Match Game (various versions)

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television game show television game show franchise

Match Game (various versions) is a long-running American television game show franchise in which contestants try to match humorous fill-in-the-blank answers with a panel of celebrity guests.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form Occurrences
Match Game 5
Match Game (NBC 1962–1969) 0
Match Game (CBS 1973–1979) 0

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf television game show ⓘ
television game show franchise ⓘ
basedOn The Match Game (original 1962 format) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Bill Todman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Goodson NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAired 1962 ⓘ
1973 ⓘ
format panel game show ⓘ
gameplayElement Audience Match NERFINISHED ⓘ
Head-to-Head Match ⓘ
Super Match bonus round NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
game show ⓘ
hasCharacteristic celebrity panelists ⓘ
fill-in-the-blank questions ⓘ
humorous answers ⓘ
hasPart Match Game (1998–1999) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Match Game (2016–2021) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Match Game (CBS 1973–1979) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Match Game (NBC 1962–1969) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Match Game (syndicated 1979–1982) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Match Game (syndicated 1990–1991) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Match Game PM NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Blankety Blank (UK game show) NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastAired 1969 ⓘ
1979 ⓘ
notableFeature celebrity panel of six guests ⓘ
double entendre humor ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork ABC ⓘ
CBS ⓘ
NBC ⓘ
syndication ⓘ
presenter Alec Baldwin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gene Rayburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Burger NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ross Shafer NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Mark Goodson–Bill Todman Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalNumberOfContestants 2 ⓘ
typicalNumberOfPanelists 6 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Funny You Should Ask → basedOn → Match Game (various versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Funny You Should Ask (1970s game show format)
ABC Daytime programming block → hasNotableShow → Match Game (various versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Match Game (ABC daytime run)
Buzzr → hasProgramming → Match Game (various versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Match Game
Marcia Wallace → notableAppearance → Match Game (various versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Match Game
Craig Ferguson → notableWork → Match Game (various versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Celebrity Name Game
Durward Kirby → notableWork → Match Game (various versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Match Game
Gary Crosby → notableWork → Match Game (various versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Match Game (panelist)
Grundy Television → notableWork → Match Game (various versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blankety Blanks (Australian game show)
Richard Dawson → notableWork → Match Game (various versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Match Game
Tom Poston → notableWork → Match Game (various versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Match Game
CBS Television City → producedShow → Match Game (various versions) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Match Game
Television City, Hollywood → producedShow → Match Game (various versions) ⓘ