Game Shows describe fixed-format shows in which contestants compete for prizes.
Game Shows
"They called them 'audience participation shows'. No one called them game shows. I had never heard the name 'game shows' until the first Concentration, with Hugh Downs as host." - Bob Barker
Click on a show title, below
- $
- $64,000 Question aka $64,000 Challenge
- 1
- 10,000 Pyramid aka 25,000 Pyramid aka 100,000 Pyramid
- C
- CBS Television Quiz
- D
- Dotto
- E
- Eye Guess
- F
- Face Is Familiar
- G
- Gong Show, The
- H
- Hollywood Squares
- I
- I've Got a Secret
- J
- Jackpot
- Jeopardy!
- K
- Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge
- L
- Let’s Make a Deal
- Love Experts
- M
- Match Game
- Missus Goes A-Shopping, The
- N
- Newlywed Game, The
- P
- Password
- People Are Funny
- Price is Right, The
- Q
- Queen for a Day
- T
- To Tell the Truth
- Truth or Consequences
- Twenty-One
- W
- What’s My Line?
- Who Wants to be A Millionaire
- Y
- You Bet Your Life
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