Sandbox / The Host Wick Check

The Host / Game Show Host

Category: Miscellaneous or multiple issues

The problem: More "The Host" than "Game Show Host". The issue is that the former trope, launched in 2008 and with 203 wicks as of my first look, is mostly just a list of 26 "popular hosts". A quick skim of Related wicks shows a mix of listings for real-life reality show hosts (not to be confused with Game Show Host, though there is some overlap on the actual The Host page) and actual characters who are hosts to in-universe shows or events.

In short, it needs to be reworked to focus on in-universe event / show hosts, and probably renamed to "Master Of Ceremonies" to avoid confusion with "Game Show Host".

The other concept represented in the page's description, real-life reality show or event hosts (distinct from Game Show Host), could probably be yarded into its own trope.

The related trope "Game Show Host" (likewise launched in 2008) has a solid concept, it mainly needs a review and clean-up of its wicks (all 505 of them, as of this writing) to ensure they're accurate.

Wick Check results — examples from "The Host":

Input - 100 wicks

1. Characters.Americas Next Top Model The Panel: Hails from Canada. He's The Host of the Canadian version of America's Next Top Model as well.
2. Characters.The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes: The very first host of the Hunger Games, in fact.
3. Characters.Bratz: Of Talking Bratz, an animated spin-off series on Tiktok.
4. Characters.Can Cry: In the concert at the climax of the Invidia arc. She volunteered for the position specifically to get under Esme's skin.
5. Characters.The Daily Object Show: Of The Daily Object Show when it isn't an adventure season.
6. Characters.Dont Starve Allies: Of the Midsummer's Cawnival. He sells you everything you need for the festival, from carnival games to tokens, all for gold and seeds.
7. Characters.The Dresden Files The Vampires: Of the duel between Dresden and Arianna.
8. Characters.Final Fantasy VII Remake Antagonists And Bosses: They act as the Masters of Ceremony at Corneo Colosseum, announcing the combatants and hyping up the crowd.
9. Characters.Food Wars Polaris: He had this role for the semifinals and final of the Autumn Election.
10. Characters.Friday Night Funkin Marios Madness: Of Mario Party DS, though apparently he doesn't like to show his face or reveal his name unless he detects piracy.
11. Characters.Gatchaman Crowds: In Insight, they co-host an internet show.
12. Characters.Gushing Over Magical Girls: Her civilian identity appears to be "Tengeiji Holy", MC of the pop culture talk show "Uta Ban Ban".
13. Characters.The Haunted Mansion: Your ghost host.
14. Characters.Hearthstone Heroes Of Warcraft Alternate Heroes: Of the Midsummer Fire Festival, an in-game event where he grants all players double quest gold for 2 weeks, coupled with a Tavern Brawl based on him. The chalkboard art for the Brawl even depicts him with a bowtie and a microphone, similar to an old-time game show host.
15. Characters.High School Story Choices: He expresses interest in being an MC for Prom, and later co-hosts Tiger and Bulldog News with Maria.
16. Characters.Hololive Japan GAMERS: Often takes this role for bigger collab streams with everyone else bouncing off her Straight Man tendencies.
17. Characters.Housepets Humans: of a magazine show with the initials ET.
18. Characters.Kodocha: Of the In-Universe TV show, Child's Toy. He and Babbit also co-host the recap episode "Sana's Super Happy Quiz Show".
19. Characters.Madness Project Nexus 2: Of Slaughter Time.
20. Characters.Malifaux Arcanists: Her main job at the Star Theater. She’s not a magician or a showgirl, but she’s still a crucial part of the cast.
21. Characters.Mario And Sonic At The Olympic Games: For Vancouver's Festival Mode, and London Party. Generally, when Cream isn't refereeing or running item stands, you'll see her doing this.
22. Characters.The Muppet Show: Kermit serves as The Muppet Show's emcee in all versions except Muppets Tonight.
23. Characters.Nijisanji Seeds: He's usually the MC for tournaments and events.
24. Characters.Object Oppose: As of current.
25. Characters.Paper Puppets: of both seasons.
26. Characters.Pit People: Of the Just Us League's tournaments.
27. Characters.The Prince Of Tennis Seigaku: He and Yuushi Oshitari serve as commentators during the Yakiniku competition.
28. Characters.Progress Wrestling: Opens every shows and chats to the crowd between matches, as well as doing the ring announcing.
29. Characters.Project Runway Judges: She presents the challenges, introduces the Runway shows and also judges.
30. Characters.Ring Of Honor: Of ROH TV and Week by Week.
31. Characters.The Rock Afire Explosion: Billy Bob usually hosts shows when they're not hosted by Fatz.
32. Characters.Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight Other Characters: She is the presiding emcee in the onstage revues in -Re LIVE- alongside The Giraffe who stayed more in the sidelines.
33. Characters.Si Iva Gunner: Cute Machines: Maybe not the cutest robot out there, but its expressionless face allows it to be cute despite King for a Day having a harsh and sketchy art style. It gets even cuter with the clean King for Another Day art style, along with the get-up it has as The Host.
34. Characters.Skylanders Villains: Of the racing portion of SuperChargers as well as the Drivepocalypse.
35. Characters.Suikoden II: He's the MC of the cooking contest. He does the introductions of the judges, often slipping in hints about their tastes as well some rather daring commentary about a few of them in a personal sense.
36. Characters.Toonami: Oh, but of course. Who'd you think he was, the custodian?
37. Characters.Town Attack: Of Town Attack.
38. Characters.Tube Clash: Of TubeClash
39. Characters.Universal Wrestling Federation GAME: He was the original one for CHIKARA's weekly YouTube series "Podcast-A-Go-Go."
40. Characters.Vinesauce Tomodachi Life: Of the main series and the Collection corruptions episode.
41. Characters.World Of Winx: He's in charge of WOW! and lets everybody know it.
42. Characters.Zoobilee Zoo: Opens and closes every episode to explain what the other Zoobles will be doing, and what the moral of the episode is, and appears frequently throughout to comment on the action.
43. Creator.Emily Youcis: Comedic Underwear Exposure: Although exhibitionism is nothing new for her, there was a particular example of her half-nude as a gag in an episode of Smut Cave. Notably, the Spelunker auctioning off her worn undies in the Christmas Episode.
44. Creator.Jamie Foxx: Of the MTV Music Video Awards in 2001 and the game show Beat Shazam.
45. Creator.John Cena: He hosted the reality TV show American Grit and is one of the co-hosts of the Wipeout (2008).
46. Creator.Richard Ayoade: He has presented several shows.
47. Creator.Toonami Asia: Expy: Nami, the host of Toonami Asia, is one for both TOM and SARA.
48. DarthWiki.Summers Cauldron: He often talks one. this is because he was once a popular radio show host during the 30s, before the rise of television made him irrelevant
49. Fanfic.The Legend Of Total Drama Island: Ahem: Chris theatrically clears his throat during the orientation tour when two contestants are talking about something unrelated instead of paying attention. It's one of the first signs of Chris' hammy side.
50. Fanfic.Total Drama Genesis: Portrait Painting Peephole: Rhonda, the show's primary host, observes an incident among the contestants through a pair of peepholes concealed in a portrait and located at the eyes of the portrait's subject. Being the story's main Butt-Monkey, she gets a poke in the eyes for her trouble.
51. Fanfic.Total Shuffled Island Series: Best Served Cold: When Jasmine accidentally gets Chris flung into one of the washroom toilets, the vain and narcissistic Chris makes no immediate reprisal, despite having the means to do so; but after Jasmine is later eliminated for unrelated reasons, Chris has her stuffed into a garbage bag in a one-off addition to the elimination ceremony, to remind the hapless Jasmine of what she did.
52. Film.The Hollywood Revue Of 1929: Jack Benny and Conrad Nagel, officially billed as "masters of ceremonies", introduce the various acts.
53. Funny.Red Velvet: Episode 5: Irene getting incredibly competitive over a crossword puzzle and Seulgi amazing everyone with her fast reactions. Wendy: Seulgi looked really desperate [for the answer] though. Irene: LOOK AT ME THEN! LOOK INTO MY EYES! The aegyo relay has Wendy basically regretting all her life choices.
54. IconicOutfit.Music: From 2002 until he withdrew from touring in 2005, Eminem began being depicted wearing a sleek black suit, playing off the widely distributed court footage regarding his 2002 assault charge, but also creating the image of him as a light entertainment showman (something he'd been dabbling with since appearing as a Depraved Kids' Show Host in "My Name Is"). In the Encore era, with its theme around Slim Shady having a mental breakdown, the look also took on the resonance of the suit a corpse might be dressed in before being placed in the coffin. The photoshoots promoting Encore, which are full of suicide imagery and show him posing with a casket, reinforce this.
55. ImageLinks.Stalker With A Crush: Abhorrent Admirer: "Uh, Ghost, Baby Buns... hello?" "JESUS CHRIST, NOT THIS INTERNET BUTTSTALKER!"◊ *cans. wav*
56. Manga.Record Of Ragnarok: The Norse God Heimdall serves as the announcer of Ragnarok, fitting since his horn announces the mythic one.
57. MiraculousLadybug.Tropes E To M: TV1's Alec, who seems to be the go-to host for all televised competitions seen in-series. He's appropriately bubbly and excitable during each one, although he's notably more down-to-earth when off camera. Unfortunately for him, all three of the competitions we've seen him host have had someone turn into an akuma.
58. Music.Super Junior: Most of them are hosts for variety programs, but Leeteuk is notable for having the “host disease”. Even the MCs from the show he's invited to comment that Leeteuk should be permanent co-host. He also says that he even hosts at home, welcoming himself when he arrives or congratulating his pets. No one believes him, though. The other members note that he has a “broadcast tone” or way of speaking, and that he might have forgotten how to speak like himself.
59. NoCelebritiesWereHarmed.Western Animation: One episode of Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race features a woman who is clearly supposed to be Björk, but no one refers to her by name. Among the contestants, Junior's appearance is based on that of Justin Bieber, while Noah and Owen's dynamic in the series parody that of Chris Farley and David Spade. The Host Don is obviously based on Phil Keoghan.
60. Pantheon.Undertale: Mettaton, God of TV Hosting (MTT, Happstablook (?)) as a Lesser God in the Hall of Social and Recreational Work (House of Jobs and Profession)
61. Podcast.The Orbiting Human Circus Of The Air: John Cameron presides over the Orbiting Human Circus and resents Julian's repeated attempts to get on-air.
62. Radio.Lux Radio Theatre: Cecil B. DeMille from 1936 to 1945. William Keighley, not quite as famous as DeMille but a well-known film director in his own right, hosted the program from 1945 to 1952.
63. Recap.Food Wars S 1 E 21 The Unknown Known: Urara Kawashima is assigned as the MC of the Block B.
64. Recap.Food Wars S 3 E 22 To The Final Battleground: Urara's role, aside from narrating the duels, is riling up the crowd to cheer Central and boo the rebels.
65. Recap.Riverdale S 3 E 03 Chapter 38 As Above So Below: Kevin at La Bonne Nuit.
66. Roleplay.Lynching ITP: What the Hell, Hero?: What the Hell, Hero? Dream provides many such moments. Of course, it's only to be expected with him. As does the Stig, who blows up Chicago to make sure The Host doesn't spread, even though most of the people within aren't possessed yet. Thanos of all people calls out Hayato, saying that the Getter Force is as big an abomination as anything it fights, it doesn't give a damn about anything but it's own self interest and egoism, he and his entire groups are all total hypocrite and that at least he doesn't go around telling people being made part of death is for their own good. He still ends up helping them, but it was nice to see.
67. Series.Colgate Comedy Hour: Various entertainers shared the duty in a month-or-so rotation. Martin and Lewis were the only ones to remain in the rotation for the entire run of the show.
68. Series.The Greatest Event In Television History: Jeff Probst
69. Series.The Idolmaster KR: Coco acts as this for an online broadcast show "Coco TV" that covers the Real Girls Project missions.
70. Series.The Joe Schmo Show: The Cameo: Matt Gould was supposed to have a cameo in Joe Schmo 2 as a pizza deliveryman with one of his lines of dialogue being his iconic "What is going on?". It was cut from the broadcast but included in the Season 2 DVD release. Ralph Garman, The Host of the first three seasons, was slated to have a cameo in the reboot but production waited until the last minute before low-balling him on the offer.
71. Series.The Masked Dancer: Craig Robinson is the emcee this time around.
72. Series.The Masked Dancer UK: Just like in Singer, Joel Dommett returns to host this show.
73. Series.The Masked Singer: Nick Cannon, formerly of America's Got Talent, and now with more hair.
74. Series.The Masked Singer Australia: The show is hosted by veteran Australian TV presenter Osher Günsberg.
75. Series.The Masked Singer UK: Comedian Joel Dommett hosts the show.
76. Series.Texaco Star Theater: Milton Berle hosted the show, which made him a star and earned him the nickname "Mr. Television".
77. Series.This Old House: The Team: The show has customarily had a core group of contractors on every project, plus the current host. Over the years these have included: The Host variously Bob Vila (1979-1989), Steve Thomas (1985-2003), and Kevin O'Connor (2003-present). Master Carpenter Norm Abram, who is still on the show's board but hasn't regularly appeared in person since the COVID-19 Pandemic interrupted production. General contractor Tom Silva (1989-present) Painter Mauro Henrique (2010-present) Plumbing and HVAC expert Rich Trethewey (1979-present) Landscapers Roger Cook (2000-2020) and Jenn Nawada (2010-present). Mason Mark McCullough
78. Series.Walt Disney Presents: Walt Disney himself for much of the show's run, and studio CEO Michael Eisner in the 1980s and '90s. Occasionally, Walt would pass hosting duties to someone else, most notably Ludwig Von Drake and the Magic Mirror from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Other hosts included Jiminy Cricket ("On Vacation", "From All of Us to All of You", "This is Your Life, Donald Duck") and Chip 'n Dale ("The Adventures of Chip 'n Dale"). Dick Van Dyke hosted the 2015 Mary Poppins airing that heralded the Wonderful World's return to ABC.
79. Series.Was It Something I Said: Presented by David Mitchell who's usually a panelist. Incidentally, a guest contestant is Jimmy Carr, who is more often than not The Host himself.
80. Theatre.Hairspray: Darren Criss appeared during commercial breaks of the premiere broadcast, interacting with the audience.
81. VideoGame.Crash Fever: Gratuitous English: Tylor Manysecrets & Vicky Tellmenothing are occasionally using this during the program of Bullet News.
82. VideoGame.Nintendo Land: Takamaru's Ninja Castle (The Mysterious Murasame Castlenote a 1986 Famicom exclusive until it was released for the 3DS Virtual Console in 2014.) - Another single player game, this game is essentially a light-gun-style game where the GamePad is used to throw ninja stars and rescue Monita from invading ninjas.
83. VideoGame.Sakura Wars 3 Is Paris Burning: Both Mell and Ci serve as the hosts for the Chattes Noires cabaret shows.
84. VideoGame.You Dont Know Jack: Demoted to Extra: Schmitty, who hosted and did announcer work for several earlier games, was reduced to the announcer of each episode's Wrong Answer of the Game prize in 2011. note However, he properly hosts Quiplash and Lie Swatter. Same goes for Buzz. After Volume 2, he only has a little participation in The Ride.Also Bob. In the game show, Cookie Masterson was demoted from The Host to The Announcer.
85. WebAnimation.Harry 101 UK: The Fact Core in Meet the Cores 2 and 3.
86. WebAnimation.Marios Madness X Sonic EXE: Soul Tails serves as this for each episode. Soul Knuckles and Soul Robotnik co-host alongside him.
87. WebAnimation.Object Connects: A Dog Named "Dog": The entire cast is named after their species- an avocado named Avocado, a lantern named Lantern... yeah, you get the idea. Still, there are exceptions such as Thing (he's called that since nobody knows what he's supposed to be) and The Host of the show, Jack (a slot machine).
88. Webcomic.Obamas Hidden Info Objects: All for Nothing: Contestants who were part of OHIO's fifth season with Evil Default Discord Profile Picture as The Host, especially those who defected from the fourth season, ended up this way since Evil DDPP take back the powers he promised as the grand prize barely two seconds after the winner received it.
89. WebVideo.Mario Party DS Anti Piracy: Original Character: D. J. Hallyboo, an Off-Model Expy of Mario Party 8's M.C. Ballyhoo, who's apparently The Host of Mario Party DS.
90. WebVideo.Strip Search: Graham Stark, of LoadingReadyRun fame.
91. Wrestling.Chris Jericho: Of Sunday Night Live with done by the Sketchersons troupe, of the reality show Redemption song, of the game show Downfall and of the Robot Combat League.
92. Wrestling.Dawn Marie: Of the Piledriver Rock and Wrestling Radio Show Of Dragon Gate USA's live events.
93. Wrestling.Die Bruderschaft Des Kreuzes: Deliberately Monochrome: Many of their promos, and their YouTube series Video Des Kreuzes, hosted by Sara Del Rey, as an Evil Counterpart to CHIKARA's Throwdown Lowdown, showcasing great moves by BDK members at the expense of regular CHIKARA wrestlers.
94. Wrestling.Progress Wrestling: Owner Jim Smallman acts as this, as he opens shows by welcoming fans and getting them hyped up, acts as the ring announcer and is the most prominent authority figure present at each show.
95. Wrestling.Sara Del Rey: Of the weekly "Throwdown Lowdown" segment on CHIKARA's YouTube channel, which were clips showcasing great moves from different CHIKARA shows. As a heel in the BDK, she also hosted their weekly segment, the "VDK", which was about the same topic but limited to members of the BDK.
96. Wrestling.Scarlett Bordeaux: Of CHIKARA's YouTube series The Throwdown Lowdown, after Sara Del Rey left. This was her only role there, since she was not used as a wrestler.
97. Wrestling.Stevie Richards: Of T4, a show about technology.
98. YMMV.Blue Exorcist: Spiritual Adaptation: Two brothers hunting demons, one of them was destined to be The Host for the Devil while the other was trained from childhood to become a Demon Slayer. It could be considered a manga adaptation of Supernatural.
99. YMMV.Crash Fever: Referenced In-Universe By Tylor Manysecrets that Bullet News is blocked in Japanese Branch. likely a reference of how Japanese Servers won't get any regional event quests from Global and Taiwan servers.
100. YMMV.Food Wars: similar to how male students consider her adorable, yet girls hate her Attention Whore status, parts of the fandom like her for being a cute Bitch in Sheep's Clothing, while others find her fake, annoying and useless. This intensified during the Hokkaido Promotion Exam Arc, where she's Brainwashed into siding with Central and is openly hostile towards the Rebels instead of being a neutral host. It's no surprise a lot of fans have expressed her naughtiness has crossed the line, making her awful to watch.

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Wick Check results — examples from "Game Show Host":

Input - 100 wicks

1. Awesome.Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: 12 August 2002: On the Battle of the Game Show Hosts, Tony Barber proves why he is the King of Quiz by winning $250,000 ($125K apiece) for his charity and home viewer after using all of his lifelines by the $32,000 question.
2. Characters.Action Arena: Hosts the show, even if she doesn’t enjoy it.
3. Characters.Battle Of The Breeds: A sarcastic, egotistical one at best.
4. Characters.The Bozo Show: For the Grand Prize Game segment.
5. Characters.Charby The Vampirate: He is the jovial sadistic host of a game show which is mostly a set up for choosing the manner of public executions.
6. Characters.Cheating Death Those That Lived: The original interviewer for the Tributes before Caesar came along.
7. Characters.Dark Deception: Her theme, as per Word of God.
8. Characters.Disventure Camp Hosts And Crew: The Conscience: Upon Kristal's request, Oliver tries reigning her sadistic tendencies to keep the competition relatively safe but alas his efforts are shut down when Kristal lets all power of being the Game Show Host go to her head anyway. She finally starts listening to Oliver after driving him away and production goes immediately south without him.
9. Characters.Donkey Hodie: He hosts game shows for the characters to participate in, such as The Masked Veggies.
10. Characters.Endurance: He is the host of all seasons of Endurance and Moolah Beach.
11. Characters.Jesus Christ Superstar: Chris Moyles' portrayal. His segment parodied Britain's Got Talent and he asked the audience to text in to vote if Jesus was a god or fraud.
12. Characters.Jump Start Adventures3rd Grade Mystery Mountain: Since Polly has reprogrammed his quiz into being a Game Show called "Pollywood Squares", Monty now has the persona of one.
13. Characters.Mysterious Object Super Show: Of the Object Show MOSS.
14. Characters.Object Cringe: Foil: They behave almost exactly like the previous Object Cringe hosts. Hot is a short-fused, mood-swinging Game Show Host as well as absolutely apathetic towards the contestants, Cold is the calmer, Endearingly Dorky assistant and both appear out of the blue to host a competition. The difference being Hot and Cold's appearance and name match their personalities in addition to the two being romantically involved as opposed to one-sided Sibling Rivalry.
15. Characters.Paper Mario 64: He runs his own quiz show consisting of three multiple-choice answers per question.
16. Characters.Saints Row Other Characters: In the same vein as Takeshi's Castle, but with lethal obstacles.
17. Characters.Sesame Street Anything Muppets: In most of his appearances, he has played this role.
18. Characters.Sesame Street People: He hosted What Happens Next?
19. Characters.Snowbreak Containment Zone: During Verdurous Holiday it's revealed the Heimdall Island Games were actually being secretly recorded by Beatrice and other producers for a Reality TV show Yggdrasil could use to test audience interest in reviving the Valkyrie Games. The surprise gets spoiled by Mauxir, and the Adjutant and the rest of Heimdall agree to help Beatrice by pretending they didn't find out.
20. Characters.Tom And Jerry Kids: Can be seen hosting games in several episodes, or just hosting on itself.
21. Characters.Victory Will Be Mine: The one and only who cause the entire series to happen with his little accident.
22. Creator.Betty White: Of Just Men!, for which she won her only daytime Emmy despite NBC canning it after 13 weeks. Due to the way the Emmy nomination period worked at the time, she was actually nominated for it a second time. Also, she was married to Password host Allen Ludden until his death. She also made appearances on Jimmy Fallon's mini-revival of Password, her 90th Birthday Celebration special featured an edition hosted by Joel McHale, and her Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 Daytime Emmys was preceded by an edition of Password Plus hosted by Tom Bergeron.
23. Creator.Dick Clark: See above.
24. Creator.Leslie Jones: Current host of ABC's revival of Supermarket Sweep.
25. Creator.Rove Mc Manus: While in the United States doing an episode of his talk show, McManus came across Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, and was impressed. Through Roving Enterprises, he bought the Australian rights to the show, sold it to Ten, and made himself the host.
26. DarthWiki.Total Drama Tumblr: The ever so memorable Chris McLean for Tumblr through High School. Don for The Ridonculous Race: North American Tour.
27. Literature.Isaac Asimov Presents The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 201958: Robert Sheckley's "The Prize Of Peril": Mike Terry plays host to the Show Within a Show game show of the same name (Link). During the show, he makes play-by-play announcements and allows audience members to call in to advise the contestant to help them (or to help their hunters!).
28. MundaneUtility.Web Original: In Object Shows, a Game Show Host can usually harness the powers of Teleportation, Creation and Resurrection for no reason, basically being a Reality Warper in their own right, but only ever use it for their competition show. These respective abilities allow the host and contestants to teleport to challenge locations instantly without wasting time on vehicle transport, create sets, props and housing accommodations and revive contestants so they can continue competing in life-threatening challenges without consequence.
29. OneHitWonder.Rock Music: The Avant-Garde, a duo consisting of Chuck Woolery and Bubba Fowler, hit #40 in 1968 with the Love Is a Drug-themed "Naturally Stoned". After they broke up, Woolery struck it big in the completely unrelated field of Game Show Host (Wheel of Fortune, Scrabble, Love Connection, Lingo). Woolery also tried his hand at Country Music during his earliest years of hosting Wheel.
30. PieInTheFace.Live Action TV: An episode of the current series of Let's Make a Deal featured a large pie as a Zonk; when it was revealed, Wayne Brady went down to the pie and pulled a real one out from behind it, with which he hit Jonathan Mangum. At the end of the show, Mangum got his revenge, at which point a curtain opened revealing an entire rack of pies, resulting in a pie fight among the entire cast.
31. Recap.Odd Squad S 2 E 13 Drop Gadget Repeat 20 Questions: Parodied with Ms. O, who acts much like a game show host when she presents a brand-new washer to Backwards Bob, complete with assistants rolling it out along with a golden background.
32. Series.Twenty One: Jack Barry originally hosted the 1950s version, followed by Monty Hall for the last six months. Jim Lange hosted a 1982 pilot, and Maury Povich helmed the 2000 version.
33. Series.Amazing: James Sherry.
34. Series.American Gladiators: Mike Adamle hosted for the entire run, with Joe Theismann for the first 13 weeks. Theismann was replaced by Todd Christensen for the remainder of that season followed by Larry Csonka from 1990-93, Lisa Malosky from 1993-95, and Dan "Nitro" Clark for the final season (1995-96). Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali hosted the NBC revival.
35. Series.America Says: John Michael Higgins.
36. Series.Beat The Geeks: J. Keith van Straaten in Season 1, Blaine Capatch in Season 2.
37. Series.Blankety Blank: Personnel: The Announcer Game Show Host: Terry Wogan, Les Dawson, Lily Savage (The drag queen alter ego of Paul O'Grady), Vernon Kay, Paul O'Grady (As himself), David Walliams, Bradley Walsh. Studio Audience: Laugh, applause, laugh more at the lack of budget for prizes!
38. Series.Bobs Full House: Bob Monkhouse for the original; Andrew O'Connor, Shane Richie and Steve LeFevre followed. Jimmy Cefalo (a longtime sportscaster in Miami) hosted Trump Card, and the Lucky Numbers pilot was hosted by Nick Weir (who later went on to host [and break his foot on] Catchphrase).
39. Series.Body Language: Tom Kennedy.
40. Series.The Bozo Show: Bozo hosted the Bozo's Grand Prize Game, with Ringmaster Ned originally doing the honours and Bozo showcasing the prizes.
41. Series.Deal Or No Deal: Howie Mandel in America, Noel Edmonds in Britain, Andrew O'Keefe in Australia, Kris Aquino in the Philippines.
42. Series.Double Dare 1976: Alex Trebek, in his only game for CBS.
43. Series.Double Dare 1986: Marc Summers; Jason Harris in 2000, and Liza Koshy for 2018.
44. Series.Dream House: Mike Darrow on ABC, Bob Eubanks on NBC.
45. Series.Eye Guess: The venerable Bill Cullen, a good friend of Stewart.
46. Series.Family Feud: Richard Dawson (1976-85, 1994-95), Ray Combs (1988-94), Louie Anderson (1999-2002), Richard Karn (2002-2006), John O'Hurley (2006-2010), Al Roker (2008) and Steve Harvey (2010-present).
47. Series.Fifteen To One: William G. Stewart throughout the original run. For the revival, Adam Hills for celebrity specials and Sandi Toksvig for normal episodes.
48. Series.Game Show Dong Vang: MC Gia Thành.
49. Series.Get A Clue: Rob Belushi.
50. Series.Give N Take: The Announcer: Johnny Jacobs, usually a Chuck Barris standby. Game Show Host: Jim Lange.
51. Series.Guys Grocery Games: Guy Fieri, of course.
52. Series.He Said She Said: Personnel: The Announcer: Johnny Olson and Bill Wendell alternated. Game Show Host: Joe Garagiola. Studio Audience: Where the proxy players were.
53. Series.High Rollers: Alex Trebek hosted from 1974-80 (and hosted a failed revival called Lucky Numbers in 1985). Wink Martindale hosted the 1987-88 revival.
54. Series.The Hollywood Squares: Bert Parks hosted the 1965 pilot. Peter Marshall hosted the series proper from 1966 to 1981, followed by John Davidson from 1986 to 1989, and Tom Bergeron from 1998 to 2004. Peter Rosenberg hosted the original MTV2 version of Hip Hop Squares, followed by DeRay Davis for the VH1 revival. Bob Saget hosted Nashville Squares.
55. Series.The Hustler 2021: TV's Craig Ferguson.
56. Series.Inside The Box: Sam Kalilieh.
57. Series.Jackpot: Personnel: The Announcer: Don Pardo announced most of the NBC version (including the final week), with Wayne Howell filling in for a time near the end. Ken Ryan (who also announced Bumper Stumpers) and John Harris announced the USA version. John Harlan and Johnny Gilbert traded off announcing duties on the syndicated version. Game Show Host: Geoff Edwards, who had begun hosting The New Treasure Hunt a few months earlier. The USA/Global version had Mike Darrow at the helm; the 1989 run saw the return of Edwards. Studio Audience
58. Series.Kidnapped MTV: Dave Holmes.
59. Series.Knockout: Personnel: Game Show Host: Arte Johnson Announcers: Jay Stewart, John Harlan
60. Series.The Last Word: Personnel: The Announcer: Jennifer Lyall, who appeared on camera throughout. Game Show Host: Veteran host Wink Martindale.
61. Series.Lets Ask America: Personnel: Game Show Host: Kevin Pereira for the first two seasons, Bill Bellamy for Season 3. Studio Audience: None in the traditional sense for Season 1, although the show's staff did cheer players on and were heard doing so frequently (especially on the final question) - gotta commend that. Seasons 2-3 had a proper audience.
62. Series.Match Game: Gene Rayburn hosted from 1962-82. Bert Convy filmed pilots for what became the 1990-91 revival, but was ultimately replaced by motivational speaker Ross Shafer due to Convy being diagnosed with a brain tumor (Convy died after this version ended in 1991). Michael Burger hosted the 1998-99 version. Alec Baldwin hosted the 2016-21 version. The 2012 revival on The Comedy Network is hosted by comedian Darrin Rose, who doubles as announcer (one less salary to pay - the show also only has two regulars instead of three).
63. Series.Minute To Win It: Guy Fieri on the NBC version, Apolo Anton Ohno on the GSN version, Darren McMullen on the British and Australian versions.
64. Series.Monopoly: Marc Summers hosted the '87 pilot, with Peter Tomarken helming the '89 pilot. Mike Reilly, previously a waiter and former Jeopardy! contestant, did the series... and was his only emcee role.
65. Series.Nick Arcade: Phil Moore, who later hosted Nick's You're On! (1999) and appeared as a semi-regular panelist on Figure It Out; Niels Schuurmans in the pilot.
66. Series.Peer Pressure: Personnel: Game Show Host: Nick Spano. Lovely Assistant: Valarie Rae Miller. Studio Audience: Decided the answers for "Decision" questions.
67. Series.People Puzzler: Leah Remini, more famous for casting as Carrie Heffernan from The King of Queens.
68. Series.Pictureka: Personnel: The Announcer: George "G" Gabriel, also the on-camera musical director. In addition to the standard announcing duties, he sang introductory songs and played the in-game contest music on both guitar and drums. Game Show Host: Cory Almeida. Studio Audience: Involved with the first game of each episode, as contestants ran into the audience area to find fish for a hungry penguin. Also, in later rounds, they would often shout out the locations of the hidden objects.
69. Series.The Pop N Rocker Game: Jon Bauman, of Sha Na Na and The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour fame.
70. Series.Quiz 2020: Michael Sheen portrays Chris Tarrant.
71. Series.Shoppers Casino: Jeff Maxwell and Debbie Sue Maffett. The latter had previously served a near-pointless hostess role in Merrill Heatter's unsold High Rollers revamp Lucky Numbers in 1985.
72. Series.Silent Library: The first major change from the original - Zero Kazama is placed where the librarian in the original sits, but functions as the scorekeeper.
73. Series.Sponk: Personnel: The Announcer: Karen Fowler as SID, the show's mascot who'd randomly select submitted sketches. Game Show Host: Johnathan McClain. Studio Audience: A unique aspect was that the audience chose which team would win the round.
74. Series.Strike It Lucky: Personnel: The Announcer: John Benson (who announced the ITV version of Sale of the Century), then Robin Houston (an ex-Thames continuity announcer, as well as the announcer on Challenge TV's version of Sale), and finally Nick Jackson in the UK. Bob Hilton announced most of the American version; Charlie O'Donnell did at least the earliest taped episodes. Game Show Host: Michael Barrymore. Joe Garagiola did the American version. Studio Audience
75. Series.Supermarket Sweep: Bill Malone on the original, David Ruprecht on the Lifetime/PAX version, Leslie Jones on the 2020 ABC revival.
76. Series.Super Pay Cards: Personnel: The Announcer: Mary Lou Basaraba. Game Show Host: Art James. Lovely Assistant: Mary Lou, to an extent. Studio Audience: A member or two would play the eight-card portion of the bonus round with Mary Lou for the aforementioned "prizes", primarily to satisfy Canadian Content rules by getting The Announcer on-screen. However, this audience game was omitted on episodes aired for the American market.
77. Series.Survivor South Africa: Nico Panagio has been the host since Season 3 after taking over from Mark Bayley, and he's notable for being one of the few international hosts who has kept their job through entire changes in production crew.
78. Series.Talkabout: Personnel: The Announcer: Dean Hill. Game Show Host: Wayne Cox.
79. Series.Thats The Question: Bob Goen, no stranger to the genre, 13 years after his last hosting gig (the short-lived Born Lucky).
80. Series.Treasure Hunt US: Jan Murray on the original, Geoff Edwards on the revivals.
81. Series.Treasure Mall: Personnel: Game Show Host: Hal Sparks. The Announcer: Ed MacKay, who would later announce the 1990-91 run of The Joker's Wild. Studio Audience: Not shown, but definitely heard.
82. Series.Truth Or Consequences: Personnel: Game Show Host: Ralph Edwards hosted the original radio version and the CBS run of the TV show. Jack Bailey replaced him when the show returned to NBC in 1954 until Bob Barker came along in 1956. Barker, Bob Hilton and Larry Anderson hosted the syndicated versions and Steve Dunne hosted the 1957-58 nighttime version. Studio Audience
83. Series.Uh Oh: Wink Yahoo (Scott Yaphe), complete with cheesy 1970s game show host attire and mannerisms
84. Series.The Wall: Chris Hardwick.
85. Series.Whats My Line: Personnel: The Announcer: Johnny Olson from the tail end of the CBS run through the 1971-72 season. Game Show Host: John Daly hosted the original series. Wally Bruner hosted from 1968-72, followed by Larry Blyden for the rest of that run. Harry Anderson hosted an unsold 2000 revival, and J. Keith van Straaten helms Live On Stage. Studio Audience
86. Series.The Wheel: Michael McIntyre is on hand to crack jokes and encourage the contestants.
87. Series.Win Ben Steins Money: Ben Stein. After Round 1, The Announcer would host for the remainder of each show while Ben lowered himself down to being "a common contestant".
88. Series.Winsanity: Donald Faison, actor best known for Clueless and Scrubs.
89. Series.Wipeout 1988: Peter Tomarken.
90. TabletopGame.Boggle: Personnel: The Announcer: Randy West, who also narrated the other three shows of the block. Game Show Host: Wink Martindale.
91. Taskmaster.Tropes G To Q: Greg Davies, the "Taskmaster".
92. VideoGame.Tempo: Major Minor, who hosts the Major Minor Show that Tempo participates in during the first two games. In Super Tempo, he acts as your guide throughout the game.
93. VideoGame.The Walt Disney World Explorer: Charles Fleischer plays a (voiceover-only) parody of one for The Walt Disney World Quiz Challenge interactivity.
94. VillainsOutShopping.Anime And Manga: The anime version of Ryuusei no Rockman had a Filler arc which showed several of the main villains as Punch Clock Villains. Libra, in particular, took up a job as a Game Show Host and wrote a book, proving himself to be far better at entertaining humans than trying to destroy them. The manga Mega Man Megamix has the Robot Masters from Mega Man 5 get part-time jobs at an amusement park. They dub themselves "The Part-Timer Squad" and consider their duties Serious Business; when they're on the clock, they see nothing wrong with helping MegaMan and ignoring Wily's orders, as making customers happy is more important to them.
95. WebAnimation.AI Generated Object Show: Mr. Smith: The name of the stick figure Game Show Host.
96. WebAnimation.Lazy League: Minimalist Cast: Lazy League consists of one Game Show Host and a modest eight contestants. Lazier League only increases the contestant count to ten.
97. WebAnimation.Pancakes Show: The Quiz Show Guy, though he's also a news reporter as well.
98. Webcomic.Comic Book SNAFU: The Riddler, for "The Riddle Factory".
99. WebVideo.Sidemen: The Weakest Link parodies, mainly the first one, was basically a fancy bet between them with Ethan as the Game Show Host. The first one actually used the show's intro, graphics package and music, albeit clearly lifted from YouTube uploads of such. The second parody used an original graphics package and intro.
100. WesternAnimation.Dragon Tales: Simon has down both the voice and the patter. He also has a snappy suit, bowtie and nice hat. Carried by the Host: At its core, it's really just a game of Simon Says, but boy does Simon sell it.

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