Celebrity Name Game

Celebrity Name Game
GenreGame show
Based onIdentity Crisis
Presented byCraig Ferguson
Theme music composerTim Mosher & Stoker
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes257
Production
Executive producers
Production locations
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkSyndicated
ReleaseSeptember 22, 2014 (2014-09-22) –
February 28, 2017 (2017-02-28)
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Celebrity Name Game is an American syndicated game show that premiered on September 22, 2014. Based on the board game Identity Crisis (created by Laura Robinson and Richard Gerrits), the series was developed by Courteney Cox and David Arquette's Coquette Productions and was originally pitched as a primetime series for CBS with Craig Ferguson as host. The series was later picked up by FremantleMedia and Debmar-Mercury as a syndicated series for 2014 with Ferguson, who left The Late Late Show on December 19, 2014,[1] remaining as host as well as an executive producer. The series marks Coquette's first foray into game shows.[2] The show was subsequently renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 21, 2015.[3]

Ferguson has won two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Game Show Host in 2015 and 2016. He was nominated once again in 2017.

On December 2, 2016, the series was cancelled after three seasons. The final episode aired on February 28, 2017.[4]

  1. ^ Keveney, Bill (April 28, 2014). "Ferguson to Leave CBS' 'Late Late Show'". USA Today. Gannett. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
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  3. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (August 27, 2015). "'Celebrity Name Game' Second Season Premieres Monday, September 21" (Press release). Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 2015-08-30. Retrieved 2015-08-28 – via TV by the Numbers.
  4. ^ Bunch, Rebecca (December 2, 2016). "Celebrity Name Game Cancelled". TVRatingsGuide.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-02.