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Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour (1983)

Running Time

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Seasons

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Episodes

Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour (1983)

Name: Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour
Released: 1983-10-31

Running Time

1
Seasons

1
Episodes

Plot.

The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour is an American television game show that combined two long-running game shows of the 1960s and 1970s – Match Game and Hollywood Squares – into an hour-long format. The series ran from October 31, 1983 to July 27, 1984 on NBC. Gene Rayburn hosted the Match Game and Super Match segments, while Jon Bauman hosted the Hollywood Squares segment. Gene Wood was the show's regular announcer with Johnny Olson, Rich Jeffries, and Bob Hilton substituting during the run. The series was a joint production of Mark Goodson Productions and Orion Television, who owned the rights to Squares at the time.

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Cast & Crew.

Gene Rayburn

Hollywood Squares Panelist / Self - Match Game Host

Jon Bauman

Match Game Panelist / Self - Hollywood Squares Host

Gene Wood

Self - Announcer

Nedra Volz

Self - Panelist

Leonard Frey

Self - Panelist

Charles Nelson Reilly

Self - Panelist

Marty Cohen

Self - Panelist

Johnny Olson

Self - Announcer

Fred Travalena

Self - Panelist

Richard Kline

Self - Panelist

Details.

Release Date
October 31, 1983

Status
Ended

Seasons
1

Episodes
1

Running Time
1h

Content Rating
TV-PG

Filming Locations
The Burbank Studios, United States of America

Last updated: 2024-01-26

This TV Show Is About.

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Wiki.

The Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour is an American television panel game show that combined two panel games of the 1960s and 1970s – Match Game and Hollywood Squares – into an hour-long format.

The series ran from October 31, 1983, to July 27, 1984 on NBC. Gene Rayburn reprised his role as host of the Match Game and Super Match segments, while Jon Bauman hosted the Hollywood Squares segment. Gene Wood was the show's regular announcer with Johnny Olson and Rich Jeffries substituting during the run.

The series was credited as a Mark Goodson Television Production. Orion Television, then-owners of the Hollywood Squares format rights, licensed the format to Goodson.