay for the front game was the same as Match Game PM, with three rounds of front play. The Super Match bonus was played differently, however. The contestant had to give what they thought was the most-popular response to each question in that time. When time expired, the contestant was allowed to ask a celebrity what THEY thought might be the top answer for one of the questions. The contestant could then decide to keep his or her own answer or change it for the star's response. This was repeated twice for two more of the questions, each with a different celebrity. TBS eventually passed on the project in favor of. The 1973—82 incarnations are shown in reruns daily on GSN. Virtually all episodes of this version are still extant, although some reportedly are not shown due to celebrities' refusals of clearances and others have been banned for various reasons usually for answers from either contestants or celebrities. Other episodes no longer air on GSN due to tape damage. On November 26, 2006 the network broadcast an hour-long documentary titled The Real Match Game Story: Behind The Blank featuring rarely seen footage of the 1960s version, many odd or memorable moments from the main 1973—82 runs, plus interviews with Rayburn, Somers, Dawson, DeBartolo, producer Ira Skutch, and others involved in the show's production. The 1990—91 ABC version has also had runs on GSN, most recently from 2002 to 2004. On December 25, 2012, an episode of the 1998 version along with a Bert Convy pilot aired on GSN for the first time as part of a Match Game marathon. GSN airs all of the 1974—78 daytime episodes since 1998. Match Game featured several theme songs throughout its various runs. From 1967 to 1969, a new theme composed by was used. When the program returned in 1973, Goodson-Todman once again turned to Score Productions for a music package. Alternate think cues were extracted from the music packages for and. In keeping with the zany atmosphere, the music supervisors also used other notable musical works to add to humorous situations. The music for The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour was composed by. None of the music used from the 1970s version was used in this version. The main theme song and several of its cue variations was used on The Price Is Right. The 1998 version again used music from Score Productions. The 2016 revival currently utilizes Bichel's original 1973 theme and think cues. Country Local Name Host Channel Year Aired Match Game Michael McCarthy 1960s 1977—81 Blankety Blanks 1985—86 1996—97 in English Match Game 2012—13 L'union fait la farce Raymond Lemay 1976—78 Atomes Crochus 2010—16 1996 1975—77 Punkt, Punkt, Punkt 1991 1992—94 1991—94 2018 1979—85 Espacio en Blanco 2006 Game Match Ahmed Rahuma 2018 1979—83 1984—90 1997—99 Lily Savage's Blankety Blank 2001—02 Blankety Blank 2016 Siêu sao Đoán Chữ Đại Nghĩa April 3, 2017 — June 19, 2017 This section does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged and. July 2014 Home games Several home game versions based on the 1960s and 1970s American television version were published by from 1963 through 1978, in multiple editions. The Match Game 1963—69 Starting in 1963, Milton Bradley made six editions of the NBC version. The main object of the game is for a contestant to try to write answers to questions that will match the answers of his or her partner. The rules for a six-contestant game are the same as on the TV show with similar scoring, such as receiving points for matching two answers and more points for matching all three answers , but the home game also has variations for fewer than six contestants. No bonus game is included. Milton Bradley also created a Fine Edition and a Collector's Edition with more questions. The magic slates came enclosed in a gold-looking folder, plus a dial to keep score instead of the pegboard. The scoring and point values were just like the TV show. The only difference between the Fine Edition and the Collector's Edition is that instead of being packaged in a normal cardboard box, it came in a leatherette case with buttons on the front apron.. Match Game 1974—78 Starting in 1974, Milton Bradley created three more editions based on the most famous CBS version. Each edition contained a game board with a plastic stand, two game booklets one with instructions with material for 92 complete games 368 Main Game Questions and 92 audience match and head-to-head match questions , two magic slates and styli only of the head-to-head match portion , and play money. As in the 1970s version, two contestants have two chances to match as many of the six celebrities as possible. Celebrity answers are printed in the booklets, and after the contestant gives an answer, the M. A contestant can get up to six matches in one game. Interactive online versions After much success with its online version of , Uproar. However, as of September 30, 2006, the website has been temporarily shut down, no longer offering any game show-based games of any kind. GSN offered a version called Match Game: Interactive on its own website that allowed users to play along with the show while watching. However, as of January 1, 2007, only those shows airing between 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm were interactive as Match Game itself was not one of them. Mobile version Prior to its interactive online game, GSN also had an interactive mobile phone version based on Match Game PM courtesy of Goldpocket iTV. Slot machine A five reels video slot machine based on the 1973—82 version was released at various US casinos by in 2004. The game features caricatures of , , , even though she has never appeared on any incarnations of the show itself , and as the panel and as the host. The slot machine's bonus round stays faithful to the original game format where round one is adapted from the main game while round two features the big-money Super Match bonus round. DVDs A DVD set called The Best of Match Game featuring a collection of more than 30 episodes of the 1970s version including the original 1962 pilot episode which was originally called The Match Game was released in 2006. In 2007, Endless Games released a DVD game featuring hilarious questions and clips from the 1970s version. Its game play was similar to that of the 1970s version; however, it allowed up to six contestants rather than two. Also, the Super Match round was played differently. The audience match portion was played after round one by the leading contestants, and the head-to-head match by the winning contestants, with a correct match doubling the winnings of the contestant's scores. The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows 3 ed. Facts on File, Inc. Retrieved February 12, 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2016. Archived from on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2016. Were you matching the stars back in 1999? What's your favorite Match Game Memory? Retrieved 19 November 2016. Continuing with Throwback Thursday... Here is a great full page spread for the renewal for Match Game with Michael Burger. Retrieved April 28, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2016. Retrieved June 27, 2016. TV By the Numbers. Retrieved 5 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017. The Match Game Website. Archived from on January 8, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016. From the prop department here are some question cards from a Match Game pilot. Retrieved 12 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2008. Is Sarah Silverman the new Brett Somers? Could Norm MacDonald be the next Richard Dawson? Retrieved 12 May 2016. Here is a rare photo of the proposed 2009 TBS remake of Match Game. I was told this set is an exact duplicate of the original and was built using blueprints found at CBS. The pilot was shot on the legendary stage 33, the same stage Match Game taped its classic episodes. CBS has a great place in my heart as well. Retrieved 12 May 2016. Although this was a pilot it was built as a series set and almost a direct translation of the original. I designed a beautiful updated, retro set, but the powers that be felt the classic is classic. The original set was good to begin with. Archived from on 2005-06-22. Retrieved January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2011. Graham Kennedy Treasures: Friends Remember the King. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

At first, many of the questions fit into the more bland and innocuous mold of the earlier seasons of the original series. Although original host Gene Rayburn expressed interest in returning, the producers brought inthe former host of Fox's and the USA Xi dating seriesto take Convy's place. NBC also occasionally used special episodes of the series as a gap-filling program in if one of its movies had an irregular time slot. match logo Rayburn, after a year as a morning show host in New York, agreed to return as host. The show civil with a significantly changed format in 1973 on also in daytime and became a major match logo, with an expanded panel, match logo cash payouts, and emphasis on humor. The object was to match the answers of the six celebrity panelists to fill-in-the-blank statements. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. The u of the Match Game segment played the returning champion in the segment with the eventual winner of Squares playing the Super Match. The audience match portion was played after round one by the leading contestants, and the head-to-head match by the winning contestants, with a correct match doubling the winnings of the responsible's scores. How to make a game emblem. On the syndicated versions, the leader after a round played first in the next round. On the syndicated versions, the leader after a round played first in the next round.