Game Show 2016 Holiday Watch List

Happy holidays, game show fans! This week will be another busy one in the wide world of game shows, especially with all of the Christmas specials coming down the pike. US viewers should stay tuned for GSN’s Window Warriors first season finale, the sneak preview episode of NBC’s The Wall, Let’s Make A Deal and The Price Is Right’s Christmas specials and BUZZR’s special slate of shows to air during the network’s A Betty White Christmas promotional marathon. In the UK, make sure to stay tuned for ITV’s Blankety Blank Christmas special and Channel 4’s Deal or No Deal wrapping up this month.

Super Deal Week Returns To “Let’s Make A Deal” November 14

Starting next Monday on CBS Daytime, the show’s infrequently recurring Super Deal Week returns for five episodes. On each show, each contestant who wins the Big Deal of The Day has a chance to risk it all to pick either the ruby, emerald or sapphire envelope which contains $1,000; $2,000 or $50,000. If the $50,000 envelope is selected, the contestant wins the cash plus the Big Deal prizes; otherwise, they just receive the cash. Since the Super Deal returned in 2012, at least four contestants have won the $50,000+ Super Deal, including this lucky winner. Stay tuned next week to see if anyone will have the gust to go all the way and win over $70,000 in cash and prizes.

The Paley Center LA To Hold CBS Daytime Game Show Panel On October 20

This Thursday at 7:00pm PT, The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, CA begins hosting a series of panel events featuring the stars of prominent CBS Daytime shows including Let's Make A Deal, The Price Is Right, The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful and The Talk. The four-week series starts with the “CBS Daytime Presents: The Game Shows Panel” event featuring Let’s Make A Deal host Wayne Brady, The Price Is Right host Drew Carey, LMAD and TPIR executive producer Mike Richards and LMAD executive producer Dan Funk. If you are interested in attending the game show panel session, click here to register for your free ticket(s). Go to CBS.com/DaytimeExhibit if you are interested in attending any of their other panel events.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #96

It's time once again to quickly peruse through of some of the latest headlines in the world US and international game shows. This week's update article will take a look at the some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. Highlights include fall season premieres of prominent CBS Daytime game shows, Match Game's first season finale, Millionaire returning to India after a two-year hiatus, the dates for Jeopardy's online audition tests and some of the latest game show ratings.

BUZZR Celebrates Monty Hall's 95th Birthday With Special Marathon On Thursday

In honor of TV's big dealer turning 95 this week, the network is airing new-to-BUZZR episodes of Let's Make A Deal (8:00pm-10:00pm and 11:00pm-1:00am) and The All New Beat The Clock (10:00pm-11:00pm and 1:00pm-2:00pm) on August 25. Throughout Hall's illustrious television career, he has co-created, executive produced and hosted several game shows including Let's Make A Deal, The All New Beat The Clock, Split Second, It's Anybody's Guess and Three For The Money. Hall has also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1973, the Ralph Edwards Service Award from the Game Show Congress in 2005 for his consistent charity work and was one of the first inductees into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. In 2013, Hall received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Daytime Emmy Awards.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #95

This week's update article will take a look at the some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. Highlights include the the celebrity lineup for Celebrity Family Feud, The $100,000 Pyramid and  a historic, last-minute bonus round win on ITV's Catch Phrase and ABC's To Tell The Truth revival wrapping up its first season this week.

BUZZR Celebrates One-Year Anniversary With Exclusive Programming

On this day in 2015, FremantleMedia North America launched the much-anticipated retro game show digital subchannel, BUZZR. Now available in over 65 percent of U.S. households since its debut, BUZZR will be celebrating its first anniversary all month long with a special birthday bash. Today, the network will be airing special milestones of classic game shows including I’ve Got A Secret, Dawson’s Family Feud, Press Your Luck, Super Password, To Tell The Truth and What’s My Line. As a special bonus, BUZZR will be airing the 1987 pilot of the Combs version of Family Feud along with the show’s first anniversary episode. That’s only the beginning of BUZZR’s big birthday bash. Take a look below at what the network has in store for its loyal viewers in June. 

“The Price Is Right” & “Let’s Make A Deal” Unite For Mash-Up Week

Beginning Monday, April 9, CBS’ two hit daytime game shows will be trading places for the entire week as Let’s Make A Deal and The Price Is Right kicks off its first-ever “Mash Up Week”. All next week, the stars of both series will make guest appearances on the opposite show and contestants will also have the rare opportunity to play Deal games on Price, and vice versa.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #91

This week's quick update article will take a look at the some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. This week's highlights include Ken Jennings competing on 500 Questions, the Daytime Emmy Award and Webby Award winners,  the first $100,000 winner of the 33rd season of Wheel of Fortune and Match Game returning to ABC this summer.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #89

This week's quick update article will take a look at the some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. This week's news highlights include an NPR interview featuring Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, a "groovy" new episode of Idiotest, BuzzFeed checking out the set of the upgraded temple in Legends of The Hidden Temple and an international network adapting its own version of the Who's Still Standing? game show format.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #86

Today's article will be highlighting some of the latest game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. This week's updates include Bob Eubanks giving local Minnesota contestants a chance to win big money this week, Game Show Theory breaking down the logistics to strategically winning a tough end game to a 1970s/1980s game show, what Alex Trebek does to prepare for and during a day of taping Jeopardy! and a lifelong game show fan creating her own game show in her living room.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #77

This week's quick update article will cover some of the latest game show news headlines from the past few days in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. News updates include game show ratings, an iconic ITV game show ending its run, Let's Make A Deal bringing back the Super Deal this week, The Game of Life creator's widow filing a law suit against Hasbro and others and Anthony Anderson discussing To Tell The Truth with Jimmy Kimmel.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #75

This week's quick update article will cover some of the latest game show news headlines from the past few days in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. News updates include a live performance of Let's Make A Deal coming to Michigan this weekend, Jeopardy! holding a special online audition test session for Houston residents next week, TLC's Labor Games host Lisa Arch talking with WSRQ Talk Radio's Marilu Henner about her experiences hosting the pregnancy ambush game show and Showtime creating a series based on a former Barker's Beauty model.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #72

Today's update will review some of the latest game show news headlines from the past week in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. Quick updates include the second season premiere of Sports Jeopardy! under a revised format, big winners on The Chase, The Chase Australia, another quarter-million dollar winner on Millionaire and some of the latest ratings updates. 

CBS Daytime Debut: New Seasons Of "Let’s Make A Deal" & "The Price Is Right " Begin September 21

The second week of September’s game show premiere month will be centered around CBS and the season debut of its two veteran game shows, Let’s Make A Deal and The Price Is Right. Entering into its seven season, Let’s Make A Deal’s premiere week will introduce the "Mega Deal" to viewers for the first time in series history. Unlike the Big Deal and Super Deal, the new Mega Deal gives contestants to win every prize presented in the show – totaling over $100,000. To kickoff the 44th season of The Price Is Right, the show will be paying a tribute to each decade the series has aired on CBS each day next week from the 1970s on Monday, all the way up to the 2010s on Friday. A new pricing game will also be unveiled during the premiere week. Check out the promos to both shows in the clips below and stay tuned to see The Price Is Right look back through its history and if history will be made on Let’s Make A Deal. Check your local listings for air times.

REMINDER: Attend A Free Taping Of "Let's Make A Deal"

Who wants to make a deal!? Looking for something fun to do in Los Angeles? Here is your chance to attend a taping of the Emmy-winning game show, Let's Make A Deal! The show stars the amazingly talented Wayne Brady and tapes in Hollywood! Be spontaneous, come have some fun, and be a part of an iconic game show! Call 323-822-7384 for free tickets. The show is halfway through taping its seventh season on CBS. Don’t miss your opportunity to see the show in person and even win thousands of dollars in cash and prizes.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #69

This week's update will review some of the major news headlines in the game show universe from the past few weeks in 200 characters or less including updates featured on the TBIR Facebook page. Updates include another Celebrity Fifteen To One series starting tonight in the U.K., the first season of Sports Jeopardy! coming to a close next month and Anne Hegarty joining the cast of Chasers on Australia's upcoming version of The Chase.

Craig Ferguson Among Daytime Emmy Award Winners

Last night marked the return of the Daytime Emmy Awards to television with the live broadcast airing on Pop Network, formerly known as the TV Guide Network. Highlights from the 42nd edition of the annual awards ceremony included Days of Our Lives and The Young and The Restless tying for Outstanding Drama Series, Betty White honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and Craig Ferguson winning his first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host on Celebrity Name Game. Ferguson bested Steve Harvey, Todd Newton and Pat Sajak to win the award. 

Game Shows To Watch For The Next 48 Hours

This week seems like a moderately busy one for game shows — well, at least for the next two days. Tomorrow,  HLN premieres its first-ever game show, Keywords, with former Figure It Out host Summer Sanders and CBS's daytime talk show The Talk revealing this year’s Daytime Emmy nominations including the nominees for “Outstanding Game Show Host” and “Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show”. On April Fools Day, both CBS daytime game shows, Let’s Make A Deal and The Price Is Right, are marking the occasion by hosting special episodes featuring the cast of LMAD kidnapping Drew Carey and legendary host Bob Barker stopping by set of TPIR. Later that evening, Idiotest returns for a second season. I also have news of a last-minute decision by GSN to pull Monopoly Millionaires’ Club.

Thanksgiving Holiday Watch List (Nov. 26-28): "The Price Is Right", "Let’s Make A Deal", "Millionaire" and GSN Marathons

On Thanksgiving Eve (Wednesday, November 26) during CBS daytime, The Price Is Right and Let’s Make A Deal will be celebrating the holiday with special Thanksgiving-themed episodes. On Let’s Make A Deal, contestants will be dressed as turkeys, pilgrims and pumpkins and will play themed games including a 3-Turkey Deal for big bucks and games involving a Turkey hotline and a giant pumpkin that has apparently caught the eye of the "hungry" cast. As a special bonus, the studio audience will receive a family heirloom cookbook project featuring tools and directions on how to create your own cookbook filled with family recipes. Check your local listings for air times.