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Wordplay (1986)

30m

Running Time

1
Seasons

1
Episodes

December 29, 1986
Release Date

Wordplay (1986)

Name: Wordplay
Released: 1986-12-29

30m

Running Time

1
Seasons

1
Episodes

December 29, 1986
Release Date

External Links & Social Media

Plot.

Wordplay is an American game show which ran on NBC from December 29, 1986 to September 4, 1987. It was hosted by Tom Kennedy and announced by Charlie O'Donnell. The show was produced by Scotti Bros.-Syd Vinnedge Television in association with Fiedler-Berlin Productions and Rick Ambrose Productions. The show is notable for replacing the long-running soap opera Search For Tomorrow on the NBC schedule.

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Cast & Crew.

Tom Kennedy

Self - Host

Charlie O'Donnell

Self - Announcer (voice)

Pam Stone

Writer

Marsha Warfield

Self - Celebrity Panelist

Pat Harrington, Jr.

Self - Celebrity Panelist

Norm Crosby

Self - Celebrity Panelist

Arleen Sorkin

Self - Celebrity Panelist

Richard Kline

Self - Celebrity Panelist

Brenda Vaccaro

Self - Celebrity Panelist

Tom Poston

Self - Celebrity Panelist

Betty White

Self - Celebrity Panelist

Wil Shriner

Self - Celebrity Panelist

Alaina Reed Hall

Self - Celebrity Panelist

Jimmy Aleck

Self - Celebrity Panelist

Details.

Release Date
December 29, 1986

Status
Ended

Seasons
1

Episodes
1

Running Time
30m

Last updated: 2025-03-07

This TV Show Is About.

game show

panel show

linguistics

Scripted

Wiki.

Wordplay is an American game show which ran on NBC from December 29, 1986 to September 4, 1987. It was hosted by Tom Kennedy, with Jamie Farr substituting for Kennedy for one week of shows, and announced by Charlie O'Donnell. The show was produced by Scotti Bros.-Syd Vinnedge Television in association with Fiedler/Berlin Productions and Rick Ambrose Television. The show features three celebrities offering definitions of vocabulary words to contestants, who then determine which celebrity is giving the correct definition.