Most famous tv game shows

Let's Make A Deal is one of the more fun, upbeat game shows — and that's saying something — as every single member of the audience is usually in some sort of costume and constantly jumping or screaming or both. The show consists of host Wayne Brady trying to make deals with the contestants to win or lose prizes and often results in the players winning extravagant prizes. So why does this show sink so far on this list?

Because it's on so freaking early. While The Price is Right might be able to get away with its earlier-than-usual time slot for a game show, Let's Make A Deal isn't quite as entertaining and the fact that it comes on even earlier makes it that much worse.

The second game show in a row about making deals gets a middle spot on our list for the simple fact that everything about this show is a gamble, not a game. While highly entertaining and heart-pounding, Deal or No Deal revolves around the premise of a single contestant randomly choosing suitcases with X amount of money in them and hoping that the X is a low amount. The suspense might be enough to keep any audience member enthralled, but the fact that this show is literally just a guessing game is what keeps it out of the top five on our list.

Everybody — that's the point. While Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? In this game show, contestants answer trivia questions and then compete in a timed race through the supermarket. The team that has the most valuable items in their shopping cart at the end of the race wins. Votes: A group of four different panelists popular on Nickelodeon programs try to figure out the talents of different guests.

They are given clues that they can feel, see, taste, and also given to them though charades. Contestants guess the correctness of celebrities' answers in order to win spaces in a tic-tac-toe game. TV-G 60 min Game-Show. Contestants, selected by calling a phone number, are chosen based on their ability to arrange 4 answers to a question in the correct order the fastest. They then have to answer See full summary ». Teams compete in elimination challenges with the final team going on to search for the treasure inside the titular Mesoamerican "Hidden Temple".

Hosted by Pat Sajak , this game show features 3 contestants who try to solve a puzzle by spinning the wheel and guessing letters in a word or phrase. The various folk who made up the long-running show's panel provide a study in the evolution — or its opposite — of the celebrity panel.

Consider that publishing giant and Random House cofounder Bennett Cerf was a regular. It's yet another of the hits produced by the dynamic duo of Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Catch classic episodes here: What's My Line? The prize money has gone up tenfold; the title changes accordingly; but the hook of this long-running show remains the same.

Dick Clark presided most famously over the show, which pits two teams pairing a civilian and a celeb against each other — and the clock. Catch a classic episode here: Pyramid , on YouTube. The CBS show once again began wheeling and dealing in , with the current edition featuring Wayne Brady.

The power of the celebrity panel grew as nine stars took their seats on the vertical tic-tac-toe grid and helped — or upended — contestant hopes with answers to host Peter Marshall's clues. Arguably the most famous of center squares, Paul Lynde zinged. In a latter incarnation, Whoopi Goldberg held her own at that coveted spot, with Tom Bergeron hosting.

Catch classic episodes here: Hollywood Squares , on YouTube. Now hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, this season's debut ended with a tribute to one of the great game show hosts of all time, Regis Philbin , who died in late July.

Sometimes, we can measure a show's enduring appeal by the way it enters the popular culture lexicon Slumdog Millionaire, anyone? One of the most memorable episodes? When John Carpenter called a friend — his dad — not to ask him for help but to let him know he was about to win the big prize. Catch episodes here: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Could a game be more elementary -— or satisfying? This hangman spelling game variant is among the longest-running game shows in TV history.

And Pat Sajak is the host with the mostest consecutive years. Onetime beauty pageant contestant Vanna White went from lovely turner of tiles to superstar in her own right. For so many years a daytime talk mainstay, creator Merv Griffin knew a lot about daytime audiences as well as those tuning in during the jackpot hour between nightly news and prime time.

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Family Feud. Premiered: Wheel of Fortune. Match Game. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Press Your Luck. Let's Make a Deal. Hollywood Squares. Supermarket Sweep. The Newlywed Game.