“Starcade” & “Love Connection” Revivals In The Works

It sort of feels like the 1980s again with pending return of the first-ever arcade game show Starcade and the once-popular syndicated relationship game show Love Connection. Earlier this week, Shout! Factory announced its acquisition to to the worldwide television and ancillary rights to Starcade from JM Productions and show creators James Caruso and Mavis E. Arthur, and FOX has ordered a season of its incarnation of Love Connection with Andy Cohen as the new host.

BREAKING NEWS: Host Geoff Edwards Dies at 83

For die-hard game show fans, it hasn't been the best of weeks as another veteran game show has passed away. Former game show host and actor Geoffrey Bruce Owen Edwards has died at the age of 83. According to his agent, Fred Westbrook, Edwards died of complications of pneumonia earlier this afternoon at a Los Angeles area hospital. Plans are currently being made for his funeral. Edwards had been married to his actress wife, Michael Feffer, since February 13, 1973 and had two children together.