Quick Game Show Reminders For January 2017

There are quite a lot of game shows coming down the pike at the top of 2017 including season premieres, series debuts and continuing primetime shows. Listed below are a few game shows to set your DVRs for the next few weeks. All times below are in Eastern Standard Time.

Series Premieres
– The Wall: January 2-3 at 10:00pm & 8:00pm on NBC
– Big Fan: January 9 at 10:00pm & 10:30pm on ABC
– Caraoke Showdown: January 12 at 10:30pm on Spike
Divided: January 19 at 9:00pm & 9:30pm on GSN

Season Premieres
– To Tell The Truth (Season 2): January 1 at 9:00pm on ABC
– Match Game (Season 2): January 4 at 10:00pm on ABC
– Idiotest (Season 4): January 19 at 10:00pm & 10:30pm on GSN

Seasons Currently Airing
– Billy On The Street (Season 5 Continued): January 3 at 10:30pm on TruTV
– Winsanity (Season 1 Continued): January 4 at 1:00am & 1:30am on GSN
– That Awkward Game Show (Season 1 Continued): January 12 at 11:00pm on Spike

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #99

This week's update article will take a look at the some of the latest US and international game show news from the past week in 200 characters or less. Highlights include a monumental win on Millionaire last week, a new game show debuting on NBC Sports Network, pending premieres of two of ABC’s hit summer game shows, The Wall receiving an early preview date and some of the latest game show ratings.

BUZZR To Air “Salute To Politics” Marathon November 6 and 8

As we are approaching the end of a seemingly long and exhausting presidential election year, BUZZR will be airing a special “Salute To Politics” marathon featuring game shows with politically-themed rounds and questions. The marathon, which airs Sunday, November 6 starting at noon ET and Election Day Tuesday starting at 10:00am ET, includes episodes of Match Game, Family Feud, Press Your Luck, To Tell The Truth, What’s My Line?, I’ve Got A Secret and Super Password. One of the more interesting episodes you will want to tune into is a 1962 episode of To Tell The Truth in which the clever and inquisitive panelists attempt to guess which of the three challengers were the real Gerald Behn, special agent in charge of guarding Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. 

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.

Top 10 2016 Summer Game Show Moments

Since today marks the season premiere of many syndicated game shows in US, including Millionaire spending its 15th syndicated season in Las Vegas, today's article will highlight the top 10 game show moments that have occurred from late May to early September. Some of the highlighted moments include the return of Mastermind in New Zealand, The Price Is Right's primetime specials, Millionaire Hot Seat giving away its million-dollar grand prize for the first time in the show's seven-year existence and Channel 4's Fifteen To One crowning two series champions.

Primetime Watch For Sunday, July 31, 2016

Since tonight is such a HUGE night for revived game shows and rare rebroadcasts, such as the Michael Larson episodes of Press Your Luck and the Tournament of Champions finale/series finale of Family Double Dare resurfacing on television, I have decided to list them all within this article rather than normally posting them on TBIR's Facebook page. Listed below are is tonight's "Primetime Watch" schedule along with detailed information about each show. All times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time. Stay tuned!

8:00pm: NEW! Celebrity Family Feud on ABC
                 Press Your Luck on BUZZR (Michael Larson)
                 Hollywood Game Night on NBC
8:30pm: Press Your Luck w/ Michael Larson on BUZZR (Michael Larson)
9:00pm: NEW! The $100,000 Pyramid on ABC
                 American Ninja Warrior on NBC
                 Press Your Luck on BUZZR
9:30pm: Press Your Luck on BUZZR
10:00pm: NEW! Match Game on ABC
                   Press Your Luck on BUZZR
10:30pm: Press Your Luck on BUZZR
11:00pm: Family Double Dare on The Splat (Teennick)
11:30pm: Family Double Dare on The Splat
12:00am: Family Double Dare on The Splat (Tournament of Champions Finale)

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.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #94

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 the the celebrity lineup for tonight’s Sunday Fun & Games game shows on ABC, GSN’s Skin Wars crowning its third season champion, The Price Is Right rolling out two holiday specials this week and The Chase giving families a chance to take on the clever Chasers.

"Match Game" (2016 ABC Revival) Review

Set Design- 10

Gameplay- 10

Show Flow- 9 

Potential Viewer Ratings- 9

Play-Along Factor- 10

Host- 7

Overall Rating- 9.1

BUZZR To Air Week-Long Vintage Crash Course Blocks Beginning Tonight

In honor of the pending ABC premieres of the second season of Celebrity Family Feud and the Match Game revival, BUZZR will be giving its viewers a “vintage crash course” to prepare for the summer game shows. All this week beginning tonight at 8:00pm ET, BUZZR will be airing two-hour blocks of featuring star-studded episodes of Family Feud from the Dawson era and new-to-BUZZR episodes of Match Game 73. Some of the Celebrity Family Feud episodes to be showcased include the TV’s All Time Favorites special with cast members from Petticoat Junction, Leave It To Beaver, The Brady Bunch and Your Hit Parade, and the Walk of Fame special featuring Mark Goodson, Dorothy Lamour, Caesar Romero and Betty White. BUZZR’s Vintage Crash Course two-hour blocks will air from today through Friday, June 25 at 8:00pm-10:00pm ET, with rebroadcasts airing at 11:00pm-1:00am ET, and concludes on Saturday, June 25 with an all-day marathon featuring all the episodes aired during the week lasting from 11:00am to 7:00am ET the following morning.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #92

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 the 500 Questions second season finale, two new series coming to GSN within the next two weeks, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire hold road auditions in four states this month and The Price Is Right airing a Father's Day special later this month.

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. 

Summer 2016 Game Show Tracker

Game show fans will be in for treat this summer with the influx of revivals, renewals, specials and new series flooding the primetime network television airwaves beginning in a couple of weeks. With BuzzerBlog’s announcement of a potential Password revival on ABC, I think this would be a great time to review the game shows as well as some of the new competitive series to look forward to this summer. Much like NBC during the mid- and late-2000s, ABC will be leading the game show herd along with CBS and GSN debuting new shows and specials of their own. Take a look at the list of shows below and make sure to mark your calendars!

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.

ABC Revives “Match Game” With Host Alec Baldwin

This summer will make you feel like you’re flashing back to the 80’s (at least on Sunday and Tuesday nights anyway) with ABC announcing its ten one-hour episode order of a Match Game revival to air on the network. The series, premiering June 26 at 10:00pm ET, will round out ABC’s “Sunday Fun & Games” block which includes the second season of Celebrity Family Feud with Steve Harvey at 8:00pm ET and the network revival and primetime premiere of The $100,000 Pyramid with Michael Strahan at 9:00pm ET. Alec Baldwin will be hosting the show, and will serve as the show’s host and executive producer alongside FremantleMedia North America’s Jennifer Mullin. ABC will be teaming with FremantleMedia North America to produce the series. No word yet on who will serve as the panelists on the revival.