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1-> ''I was there to match my intellect on national TV\
2Against a plumber and an architect, both with a Ph.D.\
3I was tense, I was nervous\
4I guess it just wasn’t my night\
5[[{{Series/Jeopardy}} Art Fleming]] gave the answers\
6Oh, but I couldn’t get the questions right!''
7-->-- '''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''', "[[Music/WeirdAlYankovicIn3D I Lost on Jeopardy]]"
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9One of the oldest TV show types, and the granddaddy of RealityTV; individuals or teams compete for cash and prizes. Descended from radio quiz shows (which are also covered here), they have [[PopularityPolynomial fluctuated in popularity]] since their debut in the 1920s.
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11Considering they were easy and cheap to stage without the visual element to consider, there were numerous radio quizzes such as ''Dr. IQ'' (which was recorded in various stage theatres around the US), ''The $64 Question'' (which aired from 1950-52; $64 in 1950 is roughly $640 in 2020), and ''Series/YouBetYourLife''. In fact, you can watch the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50ZaXJst18k test film of the latter]] to get an idea how such a radio show was staged.
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13Game shows were enormously popular in America during the 1950s when TV became a progressively more viable purchase, until several of the most popular ones[[note]]''Series/TwentyOne'' (the most infamous), ''Series/TicTacDough'' (~75% of the nighttime run), ''[[Series/The64000Question The $64,000 Question]]'' (some contestants were set up to win or lose depending on whether the head of sponsor Revlon liked them), ''The $64,000 Challenge'' ('''children!'''), and ''Series/{{Dotto}}'' (the smoking gun)[[/note]] turned out to be [[ExecutiveMeddling rigged]].
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15Game show rigging began in 1954, when an indictment of the FCC against ABC that accused the latter's quiz shows of legally counting as gambling was ruled by the Supreme Court of the United States as not counting as such, and dismissed the case as motivated by prejudice against lottery, [[TheNewRockAndRoll which was a moral panic at the moment]]. Since game shows were not legally lotteries, that meant the laws that governed authorized lotteries didn't apply, and this included the laws that prevented rigging; the producers knew that damn well, and thus they immediately proceeded to rig the hell out of their game shows, sometimes even going as far as decrying honest game shows like the pilot broadcast of ''Series/TwentyOne'' as complete failures[[note]]in the producers' words, it turned out to be a mockery of the format and all it did was showing off how completely ignorant your average Joe was[[/note]]. In one particular instance, the producers of ''Series/The64000Question'' actively tried as hard as possible to block a contestant from winning the top prize, with a side serving of sexism due to said contestant being a woman blessed with extreme photographic memory and thus having a fair share of knowledge about "manly" pop culture topics such as boxing and horse racing. And then, to top it off, many producers proceeded to cover everything up as hard as possible; ''Series/{{Dotto}}'' was abruptly cancelled as soon as the producers found out that a contestant blew the whistle to the FCC about having seen a notebook in the backstage with all the answers his rival said, and when 150 producers and staff members were summoned to a state grand jury to explain, 100 of them ended up lying to the jury.
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17The fallout from the scandals resulted in the amendment of the Federal Communications Act that declared "fixing of televised contests of intellectual knowledge or skill" illegal. Many cooperating contestants ended up with their lives ruined and their public reputation tarnished: Charles van Doren was kicked from his old tenure at Columbia University, and barely managed to secure a low-profile job as an ''Encyclopedia Britannica'' editor where he was paid peanuts; and Teddy Nadler, who made $264,000 on ''Series/The64000Question'' (about $2.5 million in 2020 dollars), [[HumiliationConga ended up applying for a simple job as a census taker and absolutely failed a simple map-reading quiz]]. Throughout the [=60s=], the prizes were not allowed to stretch beyond four digits; big-ticket game shows (especially quizzes) fell out of favor until 1973 with ''[[Series/{{Pyramid}} The $10,000 Pyramid]]''. The British had an identical scandal in 1958 (''Twenty One'' on Granada) and this resulted in a limit of £1,000 on cash prizes until the mid-1990s; [[LoopholeAbuse more frequently the top prize would be a car or, in one case, a speedboat]].
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19As the game show genre slowly rebuilt its old reputation, the 1970s-80s brought [[SceneryPorn flashy sets]] and catchy music, with 1975, 1985, and 1987 being particularly good years for the genre.
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21The 1990s brought with it a sense that ideas were running out, as networks and cable stations dropped games left and right (the last Big Three victim being ''Series/CaesarsChallenge'' in January 1994). Only ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', ''Series/WheelOfFortune'', and ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' remained through the entire decade, with a few other games briefly popping up here and there. More discerning contestants opted to appear on [[https://time2play.com/blog/game-shows-youre-most-likely-to-win/ game shows you're most likely to win]] in order to up their chances at a big prize. [[Creator/{{GSN}} Game Show Network]] launched in December 1994, giving fans a constant home for classic games and new formats; prior to that, they'd had to rely on other cable nets, including Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, Creator/USANetwork, and [[Creator/{{Freeform}} CBN/The Family Channel]] for their fix. 2015 would bring the launch of a new classic game channel, Buzzr, owned by [[Creator/FremantleMedia Fremantle]] and serving as vault channel for their classic game show library.
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23In 1998, ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' gave the genre a shot in the arm and brought a new age of FollowTheLeader [[WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire games]] that use the editing room to manufacture drama legally. However, in the mid-2010's this started to fall out of favor, especially after Creator/{{ABC}} began ordering revivals of more traditional games (such as ''Series/MatchGame'' and ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'') with formats that were more faithful to their classic formats, yet still modern in execution.
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25For the celebrity-oriented variant, see PanelGame. For the variants which allow audiences at home to participate, see PhoneInGameShows and HomeParticipationSweepstakes. See also GameShowTropes.
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27!!Examples:
28[[index]]
29* ''Series/OneVersusAHundred''
30* ''The $1.98 Beauty Show''
31* ''3rd Degree''
32* ''3's A Crowd''
33** ''3's A Crowd'' (1979-80)
34** ''All-New 3's A Crowd'' (1999-2000)
35* ''20 Questions''
36* ''Series/TwentyFiveWordsOrLess''
37* ''Series/ThirtySecondsToFame''
38* ''31 Questions''
39* ''Series/FiftyGrandSlam''
40* ''100 Grand''
41* ''Series/OneHundredAndOneWaysToLeaveAGameShow''
42* ''Series/FiveHundredQuestions''
43* ''Series/OneThousandHeartbeats''
44* ''Series/The64000Question''
45** ''The $64,000 Question'' (1955-58)
46** ''The $64,000 Challenge'' (1956-58; spinoff)
47** ''The $128,000 Question'' (1976-78)
48* ''Series/TheOneMillionChanceOfALifetime''
49* ''Series/TheAdventureGame''
50* ''All About The Opposite Sex''
51* ''Series/AllStarBlitz''
52* ''All-Star Secrets''
53* ''Series/{{Amazing}}''
54* ''Series/AmericaSays''
55* ''American Gladiators''
56** ''Series/AmericanGladiators'' (1989-96, 2008)
57** ''Gladiators 2000'' (1994-96; children's version)
58** ''Series/{{Gladiators}}'' (1992-2000, 2008-09; British version)
59* ''Series/AreYouSmarterThanA5thGrader''
60* ''Radio/AskMeAnother''
61* ''[[Series/NextOne Avanti Un Altro]]''
62* ''Bank On The Stars''
63* ''Series/BargainHunt''
64* ''Series/BargainHunters''
65* ''Series/BattleForMoneySentouchuu''
66* ''Series/{{Battlestars}}''
67* ''Series/BeatTheClock''
68* ''Series/BeatTheGeeks''
69* ''Series/BeatTheOdds''
70* ''Series/BeatTheTeacher''
71* ''Series/BeatShazam''
72* ''Series/BeerMoney''
73* ''Series/BetOnYourBaby''
74* ''Series/TheBetterSex''
75* ''Series/BigBreak1991''
76* ''The Big Payoff''
77* ''Series/TheBigShowdown''
78* ''The Big Surprise''
79* ''Series/BillyOnTheStreet''
80* ''Bingo At Home''
81* ''Series/{{Blackout}}''
82* ''Series/BlankCheck''
83* ''Blankety Blanks'' (1975 Bob Stewart game, not the 1977-78 Australian ''Match Game'')
84* ''Series/BlastLab''
85* ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}''
86* ''Series/BobsFullHouse'' (UK version)
87** ''Trump Card'' (US version)
88* ''Body Language''
89** ''Series/{{Showoffs}}'' (1975)
90** ''Series/BodyLanguage'' (1984-86)
91* ''{{Series/Boom}}''
92* ''Series/BowlingForDollars''
93* ''[[Series/TheBozoShow Bozo's Grand Prize Game (Segment for The Bozo Show)]]''
94* ''Series/BrainSurge''
95* ''Series/{{Brainteaser}}''
96* ''WebVideo/BreakItToMakeIt''
97* ''Series/{{Break the Bank|1945}}'' (1945-57; Wolf Productions series)
98* ''Series/{{Break the Bank|1976}}'' (1976-77; Barry-Enright series)
99* ''Series/{{Break the Bank|1985}}'' (1985-86; Kline & Friends series)
100* ''[[Series/HotStreak Bruce Forsyth's Hot Streak]]''
101* ''Series/{{Bullseye|US}}'' (American syndicated version, 1980-82, with Jim Lange)
102* ''Series/{{Bullseye|UK}}'' (British version)
103* ''Bullseye'' (Fox version, 2015, with Kellan Lutz and Godfrey)
104* ''Series/{{Bullshit}}''
105* ''Series/BumperStumpers''
106* ''Series/TheButcher2019''
107* ''Series/ByTheNumbers''
108* ''Bzzz!''
109* ''Series/CaesarsChallenge''
110* ''Call My Bluff''
111* ''Series/{{Camouflage|1961}}'' (1961-62, 1980; hidden-picture game)
112* ''Camouflage'' (2007; hidden-word game)
113* ''Card Sharks''
114** ''Series/CardSharks'' (1978-81, 1986-89, 2001, 2019-2021, original American version)
115** ''Bruce's Play Your Cards Right'' (British version hosted by Creator/BruceForsyth)
116* ''Series/CashCab''
117* ''Series/CatchPhrase''
118* ''CBS Television Quiz''
119* ''The Celebrity Game''
120* ''Series/CelebrityNameGame''
121* ''Celebrity Sweepstakes''
122* ''Series/ChainReaction''
123* ''Challenges of Fire''
124* ''Series/TheChair2002''
125* ''Series/TheChamber''
126* ''[[Series/Chase2008 Cha$e]]''
127* ''Series/{{The Chase|GameShow}}''
128* ''Series/TheCheapShow''
129* ''Series/{{ChildsPlay|1982}}''
130* ''Choose Up Sides''
131* ''Series/{{Click}}''
132* ''Series/{{Cluedo}}'' (1990-93; British version)
133* ''Series/{{Concentration}}''
134* ''Series/CouchPotatoes''
135* ''Series/{{Countdown}}''
136* ''Series/CrashCourse''
137* ''Series/TheCrossWits''
138* ''Series/TheCrystalMaze''
139* ''Series/TheCube''
140* ''Series/DasshutsuGameDERO''
141* ''Series/TheDatingGame''
142* ''Dealer's Choice''
143* ''Series/DealOrNoDeal''
144* ''Series/{{Debt}}''
145* ''Series/{{Definition}}''
146* ''[[Platform/{{Dendy}} Dendy: The New Reality]]''
147* ''The Diamond Head Game''
148* ''Dirty Rotten Cheater''
149* ''Series/{{Distraction}}''
150* ''Series/{{Divided}}''
151* ''Series/DogEatDog''
152* ''Series/{{Dont}}''
153* ''Series/DontForgetTheLyrics''
154* ''Series/DontScareTheHare''
155* ''Series/{{Dotto}}''
156* ''Series/DoubleDare1976'' (1976-77; CBS quizzer with Alex Trebek)
157* ''Series/DoubleDare1986'' (1986-93, 2000, 2018-2019; Nickelodeon children's game show)
158* ''Dough-Re-Mi''
159* ''Series/Downfall2010''
160* ''Down You Go''
161* ''Dream Girl of '67''
162* ''Series/DreamHouse''
163* ''Series/{{Duel}}''
164* ''Series/{{Eggheads}}''
165* ''Series/EllensGameOfGames''
166* ''Series/EstateOfPanic''
167* ''Everybody's Talking!''
168* ''Series/Exit2013''
169* ''Series/EyeGuess''
170* ''The Face Is Familiar''
171* ''Series/FaceTheMusic''
172* ''Series/FamiliesAtWar''
173* ''Series/FamilyChallenge''
174* ''Family Feud''
175** ''Series/FamilyFeud'' (American version)
176** ''Series/FamilyFortunes'' (UK version)
177* ''Family Challenge''
178* ''The Family Game''
179* ''Series/FamilyGameNight''
180* ''Fantasy''
181* ''Series/FearFactor''
182* ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman''
183* ''Series/FifteenToOne''
184* ''Series/FigureItOut''
185* ''Series/FindersKeepers''
186* ''Series/ForgedInFire''
187* ''Series/FortBoyard''
188** ''Series/BoyardLand''
189* ''Series/FullMetalJousting''
190* ''Series/FunHouse1988''
191* ''Series/FunnyYouShouldAsk''
192* ''Series/{{Gambit}}'' (aka ''Catch 21'')
193* ''The Game Game''
194* ''Series/GameKaNaBa''
195* ''Series/GamesMaster''
196* ''Game Show Marathon''
197* ''Series/GameShowMomentsGoneBananas''
198* ''Series/GameShowDongVang''
199* [[/index]] [[Creator/{{GSN}} Game Show Network Originals]] [[index]]
200** ''Series/AmericaSays''
201** ''Series/AmericanBibleChallenge''
202** ''Series/{{Baggage}}''
203** ''Bingo America''
204** ''Burt Luddin's Love Buffet''
205** ''Carnie Wilson: Unstapled''
206** ''Common Knowledge''
207** ''Series/{{Cram}}''
208** ''Chuck Woolery: Naturally Stoned''
209** ''Emogenius''
210** ''Faux Pause''
211** ''Series/FriendOrFoe''
212** ''Series/GetAClue''
213** ''Series/HeyYahoo''
214** ''Hollywood Showdown''
215** ''Series/HowMuchIsEnough''
216** ''Series/{{Idiotest}}''
217** ''Series/{{Inquizition}}''
218** ''Series/LateNightLiars''
219** ''[=LoversLounge=]''
220** ''Series/{{MasterMinds}}''
221** ''National Lampoon's Funny Money''
222** ''Series/PeoplePuzzler''
223** ''Series/RussianRoulette''
224** ''Sunday Night In Black & White''
225*** ''Sunday Night In Black & White'' (1997-2001)
226*** ''Black And White Overnite'' (2001-06)
227** ''Series/ThatsTheQuestion''
228** ''Throut and Neck''
229** ''Series/{{Winsanity}}''
230** ''Series/WinTuition''
231* ''Series/TheGenerationGame''
232* ''Series/TheGenius''
233* ''Get The Message''
234* ''Series/GetThePicture''
235* ''Series/GetYourOwnBack''
236* ''Series/GiveNTake''
237* ''Series/{{Go}}''
238* ''Series/GoingForGold''
239** ''Series/QuestionsPourUnChampion'' (French version)
240* ''Series/GoldenBalls''
241* ''Series/TheGoldenShot''
242* ''The Gong Show''
243** ''Series/TheGongShow'' (1976-80, 1988-89, 2017-18)
244** ''Extreme Gong'' (1998-99)
245** ''The Gong Show with Dave Attell'' (2008)
246* ''Series/ElGranJuegoDeLaOca'' (from Spain, translated to ''The Great Game of the Goose'')
247* ''Series/{{Greed}}''
248* ''[[WebVideo/Formula1 Grill the Grid]]''
249* ''Series/HeadlineChasers''
250* ''Series/HeadsOrTails''
251* ''Series/{{Hellevator}}''
252* ''High Low''
253* ''Series/HighRollers''
254* ''Series/HighStakesPoker''
255* ''History IQ''
256* ''Series/HitMan''
257* ''Hold Everything!''
258* ''Hole In The Wall''
259* ''Series/HoleyMoley''
260* ''Hollywood Connection''
261* ''Series/HollywoodGameNight''
262* ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares''
263* ''Hollywood's Talking''
264* ''Series/HomeRunDerby''
265* ''Series/HomeShoppingGame''
266* ''The Honeymoon Race''
267* ''Series/HotPotato''
268* ''Series/HotSeat''
269* ''How Do You Like Your Eggs?''
270* ''How's Your Mother-In-Law?''
271* ''Series/TheHustler2021''
272* ''Series/{{Idiotest}}''
273* ''Series/ImTelling''
274* ''Series/InsideTheBox''
275* ''Series/{{Interceptor}}''
276* ''I'll Bet''
277** ''I'll Bet'' (1964-65; originally aired on KTLA, became national in '65)
278** ''It's Your Bet'' (1969-73)
279* ''It's Anybody's Guess''
280* ''It's News To Me''
281* ''It's Your Chance Of A Lifetime''
282* ''Series/ItsWorthWhat''
283* ''It Takes Two''
284* ''Series/IveGotASecret''
285* ''Series/{{Jackpot}}!''
286* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''
287* ''Series/TheJokersWild''
288* ''Judge For Yourself''
289* ''Just Men!''
290* ''[[Series/KidnappedMTV Kidnapped]]''
291* ''Series/{{Knightmare}}''
292* ''Series/{{Knockout}}''
293* ''Series/TheKryptonFactor''
294* ''Series/TheLastWord''
295* ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple''
296* ''Series/LetsAskAmerica''
297* ''Series/LetsGoBack''
298* ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''
299* ''Liars Club''
300** ''The New Liar's Club''
301* ''Series/{{Lingo}}''
302* Lottery games:
303** ''Series/The100000FortuneHunt'' (Illinois)
304** ''Series/TheBigSpin'' (California)
305** ''Series/CashExplosion'' (Ohio)
306** ''Flamingo Fortune'' (Florida)
307** ''Hoosier Millionaire'' (Indiana)
308** ''Series/MakeMeAMillionaire'' (California)
309** ''Series/MakeMeFamousMakeMeRich'' (Ohio)
310** ''Make Me Rich!'' (Michigan)
311** ''Monopoly Millionaires' Club'' (regional/multi-state)
312* ''Series/LoveConnection''
313* ''The Love Experts''
314* ''Series/TheMagnificentMarbleMachine''
315* ''Series/MakeMeLaugh''
316* ''Make the Connection''
317* ''Series/MakeTheGrade''
318* '' Series/{{Massive Monster Mayhem}}''
319* ''Series/{{Mastermind}}''
320* ''Series/MastersOfTheMaze''
321* ''Match Game''
322** ''Series/MatchGame'' (American version)
323** ''Blankety Blanks'' (Australian version)
324** ''Series/BlanketyBlank'' (British version)
325* ''Series/TheMatchGameHollywoodSquaresHour''
326* ''Series/MervGriffinsCrosswords''
327* ''Series/MillionDollarMindGame''
328* ''Series/MillionSecondQuiz''
329* ''Series/{{Mindreaders}}''
330* ''Series/MinuteToWinIt''
331* ''Missing Links''
332* ''Series/Mission2110''
333* ''Series/TheMomentOfTruth''
334* ''The Money Drop''
335** ''Series/TheMillionPoundDrop'' (British version)
336** ''Series/MillionDollarMoneyDrop'' (American version)
337** ''The Money Drop'' (Italian version)
338* ''The Money Maze''
339* ''Series/{{Monopoly}}''
340* ''Series/TheMovieGame'' (BBC children's game show)
341* ''Mr. & Mrs.''
342* ''Musical Chairs'' (1955; panel game with Bill Leyden and Gene Rayburn)
343* ''Series/{{Musical Chairs|1975}}'' (1975; finish-the-song game with Adam Wade)
344* ''Series/TheNamesTheSame''
345* ''Series/NameThatTune''
346* ''Series/NationalBingoNight''
347* ''Series/TheNewlywedGame''
348* ''Series/NickArcade''
349* ''Series/NickelodeonGuts''
350* ''Series/NinjaWarrior''
351** ''Series/AmericanNinjaWarrior''
352** ''Series/NinjaWarriorUK''
353* ''Series/TheNotTooLateShowWithElmo'' (as of the second season)
354* ''Series/NowYouSeeIt''
355* ''WebVideo/NoxcrewGameshow''
356* ''Series/NumberPlease''
357* ''Series/OhSit''
358* ''Series/OnlyConnect''
359* ''Our Little Genius''
360* ''Series/PakDePoenDeShowVan1Miljoen''
361* ''Series/PanelQuizAttack25''
362* ''Series/{{Paranoia}}''
363* ''Series/{{Parlamentet}}''
364* ''Pass The Buck''
365* ''Series/{{Password}}''
366* ''Pay Cards!''
367** ''Pay Cards!'' (1968-69, 1971-74)
368** ''Series/SuperPayCards!'' (1981-82)
369* ''Series/PeerPressure''
370* ''Penny To A Million''
371* ''Series/PeoplePuzzler''
372* ''Personality''
373* PhoneInGameShows:
374** ''Glitterball''
375** ''Midnight Money Madness''
376** ''The Mint''
377** ''Quiz Call''
378** ''[=QuizMania=]''
379** ''Quiz TV''
380** ''[=PlayMania=]''
381* ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'' (1989; Barry-Enright game played by children)
382* ''Pictionary'' (1997-98; played with two teams of two celebs and one contestant)
383* ''Pictionary'' (2021-; played with two teams of one celeb and two contestants)
384* ''Series/{{Pictureka}}!''
385* ''Series/{{Pitfall}}''
386* ''Series/PlayThePercentages''
387* ''Play Your Hunch''
388* ''WebAnimation/ThePokemonGameShow''
389* ''Series/{{Pointless}}''
390* ''Series/ThePopNRockerGame''
391* ''Power Of 10''
392* ''Series/Pressure1''
393* ''Press Your Luck''
394** ''Series/SecondChance'' (1977)
395** ''Series/PressYourLuck'' (1983-86, 2019-)
396** ''Series/WhammyTheAllNewPressYourLuck'' (2002-03)
397* ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''
398* ''Professor Yes 'n' No''
399* ''Series/{{Pyramid}}''
400* ''Series/QueenForADay''
401* ''Quick As A Flash!''
402* ''Series/RaidTheCage''
403* ''Series/RedOrBlack''
404* ''The Reel Game''
405* ''The Reel-To-Reel Picture Show''
406* ''Relatively Speaking''
407* ''Release The Hounds''
408* ''Series/RemoteControl''
409* ''Series/RhymeAndReason''
410* ''Series/RobotWars''
411* ''Rodeo Drive''
412* ''Ruckus''
413* ''Rumor Has It''
414* ''WebVideo/RunBTS''
415* ''Series/RunForMoneyTousouchuu''
416* ''Sale Of The Century''
417** ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'' (1969-74, 1983-89)
418** ''Series/{{Temptation|2007}}'' (2007-08)
419* ''Satellite Bingo''
420* ''Series/SaveToWin''
421* ''Series/SayWhen''
422* ''Series/{{Scattergories}}''
423* ''Series/SchlagDenRaab''
424** ''Schlag den Star''
425* ''Series/{{Scrabble}}''
426* ''Series/ScrabbleShowdown''
427* ''Series/ScratchNSniffsDenOfDoom''
428* ''Series/SetForLife''
429* ''Series/SevenKeys''
430* ''Sex Wars''
431* ''Series/{{Shafted}}''
432* ''Shenanigans''
433* ''Shoot For The Stars''
434** ''Shoot For The Stars'' (1977)
435** ''Double Talk'' (1986)
436* ''Series/ShoppersCasino''
437* ''Series/ShoppingSpree''
438* ''Series/ShopTilYouDrop''
439* ''Show Me''
440* ''Show Me the Money''
441* ''Series/SilentLibrary''
442* ''The Singing Bee''
443* ''Series/SingledOut''
444* ''WesternAnimation/{{Skatoony}}'' (animation/live-action hybrid)
445* ''Series/{{Skedaddle}}''
446* ''Series/SlimeTime''
447* ''Snap Judgment''
448* ''Spin-Off''
449* ''Series/SpinTheWheel''
450* ''Split Personality''
451* ''Series/SplitSecond1972''
452* ''Sqrambled Scuares''
453* ''Series/SquidGameTheChallenge''
454* ''Series/{{Starcade}}''
455* ''Steal''
456* ''Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge''
457* ''Series/SteveHarveysFunderdome''
458* ''Stop The Music''
459* ''Series/StreetSmarts''
460* ''Series/StrikeItLucky''
461* ''Series/StrikeItRich''
462* ''Strip Poker''
463* ''Studs''
464* ''Stump The Schwab''
465* ''Super Bingo''
466* ''Series/SupermarketSweep''
467* ''Series/{{Swashbuckle}}''
468* ''Series/Switch2023''
469* ''Series/TakeMeOut''
470* ''Series/TakeshisCastle''
471* ''Series/TakeItAll''
472* ''Series/TakeTheMoneyAndRun''
473* ''Take Your Pick''
474* ''Series/{{Talkabout}}''
475* ''Tattletales''
476** ''Series/HeSaidSheSaid'' (1969-70)
477** ''Series/{{Tattletales}}'' (1974-78, 1982-84)
478* ''Temptation'' (1967-68 game by Heatter-Quigley)
479* ''Series/{{Tenable}}''
480* ''Series/ThatPuppetGameShow''
481* ''Series/ThatsMyDog''
482* ''Series/ThinkFast''
483* ''Series/ThreeOnAMatch''
484* ''Series/TicTacDough''
485* ''Series/TimeMachine''
486* ''Series/TopShot''
487* ''Series/ToSayTheLeast''
488* ''Series/TotalBlackout''
489* ''Series/ToTellTheTruth''
490* ''Series/ToughAsNails''
491* ''Series/TrappedGameShow''
492* ''Series/{{Trashed}}''
493* ''Series/TreasureHuntUS'' (American version; 1956-59, 1973-77, 1981-82)
494* ''Series/TreasureHuntUK'' (British version; 1982-89, 2002-03)
495* ''Series/TreasureMall''
496* ''Series/TriviaTrap''
497* ''Trivial Pursuit''
498** ''Trivial Pursuit'' (1986-87 pilots produced by Creator/JayWolpert for syndication)
499** ''Trivial Pursuit: The Interactive Game'' (1993)
500** ''ESPN Trivial Pursuit'' (2004; five-episode "pilot week")
501** ''Trivial Pursuit: America Plays'' (2008-09; produced by Wheeler-Sussman Productions and Hasbro for syndication, with interactive components based around webcams and video recordings)
502* ''Series/TrustMeImAGameShowHost''
503* ''Series/TruthOrConsequences''
504* ''Series/TwentyOne''
505* ''Two For The Money''
506* ''Two-Minute Drill''
507* ''Series/UhOh''
508* ''Series/UnbeatableBanzuke''
509* ''Series/UnDosTres''
510* ''Series/UniversityChallenge''
511* ''Series/VideoAndArcadeTop10''
512* ''Series/TheVideoGame''
513* ''Series/VideoPower'' (for the second season; the first season was a mix of live-action segments and a cartoon)
514* ''Video Village''
515** ''Video Village'' (1960-62)
516** ''Video Village Jr.'' (1961-62)
517** ''Shenanigans (1964-65)''
518* ''Series/VirtualMemory''
519* ''Wait 'Til You Have Kids!''
520** ''The Parent Game'' (1972-73)
521** ''Series/WaitTilYouHaveKids'' (1996-97)
522* ''Radio/WaitWaitDontTellMe''
523* ''Series/{{The Wall|GameShow}}''
524* ''Series/TheWeakestLink''
525* ''Wha'dya Know?''
526* ''Series/WhatWouldYouDoNickelodeon''
527* ''What's Going On?''
528* ''Series/WhatsMyLine''
529* ''Series/TheWheel''
530* ''Wheel Of Fortune'' (1952-53; Peter Arnell series)
531* ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' (1975-; Merv Griffin series)
532* ''Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?''
533** ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'' (1991-95)
534** ''Series/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego'' (1996-98)
535* ''Series/{{Whew}}''
536* ''Series/WhodunnitUK''
537* ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''
538* ''The Who, What, or Where Game''
539** ''The Who, What, or Where Game'' (1969-74)
540** ''Series/TheChallengers'' (1990-91)
541* ''Series/WhosStillStanding''
542* ''Series/WildAndCrazyKids''
543* ''Series/WinBenSteinsMoney''
544* ''Series/WinLoseOrDraw''
545* ''Series/WinnerTakeAll''
546* ''Winning Combination''
547* ''Series/WinningLines''
548* ''Series/WinningStreak'' (1974 NBC Game Show, not related to the later Irish Game Show of the same name)
549* ''Series/Wipeout1988'' (1988-89; Syndicated quizzer with Peter Tomarken)
550* ''Series/Wipeout2008'' (2008-; ABC obstacle-course show)
551* ''WebVideo/WipeoutRoblox''
552* ''The Wizard Of Odds''
553* ''Series/{{Wordplay}}''
554* ''Yahtzee''
555* ''Series/YouBetYourLife''
556* ''Series/YouDeserveIt''
557* ''VideoGame/YouDontKnowJack''
558* ''Series/YouDontSay''
559* ''Series/YoureInThePicture''
560* ''Your Number's Up''
561* ''Yours For A Song''
562* ''Zoom'' (not the PBS show)
563[[/index]]
564----
565!!Producers (arranged alphabetically by last name):
566* Creator/PaulAlter
567* Ralph Andrews (''You Don't Say!'', ''I'll Bet''/''It's Your Bet'', ''Liars Club'', 1969-70 ''It Takes Two'', ''Celebrity Sweepstakes'', ''50 Grand Slam'', 1987-88 ''Lingo'', ''Yahtzee'')
568* Peter Arnell (1952-53 ''Wheel of Fortune'')
569* Creator/ChuckBarris
570* Creator/JackBarry and Dan Enright
571* Creator/MarkBurnett
572* Creator/StephenJCannell (''Caesars Challenge'')
573* Bill Carruthers (''Give-N-Take'', ''Second Chance'', ''Press Your Luck'')
574* Creator/CarseyWerner (Creator/BillCosby version of ''You Bet Your Life'')
575* Creator/DesiluStudios (''By the Numbers'', ''Show Me'', ''Zoom'')
576* Ralph Edwards (''Truth or Consequences'', 1974-81 ''Name That Tune'', ''The Cross-Wits'', ''Knockout'', ''Bzzz!'')
577* Creator/FremantleMedia (and its predecessors, All-American Television and Pearson Television)
578* Creator/MarkGoodson and Bill Todman
579* Creator/MervGriffin
580* Reg Grundy (''Hot Streak'', ''Scrabble'', 1980s '' Sale of the Century'', ''Time Machine'', almost every Australian adaptation of an American game)
581* Stefan Hatos and Monty Hall (''Let's Make a Deal'', ''Split Second'')
582* Creator/MerrillHeatter and Bob Quigley
583* Wink Martindale (''Headline Chasers'', ''Bumper Stumpers'', Family Channel's interactive games of 1993-94)
584* Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir (''Pay Cards!'', ''Spin-Off''; also created ''The Newlywed Game'')
585* Creator/AllanSherman (creator/producer of ''I've Got a Secret'', 1952-58)
586* Scott Sternberg (''Let's Go Back'', ''Wheel 2000'', ''Jep!'')
587* Creator/BobStewart
588* Talent Associates (1960s ''Supermarket Sweep'' and ''The Honeymoon Race'', among others)
589* ''Creator/{{Greggo}}'' (Greg Wicker; ''The Pokémon Game Show'')
590* Creator/JayWolpert

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